Germany approves EU bailout fund |
- Germany approves EU bailout fund
- Mob pelts US ambassador in Syria
- Rocket launches Chinese space lab
- Libyan forces take Sirte airport
- Pakistan PM rejects US pressure
- Strauss-Kahn faces French accuser
- Bahrain sentences protest medics
- Optimism for death-row Christian
- Solar man wins alternative Nobel
- Hugo Chavez denies health scare
- Bio-inspired plastic self-heals
- Johansson: Leaked images 'wrong'
- Brazil calls for Bundchen ad ban
- Tsunami donation left in toilet
- Live - Europa League
- Tevez could play again - Pardew
- England & Scotland ring changes
- Rio Ferdinand loses privacy case
- Ministers to look at 80mph limit
- Girls in grandfather murder plot
- Seventh man faces terror charges
- Life term for body-in-boot killer
- Beached whale was 'rare species'
- Rail link tender process scrapped
- Man, 29, murdered and set on fire
- Executive agrees on abuse inquiry
- Men accused of having bomb in car
- Fracking gas test drill discussed
- Prison for hospital Nazi salute
- Healthcare heads to Supreme Court
- Full Tilt Poker licence revoked
- Mexican court rules on abortion
- Brazil growth 'to slow sharply'
- Sarkozy in Morocco rail launch
- Hours-long gunfight in Cameroon
- Knox lawyer describes tragic case
- Spain halts lottery privatisation
- Saudi woman's lashing 'revoked'
- Blair Mid-East role not challenged
- Scores convicted of Dalit torture
- Kashmir uproar over clemency plea
- Typhoon Nesat heads for Vietnam
- Kyrgyz parliament bans gambling
- ECB called for Italy budget cuts
- Nokia to cut another 3,500 jobs
- US economic growth rate at 1.3%
- ISPs face broadband ad overhaul
- 3D's 'positive impact' on pupils
- Samsung pays Microsoft royalties
- Tony Bennett tops US chart at 85
- Da Vinci pastiche 'is real thing'
- Secret of koala bellow revealed
- Judge halts work on Amazon dam
- Targeted back pain care 'better'
- Bailout vote: Voices from Germany
- The films that vexed the censor
- What do you say to a friend who's lost their job?
- VIDEO: Russian army stops buying Kalashnikovs
- VIDEO: Doctor 'told guard to put vials in bag'
- VIDEO: Knox was 'victim of a tragic case'
- VIDEO: Shark victim 'lucky to be alive'
- VIDEO: The hunt for Col Gaddafi in Libya
- VIDEO: Severed heads left at Mexican school
- VIDEO: Damascus pupils on Syria protests
- VIDEO: Pope statue sculptor defends his work
- Damascus girls' school aloof from Syria unrest
- Day in pictures
- Will we really keep getting fatter?
- Silvio Berlusconi birthday quiz
- Boxing granny is a real knock-out
- The American Taliban, 10 years on
- Campaign targets pirate violence
| Germany approves EU bailout fund Posted: 29 Sep 2011 09:40 AM PDT Germany's parliament votes by a large majority in favour of supporting a more powerful fund to bail-out troubled Eurozone economies. |
| Mob pelts US ambassador in Syria Posted: 29 Sep 2011 08:32 AM PDT Supporters of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad pelt US ambassador Robert Ford with tomatoes and eggs as he meets an opposition figure. |
| Rocket launches Chinese space lab Posted: 29 Sep 2011 06:16 AM PDT A Long March rocket carrying China's first space laboratory, Tiangong-1, launches from the north of the country. |
| Libyan forces take Sirte airport Posted: 29 Sep 2011 10:33 AM PDT Forces loyal to Libya's transitional authorities take the airport in Sirte, the birthplace of fugitive leader Muammar Gaddafi. |
| Pakistan PM rejects US pressure Posted: 29 Sep 2011 10:28 AM PDT Pakistan's prime minister hits back in a row with the US, refusing to bow to pressure to step up the fight against militants active in Afghanistan. |
| Strauss-Kahn faces French accuser Posted: 29 Sep 2011 07:54 AM PDT The former IMF chief and the French writer who accuses him of attempted rape have confronted each other as part of a police investigation. |
| Bahrain sentences protest medics Posted: 29 Sep 2011 10:02 AM PDT A court in Bahrain jails 20 medics who treated protesters, while a protester accused of killing a policeman is sentenced to death. |
| Optimism for death-row Christian Posted: 29 Sep 2011 10:53 AM PDT The lawyer for an Iranian Christian cleric sentenced to death for apostasy says he is optimistic that his client will be acquitted. |
