UK 'will resist' EU financial tax |
- UK 'will resist' EU financial tax
- Amazon unveils Kindle Fire tablet
- Trial scrutinises Jackson health
- Shark mauls man in South Africa
- Syria 'targeting Homs scientists'
- Huge jump in Afghan attacks - UN
- Dewani SA extradition is approved
- Bulgaria arrests Roma clan leader
- No extradition for Rwanda widow
- Tribes shoot down Yemeni warplane
- Facebook fixes ID cookie glitch
- 'Lost' Beethoven work to be aired
- Bees dip for the sweetest rewards
- Live - Wednesday football
- I was ready to play, says Tevez
- Gebrselassie targets 2012 success
- Death plea case rejected by judge
- Bramble in sex and drugs arrest
- Knox is 'cautious' about verdict
- Gunman's son, 16, is found dead
- Miner killed in collapse is named
- Housing estate loan shark jailed
- Rapist's minimum sentence halved
- 'No plan' to axe River City drama
- Trio are charged over bomb in car
- Sex assault 'staged', court hears
- Councils defy government 'diktat'
- Cardiff to host world music event
- Tainted US melons kill up to 16
- Woman sues US sex site over pics
- Heads left outside Mexican school
- Cuban authorities ease car sales
- Nato strikes Gaddafi stronghold
- Ivory Coast truth body to begin
- EU 'faces its greatest challenge'
- Kosovo-Serbia meeting called off
- Egypt jails former minister Fekky
- Bahrain upholds Shia life terms
- Kingfisher to end budget airline
- Nepal PM makes new peace pledge
- Philippines cleans up after storm
- Safety questions over China crash
- US durable goods slip in August
- Reebok pays $25m over toning shoe
- US to probe HTC's Apple complaint
- Google boosts Silicon Roundabout
- ‘Bad romance’ hurts net singles
- UK cinemas braced for tough 2012
- Lowly sales for Assange's memoir
- Late authors poised for revival
- Fossil beetles show true colours
- UK satellite shows off its vision
- Clothes influence race perception
- More scans urged for unborn twins
- Inventor of pacemaker dies at 92
- Who, What, Why: How to pay more taxes
- Shale rock gives Israel oil optimism
- VIDEO: Shark attack victim ignored warnings
- VIDEO: Pre-Incan human sacrifices unearthed
- VIDEO: Libyan rebels on Gaddafi's trail
- VIDEO: Philippines cleans up after Nesat
- VIDEO: 'Chemical castration' for paedophiles
- VIDEO: Beirut's beauty parlour for children
- VIDEO: Kindle Fire to challenge Apple iPad
- VIDEO: New 787 Dreamliner touches down
- VIDEO: Michael Jackson's doctor trial
- Life in a bankrupt Spanish town
- Fighters hunt for Colonel Gaddafi
- Hispanic education in crisis
- Day in pictures
- Tyndall's climate message, 150 years on
- Islamists seek new role in Libya
- 10 surprising final send-offs
| UK 'will resist' EU financial tax Posted: 28 Sep 2011 11:56 AM PDT The European Commission sets out its proposed new financial transaction tax for all EU member states, against fierce opposition from the UK. |
| Amazon unveils Kindle Fire tablet Posted: 28 Sep 2011 09:42 AM PDT Online book and music retailer Amazon unveils a $199 (£130) colour tablet computer called the Kindle Fire to rival the Apple iPad. |
| Trial scrutinises Jackson health Posted: 28 Sep 2011 11:22 AM PDT Michael Jackson was energetic and fully engaged in rehearsals before he died, his promoter tells the trial of the singer's doctor. |
| Shark mauls man in South Africa Posted: 28 Sep 2011 11:14 AM PDT A man loses his legs after being attacked by a great white shark in South Africa after swimming in an area that had been closed off because of the danger. |
| Syria 'targeting Homs scientists' Posted: 28 Sep 2011 10:59 AM PDT A nuclear physics professor becomes the latest scientist to be killed in the restive Syrian city of Homs, as battles continue in nearby Rastan. |
| Huge jump in Afghan attacks - UN Posted: 28 Sep 2011 09:53 AM PDT The UN says there has been a 39% rise in violent incidents in Afghanistan so far this year compared with the same period last year. |
| Dewani SA extradition is approved Posted: 28 Sep 2011 08:46 AM PDT The home secretary approves the extradition of Shrien Dewani, who is accused of arranging the murder of his wife on their honeymoon in South Africa. |
