Wednesday, August 31, 2011

UK flies unfrozen assets to Libya

UK flies unfrozen assets to Libya

UK flies unfrozen assets to Libya

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 10:52 AM PDT

The RAF flies some of the £950m ($1.6bn) of Libyan dinars which have been unfrozen in the UK after a UN order targeting Col Gaddafi was lifted.

Storm 'disaster' declared in US

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 09:59 AM PDT

US President Barack Obama declares a "major disaster" in North Carolina and New York state, as cresting rivers threaten new flooding.

'Anti-cancer virus' shows promise

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 10:00 AM PDT

A virus has been engineered to selectively target cancer cells, which researchers say could one day "truly transform" therapies.

New Sri Lanka 'anti-terror' laws

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 10:41 AM PDT

The Sri Lankan government introduces new legislation allowing it to continue holding terror suspects without charge.

Kosovan admits German US attack

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 06:11 AM PDT

A Kosovo man admits killing US airmen at Frankfurt airport in March - in Germany's first deadly attack by an Islamist - but says he does not know why.

US blocks AT&T and T-Mobile deal

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 11:01 AM PDT

US telecoms giant AT&T's bid to buy rival T-Mobile USA could face collapse after the US government sued to block the $39bn (£24bn) deal.

Boy 'killed at Bahrain protest'

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 07:37 AM PDT

A teenage boy has died after being hit by a tear-gas canister fired by Bahraini security forces trying to disperse a protest, activists say.

Al-Qaeda 'linked' to Nigeria bomb

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 06:59 AM PDT

A man with alleged links to al-Qaeda is suspected of being behind last week's bombing of the UN headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria's secret police says.

Australia refugee deal 'illegal'

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 01:22 AM PDT

In a major setback for Australia's government, a court rules a deal to "swap" refugees with Malaysia to try to deter people-smuggling is unlawful.

Obama plans Congress jobs speech

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 10:56 AM PDT

US President Obama plans to address a joint session of Congress to lay out proposals to help create jobs, the White House says.

Microchip monitors tumour growth

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 02:36 AM PDT

Researchers in Germany have developed a microchip sensor that can be implanted close to a tumour to monitor its growth.

Clooney kicks off Venice festival

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 09:49 AM PDT

The Venice Film Festival gets underway later with the world premiere of The Ides of March, a political thriller directed by and starring George Clooney.

Astrophysicist finds fastest method of plane boarding

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 01:44 AM PDT

The current most common way to board passenger planes is among the least efficient - and boarding times could be halved, experiments show.

City of Bonn taxes prostitutes by meter

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 05:09 AM PDT

The German city of Bonn installs a meter to tax prostitutes for soliciting on its streets at a rate of six euros per night, regardless of custom.

Sportsday Live - Transfer Deadline Day

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 11:58 PM PDT

Scott Parker joins Tottenham and Joe Cole leaves Liverpool as the last day of the transfer window starts to warm up.

Arsenal lodge £10m bid for Arteta

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 10:04 AM PDT

Arsenal submit a £10m bid to sign Everton midfielder Mikel Arteta before the transfer window shuts at 2300 BST on Wednesday.

Live - England v India

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 09:25 AM PDT

India are on course to set England a big total to chase under lights in the Twenty20 international at Old Trafford.

Traveller camp court fight fails

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 10:01 AM PDT

A last ditch attempt to prevent the eviction of families from the largest unauthorised traveller site in England fails at the High Court.

Dead marine was a devoted father

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 10:39 AM PDT

A royal marine killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan on Tuesday is named by the Ministry of Defence as Sgt Barry Weston, a devoted father of three.

Bank changes 'may wait to 2015'

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 08:35 AM PDT

Major changes to British banks may not come into force until after 2015, it emerges, as business groups express concerns at the plans.

Riot bin theft boy, 11, sentenced

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 09:48 AM PDT

An 11-year-old boy, who police say is the youngest rioter in London to face prosecution over the recent disorder, is sentenced for stealing a bin.

Wootton's tributes draw to close

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 06:12 PM PDT

The people of Wootton Bassett in Wiltshire are to mark the end of military repatriations through the town, after four years and a ceremony that has been seen around the world.

