Deadly attacks strike Afghan town |
- Deadly attacks strike Afghan town
- US set for key House vote on debt
- Strauss-Kahn 'civil suit' threat
- 'Trojan' rock seen in Earth's orbit
- Boars found dead on algae-hit beach
- China signal 'caused rail crash'
- New fears over UK phone hacking
- Soldier held for 'Fort Hood plot'
- Norway police end Utoeya search
- Italy pays much more to sell debt
- Arctic fire hints at warming cue
- Libyan rebels 'capture key town'
- VIDEO: Colombian welcome for young footballers
- Feathers fly in first bird debate
- Sportsday Live - Thursday 27 July
- India lose Zaheer for second Test
- Union anger on pension payments
- UK soldiers 'unlawfully killed'
- Castlebeck care 'concerns' raised
- Pair guilty of honeymoon killings
- 'Brutal' rail death gang guilty
- Dog bites eyelid off two-year-old
- Rapist jailed after home attack
- Fire murders family 'devastated'
- Soldier accused of nightclub rape
- Baggott defends Kerr arrest raids
- Honeymoon murders verdict relief
- M4 fire tunnel may open next week
- US soldier guilty of Afghan death
- Morgan denies phone-hacking claim
- Peru's Ollanta Humala is sworn in
- Police row over Mexican jail riot
- Somali clashes after 'aid threat'
- Zimbabwe seeks US cents for shops
- Violence flares on Kosovo border
- Nuclear veterans win appeal bid
- Mubarak trial 'will be in Cairo'
- Lebanon frees 'slanderous' singer
- Ford to invest $1bn in India unit
- Balochistan activists 'tortured'
- Anger over Indonesia jail terms
- Millions hit in South Korean hack
- Oil price rise lifts Exxon profit
- James Murdoch gets BSkyB backing
- Credit Suisse to cut 2,000 jobs
- BT ordered to block pirate links
- IT giants 'ripping off Whitehall'
- BBC launches global iPlayer app
- Madonna film to screen at Venice
- Museum reopens after £47m refit
- Carracci ceiling to be restored
- UK launches woodland carbon code
- Peer-review 'needs improvements'
- Climate unit releases more data
- WHO: Hepatitis toll 'in millions'
- Norway attack: Eyewitness accounts
- What should spaceships look like?
- VIDEO: Norway survivor's 'horror movie' story
- VIDEO: Strauss-Kahn accuser 'cries everyday'
- VIDEO: The struggle for Libya's schools
- VIDEO: US debt rapper goes viral
- VIDEO: S Korea begins floods clean-up
- VIDEO: Life in Sparta amid economic gloom
- VIDEO: NZ Goldfish survive 134 days after quake
- VIDEO: Kitten survives spin cycle ordeal
- Cheap motels
- Grief turns to anger
- Day in pictures
- Moniker rule
- A star is formed
- London Calling
- Womb for rent
| Deadly attacks strike Afghan town Posted: 28 Jul 2011 07:08 AM PDT Insurgents launch a gun and bomb attack in southern Afghanistan, leaving at least 22 people dead, including a BBC reporter. |
| US set for key House vote on debt Posted: 28 Jul 2011 07:07 AM PDT A revised Republican bill to raise the US debt limit, cut spending and avert a federal default is set for a close vote in the House of Representatives. |
| Strauss-Kahn 'civil suit' threat Posted: 28 Jul 2011 10:47 AM PDT The lawyer for the maid who accuses ex-IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn of attempted rape says they may file a civil suit if prosecutors drop charges. |
| 'Trojan' rock seen in Earth's orbit Posted: 28 Jul 2011 01:57 AM PDT Astronomers detect an asteroid not far from Earth, moving in the same orbit around the Sun, that could be a target for future manned space missions. |
| Boars found dead on algae-hit beach Posted: 28 Jul 2011 04:56 AM PDT Officials find more bodies of wild boars on an algae-affected beach in western France, bringing the total number of dead this month to 31. |
| China signal 'caused rail crash' Posted: 28 Jul 2011 02:03 AM PDT A train crash which killed 39 people in China was caused by serious signalling flaws, an official says, as public anger mounts. |
| New fears over UK phone hacking Posted: 28 Jul 2011 11:09 AM PDT The mother of murder victim Sarah Payne has been told she may have been the victim of phone hacking, her charity has said. |
| Soldier held for 'Fort Hood plot' Posted: 28 Jul 2011 10:21 AM PDT An Awol US serviceman is in custody amid an alleged plot to attack the military base at Fort Hood in Texas, scene of a 2009 massacre, reports US media. |