| Solar man wins alternative Nobel Posted: 29 Sep 2011 08:03 AM PDT Chinese solar power pioneer Huang Ming is among four winners of this year's "alternative Nobel" - the Right Livelihood Awards. |
| Hugo Chavez denies health scare Posted: 29 Sep 2011 08:23 AM PDT Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez denies reports he was rushed to hospital with kidney failure, telling state TV his recovery from cancer is going well. |
| Bio-inspired plastic self-heals Posted: 29 Sep 2011 01:29 AM PDT The development of self-healing materials has surged forward as scientists have taken inspiration from biological systems. |
| Johansson: Leaked images 'wrong' Posted: 29 Sep 2011 01:40 AM PDT The Lost in Translation star has spoken out for the first time about the nude photos leaked online, calling the invasion of her privacy "unjust". |
| Brazil calls for Bundchen ad ban Posted: 29 Sep 2011 05:14 AM PDT Brazil's ministry for women calls for a TV advertisement with supermodel Gisele Bundchen to be suspended, saying it reinforces sexual stereotyping. |
| Tsunami donation left in toilet Posted: 29 Sep 2011 06:18 AM PDT An anonymous Japanese donor leaves the equivalent of $131,000 in a public toilet with a note saying it was intended for victims of the tsunami. |
| Posted: 29 Sep 2011 09:19 AM PDT Birmingham, Celtic and Fulham are among the early kick-offs on a busy Thursday in the Europa League, with Tottenham playing Shamrock Rovers and Stoke taking on Besiktas later. |
| Tevez could play again - Pardew Posted: 29 Sep 2011 09:33 AM PDT Newcastle boss Alan Pardew believes Carlos Tevez could play for Manchester City again. |
| England & Scotland ring changes Posted: 28 Sep 2011 05:02 PM PDT England make three changes to their starting side and Scotland six for Saturday's crunch World Cup clash in Auckland. |
| Rio Ferdinand loses privacy case Posted: 29 Sep 2011 09:24 AM PDT Football star Rio Ferdinand has lost his High Court privacy action over a story about an alleged affair in the Sunday Mirror. |
| Ministers to look at 80mph limit Posted: 29 Sep 2011 11:11 AM PDT The government is to launch a consultation on increasing the speed limit on English and Welsh motorways from 70mph to 80mph. |
| Girls in grandfather murder plot Posted: 29 Sep 2011 09:32 AM PDT Two Hampshire girls are detained for their part in a plot to kill their 89-year-old grandfather so they could inherit his money. |
| Seventh man faces terror charges Posted: 29 Sep 2011 09:14 AM PDT A seventh man is to face charges in relation to a recent counter-terrorism operation in Birmingham, the Crown Prosecution Service says. |
| Life term for body-in-boot killer Posted: 29 Sep 2011 10:04 AM PDT A man is jailed for at least 18 years for murdering a Liverpool solicitor before hiding her body in the boot of his car. |
| Beached whale was 'rare species' Posted: 29 Sep 2011 02:35 AM PDT Conservationists say a young whale which died when it beached in the Humber Estuary was probably a female sei whale - rarely seen near the British coast. |
| Rail link tender process scrapped Posted: 29 Sep 2011 10:43 AM PDT The Scottish government scraps its plan to get a private company to build the new Borders railway, because of a lack of interest. |
| Man, 29, murdered and set on fire Posted: 29 Sep 2011 04:27 AM PDT A man whose body was found near the River Clyde in Glasgow had been violently attacked and his body set on fire, police reveal. |
| Executive agrees on abuse inquiry Posted: 29 Sep 2011 09:19 AM PDT The executive is meeting to decide on the form of an inquiry into complaints of abuse children's homes and other institutions in Northern Ireland. |
| Men accused of having bomb in car Posted: 29 Sep 2011 04:45 AM PDT Police charge three men with explosives offences after a bomb was found in a car in Londonderry on Monday. |
| Fracking gas test drill discussed Posted: 29 Sep 2011 08:51 AM PDT An application to test drill for gas in the Vale of Glamorgan will be discussed by the county council's planning committee later. |
