Friday, June 3, 2011

Yemen president injured in attack

Yemen president injured in attack


Yemen president injured in attack

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 10:55 AM PDT

President Ali Abdullah Saleh and other top officials are injured in an attack on the presidential mosque in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, officials say.

Mladic shuns 'monstrous' charges

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 09:50 AM PDT

Ex-Bosnian Serb army chief Ratko Mladic appears at The Hague war crimes trial, saying he will not enter a plea to the "monstrous" charges.

Troops 'kill 34' at Syria protest

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 09:45 AM PDT

At least 34 people were killed when security forces opened fire on a crowd of about 50,000 people in the central city of Hama, activists say.

UN may lift ex-Taliban sanctions

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 09:05 AM PDT

A UN committee is to consider lifting sanctions against some former Taliban figures, as part of moves to promote reconciliation in Afghanistan.

China boy 'sells kidney for iPad'

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 06:08 AM PDT

A 17-year-old boy from China has sold one of his kidneys over the internet in order to buy an iPad 2, Chinese media report.

Germany in E. coli blood appeal

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 11:11 AM PDT

German clinics ask for blood donations as the total number of people infected with a highly toxic strain of E. coli rises reaches 1,823 globally.

US ex-presidential hopeful charged

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 08:27 AM PDT

Former US presidential candidate John Edwards is indicted over alleged campaign funding violations linked to the cover-up of an affair.

Deadly bomb attack at Iraq mosque

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 06:40 AM PDT

At least 16 people are killed and dozens injured in a bomb attack, apparently aimed at worshippers at a mosque in the northern Iraqi city of Tikrit.

'Doctor Death' dies in US aged 83

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 07:17 AM PDT

Jack Kevorkian, the man known as "Doctor Death" for helping the terminally ill end their lives, has died in the US aged of 83, his lawyer says.

US employment in sharp slowdown

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 11:00 AM PDT

US employment growth registers a surprise sharp slowdown in May, while the unemployment rate also rises unexpectedly to 9.1%.

Greece to get next round of money

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 10:22 AM PDT

The IMF and European officials agree to pay Greece the next instalment of its existing bail-out, as reports suggest a new deal is being finalised.

Bahrain reinstated to F1 calendar

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 07:31 AM PDT

The Bahrain Grand Prix, called off in February because of social unrest in the country, will be held on 30 October.

Row over Indian live fish 'cure'

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 08:46 AM PDT

A children's rights group in India tries to ban the practice of giving children live fish as a cure for asthma

Physicists bend 'immutable' quantum rule

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 02:38 AM PDT

Researchers use tricky means to accomplish what was thought to be an impossible experiment that gets at the heart of quantum mechanics.

Live - Djokovic v Federer

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 03:03 AM PDT

Novak Djokovic takes on Roger Federer in the French Open semi-finals, with the winner playing Rafael Nadal after he beats Britain's Andy Murray 6-4 7-5 6-4.

Capello clears air with Ferdinand

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 06:34 AM PDT

Boss Fabio Capello finally makes peace with Rio Ferdinand over his decision to strip the defender of the England captaincy in March.

Inquiry into four refinery deaths

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 09:47 AM PDT

An investigation begins after four contractors die in an explosion and fire at a Pembrokeshire oil refinery, as the family of one victim confirm she was a 55-year-old fire guard.

Ahmad 'assault' police not guilty

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 08:25 AM PDT

Four police officers accused of beating up a terror suspect in December 2003 have all been found not guilty at Southwark Crown Court.

Majestic Nadal holds off Murray

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 08:43 AM PDT

Rafael Nadal steps closer to a record sixth French Open crown with a straight-sets win over Andy Murray in a pulsating semi-final.

Albanian fugitives 'hiding in London'

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 11:02 AM PDT

More than 100 dangerous Albanian criminals could be in hiding in the UK and London, according to a secret dossier sent to Scotland Yard.

