Deadly protests in Syrian cities |
- Deadly protests in Syrian cities
- Woman guilty of genocide and rape
- Columbo's Peter Falk dies at 83
- Conrad Black sent back to prison
- Acoustic cloaking device unveiled
- House vote snubs Obama on Libya
- EU tells hard-up Greeks to unite
- Pakistan group in Bin Laden denial
- Iraq high-speed rail line planned
- Type 2 diabetes 'can be reversed'
- Glastonbury-goers await U2 debut
- Serengeti road halt for wildlife
- Reclusive US heiress bequeaths Monet work
- Stolen Apollo moon dust recovered
- Live - Murray v Ljubicic
- Fifa concern over Brazil delays
- Alonso heads Hamilton in practice
- Dowler family 'paid high price'
- Bank calls for debt crisis audit
- Drought remains despite wet June
- PM: Costly EU HQ 'frustrating'
- Camp raided over slavery concerns
- Few 2012 sports still available
- Capsized teenager hunt called off
- Scottish domain name bid launched
- Shock at Loughinisland findings
- Police say youth was shot in riot
- Family to appeal on Greece death
- Search for raid 'smooth criminal'
- LulzSec targets Arizona police
- US economic growth is revised up
- Eight shot dead in Rio drug raid
- Libya rebels in 'Tripoli talks'
- Congo mass rape: '170 attacked'
- Italy bank shares dive on warning
- Spanish to reinstate speed limit
- Iran president's ally 'arrested'
- India father 'sold girl for sex'
- Ai Weiwei 'banned from tweeting'
- Burma struck by series of blasts
- Markets cautious on Greece deal
- Draghi will follow Trichet at ECB
- Morning business round-up
- 'Super sand' to help clean water
- Travelodge customer data stolen
- Google 'faces US antitrust probe'
- Radcliffe show halted after death
- Cameron receives explorer honour
- Honorary knighthood for Barenboim
- Light pulse flips gene switch
- Songbirds eavesdrop on predators
- Common drugs warning for elderly
- Do Smurfs provide a model for a good society?
- Quiz of the week's news
- VIDEO: Inside the 'offices' of Athens protest camp
- VIDEO: Botswana's 'warm welcome' for Obamas
- VIDEO: Oprah receives SA honoury doctorate
- VIDEO: Libya rebels 'in secret talks'
- VIDEO: Syria warned over border tactics
- VIDEO: Camera uncovers Mayan tomb secrets
- VIDEO: Stranded penguin moved to NZ zoo
- VIDEO: Kings of Leon on the big screen
- 'Forgotten war'
- Day in pictures
- Euro at crossroads
- Game on
- It's quiz time!
- Engine of growth
- Holy bat phone!
| Deadly protests in Syrian cities Posted: 24 Jun 2011 09:14 AM PDT Many Syrians take to the streets across the country after Friday prayers, with unconfirmed reports of at least 10 deaths as security forces open fire. |
| Woman guilty of genocide and rape Posted: 24 Jun 2011 08:07 AM PDT A former Rwandan women's minister is sentenced to life in prison for her role in the genocide and the rape of Tutsi women and girls. |
| Columbo's Peter Falk dies at 83 Posted: 24 Jun 2011 11:27 AM PDT Peter Falk, the American actor most famous for his role as US TV's scruffy detective, Columbo, dies at the age of 83, reports say. |
| Conrad Black sent back to prison Posted: 24 Jun 2011 11:30 AM PDT A US judge orders former media tycoon Conrad Black to return to prison for 42 months for his fraud and obstruction convictions. |
| Acoustic cloaking device unveiled Posted: 24 Jun 2011 09:14 AM PDT The same principles in attempts to design Harry Potter-style invisibility cloaks are used to make an object invisible to sound. |
| House vote snubs Obama on Libya Posted: 24 Jun 2011 11:28 AM PDT The House of Representatives votes against a resolution giving President Barack Obama authority to continue action in Libya, in a largely symbolic move. |
| EU tells hard-up Greeks to unite Posted: 24 Jun 2011 11:15 AM PDT EU leaders urge all Greek politicians to adopt new austerity measures, saying that is the only way debt-laden Athens will get a second bail-out. |
