Thursday, June 2, 2011

Outbreak is new form of E. coli

Outbreak is new form of E. coli


Outbreak is new form of E. coli

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 09:13 AM PDT

The E. coli outbreak in Germany is a new form of the bacterium, researchers and public health experts believe.

'Deadly attack' on Syria's Rastan

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 06:41 AM PDT

Syrian troops heavily bombard the town of Rastan, near Homs, killing at least 15 people despite a government amnesty offer, activists say.

Jaycee Dugard rues 'stolen life'

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 11:16 AM PDT

US kidnap victim Jaycee Dugard says her life was stolen by abductors Phillip and Nancy Garrido, as they are sentenced to life imprisonment.

Risk of Greece default 'at 50:50'

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 12:03 AM PDT

Rating agency Moody's downgrades Greece again, saying there is a 50% chance of a debt restructuring in the next five years.

Yemeni tribesmen march on Sanaa

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 11:21 AM PDT

Fighting worsens in Yemen's capital, Sanaa, with thousands of tribesmen said to be marching on the city to battle forces loyal to President Saleh.

Romney joins US presidential race

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 10:20 AM PDT

Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney enters the race to be the Republican presidential candidate for 2012, saying Barack Obama has "failed America".

Mladic 'was treated for cancer'

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 07:38 AM PDT

Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic was treated for cancer in a Belgrade hospital two years ago while on the run, his lawyer says.

China rejects Gmail spying claims

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 02:37 AM PDT

China rejects allegations of involvement in a cyber-spying campaign targeting the Gmail accounts of top US officials, military personnel and journalists.

'Fears for migrants' off Tunisia

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 08:02 AM PDT

More than 200 mainly African migrants are missing after a boat trying to reach Europe breaks down off Tunisia's coast, Tunisian state news says.

Sony restores PlayStation network

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 04:33 AM PDT

Six weeks after a massive hack attack, Sony's PlayStation Network will be fully restored in the US and Europe on 2 June.

Deepest-living land animal found

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 07:35 AM PDT

Worms are found living at depths in the Earth where it was previously thought animals could not survive.

Germans test vulture 'detectives'

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 06:52 AM PDT

German police train vultures to search for corpses, to see if they are more effective than sniffer dogs.

Slovenian bear cub in tug of love

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 05:07 AM PDT

An orphaned bear cub which has charmed Slovenia with its antics since being adopted by a family faces removal to a wildlife shelter.

Schiavone wins to set up Li final

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 09:03 AM PDT

Defending champion Francesca Schiavone beats Marion Bartoli to reach the French Open final, where she will play Li Na after she overcomes Maria Sharapova.

Hughes resigns as Fulham manager

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 10:30 AM PDT

Fulham manager Mark Hughes resigns after less than a year in charge at Craven Cottage.

Strauss eyes Sri Lanka series win

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 08:24 AM PDT

England captain Andrew Strauss is eager to complete a series victory against Sri Lanka at Lord's in the second Test, which starts on Friday.

Derby kicks off Diamond Jubilee

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 05:18 AM PDT

The Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations next June start with the Epsom Derby, followed by a four-day holiday weekend.

Siege suspect's bomb 'not viable'

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 10:25 AM PDT

A man arrested after a three-hour siege at a Co-operative bank in Watford was not carrying a viable explosive device, police say.

Olympics director defends ballot

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 09:18 AM PDT

London 2012's commercial director rejects complaints that the ballot process was unfair and led to an unbalanced distribution of tickets.

Defeated Mosley in privacy appeal

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 10:06 AM PDT

Ex-motorsports boss Max Mosley launches an appeal after losing his bid to force newspapers to warn people before exposing their private lives.

Police probe hospital abuse claim

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 04:12 AM PDT

Allegations of mistreatment of patients at a Lincolnshire hospital are investigated by police.

Firms guilty over man in machine

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 09:06 AM PDT

Two companies admit breaking safety laws after a Barnsley factory worker is dragged through a five-inch gap in a machine.

Dunblane man guilty of rape bid

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 05:34 AM PDT

A man who survived the Dunblane massacre as a child is found guilty of trying to rape a 76-year-old woman in her home.