Cyclist jailed for grocer killing

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 10:01 AM PDT

A 36-year-old cyclist from Brighton who punched a man in the face after he opened a car door in his path is jailed for 18 months.

2012 relay police get counselling

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 04:16 AM PDT

A plan to offer counselling to police guards on the Olympic torch relay to help them "reintegrate" after the event is described as "barking mad".

Man convicted of murdering woman

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 07:30 AM PDT

A 41-year-old man is given a life sentence after being convicted of raping and murdering nightclub goer Mary McLaren.

Guilty plea over student killing

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 04:16 AM PDT

A man admits killing 19-year-old student Reamonn Gormley but will face a murder trial after the Crown rejects his guilty plea to culpable homicide.

Stormont advisors review ordered

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 09:49 AM PDT

The DUP announce that Finance Minister Sammy Wilson is to carry out a review of the process for the appointment of special advisors.

Castlecourt centre is up for sale

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 08:23 AM PDT

Castlecourt shopping centre in Belfast is being put up for sale for about £170m by its owners Westfield and Hermes.

Murdered bride 'fought for life'

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 09:37 AM PDT

A woman on her Caribbean honeymoon may have tried to fend off an attack before she and her husband were shot, a doctor tells a murder trial jury.

Globe eyes student's cancer guide

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 10:23 AM PDT

An internet guide and pamphlet about cancer continues to attract worldwide interest, a year after the death of the young student who inspired it.

DNA order for media group heirs

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 01:52 PM PDT

An Argentine court rules that the adopted heirs of the Clarin media group must give DNA samples to see if they were stolen as babies during military rule.

Burkina Faso mutineers encircled

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 09:27 AM PDT

Elite forces loyal to Burkina Faso's leader Blaise Compaore intervene for the first against army mutineers after days of looting in Bobo Dioulasso.

Tunisia: Migrants feared drowned

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 11:17 AM PDT

Scores of migrants are feared to have drowned off Tunisia's coast after a boat from Libya destined for Europe capsized, officials say.

Arms depot blaze in Russian Urals

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 06:38 AM PDT

Some 28,000 people are evacuated near the Russian Urals city of Izhevsk after a fire at an arms depot housing artillery shells and rockets.

Eurozone services growth slows

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 02:54 AM PDT

Eurozone service sector growth slowed in May, while business confidence hit its lowest level in 18 months, a survey says.

Scandal-hit Israeli tycoon dies

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 03:19 AM PDT

Sami Ofer, a billionaire Israeli businessman at the centre of a scandal over business contacts with Iran, dies aged 89.

England v Sri Lanka day one as it happened

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 01:57 AM PDT

Eoin Morgan and Matt Prior share a century stand to take England past the 300 mark against Sri Lanka on day one at Lord's.

India state unveils land policy

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 01:33 AM PDT

India's Uttar Pradesh state unveils a new policy making it easier and more profitable for famers to sell land, following recent angry protests.

Australia to deport lone children

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 08:58 PM PDT

The Australian government says it will send unaccompanied children to Malaysia for asylum claims processing as part of a controversial plan.

Sony investigating another hack

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 06:47 AM PDT

A hacker group says it has attacked SonyPictures.com and stolen more than one million passwords, e-mail addresses and other information.

Groupon files $750m share offer

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 03:34 PM PDT

Daily discount website Groupon is seeking to raise up to $750m (£460m) in an initial public offering.

Goldman 'must explain behaviour'

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 06:38 PM PDT

New York prosecutors are reported to have asked Goldman Sachs to explain its behaviour in the run-up to the financial crisis.

Rio Tinto in Aboriginal land deal

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 10:18 PM PDT

Rio Tinto's expansion plans receive a boost as the company secures a major land deal with Aboriginals in Western Australia.

Google to abandon older browsers

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 04:42 AM PDT

People who use older versions of web browsers could see services start to malfunction as Google and others drop support for them.

Facebook attacks 'fake' contract

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 11:39 AM PDT

Founder Mark Zuckerberg says an alleged contract and e-mails that a New York man claims entitle him to a 50% stake in Facebook are "forgeries".

