Thursday, April 28, 2011

Southern US storm deaths top 240

Southern US storm deaths top 240

Southern US storm deaths top 240

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 10:07 AM PDT

Storms and tornadoes batter southern US states, with the death toll jumping to at least 246 - including 142 in Alabama alone.

Deadly blast in Marrakesh square

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 08:47 AM PDT

A bomb attack in the main square in the Moroccan city of Marrakesh kills at least 14 people and injures 20, with foreigners among the casualties.

Royal couple 'moved by affection'

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 09:56 AM PDT

Prince William and Kate Middleton, due to marry on Friday, say they have been "incredibly moved" by the public's affection since their engagement.

Carter urges North Korea food aid

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 05:39 AM PDT

Former US President Jimmy Carter accuses the US and South Korea of human rights violations against North Koreans by withholding food aid.

Beijing 'back-sliding on rights'

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 06:40 AM PDT

A top US diplomat says Washington is deeply concerned about deteriorating human rights in China, after two days of talks in Beijing.

Syrian wedding invite withdrawn

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 05:24 AM PDT

The Syrian ambassador's invitation to the royal wedding is withdrawn amid criticism of the violent crackdown on pro-democracy protests in the country.

Death penalty for Bahrain activists

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 02:39 AM PDT

A court in Bahrain convicts four demonstrators and sentences them to death over the killing of two police officers during pro-democracy protests.

Nato fire 'kills Misrata rebels'

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 10:53 AM PDT

A stray Nato air strike kills at least 11 rebel fighters in the besieged Libyan port of Misrata, say reports, as intense fighting with pro-Gaddafi forces continues.

Israel rejects 'Hamas government'

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 03:24 AM PDT

Israeli officials say they will not talk to a Palestinian unity government set up under a deal between Fatah and Hamas.

Panasonic plans 17,000 job cuts

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 07:57 AM PDT

Panasonic, Japan's biggest home appliances maker, is planning to cut some 17,000 jobs in a turnaround plan.

YouTube founders buy up Delicious

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 04:24 AM PDT

The founders of video-sharing site YouTube have bought bookmarking service Delicious from Yahoo.

Dutch club 'signs up' hat-trick toddler

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 07:46 AM PDT

A Dutch football club awards a toddler a symbolic 10-year contract after watching him score a hat trick into his toy box on YouTube.

Man lives after 'driving car over Grand Canyon rim'

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 01:31 PM PDT

A man survived a 200ft (61m) drop after apparently driving his car off the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, authorities say.

Real & Barcelona charged by Uefa

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 09:45 AM PDT

Uefa charges Real Madrid and Barcelona over incidents in their Champions League semi-final, including Jose Mourinho's post-match outburst.

Uefa fines Rangers and bans fans

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 10:23 AM PDT

Uefa fines Rangers 40,000 euros and bans its fans from one away match following discriminatory chanting in a match at PSV Eindhoven.

Phone-hack police 'visit Rooney'

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 09:34 AM PDT

England footballer Wayne Rooney says on Twitter he has been contacted Scotland Yard detectives investigating the phone hacking of celebrities.

Cost of aircraft carriers up £1bn

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 08:43 AM PDT

The firms building the Royal Navy's two new 60,000-tonne aircraft carriers say the cost has risen by at least £1bn, the BBC learns.

G20 jury allowed killing verdict

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 04:51 AM PDT

Jurors at the inquest into the death of Ian Tomlinson will consider whether the actions of a police officer amounted to unlawful killing, a coroner says.

Courts error over Florida murders

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 04:59 AM PDT

A boy suspected of shooting dead two British tourists in Florida should not have been released after an earlier shooting incident, a mayor says.

Teenage boys bailed over M1 fire

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 12:56 AM PDT

Five teenage boys are bailed after being arrested in connection with a scrapyard fire in north London that led to the closure of a stretch of the M1.

Two feared dead in aircraft crash

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 10:45 AM PDT

Two people are feared to have died after a light aircraft crashes into a lake near Maldon.

Family seeks canoe man ID apology

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 03:19 AM PDT

The brother of a dead baby, whose identity was stolen by canoe fraudster John Darwin, vows to pursue him for an apology.