| Pakistan group in Bin Laden denial Posted: 24 Jun 2011 04:06 AM PDT Pakistani group Harkut ul-Mujahideen denies US media reports it had links with Osama Bin Laden and formed part of his support network in Pakistan. |
| Iraq high-speed rail line planned Posted: 24 Jun 2011 08:19 AM PDT French engineering giant Alstom signs a preliminary deal to build a high-speed rail line linking Basra and Baghdad in Iraq. |
| Type 2 diabetes 'can be reversed' Posted: 23 Jun 2011 05:19 PM PDT An extreme eight-week diet can reverse Type 2 diabetes in people newly diagnosed with the disease, says a study. |
| Glastonbury-goers await U2 debut Posted: 24 Jun 2011 03:55 AM PDT U2 will make their first UK festival appearance since the early 1980s later when they headline Glastonbury. |
| Serengeti road halt for wildlife Posted: 24 Jun 2011 06:07 AM PDT The Tanzanian government abandons plans to build a controversial road across the Serengeti National Park, after warnings that it could devastate wildlife. |
| Reclusive US heiress bequeaths Monet work Posted: 24 Jun 2011 06:03 AM PDT A painting from Monet's Water Lilies series kept out of public view for 86 years is donated to a US gallery by a reclusive heiress. |
| Stolen Apollo moon dust recovered Posted: 24 Jun 2011 08:35 AM PDT The US recovers a scattering of moon dust stolen from Nasa after the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, just as it is about to be sold at auction. |
| Posted: 24 Jun 2011 10:47 AM PDT Andy Murray takes on Ivan Ljubicic under the Centre Court roof for a place in the fourth round of Wimbledon. |
| Fifa concern over Brazil delays Posted: 24 Jun 2011 07:25 AM PDT Fifa admit concern over Brazil's World Cup preparations falling behind schedule. |
| Alonso heads Hamilton in practice Posted: 24 Jun 2011 08:48 AM PDT Ferrari's Fernando Alonso edges out his McLaren and Red Bull rivals to lead the field in Friday practice for the European Grand Prix in Valencia. |
| Dowler family 'paid high price' Posted: 24 Jun 2011 08:58 AM PDT The family of murdered teenager Milly Dowler say they paid "too high a price" for the conviction of Levi Bellfield. |
| Bank calls for debt crisis audit Posted: 24 Jun 2011 08:29 AM PDT The Bank of England's new financial policy committee calls for an audit of UK banks' exposure to the eurozone debt crisis. |
| Drought remains despite wet June Posted: 24 Jun 2011 08:07 AM PDT The Met Office issues a heat alert for parts of central and southern England as the Environment Agency says drought conditions in the east are not over despite a rainy June. |
| PM: Costly EU HQ 'frustrating' Posted: 24 Jun 2011 08:21 AM PDT The prime minister has strongly criticised the construction of a building in Brussels that will be the new home for European Union summits. |
| Camp raided over slavery concerns Posted: 24 Jun 2011 09:24 AM PDT Three people are arrested on suspicion of slavery charges during a raid on an unauthorised travellers' camp in Hampshire. |
| Few 2012 sports still available Posted: 24 Jun 2011 07:03 AM PDT Tickets for only a few 2012 Olympics sports remain available as thousands of people who missed out in the first round reapply after more go on sale. |
| Capsized teenager hunt called off Posted: 24 Jun 2011 07:57 AM PDT A search for a teenager missing after the boat he was in capsized off the coast of Aberdeenshire is called off for the day. |
| Scottish domain name bid launched Posted: 24 Jun 2011 08:11 AM PDT Campaigners are to bid for Scotland's own internet domain name after internet body Icann votes to allow new website domain suffixes. |
| Shock at Loughinisland findings Posted: 24 Jun 2011 04:56 AM PDT The families of six men murdered by loyalist paramilitaries in 1994 say they are "shocked" at a police ombudsman's report into the killings. |
| Police say youth was shot in riot Posted: 24 Jun 2011 10:37 AM PDT Police reveal that a 16-year-old boy was one of two people shot during trouble in east Belfast in the early hours of Tuesday morning. |