Council officer took his own life

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 06:14 AM PDT

An inquest into the death of a senior officer at Suffolk County Council, involved in controversial cutbacks, finds he took his own life.

Fan cleared of assaulting Lennon

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 10:24 AM PDT

A Hearts fan is cleared of assaulting Celtic manager Neil Lennon after an Edinburgh Sheriff Court jury found the case against him not proven.

Cocaine worth £5m found on boat

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 08:16 AM PDT

Cocaine worth up to £5m is found on a boat moored in Scotland, border officials have confirmed.

Police pledge in hunt for Arlene

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 04:40 AM PDT

Police pledge to do all they can to recover the body of missing County Tyrone teenager Arlene Arkinson and end her family's "torment" as searches get under way for her remains.

OFT asked to probe car insurance

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 04:07 AM PDT

The Consumer Council has asked the Office of Fair Trading to examine the car insurance market in NI.

Paralysed girl speaks of battle

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 05:32 AM PDT

A teenager who was left paralysed from the waist down by a hospital error speaks of her anguish at learning she would never walk again and her dreams for the future.

Surgeon's role in Libyan uprising

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 05:23 AM PDT

A surgeon from south Wales speaks of his role at the forefront of the Libyan uprising.

Petraeus retires from US military

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 09:28 AM PDT

Gen David Petraeus, the former US commander of Nato troops in Afghanistan, retires from the armed forces as he prepares to take over as CIA director.

Two quit over failed US gun sting

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 02:35 PM PDT

The acting director of the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and the US attorney in Arizona resign over a failed sting operation in Mexico.

Jail over Bolivia protest deaths

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 02:36 PM PDT

Bolivia's Supreme Court convicts five senior military officers and two ex-ministers over the killings of at least 64 people during protests in 2003.

Malema hearing remains in Jo'burg

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 02:20 AM PDT

The disciplinary hearing for ANC's youth leader Julius Malema enters its second day in Johannesburg despite Tuesday's violence.

Croatian ex-PM charged over loan

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 09:55 AM PDT

The authorities in Croatia charge a former Prime Minister, Ivo Sanader, with corruption over a loan he negotiated from an Austrian bank in 1995.

Bailiffs raid BP Moscow offices

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 10:02 AM PDT

BP confirms that bailiffs have searched its offices in Moscow, in the latest problem for BP's operations in Russia.

Syria accused of killing detained

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 09:05 PM PDT

Amnesty International says it has evidence at least 88 people died after being detained during anti-government protests in Syria in recent months.

Jewish settlers get army training

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 03:06 PM PDT

Israel says it is training Jewish settlers in the West Bank to repel violent protest ahead of a Palestinian bid for statehood at the UN.

Bomb attack kills 11 in Pakistan

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 02:25 AM PDT

A suspected suicide car bomber has killed at least 11 people in the south-western Pakistani city of Quetta, hospital officials say.

India sports bill to be redrafted

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 12:52 AM PDT

India's government is to redraft a bill aimed at regulating sports bodies after stiff resistance from ministers with cricketing and football interests.

Two Tibet monks jailed over death

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 10:21 PM PDT

A Chinese court jails two more Tibetan monks over the death of a fellow monk who set himself on fire in an apparent anti-Beijing protest.

Portugal plans big spending cuts

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 08:44 AM PDT

The Portuguese government is planning the country's biggest spending cuts in 50 years, a move it described as "unprecedented".

Top US boss pay 'exceeds taxes'

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 10:30 AM PDT

The 25 highest paid US chief executives earned more last year than their companies paid in federal income tax, a study says.

Tesco to sell off Japan business

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 03:48 AM PDT

Tesco announces that it is to sell off its "unscalable" Japanese retail business after an eight-year struggle.

Mobile internet use nearing 50%

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 08:56 AM PDT

Almost half of UK internet users are going online via mobile phone data connections, according to the Office of National Statistics.

FT pulls app over Apple data row

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 07:54 AM PDT

The Financial Times withdraws its app for iPhones and iPads over a dispute with Apple over ownership of customer data.

Graphene to boost internet speed

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 06:22 AM PDT

Graphene, the strongest material on Earth, could help boost broadband internet speed, say researchers.

Release for 'lost' Beach Boys LP

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 03:55 AM PDT

The original recordings for the Beach Boys' legendary "lost" album Smile are to be released this autumn - 44 years after it was first due to come out.

