Outbreak is new form of E. coli |
- Outbreak is new form of E. coli
- 'Deadly attack' on Syria's Rastan
- Jaycee Dugard rues 'stolen life'
- Risk of Greece default 'at 50:50'
- Yemeni tribesmen march on Sanaa
- Romney joins US presidential race
- Mladic 'was treated for cancer'
- China rejects Gmail spying claims
- 'Fears for migrants' off Tunisia
- Sony restores PlayStation network
- Deepest-living land animal found
- Germans test vulture 'detectives'
- Slovenian bear cub in tug of love
- Schiavone wins to set up Li final
- Hughes resigns as Fulham manager
- Strauss eyes Sri Lanka series win
- Derby kicks off Diamond Jubilee
- Siege suspect's bomb 'not viable'
- Olympics director defends ballot
- Defeated Mosley in privacy appeal
- Police probe hospital abuse claim
- Firms guilty over man in machine
- Dunblane man guilty of rape bid
- Life term for body-in-bin murder
- Hughes killer jailed for 18 years
- Bomb 'thrown at Alliance offices'
- 'Explosion' reported at refinery
- Murder resort's gate 'not locked'
- Deadly tornadoes in US north-east
- Canadians airlifted from wildfire
- Brazil launches anti-poverty plan
- Global war on drugs 'has failed'
- SA ex-spy chief anti secrecy law
- Burundi's Somali force 'unpaid'
- Tourist group poisoned in Turkey
- New president elected in Latvia
- UN Libya team accuses both sides
- Militants ambush Pakistan troops
- Japan PM survives vote challenge
- Libel is 'settled by 100 tweets'
- Carmakers hit in new market slide
- E. coli: Russia bans EU imports
- Acer shares down 7% on write-down
- E-mail hack attacks an 'epidemic'
- Future mobile to hit digital TV
- Windows 8 'sneak previews' given
- Tennant and Tate win over critics
- Royal Academy honours Ai Weiwei
- Cohen wins Spanish literary award
- DNA computing takes logical leap
- Antarctic survey lifts ice shroud
- Nature 'is worth billions' to UK
- Fear 'worsens' cardiac outcome
- New York wants fizzy drink ban
- E.coli outbreak 'may last months'
- Asylum seeker 'amnesty' condemned
- Olympic tickets: Your stories
- The weird world of Fifa
- VIDEO: Rare turtles found in Bangkok airport
- VIDEO: Unseen Marilyn Monroe photos in NY
- VIDEO: Violent US tornado caught on film
- VIDEO: Beatboxer sees his 'big tongue'
- VIDEO: Yemeni tribes clash with security forces
- VIDEO: US demands action in north Pakistan
- VIDEO: Global war on drugs has 'failed'
- On the sidelines?
- 12 people, one idea
- Day in pictures
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| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Posted: 02 Jun 2011 10:11 AM PDT Yemen's youth protest 'marginalised' by tribal violence |
| Posted: 02 Jun 2011 02:51 AM PDT How a loop of red ribbon conquered the world |
| Posted: 02 Jun 2011 07:02 AM PDT Striking images from around the world |
| Posted: 02 Jun 2011 02:58 AM PDT The Armenian families struggling with rising food prices |
| Posted: 02 Jun 2011 03:19 AM PDT Why can't everyone just work from home? |
| Posted: 01 Jun 2011 11:45 PM PDT Why Algeria's sparks of discontent have failed to ignite |
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