| Prison for hospital Nazi salute Posted: 29 Sep 2011 10:24 AM PDT A man is described as a "bully with hatred in his heart" and jailed for nine months after making Nazi salutes at a Jewish teenager in a hospital. |
| Healthcare heads to Supreme Court Posted: 29 Sep 2011 06:39 AM PDT The White House asks the Supreme Court to uphold its healthcare law, inviting a possible high-stakes legal showdown just before the 2012 election. |
| Full Tilt Poker licence revoked Posted: 29 Sep 2011 08:38 AM PDT Besieged online gambling site Full Tilt Poker has had its licence revoked, a week after US lawmakers accused it of being a "global Ponzi scheme". |
| Mexican court rules on abortion Posted: 29 Sep 2011 06:59 AM PDT Mexico's Supreme Court upholds a law in the state of Baja California that states life begins at conception, in a decision hailed by anti-abortion campaigners. |
| Brazil growth 'to slow sharply' Posted: 29 Sep 2011 07:25 AM PDT Brazil's central bank lowers its forecast for economic growth to less than half of last year's, partly blaming the slowing global economy. |
| Sarkozy in Morocco rail launch Posted: 28 Sep 2011 10:04 PM PDT French President Nicholas Sarkozy is due to visit Morocco to oversee the start of construction on a new TGV high-speed rail link. |
| Hours-long gunfight in Cameroon Posted: 29 Sep 2011 05:51 AM PDT Gunmen open fire in Cameroon's commercial capital, Douala, killing at least one person, in an apparent protest against the president. |
| Knox lawyer describes tragic case Posted: 29 Sep 2011 05:20 AM PDT Amanda Knox is the victim of "a tragic judicial case", her lawyer says in the closing stages of her appeal against the murder of Briton Meredith Kercher. |
| Spain halts lottery privatisation Posted: 29 Sep 2011 05:18 AM PDT Spain stops the part-privatisation of the national lottery, which had been expected to raise billions of euros, due to difficult market conditions. |
| Saudi woman's lashing 'revoked' Posted: 29 Sep 2011 12:11 AM PDT Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah overturns a court ruling sentencing a woman to 10 lashes for breaking a ban on female drivers, reports say. |
| Blair Mid-East role not challenged Posted: 29 Sep 2011 03:03 AM PDT The Palestinian Authority denies reports that it will request the removal of Britain's Tony Blair as envoy for the Middle East Quartet of mediators. |
| Scores convicted of Dalit torture Posted: 29 Sep 2011 10:37 AM PDT A court in southern India convicts 269 police and forest officials of torturing and abusing more than 100 low-caste Dalits during a raid in 1992. |
| Kashmir uproar over clemency plea Posted: 29 Sep 2011 09:13 AM PDT Assembly members in Indian-administered Kashmir are angry that moves to debate clemency for a local man on death row in India have been prevented. |
| Typhoon Nesat heads for Vietnam Posted: 29 Sep 2011 08:19 AM PDT A typhoon that caused devastation in the Philippines and shut down Hong Kong is now heading towards the coast of Vietnam. |
| Kyrgyz parliament bans gambling Posted: 29 Sep 2011 11:04 AM PDT Casinos will close throughout Kyrgyzstan after parliament voted to ban gambling, except in one designated area. |
| ECB called for Italy budget cuts Posted: 29 Sep 2011 03:45 AM PDT A leaked letter reveals the European Central Bank told Italy to make big changes to its labour laws and take action to cut its deficit. |
| Nokia to cut another 3,500 jobs Posted: 29 Sep 2011 05:21 AM PDT Mobile phone maker Nokia is cutting 3,500 jobs and closing a factory in Romania as part of its 1bn-euro restructuring plan. |
| US economic growth rate at 1.3% Posted: 29 Sep 2011 06:09 AM PDT The US economy grew at an annualised rate of 1.3% between April and June, says the Commerce Department. |
| ISPs face broadband ad overhaul Posted: 29 Sep 2011 04:01 AM PDT New guidance on how ISPs can advertise broadband services has been issued but not everyone thinks it goes far enough. |
| 3D's 'positive impact' on pupils Posted: 29 Sep 2011 10:11 AM PDT A study of schools using 3D technology in the classroom suggests it could improve test results and concentration. |
| Samsung pays Microsoft royalties Posted: 29 Sep 2011 07:19 AM PDT Samsung is to start paying Microsoft royalties from its smartphone and tablet computers that run the rival Google Android platform. |