Husband guilty of wife's killing

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 07:35 AM PDT

A man whose murder conviction was quashed by appeal judges is found guilty of killing his wife at their home in Dundee.

Cash for £5m smear test claimant

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 08:12 AM PDT

Scotland's largest health board agrees to pay £150,000 to a woman who is claiming £5m damages over botched smear tests.

'Jobs safe' at Quinn Insurance

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 09:39 AM PDT

The joint administrators of Quinn Insurance have said all jobs, north and south of the border, will be retained.

RIRA reject priest's talks offer

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 05:37 AM PDT

The dissident republican group, the Real IRA, which has threatened to kill more PSNI officers, has refused an offer from a Londonderry priest to hold talks with him.

Verger sentenced for sex assaults

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 09:18 AM PDT

A church verger is convicted of sex attacks on a teenage chorister at Llandaff Cathedral in Cardiff 20 years ago.

Wrexham FC £200,000 tax paid off

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 07:43 AM PDT

Wrexham Football Club's £200,000 tax bill is paid off, clearing the way for the team to take part in the end-of-season promotion play-offs.

Growth in the US economy slows

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 06:40 AM PDT

US economic growth slowed in the first three months of 2011 to an annualised rate of 1.8%, the Commerce Department says.

Argentina nabs 'drug subs brains'

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 01:35 PM PDT

A Colombian man accused of having devised the strategy of using submarines to smuggle drugs from Colombia to the United States is arrested in Argentina.

Air France flight recorder empty

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 03:31 PM PDT

Part of a flight recorder from the Air France jet that crashed in 2009 en route from Brazil is found but without its data section.

Rush as Ivory Coast banks reopen

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 09:01 AM PDT

Thousands of Ivorians queue to withdraw cash and delayed salaries as Ivory Coast's banks reopen after a 10-week shut down, triggered by disputed polls.

Bashir in Sudan oil state threat

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 09:34 AM PDT

Sudan's president threatens not to recognise the new state of South Sudan if it tries to claim the disputed oil-producing region of Abyei.

French row over Tunisian arrests

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 02:42 AM PDT

The mayor of Paris urges an end to the "shocking" arrest of dozens of mainly Tunisian migrants in France as detentions continue.

Russia to freeze petrol exports

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 09:39 AM PDT

Russia's energy ministry bans the export of petrol during the month of May after fuel runs out in parts of the country.

'Renewed gunfire' in Syria cities

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 08:23 AM PDT

Further shooting is reported from several parts of Syria, including the southern city of Deraa which has been at the centre of six weeks of unrest.

Blast strikes Pakistan naval bus

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 09:19 AM PDT

Suspected militants kill at least five people in a bomb attack on a navy bus in Karachi, the third such blast to hit the city this week.

India attacked over sedition law

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 08:01 AM PDT

Indian human rights activist Binayak Sen accuses the government of misusing the country's sedition laws "to silence voices of dissent".

Truce in Thai-Cambodia fighting

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 07:01 AM PDT

Thailand and Cambodia say they have reached a ceasefire after a week of fighting along their disputed border.

New census shows China is ageing

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 11:58 PM PDT

A new census reveals that the Chinese population has reached 1.34 billion people, with a sharp rise in those over the age of 60.

Profits jump at Exxon and Shell

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 08:09 AM PDT

Oil giants Exxon Mobil and Royal Dutch Shell report big increases in first quarter profits on the back of higher oil prices.

Asia risks overheating, IMF says

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 01:15 AM PDT

Growth in Asia-Pacific is expected to remain robust but some areas are at risk of becoming overheated, the IMF says.

Santander says upturn has begun

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 02:16 AM PDT

First quarter results from Spanish banking group Santander sees profits fall 4.8% but the bank says the future is brighter.

Paypal still driving eBay profits

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 08:20 PM PDT

Internet auction giant eBay reports a sharp rise in quarterly profits thanks in large part due to strong growth at its Paypal division.

Dionne Warwick sues Broadway show

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 07:23 AM PDT

Singer Dionne Warwick sues the producers of a Broadway musical, claiming it uses her name and likeness without her consent.