Linklater 'to direct Rove movie'

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 06:45 AM PDT

A film about Karl Rove, a former aide to ex-US president George W Bush, is being made by Before Sunrise director Richard Linklater, according to reports.

Farewell to Brad Pitt zombie film

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 04:14 PM PDT

Glasgow is hosting its last day of filming for Hollywood zombie movie World War Z which stars Brad Pitt.

Healthy Thames 'attracts salmon'

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 12:30 AM PDT

Salmon in the Thames are more likely to be fish that have "strayed" from nearby rivers rather than a result of a multi-million pound restocking effort, a study suggests.

Brothers make marmots 'tom boys'

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 12:29 AM PDT

Female marmots born in litters that are mostly male become "tom boys", behaving in ways that are more typically male, say scientists.

Jupiter probe's 'goodbye for now'

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 02:09 AM PDT

The US space agency's Jupiter-bound Juno probe looks back and pictures Planet Earth.

Coral could hold key to sunscreen

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 04:13 PM PDT

Scientists hope to harness coral's natural defence against the sun's harmful ultraviolet rays to make a sunscreen pill for humans.

Blood sugar check with eye tests

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 04:12 PM PDT

Opticians should offer blood sugar checks alongside eye tests to help spot patients with undiagnosed diabetes, experts propose.

Libya rejects UN military forces

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 07:17 AM PDT

Libya's interim leaders reject the idea of deploying any kind of international military force or observers, the UN special envoy to the country says.

US consumer confidence 'slumps'

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 04:33 PM PDT

US consumer confidence slumped in August to its lowest level since April 2009, according to the latest monthly Conference Board report.

Gender pay gap 'rises to £10,500'

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 04:17 AM PDT

The pay gap between male and female managers has widened, a report suggests, but women junior managers have overtaken men.

Your solutions to burial space shortage

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 04:48 AM PDT

Our recent piece on graveyards running out of space prompted many of you to email suggestions. Here are the most emailed.

VIDEO: Future fears in Libya during Eid al-Fitr

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 07:13 AM PDT

In Tripoli, Libyan people have been out celebrating their first Eid al-Fitr since the fall of the Gaddafi regime, as the country moves towards a new political era.

VIDEO: Irene damage declared a disaster

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 10:20 AM PDT

President Obama has declared a state of emergency in North Carolina and New York state, following the floods caused by Tropical Storm Irene.

VIDEO: Libya celebrates end of Ramadan

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 10:34 AM PDT

For the first time in more than four decades the people of Libya have been celebrating the end of Ramadan without Colonel Gaddafi in charge.

VIDEO: German 'fake art' trial due to start

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 05:16 AM PDT

The trial of a group of people behind an alleged arts forgery scandal begins on Thursday in Germany.

VIDEO: Dick Cheney to 'make heads explode'

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 05:54 AM PDT

Dick Cheney's new memoir In My Time has been published in the US with the former vice president promising that "heads across Washington will be exploding" after people read it.

VIDEO: Man survives shears through eye socket

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 11:50 PM PDT

An 86-year-old American man has survived being impaled through the eye socket by a pair of pruning shears.

VIDEO: Australia refugee deal 'illegal'

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 08:37 AM PDT

Australia's High Court has ruled that a government plan for a refugee "swap" with Malaysia is unlawful.

VIDEO: Tanzanians face China plastics 'threat'

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 06:13 AM PDT

Chinese traders in Tanzania are exporting plastic waste back home and, according to some, putting local people's livelihoods at risk.

Magnetic mystery

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 05:45 PM PDT

How science is creating a window on the Earth's core

In pictures

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 08:43 AM PDT

Behind the scenes with Japan's notorious Yakuza syndicates

Day in pictures

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 10:07 AM PDT

A selection of striking images from around the world

Prime suspect

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 04:14 PM PDT

Does this new e-fit show the face of Jack the Ripper?

Farewell to Oz

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 05:12 PM PDT

Nick Bryant's last blog hails Australian dynamism, not politics

Getting dimmer

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 05:47 AM PDT

A sad farewell to the once ubiquitous 60W bulb

VIDEO: The lost decade

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 04:02 PM PDT

Years of boom and bust in the US economy
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