Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Nato halts Afghan prison transfer

Nato halts Afghan prison transfer


Nato halts Afghan prison transfer

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 10:15 AM PDT

Nato suspends prisoner transfers to several Afghan jails following allegations of widespread and systematic torture in a UN report, the BBC learns.

Gaddafi loyalists flee to Niger

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 10:42 AM PDT

A convoy of Gaddafi supporters crosses into Niger from Libya, reportedly with gold and cash, but officials say Col Gaddafi is not travelling in it.

Gunman opens fire at Nevada diner

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 10:45 AM PDT

A gunman opens fire on diners at a pancake restaurant in the US state of Nevada's capital city, wounding at least seven people.

Texas wildfires torch 1,000 homes

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 11:25 AM PDT

Dozens of wildfires raging in rain-starved Texas are now known to have burned more than 1,000 homes, say state officials.

Ex-Yugoslav army chief jailed at Hague

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 05:03 AM PDT

The UN tribunal at The Hague jails ex-Yugoslav Army commander Gen Momcilo Perisic for 27 years for aiding and abetting war crimes.

US and Europe shares fall further

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 09:17 AM PDT

US and European shares decline as concerns continue about eurozone debts and the strength of the global economy.

Italians strike against austerity

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 11:11 AM PDT

Italians stage a general strike against much revised austerity measures, which now include increased sales taxes and a revised wealth levy.

Afghans address self-immolation

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 11:10 AM PDT

The Afghan government launches a national media campaign to address the growing problem of self-immolation.

Greek court clears crash athletes

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 05:56 AM PDT

An Athens appeals court acquits Greek sprinters Costas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou of perjury over a motorcycle crash ahead of the 2004 Olympics.

Sydney police end hostage drama

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 06:54 AM PDT

Australian police storm a Sydney office where a man claiming to have a bomb was said to be holding his daughter, ending an 11-hour hostage drama.

James Murdoch 'told of hacking email'

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 09:20 AM PDT

News of the World lawyer Tom Crone tells MPs he was "certain" he told James Murdoch about an email which indicated phone hacking went beyond one rogue reporter.

Turkey vows new Israel sanctions

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 07:57 AM PDT

Turkey says it is 'totally suspending' all defence ties with Israel after its refusal to apologise for last year's deadly raid on a Gaza aid flotilla.

Giant saltwater croc caught in the Philippines

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 12:33 AM PDT

A giant saltwater crocodile weighing more than a tonne is captured in the Philippines - maybe the biggest specimen ever captured, officials say.

Moon landing sites shown in high definition

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 08:54 AM PDT

Remarkable new images of the Apollo landing sites on the Moon have just been released by Nasa.

Live - Euro 2012 qualifiers

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 07:34 AM PDT

England host Wales, Scotland face Lithuania and Northern Ireland travel to Estonia following the Republic of Ireland's 0-0 Euro 2012 qualifying draw in Russia.

Live - England v India

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 10:30 AM PDT

England take their first wicket in the second ODI against India after rain reduces the game to 23 overs per side.

Heavy rain cancels Murray match

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 11:02 AM PDT

Andy Murray must wait until Wednesday to resume his US Open campaign after rain cancels the entire schedule for day nine.

Met considers more riot training

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 10:08 AM PDT

The Met Police is considering doubling the number of officers trained to deal with riots, Acting Commissioner Tim Godwin tells MPs.

Ex-MP facing 21 expenses charges

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 03:51 AM PDT

Former MP for Luton South Margaret Moran is to face 21 charges of claiming parliamentary expenses illegally.

Man charged with woman's murder

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 05:01 AM PDT

A man is charged with the murder of a 77-year-old woman who was found dead at her home in Northumberland.

Ban on court filming to be lifted

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 09:17 AM PDT

The ban on filming in law courts in England and Wales will be overturned "to improve public understanding of the justice system".