| Norway police end Utoeya search Posted: 28 Jul 2011 09:48 AM PDT Police in Norway call off the search for more victims of the 22 July massacre on Utoeya island, but are still searching the waters around it. |
| Italy pays much more to sell debt Posted: 28 Jul 2011 07:51 AM PDT Italy pays much more to borrow than a month ago as investors continue to worry about its huge debts. |
| Arctic fire hints at warming cue Posted: 28 Jul 2011 09:33 AM PDT The 2007 Anaktuvuk fire in Alaska put vast amounts of carbon into the air, scientists say, suggestive of a new mechanism to reinforce climate change. |
| Libyan rebels 'capture key town' Posted: 28 Jul 2011 07:43 AM PDT Libyan rebels say they have seized the strategically important town of Ghazaya near the Tunisian border after heavy fighting with Col Gaddafi's forces. |
| VIDEO: Colombian welcome for young footballers Posted: 28 Jul 2011 05:40 AM PDT After a hesitant start, England's Under-20 footballers enjoy an enthusiastic welcome from security staff and a parrot mascot at Bogota airport. |
| Feathers fly in first bird debate Posted: 27 Jul 2011 01:58 PM PDT A chicken-sized dinosaur fossil found in China may have overturned a long-held theory about the origin of birds. |
| Sportsday Live - Thursday 27 July Posted: 28 Jul 2011 12:00 AM PDT Sergio Aguero finally completes his move to Manchester City, Europa League latest and more. |
| India lose Zaheer for second Test Posted: 28 Jul 2011 05:31 AM PDT India bowler Zaheer Khan is ruled out of Friday's second Test while paceman Chris Tremlett gives England cause for concern. |
| Union anger on pension payments Posted: 28 Jul 2011 09:39 AM PDT Unions have accused the government of undermining talks on the future of public sector pensions by announcing increased contribution levels. |
| UK soldiers 'unlawfully killed' Posted: 28 Jul 2011 10:58 AM PDT Three UK soldiers were unlawfully killed by a rogue native soldier in Afghanistan in July 2010, an inquest has ruled. |
| Castlebeck care 'concerns' raised Posted: 28 Jul 2011 09:14 AM PDT There are "serious concerns" about four services for people with learning difficulties run by Castlebeck, the Care Quality Commission says. |
| Pair guilty of honeymoon killings Posted: 28 Jul 2011 06:56 AM PDT Two men are found guilty of murdering Welsh honeymoon couple Ben and Catherine Mullany in Antigua. |
| 'Brutal' rail death gang guilty Posted: 28 Jul 2011 11:12 AM PDT Three people are found guilty of murdering a woman who was abused and asked to drink urine before being found dead on a disused railway line. |
| Dog bites eyelid off two-year-old Posted: 28 Jul 2011 10:20 AM PDT A two-year-old girl is mauled by a dog in Dorset, but police have no powers to destroy the animal as the attack occurred at the owner's home. |
| Rapist jailed after home attack Posted: 28 Jul 2011 08:29 AM PDT An armed man who sneaked into a woman's home and raped her left her so traumatised she lost her voice, a court hears. |
| Fire murders family 'devastated' Posted: 28 Jul 2011 08:41 AM PDT The aunt of a man and young girl who were killed in a deliberate house fire says the family has been left "shattered, devastated and angry". |
| Soldier accused of nightclub rape Posted: 28 Jul 2011 09:28 AM PDT A soldier due to be sent to Afghanistan must stand trial accused of raping a woman in Belfast, a judge rules. |
| Baggott defends Kerr arrest raids Posted: 28 Jul 2011 04:49 AM PDT Chief Constable Matt Baggott defends a series of raids carried out by police investigating the murder of Ronan Kerr. |
| Honeymoon murders verdict relief Posted: 28 Jul 2011 07:40 AM PDT The families of a Welsh couple shot on honeymoon in Antigua speak of their relief after two men were convicted of their murders. |
| M4 fire tunnel may open next week Posted: 28 Jul 2011 11:01 AM PDT Tests are being carried out to determine how much longer the Brynglas tunnel westbound on the M4 will stay shut with hopes it may open next week. |