Glee star Lynch to present Emmys

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 01:10 AM PDT

Jane Lynch - last year's Emmy winner for her role as cheer-leading coach Sue Sylvester in musical show Glee - will host the 2011 awards.

Lowry painting sells for £555,000

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 12:44 AM PDT

A Lowry painting, sold at the request of The Royal Scottish Academy, fetches £555,000 at auction.

Damage author Hart dies in London

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 08:22 AM PDT

Irish-born writer Josephine Hart, whose 1991 debut novel Damage was made into a film starring Jeremy Irons and Juliette Binoche, dies in London.

Warming 'to leave tropics hungry'

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 07:33 PM PDT

A new report has identified areas where food supplies could be hardest hit by the effects of climate change.

Mission to save rarest sandpiper

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 07:08 PM PDT

Conservationists have embarked on a mission to save one of the world's rarest birds, the spoon-billed sandpiper, from extinction.

New strain of MRSA found in cows

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 04:39 PM PDT

A new strain of the MRSA "superbug" is found in the milk of British cows and is believed to be infecting humans.

Leukaemia return 'may be blocked'

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 05:49 PM PDT

Scientists are working on a way to stop one of the the most aggressive forms of acute leukaemia returning after a patient has received treatment.

Olympics ticket deadline passes

Posted: 31 May 2011 05:32 PM PDT

Millions of people who applied for London 2012 tickets should now know if they have been successful, with the organisers' deadline for taking card payments passed.

Why is 'chav' still controversial?

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 02:38 AM PDT

A new book claims the word "chav" is helping to reignite class war. The journalist Polly Toynbee calls it "the vile word at the heart of fractured Britain". Recently a peer caused a kerfuffle when she tweeted about being stuck in "chav-land". So almost a decade after its emergence, is chav really the most divisive word in Britain?

Quiz of the week's news

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 06:44 PM PDT

The Magazine's weekly quiz of the news, 7 days 7 questions.

VIDEO: Chinese teen 'sells kidney for iPad'

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 08:47 AM PDT

A 17-year-old Chinese boy has sold one of his kidneys in order to buy an iPhone and iPad, according to local media reports.

VIDEO: On the road with Misrata's rebel army

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 07:17 AM PDT

Libya: David Loyn on the road with Misrata's rebel army as they prepare to take advantage of any new Nato offensive.

VIDEO: JR's Dallas memorabilia auction

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 10:44 PM PDT

Larry Hagman - better known as the larger-than-life, money obsessed, JR Ewing from Dallas - is holding an auction in Los Angeles to sell off hundreds of his personal possessions.

VIDEO: Mladic first appearance in court

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 10:40 AM PDT

Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb military commander, has made his first appearance at an International Tribunal in The Hague.

VIDEO: Is E. coli salad scare nearing an end?

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 06:27 AM PDT

German clinics have appealed for blood donations as the number of people infected with a deadly strain of E. coli has risen above 1,730.

VIDEO: Syrian opposition demands Assad quits

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 07:23 PM PDT

Syrian opposition groups meeting in Turkey have called on President Assad to resign immediately, and make way for a transition to democracy.

VIDEO: 'Kate Middleton's home' for sale

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 11:38 PM PDT

Estate agent Dudley Singleton shows the BBC's Alison Harper around the home that Kate and Pippa Middleton grew up in.

Damage limitation

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 09:39 AM PDT

The wider economic impact of the E. coli outbreak

Connected everything

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 04:01 PM PDT

How the internet is reaching beyond our computer screens

Mother of the struggle

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 06:35 AM PDT

South Africa loses a moral compass and liberation veteran

Day in pictures

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 10:21 AM PDT

Eye-catching images from around the world

Cut and run

Posted: 03 Jun 2011 02:40 AM PDT

Human hair becomes latest target for thieves in the US

It's quiz time!

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 10:48 AM PDT

Fifa's unlikely saviour - Kissinger, Prince William or Carter?

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