Life term for body-in-bin murder

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 05:07 AM PDT

A man is jailed for a minimum of 23 years for murdering a woman in Edinburgh and dumping her body in a wheelie bin.

Hughes killer jailed for 18 years

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 07:55 AM PDT

A man has been given a life sentence for the murder of a father as he walked home from his daughter's 18th birthday.

Bomb 'thrown at Alliance offices'

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 06:28 AM PDT

A pipe bomb was thrown into the Alliance Party's south Belfast headquarters in a dissident republican attack, the High Court is told.

'Explosion' reported at refinery

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 11:34 AM PDT

Emergency services say they responding to reports of an explosion in Pembroke Dock.

Murder resort's gate 'not locked'

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 09:31 AM PDT

A security guard has told a court the gate to a Caribbean resort was not padlocked when a honeymoon couple from Wales were murdered.

Deadly tornadoes in US north-east

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 09:58 AM PDT

A cluster of tornadoes strikes the US north-east, hitting the state of Massachusetts and leaving at least four people dead.

Canadians airlifted from wildfire

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 08:14 AM PDT

The Canadian military airlifts the last of some 1,000 residents of two communities in the Saskatchewan province to safety, after wildfires burn through the region.

Brazil launches anti-poverty plan

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 07:57 AM PDT

Brazil's government unveils a broad initiative to help some 16 million impoverished Brazilians and eradicate extreme poverty by 2014.

Global war on drugs 'has failed'

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 01:30 AM PDT

The global war on drugs has failed and legalisation would be a better option, according to a new report by group of politicians and former world leaders.

SA ex-spy chief anti secrecy law

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 10:30 AM PDT

South Africa's former Intelligence Minister Ronnie Kasrils warns the governing ANC against pushing a secrecy bill through parliament.

Burundi's Somali force 'unpaid'

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 03:45 AM PDT

Burundian soldiers serving with the African Union peace force in war-torn Somalia tell the BBC they have not been paid since January.

Tourist group poisoned in Turkey

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 09:19 AM PDT

Three young Russian women tourists die and others are in hospital after drinking poisoned alcohol on a yacht in the Turkish resort of Bodrum.

New president elected in Latvia

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 09:20 AM PDT

The challenger Andris Berzins wins the presidential election in the Baltic state of Latvia, with an outright majority of MPs voting in a second round.

UN Libya team accuses both sides

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 03:57 PM PDT

UN investigators accuse Libyan government forces of war crimes, but say there is evidence of opposition abuses as well.

Militants ambush Pakistan troops

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 01:20 AM PDT

At least 25 Pakistani troops are killed in a clash that is still ongoing 24 hours after militants crossed the Afghan border, officials say.

Japan PM survives vote challenge

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 11:38 PM PDT

Japanese PM Naoto Kan survives a no-confidence motion in parliament after telling his party he would step down once the country's crises are under control.

Libel is 'settled by 100 tweets'

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 09:12 AM PDT

A Malaysian political activist is sending 100 apologetic messages on the Twitter website, so he can "settle a libel case".

Carmakers hit in new market slide

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 06:06 AM PDT

Carmakers, headed by Peugeot, lead stock markets lower after data shows car sales falling in France and Spain in May.

E. coli: Russia bans EU imports

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 04:37 AM PDT

Russia bans the import of all fresh vegetables from the EU because of the deadly E. coli outbreak centred on the German city of Hamburg.

Acer shares down 7% on write-down

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 03:23 AM PDT

Shares in the world's second-biggest PC maker Acer drop sharply after it writes off $150m for accounting "abnormalities".

E-mail hack attacks an 'epidemic'

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 01:20 AM PDT

Sophisticated e-mail attacks that single out high-value individuals are proliferating rapidly, say security experts.

Future mobile to hit digital TV

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 09:19 AM PDT

Interference from future mobile technologies might mean digital TV becomes unwatchable for some Britons, says watchdog Ofcom.

Windows 8 'sneak previews' given

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 02:39 AM PDT

Early releases of the next version of the Windows operating system have been shown off in two separate demonstrations.

