Nato halts Afghan prison transfer |
- Nato halts Afghan prison transfer
- Gaddafi loyalists flee to Niger
- Gunman opens fire at Nevada diner
- Texas wildfires torch 1,000 homes
- Ex-Yugoslav army chief jailed at Hague
- US and Europe shares fall further
- Italians strike against austerity
- Afghans address self-immolation
- Greek court clears crash athletes
- Sydney police end hostage drama
- James Murdoch 'told of hacking email'
- Turkey vows new Israel sanctions
- Giant saltwater croc caught in the Philippines
- Moon landing sites shown in high definition
- Live - Euro 2012 qualifiers
- Live - England v India
- Heavy rain cancels Murray match
- Met considers more riot training
- Ex-MP facing 21 expenses charges
- Man charged with woman's murder
- Ban on court filming to be lifted
- Travellers 'wanted £6m to move'
- Stranded whale swims to freedom
- Megrahi 'very sick', says his son
- McRae 'to blame' for death crash
- Witness details UVF murder order
- Alleged top Real IRA man in court
- Police launch town murder inquiry
- Birds rescued as storm sweeps in
- Obama challenges rivals on jobs
- Haiti anger over alleged UN rape
- Colombia defence chief sworn in
- Activist dies in DR Congo unrest
- Ivory Coast unity body launched
- Putin opens Baltic gas pipeline
- Swiss act to weaken strong franc
- Key deals elude leaders in Dhaka
- Mayawati: 'Wikileaks founder mad'
- S Korea 'in Israel missile deal'
- Burma sets up human rights panel
- Dell in tie-up with China's Baidu
- Young 'lack financial know-how'
- Iranians hit in email hack attack
- Strictly signs up Lulu and Edwina
- Harvey favourite to win Mercury
- Barnes heads up Booker shortlist
- Alien worms 'threat to forests'
- Bacteria 'wires' clean up uranium
- Plant has evolved a bird perch
- Superbug enzyme 'photofit' taken
- Texas wildfires: Your pictures
- What's with twagiarism and twirting?
- VIDEO: Megrahi 'critically ill' says son
- VIDEO: Would Niger take in Col Gaddafi?
- VIDEO: 'Largest' crocodile caught in Philippines
- AUDIO: Pupils recall Bush hearing of 9/11
- VIDEO: Fires continue to rage through Texas
- VIDEO: Race to find Japan typhoon survivors
- VIDEO: Buddhist monks cross N Korea border
- VIDEO: Wolf makes a comeback in France
- Rising high
- Coming of the wolf
- Twitter terror?
- Day in pictures
- Mob rule
- Bangladesh 'golden fibre'
- Eyes on the prize
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Posted: 05 Sep 2011 03:42 PM PDT The birth of the twin towers - and what will follow them |
| Posted: 06 Sep 2011 01:49 AM PDT Predator's return spreads unease in wilds of France |
| Posted: 06 Sep 2011 02:43 AM PDT Mexicans face possible long jail terms over social media rumours |
| Posted: 06 Sep 2011 07:56 AM PDT A selection of striking images from around the world |
| Posted: 05 Sep 2011 03:59 PM PDT How flash mobbing conquered the world |
| Posted: 05 Sep 2011 04:02 PM PDT Jute industry returns from the dead |
| Posted: 06 Sep 2011 03:23 AM PDT Five ways to make your college days count |
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