| Family to appeal on Greece death Posted: 24 Jun 2011 07:45 AM PDT A father from Cardiff says he will appeal against the decision of a Greek court to acquit a man of the manslaughter of his son. |
| Search for raid 'smooth criminal' Posted: 24 Jun 2011 10:48 AM PDT Detectives investigating a robbery in which a family were tied up release an e-fit of a suspect they have nicknamed the "smooth criminal". |
| LulzSec targets Arizona police Posted: 24 Jun 2011 03:58 AM PDT Arizona's police force has become the latest victim of hacker group LulzSec in a protest over immigraion laws. |
| US economic growth is revised up Posted: 24 Jun 2011 06:11 AM PDT The US economy grew at an annualised rate of 1.9% in the first quarter of the year, slightly faster than previously thought, figures show. |
| Eight shot dead in Rio drug raid Posted: 23 Jun 2011 02:56 PM PDT Eight suspected drug traffickers are killed during a raid by Brazilian police on a slum area in Rio de Janeiro. |
| Libya rebels in 'Tripoli talks' Posted: 23 Jun 2011 09:05 PM PDT The Libyan rebels in the east are in close contact with an underground network of opponents of Col Muammar Gaddafi in Tripoli, the BBC has learnt. |
| Congo mass rape: '170 attacked' Posted: 24 Jun 2011 09:39 AM PDT The number of reported victims of a recent mass rape campaign by gunmen in eastern DR Congo has risen to about 170, the UN says. |
| Italy bank shares dive on warning Posted: 24 Jun 2011 09:25 AM PDT Shares in leading Italian banks fall sharply after the credit ratings agency Moody's says it may downgrade their status. |
| Spanish to reinstate speed limit Posted: 24 Jun 2011 10:29 AM PDT Spain is to remove a controversial temporary speed limit on motorways introduced to cut fuel consumption because of rising oil prices. |
| Iran president's ally 'arrested' Posted: 23 Jun 2011 02:09 PM PDT An ally of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been arrested on corruption claims, reports Iranian media, days after he was forced to quit as deputy foreign minister. |
| India father 'sold girl for sex' Posted: 24 Jun 2011 08:04 AM PDT A 17-year-old Indian girl allegedly forced by her father to have sex for money with up to 200 men has described her ordeal to the media. |
| Ai Weiwei 'banned from tweeting' Posted: 24 Jun 2011 06:58 AM PDT Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is reported to be under further restrictions, including a ban on using Twitter, following his release from nearly three months of detention. |
| Burma struck by series of blasts Posted: 24 Jun 2011 04:14 AM PDT Several near-simultaneous explosions, thought to have been caused by bombs, strike three towns and cities in Burma. |
| Markets cautious on Greece deal Posted: 24 Jun 2011 09:18 AM PDT European stock markets are cautious on Thursday's agreement by European leaders to give Greece another 120bn euros of support. |
| Draghi will follow Trichet at ECB Posted: 24 Jun 2011 04:04 AM PDT EU leaders vote for Italy's Mario Draghi to follow Jean-Claude Trichet as the head of the European Central Bank. |
| Posted: 24 Jun 2011 04:37 AM PDT Our daily morning business round-up looks at the main stories in Europe and Asia. |
| 'Super sand' to help clean water Posted: 24 Jun 2011 04:34 AM PDT Contaminated water can be cleaned much more effectively thanks to a novel cheap material, say researchers. |
| Travelodge customer data stolen Posted: 24 Jun 2011 01:35 AM PDT Travelodge UK is investigating an apparent hacking attack on its customer database. |
| Google 'faces US antitrust probe' Posted: 23 Jun 2011 07:20 PM PDT US regulators are preparing to issue court orders to Google and other companies as part of a probe into Google's business practices, US media report. |
| Radcliffe show halted after death Posted: 24 Jun 2011 02:40 AM PDT A performance of Broadway musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying is called off after a stagehand is found dead backstage. |