Travellers 'wanted £6m to move'

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 08:36 AM PDT

A travellers' leader asked for £6m for the land occupied by families facing eviction from Dale Farm in exchange for them leaving, a council alleges.

Stranded whale swims to freedom

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 09:00 AM PDT

A 30ft (9m) minke whale calf that was stranded in north Lincolnshire docks is freed.

Megrahi 'very sick', says his son

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 10:30 AM PDT

The son of the Lockerbie bomber tells the BBC that his family believe he is innocent of the atrocity and that he is very ill.

McRae 'to blame' for death crash

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 05:54 AM PDT

An inquiry blames rally champion Colin McRae for causing the helicopter crash in which he died along with his five-year-old son and two family friends.

Witness details UVF murder order

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 08:59 AM PDT

A former UVF man testifying in the 'supergrass' trial in Belfast says the UVF chief who ordered the murder of leading loyalist Tommy English smirked and told the gunman to try and miss the rest of the family.

Alleged top Real IRA man in court

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 05:14 AM PDT

A Tyrone man who was granted bail on terrorism charges is a member of the Real IRA's army council and its leader in east Tyrone, police say.

Police launch town murder inquiry

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 11:41 AM PDT

Police say they are investigating the murder of a man after a body is found at a house in Cwmbran in south Wales.

Birds rescued as storm sweeps in

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 11:28 AM PDT

Hundreds of storm-hit seabirds are stranded on the Pembrokeshire coast leading to the biggest rescue operation in the area since the Sea Empress disaster in 1996.

Obama challenges rivals on jobs

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 05:51 PM PDT

President Obama marks Labor Day with a speech in Detroit, calling on Congress to back his strategy for job creation, to be unveiled later in the week.

Haiti anger over alleged UN rape

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 04:34 PM PDT

Haitian President Michel Martelly condemns the alleged assault of a Haitian man by Uruguayan peacekeepers, calling it "collective rape".

Colombia defence chief sworn in

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 07:38 PM PDT

Juan Carlos Pinzon is sworn in as Colombia's new defence minister, with orders to give the "final blow" to the Farc rebels.

Activist dies in DR Congo unrest

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 08:43 AM PDT

An opposition activist is shot and killed during clashes with police in Kinshasa, where pre-election tension is rising.

Ivory Coast unity body launched

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 11:25 AM PDT

Ivory Coast's Truth, Reconciliation and Dialogue Commission launches, with its star member - footballer Didier Drogba - absent from its first meeting.

Putin opens Baltic gas pipeline

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 07:15 AM PDT

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin presses the start button to open a pipeline carrying natural gas directly to Germany under the Baltic Sea.

Swiss act to weaken strong franc

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 09:43 AM PDT

The Swiss franc falls sharply after the central bank pegs the franc to the euro, citing a "massive overvaluation" of the Swiss currency.

Key deals elude leaders in Dhaka

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 10:30 AM PDT

Indian PM Manmohan Singh concludes a historic visit to Bangladesh with a series of protocols but no agreement on water sharing or transit rights.

Mayawati: 'Wikileaks founder mad'

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 09:45 AM PDT

The chief minister of India's Uttar Pradesh state calls the founder of Wikileaks "mad", after revelations about her emerge in leaked US diplomatic cables.

S Korea 'in Israel missile deal'

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 05:15 AM PDT

South Korea is to buy precision-guided missiles from Israel to strengthen defences on islands vulnerable to attacks from North Korea, reports say.

Burma sets up human rights panel

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 09:26 AM PDT

Burma sets up a human rights panel which it says will safeguard the rights of citizens, in what looks like a move to appease critics at home and abroad.

Dell in tie-up with China's Baidu

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 01:33 AM PDT

Computer maker Dell confirms it is partnering with Baidu, China's top search engine, on mobile devices.

Young 'lack financial know-how'

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 02:25 AM PDT

Asian parents think their children do not know how to manage their pocket money, a new survey suggests.