Boxing movie's real mother dies

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 03:53 AM PDT

Alice Ward, the real-life boxer's mother who was portrayed by Melissa Leo in Hollywood film The Fighter, dies.

Holmes settles drug claim dispute

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 01:59 AM PDT

Actress Katie Holmes settles a legal claim with a US celebrity magazine over an article that falsely suggested she was a drug addict.

Bonobos 'chat' about good foods

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 01:48 AM PDT

Bonobos communicate where to find their favourite food using barks and peeps, scientists have found.

Forensic plan advice 'not sought'

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 10:24 AM PDT

The Home Office's chief scientific adviser was not consulted over the closure of the UK Forensic Science Service (FSS) it has emerged.

Girl 'murdered' by Roman soldiers

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 07:17 AM PDT

The body of a girl thought to have been murdered by Roman soldiers is discovered by archaeologists alongside the A2 in north Kent.

Anorexia 'link to spring birth'

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 04:04 PM PDT

Babies born in spring are slightly more likely to develop anorexia nervosa, while those born in the autumn have a lower risk, say researchers.

Morning heart attacks 'are worse'

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 03:32 PM PDT

People who have a heart attack in the morning tend to fare worse than those who have one at other times of the day and night, experts say.

Hamas and Fatah agreement: Your views

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 09:20 AM PDT

BBC News website readers give their views of the deal between Hamas and Fatah.

Extreme weddings: Your pictures

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 01:27 AM PDT

A selection of your photos showing extreme weddings - what is the most unusual, the most lavish, the most austere, or the most uninhibited wedding you have attended?

Your royal wedding questions answered

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 02:53 AM PDT

The BBC's royal correspondent Peter Hunt answers your questions on Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding.

The art of explaining stuff

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 06:33 AM PDT

Explanations of the AV electoral system tend to resort to analogies. Is this the best way to convey new ideas?

How to succeed in business by doing nothing

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 02:59 AM PDT

How should you react to the ups and downs of business life? Often, you shouldn't, says Michael Blastland in this regular column.

VIDEO: Many die as storms sweep across US

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 03:04 AM PDT

Tornadoes and storms in the south-eastern United States have killed at least 201 people, officials say.

VIDEO: Royal fans from around the world

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 06:09 AM PDT

People from across the world have been camping along the route of the royal wedding procession, in the hope of catching a glimpse of the happy couple on Friday.

VIDEO: Libyan rebels 'building an army'

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 10:43 AM PDT

Rupert Wingfield Hayes visits rebels in Benghazi training to fight against forces loyal to Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi.

VIDEO: Protesters 'shot dead' in Yemen

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 03:45 AM PDT

Yemeni security forces opened fire on protesters in the capital, Sanaa, killing at least nine people, witnesses and doctors say.

VIDEO: Japan's steel makers suffer losses

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 04:18 AM PDT

Japan's steel makers have been hit by a double whammy of higher raw material costs and weak demand after the earthquake and tsunami.

VIDEO: Why Tribeca festival is a success

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 01:42 AM PDT

Tom Brook reports on some of the highlights from this year's Tribeca Film Festival which runs until this weekend.

AUDIO: Ecuador alerted to spewing volcano

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 04:12 AM PDT

Ecuador has declared an amber alert after the Tungurahua volcano started spewing ash again. The authorities have told residents living near the volcano to leave their homes.

VIDEO: Tech Know: Building a retro PC

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 01:07 AM PDT

Computer collector John Honniball shows Ellie Gibson how to recreate an 8-bit PC.

Crowd in waiting

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 05:10 AM PDT

People set up camp at the palace ahead of royal wedding

Former rivals?

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 05:27 AM PDT

Fatah and Hamas face rocky road to Palestinian unity

Dying for fuel

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 04:35 AM PDT

Tales of knives and shootings as Tripoli residents queue for petrol

Barack the second?

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 07:37 AM PDT

Why Barack Obama is officially Barack Obama, II

Day in pictures

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 09:18 AM PDT

Striking images from around the world

From giant holes

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 01:53 AM PDT

Russia's diamond industry moves underground
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