| Tony Bennett tops US chart at 85 Posted: 29 Sep 2011 01:51 AM PDT Legendary singer Tony Bennett becomes the oldest living performer to score a US number one album, hitting the top spot for the first time in his 60-year career. |
| Da Vinci pastiche 'is real thing' Posted: 29 Sep 2011 06:55 AM PDT An Oxford University art history professor says he has found conclusive proof that a portrait dismissed as a 19th Century forgery is a Leonardo Da Vinci. |
| Secret of koala bellow revealed Posted: 28 Sep 2011 09:40 PM PDT Scientists have discovered the anatomy behind the strange bellowing sound that male koalas make during mating season. |
| Judge halts work on Amazon dam Posted: 28 Sep 2011 06:02 PM PDT A federal court in Brazil stops building work on what was set to become the world's third largest hydro-electric dam project. |
| Targeted back pain care 'better' Posted: 28 Sep 2011 05:45 PM PDT More targeted treatment for back pain improves care and "substantially" reduces healthcare costs, say researchers. |
| Bailout vote: Voices from Germany Posted: 29 Sep 2011 09:35 AM PDT Germany's parliament approves new powers for the EU's bailout fund. Here people in Germany react. |
| The films that vexed the censor Posted: 29 Sep 2011 03:13 AM PDT The way films are censored can tell us much about changing attitudes in society to sex, violence and rebellion. |
| What do you say to a friend who's lost their job? Posted: 28 Sep 2011 03:24 PM PDT With 14 million Americans unemployed, greeting cards are now available to express sympathy to people who have lost their job. But what's the best thing to say? |
| VIDEO: Russian army stops buying Kalashnikovs Posted: 28 Sep 2011 06:33 PM PDT The Russian army says it is halting orders of the famous Kalashnikov assault rifle until a newer model is developed by its manufacturer. |
| VIDEO: Doctor 'told guard to put vials in bag' Posted: 29 Sep 2011 10:57 AM PDT One of Michael Jackson's bodyguards, Alberto Alvarez, claims that Michael Jackson's doctor, Conrad Murray, "grabbed a handful of vials" and told him to "put these in a bag". |
| VIDEO: Knox was 'victim of a tragic case' Posted: 29 Sep 2011 06:00 AM PDT Convicted murderer Amanda Knox is the victim of "a tragic judicial case", her defence lawyer has said. |
| VIDEO: Shark victim 'lucky to be alive' Posted: 29 Sep 2011 05:21 AM PDT British citizen Michael Cohen, 42, who was attacked by a shark off Cape Town in South Africa is ''lucky to be alive", according to the surgeon who operated on him. |
| VIDEO: The hunt for Col Gaddafi in Libya Posted: 28 Sep 2011 03:13 PM PDT In southern Libya forces from the new government are intensifying their hunt for Colonel Gaddafi and his closest supporters. |
| VIDEO: Severed heads left at Mexican school Posted: 28 Sep 2011 10:48 PM PDT Mexican police have found five decomposing heads left in a sack outside a primary school in Acapulco. |
| VIDEO: Damascus pupils on Syria protests Posted: 28 Sep 2011 06:30 PM PDT The BBC's Lyse Doucet talks to pupils in Damascus about what they know about the protests in Syria. |
| VIDEO: Pope statue sculptor defends his work Posted: 28 Sep 2011 10:43 PM PDT A vast bronze statue of the late Pope John Paul II at Rome's main railway station has been criticised but its sculptor stands by his creation. |
| Damascus girls' school aloof from Syria unrest Posted: 29 Sep 2011 04:06 AM PDT What Damascus schoolgirls make of the protests |
| Posted: 29 Sep 2011 05:42 AM PDT A selection of striking images from around the world |
| Will we really keep getting fatter? Posted: 29 Sep 2011 05:32 AM PDT Are we really going to get bigger and bigger? |
| Silvio Berlusconi birthday quiz Posted: 28 Sep 2011 11:28 AM PDT Ten questions on Silvio Berlusconi as he turns 75 |
| Boxing granny is a real knock-out Posted: 28 Sep 2011 06:08 PM PDT South Africa's 'boxing granny' determined to revive sport |
| The American Taliban, 10 years on Posted: 28 Sep 2011 07:51 PM PDT John Walker Lindh's parents, 10 years on |
| Campaign targets pirate violence Posted: 29 Sep 2011 04:32 AM PDT Worldwide campaign to help victims of piracy |
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