| Cameron receives explorer honour Posted: 24 Jun 2011 08:19 AM PDT Academy Award-winning director James Cameron is named a National Geographic explorer-in-residence. |
| Honorary knighthood for Barenboim Posted: 24 Jun 2011 04:40 AM PDT Israeli conductor Daniel Barenboim receives an honorary knighthood for his work towards reconciliation in the Middle East through music. |
| Posted: 24 Jun 2011 07:42 AM PDT Researchers develop an approach to switch on genes with a blue light; a technique that could one day help regulate blood sugar levels. |
| Songbirds eavesdrop on predators Posted: 24 Jun 2011 02:43 AM PDT Ground-nesting birds eavesdrop on chipmunks in order to protect their nests, according to scientists. |
| Common drugs warning for elderly Posted: 23 Jun 2011 05:07 PM PDT Drugs used by half of elderly people have been linked to a greater risk of death and declining brain function. |
| Do Smurfs provide a model for a good society? Posted: 23 Jun 2011 06:41 PM PDT Smurf fans around the world are celebrating the birthday of the famous cartoon strip's creator and awaiting a new blockbuster movie adaptation. But could the blue creatures offer a model for society? |
| Posted: 23 Jun 2011 06:43 PM PDT The Magazine's weekly quiz of the news, 7 days 7 questions. |
| VIDEO: Inside the 'offices' of Athens protest camp Posted: 24 Jun 2011 04:06 AM PDT Tim Willcox is in Athens talking to protesters who have set up camp outside the Greek parliament building to demonstrate against more austerity measures |
| VIDEO: Botswana's 'warm welcome' for Obamas Posted: 24 Jun 2011 09:32 AM PDT Michelle Obama has said she has been given a warm welcome on her visit to Botswana, during a two-nation tour of southern Africa. |
| VIDEO: Oprah receives SA honoury doctorate Posted: 24 Jun 2011 11:22 AM PDT Oprah Winfrey received an honoury doctorate from the University of the Free State in South Africa. |
| VIDEO: Libya rebels 'in secret talks' Posted: 24 Jun 2011 10:27 AM PDT The BBC has learned that the leaders of Libyan rebels are in close contact with an extensive underground network of anti-Gaddafi supporters in the capital Tripoli as they prepare for the fall of the Gaddafi regime |
| VIDEO: Syria warned over border tactics Posted: 23 Jun 2011 11:16 PM PDT The US has condemned Syria for reportedly moving soldiers and tanks closer to the Turkish border, raising concerns about further conflict and the plight of refugees in the area. |
| VIDEO: Camera uncovers Mayan tomb secrets Posted: 24 Jun 2011 08:37 AM PDT With the help of a tiny camera Mexican archaeologists have filmed the interior of a Mayan burial chamber for the first time. |
| VIDEO: Stranded penguin moved to NZ zoo Posted: 24 Jun 2011 08:30 AM PDT A young Emperor penguin found washed up on a New Zealand beach has been taken to a zoo amid fears for its health. |
| VIDEO: Kings of Leon on the big screen Posted: 23 Jun 2011 08:49 PM PDT Kings of Leon members Jared and Matthew Followill talk about the band's cinematic debut, in a documentary about their rise to fame. |
| Posted: 24 Jun 2011 07:03 AM PDT The rebels battling Gaddafi from the Western Mountains |
| Posted: 24 Jun 2011 09:29 AM PDT A selection of some striking images from around the world |
| Posted: 23 Jun 2011 03:56 PM PDT Leading thinkers on Greek crisis' wider impact |
| Posted: 24 Jun 2011 07:54 AM PDT Sports 2012 Olympic crowds need to swot up on |
| Posted: 23 Jun 2011 04:23 PM PDT Canada, Kate and a children's book - what's the connection? |
| Posted: 23 Jun 2011 06:21 PM PDT How China helped build modern America, and is doing so again |
| Posted: 23 Jun 2011 06:51 PM PDT The smart new way to track wildlife |
| You are subscribed to email updates from BBC News - Home To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
| Google Inc., 20 West Kinzie, Chicago IL USA 60610 | |
No comments:
Post a Comment