Iranians hit in email hack attack

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 03:45 AM PDT

Up to 300,000 Iranians may have had their Google e-mail monitored using security certificates stolen from DigiNotar.

Strictly signs up Lulu and Edwina

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 11:29 AM PDT

Singer Lulu, former MP Edwina Currie and TV presenter Alex Jones are among the celebrities who will take part in this year's Strictly Come Dancing.

Harvey favourite to win Mercury

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 03:54 AM PDT

PJ Harvey is favourite to win this year's Mercury Music Prize, with her album Let England Shake, 10 years after she first won the award.

Barnes heads up Booker shortlist

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 04:37 AM PDT

Bookies' favourite Julian Barnes is among six authors featured on this year's Man Booker Prize shortlist.

Alien worms 'threat to forests'

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 01:40 AM PDT

Alien earthworms can alter the carbon and nitrogen cycles in woodland, as well as undermine native plant species, a study suggests.

Bacteria 'wires' clean up uranium

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 07:44 AM PDT

Tiny filaments growing from the surface of bacteria could help to improve the efficiency of uranium removal from contaminated waters.

Plant has evolved a bird perch

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 03:21 AM PDT

Scientists confirm that a flowering plant in South Africa entices birds to pollinate it by giving them a place to perch.

Superbug enzyme 'photofit' taken

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 11:39 PM PDT

The structure of the enzyme which breaks down some of medicine's most powerful antibiotics has been determined by UK researchers.

Texas wildfires: Your pictures

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 07:20 AM PDT

US BBC website readers have been sending in their pictures of the fires spreading across Texas.

What's with twagiarism and twirting?

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 03:42 PM PDT

Why has Twitter spawned a whole twitterverse of new words from tweet cred to twitterhoea, asks Alan Connor.

VIDEO: Megrahi 'critically ill' says son

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 10:59 AM PDT

The son of convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi, has granted the BBC access to his father in Tripoli.

VIDEO: Would Niger take in Col Gaddafi?

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 11:39 AM PDT

A large, heavily armed convoy of vehicles carrying cash and gold has crossed Libya's southern border into neighbouring Niger.

VIDEO: 'Largest' crocodile caught in Philippines

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 11:35 PM PDT

A massive crocodile weighing one tonne has been caught by villagers in a remote area of the Philippines.

AUDIO: Pupils recall Bush hearing of 9/11

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 08:07 AM PDT

Ten years on, pupils who witnessed President George W Bush being whispered the news of the attack on the World Trade Center, share their memories of the day.

VIDEO: Fires continue to rage through Texas

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 08:18 PM PDT

Firefighters in the US state of Texas are struggling to contain a huge wildfire that has already destroyed 300 homes.

VIDEO: Race to find Japan typhoon survivors

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 06:25 AM PDT

Japanese rescue teams are continuing the search for dozens of people missing after Typhoon Talas ripped through the west of the country.

VIDEO: Buddhist monks cross N Korea border

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 07:07 AM PDT

Buddhist monks from South Korea have crossed into North Korea for a ceremony to honour an ancient Buddhist relic.

VIDEO: Wolf makes a comeback in France

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 04:17 AM PDT

The grey wolf, hunted almost to extinction in France in the 1930s but protected as an endangered species, is making a surprising comeback.

Rising high

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 03:42 PM PDT

The birth of the twin towers - and what will follow them

Coming of the wolf

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 01:49 AM PDT

Predator's return spreads unease in wilds of France

Twitter terror?

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 02:43 AM PDT

Mexicans face possible long jail terms over social media rumours

Day in pictures

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 07:56 AM PDT

A selection of striking images from around the world

Mob rule

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 03:59 PM PDT

How flash mobbing conquered the world

Bangladesh 'golden fibre'

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 04:02 PM PDT

Jute industry returns from the dead

Eyes on the prize

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 03:23 AM PDT

Five ways to make your college days count

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