| US soldier guilty of Afghan death Posted: 27 Jul 2011 11:44 PM PDT US soldier Derrick Miller, who shot dead an Afghan civilian at close range last year, is found guilty of premeditated murder. |
| Morgan denies phone-hacking claim Posted: 27 Jul 2011 08:46 AM PDT Ex-Mirror editor Piers Morgan denies that comments he previously made on BBC radio suggest he printed stories obtained through illegal reporting. |
| Peru's Ollanta Humala is sworn in Posted: 28 Jul 2011 10:25 AM PDT Former Peruvian army officer Ollanta Humala is sworn in as president, vowing to tackle poverty and social exclusion in the country. |
| Police row over Mexican jail riot Posted: 27 Jul 2011 04:49 PM PDT Police in one of Mexico's most violent cities, Ciudad Juarez, accuse federal colleagues of firing at them while putting down a deadly prison riot. |
| Somali clashes after 'aid threat' Posted: 28 Jul 2011 10:05 AM PDT Africa Union peacekeepers say they have seized key territory from Islamist insurgents in Somalia's capital after they allegedly threatened aid camps. |
| Zimbabwe seeks US cents for shops Posted: 28 Jul 2011 10:52 AM PDT Zimbabwe plans to import US currency coins into the country where shops are often unable to give customers change, handing out sweets instead. |
| Violence flares on Kosovo border Posted: 27 Jul 2011 02:18 PM PDT Ethnic Serbs attack and set fire to a security post on Kosovo's northern border after police attempted to take control in a Serb enclave. |
| Nuclear veterans win appeal bid Posted: 28 Jul 2011 09:46 AM PDT Veterans involved in Britain's nuclear weapons tests in the 1950s are granted leave to appeal by the Supreme Court in their fight for compensation. |
| Mubarak trial 'will be in Cairo' Posted: 28 Jul 2011 09:04 AM PDT Egypt's deposed President Hosni Mubarak, who is being detained at a hospital Sharm el-Sheikh, will be tried in Cairo next week, state media says. |
| Lebanon frees 'slanderous' singer Posted: 28 Jul 2011 10:40 AM PDT Lebanon frees singer Zeid Hamdan, detained over a song in which he urges President Michel Suleiman to "go home". |
| Ford to invest $1bn in India unit Posted: 27 Jul 2011 10:42 PM PDT US car maker Ford is expanding its operations in India in an attempt to capture a greater market share. |
| Balochistan activists 'tortured' Posted: 28 Jul 2011 03:11 AM PDT Hundreds of political activists are being held and tortured by security forces in the Pakistani province of Balochistan, Human Rights Watch says. |
| Anger over Indonesia jail terms Posted: 28 Jul 2011 08:13 AM PDT Rights activists and the US express anger at "light" jail terms for three men involved in an attack on the minority Ahmadiyah Muslim sect in Indonesia. |
| Millions hit in South Korean hack Posted: 28 Jul 2011 04:07 AM PDT South Korea has blamed Chinese hackers for stealing data from 35 million accounts on a popular social network. |
| Oil price rise lifts Exxon profit Posted: 28 Jul 2011 06:11 AM PDT Oil giant Exxon Mobil, the biggest public company in the US, says that higher oil prices have boosted its profits. |
| James Murdoch gets BSkyB backing Posted: 28 Jul 2011 11:20 AM PDT James Murdoch receives the unanimous backing of the BSkyB board to remain as chairman after the phone hacking scandal. |
| Credit Suisse to cut 2,000 jobs Posted: 28 Jul 2011 02:12 AM PDT Credit Suisse says it is to cut 4% of its global workforce by the end of next year, as it reveals sharply lower profits. |
| BT ordered to block pirate links Posted: 28 Jul 2011 02:15 AM PDT In a UK legal first a judge has ruled that a website offering links to free movies must be blocked. |
| IT giants 'ripping off Whitehall' Posted: 27 Jul 2011 11:40 PM PDT Government departments have been ripped off by a "cartel" of big IT firms, an influential committee of MPs finds. |
| BBC launches global iPlayer app Posted: 28 Jul 2011 12:34 AM PDT The BBC is launching an international version of its on-demand video service, the iPlayer, for Apple iPad users. |
| Madonna film to screen at Venice Posted: 28 Jul 2011 03:42 AM PDT Madonna's film about Edward VIII's romance with American divorcee Wallis Simpson will have its world premiere at this year's Venice Film Festival. |