Tennant and Tate win over critics

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 02:28 AM PDT

Reunited former Doctor Who stars David Tennant and Catherine Tate's Much Ado About Nothing opens in the West End to a largely positive reception from critics.

Royal Academy honours Ai Weiwei

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 12:38 AM PDT

Detained Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei has been made an honorary member of Britain's Royal Academy along with Danish painter Per Kirkeby.

Cohen wins Spanish literary award

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 01:12 AM PDT

Veteran songwriter Leonard Cohen wins a top Spanish literature award for a body of work which has "influenced three generations around the world".

DNA computing takes logical leap

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 11:11 AM PDT

Scientists unveil a chemical computer of unrivalled complexity that may lead to "programmable chemistry" for biological and medical applications.

Antarctic survey lifts ice shroud

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 07:07 AM PDT

An aircraft surveys a great swathe of East Antarctica, to reveal the shape of the bedrock buried kilometres under the ice.

Nature 'is worth billions' to UK

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 04:06 PM PDT

Parks, lakes, forests and wildlife are worth billions of pounds to the UK economy, says a major report that could change planning policy.

Fear 'worsens' cardiac outcome

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 03:35 PM PDT

An intense fear of dying during a heart attack may lead to a worse outcome, a study finds.

New York wants fizzy drink ban

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 10:06 PM PDT

New York is waiting to hear if it can stop people on benefits from using food vouchers to buy fizzy drinks in an effort to improve health in the city.

E.coli outbreak 'may last months'

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 11:16 PM PDT

The head of the German public health body tackling a deadly E.coli outbreak says it may be months before it stops.

Asylum seeker 'amnesty' condemned

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 06:33 AM PDT

So many asylum seekers have been given leave to remain in the UK that it effectively "amounts to an amnesty", a committee of MPs says.

Olympic tickets: Your stories

Posted: 31 May 2011 03:40 AM PDT

Millions of people who applied for London 2012 tickets will know later whether they have been successful. BBC website readers have been sharing their experiences of applying for tickets.

The weird world of Fifa

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 11:19 AM PDT

How a tiny voluntary organisation grew and grew into a global behemoth with more member nations than the UN.

VIDEO: Rare turtles found in Bangkok airport

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 09:34 AM PDT

Officials at Bangkok airport found 451 rare turtles wrapped in suitcases along with seven fresh water crocodiles.

VIDEO: Unseen Marilyn Monroe photos in NY

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 09:22 AM PDT

Pictures of Marilyn Monroe which the public have never before are on show at the Washington Square Hotel in New York.

VIDEO: Violent US tornado caught on film

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 11:17 PM PDT

At least four people have died after tornadoes ripped through the US state of Massachusetts.

VIDEO: Beatboxer sees his 'big tongue'

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 03:55 PM PDT

Brain scans of a professional beatboxer suggest the skill is an expert behaviour.

VIDEO: Yemeni tribes clash with security forces

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 10:25 AM PDT

About 100 armed fighters loyal to a tribal leader in Yemen have clashed with security forces on the northern outskirts of the capital, Sanaa.

VIDEO: US demands action in north Pakistan

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 09:10 AM PDT

One of Pakistan's most senior military commanders has said there is no likelihood of an imminent full-scale offensive, sought by the US, against militant sanctuaries in north Waziristan.

VIDEO: Global war on drugs has 'failed'

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 02:48 AM PDT

The Global Commission on Drug Policy report calls for the legalisation of some drugs, and an end to the criminalisation of drug users.

On the sidelines?

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 10:11 AM PDT

Yemen's youth protest 'marginalised' by tribal violence

12 people, one idea

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 02:51 AM PDT

How a loop of red ribbon conquered the world

Day in pictures

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 07:02 AM PDT

Striking images from around the world

Audio slideshow

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 02:58 AM PDT

The Armenian families struggling with rising food prices

30-second commute

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 03:19 AM PDT

Why can't everyone just work from home?

Shockproof?

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 11:45 PM PDT

Why Algeria's sparks of discontent have failed to ignite

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