| Museum reopens after £47m refit Posted: 27 Jul 2011 04:10 PM PDT Crowds are expected at the newly-refurbished Victorian part of the National Museum of Scotland as it reopens following a £47.4m refit. |
| Carracci ceiling to be restored Posted: 28 Jul 2011 03:13 AM PDT Annibale Carracci's ceiling in Rome's Palazzo Farnese is to be restored, it is announced. |
| UK launches woodland carbon code Posted: 28 Jul 2011 07:02 AM PDT The Forestry Commission publishes guidelines on what is expected from schemes that plant trees in order to absorb carbon. |
| Peer-review 'needs improvements' Posted: 28 Jul 2011 01:19 AM PDT MPs report the process of reviewing scientific research should become more transparent, and recommends an oversight body to ensure integrity. |
| Climate unit releases more data Posted: 27 Jul 2011 12:28 PM PDT The University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit, centrepiece of the "ClimateGate" affair, releases virtually all remaining temperature data. |
| WHO: Hepatitis toll 'in millions' Posted: 27 Jul 2011 11:35 PM PDT Medical experts are calling for global action to tackle the viruses that cause the liver disease hepatitis, as new figures show it is a significant problem around the world. |
| Norway attack: Eyewitness accounts Posted: 26 Jul 2011 06:58 AM PDT At least 86 people died when a gunman opened fire at a Norwegian island youth camp. Survivors give their account of the terrifying attack. |
| What should spaceships look like? Posted: 28 Jul 2011 12:11 AM PDT As the next generation of spaceships is being conceived, should shuttle designers take their inspiration from sci-fi illustrators? |
| VIDEO: Norway survivor's 'horror movie' story Posted: 28 Jul 2011 05:35 AM PDT One of the survivors of Friday's shooting massacre on the Norwegian island of Utoeya has said the gunman claimed he was a police officer and tricked some of his victims into believing they were safe. |
| VIDEO: Strauss-Kahn accuser 'cries everyday' Posted: 28 Jul 2011 10:21 AM PDT The woman who has accused former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of a sexual assault at a New York hotel, says she's cried everyday since the alleged attack. |
| VIDEO: The struggle for Libya's schools Posted: 28 Jul 2011 04:41 AM PDT The BBC's Gavin Lee reports from Benghazi, where schools are struggling to provide anything like a normal education for their pupils. |
| VIDEO: US debt rapper goes viral Posted: 28 Jul 2011 04:36 AM PDT As Democrats and Republicans put forward rival plans for raising the national borrowing limit of the US, a rapping comedian's message to the politicians has gone viral on the internet. |
| VIDEO: S Korea begins floods clean-up Posted: 28 Jul 2011 04:13 AM PDT The army has been drafted in to help clean up Seoul, after the capital city was hit by floods and landslides. |
| VIDEO: Life in Sparta amid economic gloom Posted: 27 Jul 2011 10:28 PM PDT Austerity measures in Greece have raised fears of long-term joblessness and enhanced the difficulty of keeping a small business afloat. |
| VIDEO: NZ Goldfish survive 134 days after quake Posted: 28 Jul 2011 05:06 AM PDT Two goldfish survived 134 days trapped in their tank in Christchurch's off-limits area after February's earthquake. |
| VIDEO: Kitten survives spin cycle ordeal Posted: 27 Jul 2011 12:22 PM PDT An eight-week-old kitten has survived after being stuck in a washing machine cycle for an hour in Aberdeen, Scotland. |
| Posted: 28 Jul 2011 06:22 AM PDT Where you will find America's homeless middle-class |
| Posted: 28 Jul 2011 04:48 AM PDT China struggles to censor public outpouring over train crash |
| Posted: 28 Jul 2011 11:25 AM PDT Striking images from around the world |
| Posted: 28 Jul 2011 12:26 AM PDT Why does Google+ insist on real names? |
| Posted: 28 Jul 2011 06:40 AM PDT Serious science begins at the telescope of the future |
| Posted: 28 Jul 2011 03:31 AM PDT Is the Clash hit the best advert for an Olympic city? |
| Posted: 27 Jul 2011 05:14 PM PDT The emotional challenges of surrogacy |
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