| Bulgaria arrests Roma clan leader Posted: 28 Sep 2011 09:38 AM PDT The authorities in Bulgaria arrest a local Roma leader as anti-Roma demonstrations spread and more than 160 people are arrested |
| No extradition for Rwanda widow Posted: 28 Sep 2011 10:25 AM PDT A French court turns down a bid to extradite the widow of Rwanda's ex-President Juvenal Habyarimana, whose killing sparked the 1994 genocide. |
| Tribes shoot down Yemeni warplane Posted: 28 Sep 2011 09:19 AM PDT Armed tribesmen bring down a Yemeni government warplane, as tens of thousands of people demonstrate in the capital, Sanaa. |
| Facebook fixes ID cookie glitch Posted: 28 Sep 2011 04:30 AM PDT Facebook has said that it has "fixed" cookies that could have tracked users after they logged out of the site. |
| 'Lost' Beethoven work to be aired Posted: 27 Sep 2011 05:47 PM PDT A "lost" Beethoven movement is to be performed for the first time in more than 200 years, after being pieced together from early drafts. |
| Bees dip for the sweetest rewards Posted: 28 Sep 2011 01:51 AM PDT Mathematicians in the US discover why the flowers pollinated by bees have sweeter nectar than those visited by butterflies. |
| Posted: 28 Sep 2011 10:33 AM PDT Arsenal host Olympiakos and Chelsea travel to Valencia in the Champions League, while there are two Championship fixtures and a Scottish Premier League match on a busy evening of football. |
| I was ready to play, says Tevez Posted: 28 Sep 2011 08:37 AM PDT Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez believes he has been unfairly treated by the club and media in the row over his failure to appear as a substitute against Bayern Munich. |
| Gebrselassie targets 2012 success Posted: 28 Sep 2011 02:46 AM PDT Double Olympic 10,000m champion Haile Gebrselassie brushes aside any question of him retiring and hopes for a successful 2012 Games in London. |
| Death plea case rejected by judge Posted: 28 Sep 2011 03:09 AM PDT A High Court judge has ruled that a brain-damaged woman should not be allowed to die, in what is being seen as a landmark case. |
| Bramble in sex and drugs arrest Posted: 28 Sep 2011 11:38 AM PDT Sunderland defender Titus Bramble is arrested on suspicion of sexual assault and possession of Class A drugs. |
| Knox is 'cautious' about verdict Posted: 28 Sep 2011 07:55 AM PDT Amanda Knox, the student convicted of killing her British roommate in Italy, is "very cautious" about the verdict of her appeal, her sister says. |
| Gunman's son, 16, is found dead Posted: 28 Sep 2011 09:26 AM PDT A teenage boy is found dead in woods almost six weeks after his father shot his mother in a hair salon. |
| Miner killed in collapse is named Posted: 28 Sep 2011 07:03 AM PDT A miner who died when a roof collapsed at a North Yorkshire pit is named by UK Coal as 49-year-old Gerry Gibson. |
| Housing estate loan shark jailed Posted: 28 Sep 2011 10:25 AM PDT A woman is jailed for more than three years for conducting an illegal money-lending operation on a Black Country estate. |
| Rapist's minimum sentence halved Posted: 28 Sep 2011 08:52 AM PDT A man who raped a schoolgirl while on the run from prison has his minimum sentenced halved by appeal judges. |
| 'No plan' to axe River City drama Posted: 28 Sep 2011 04:14 AM PDT The head of BBC Scotland, Ken MacQuarrie, tells staff that there are no plans to cut its weekly drama show River City. |
| Trio are charged over bomb in car Posted: 28 Sep 2011 08:23 AM PDT Police charge three men with explosives offences after a bomb was found in a car in Londonderry on Monday. |
| Sex assault 'staged', court hears Posted: 28 Sep 2011 10:49 AM PDT The woman accused of murdering Newry pensioner Maire Rankin beat her to death in a drink-fuelled rage and staged a sexual assault to cover her tracks, it is claimed in court. |
| Councils defy government 'diktat' Posted: 28 Sep 2011 04:39 AM PDT Councils are poised to defy the Welsh Government's plans to change the way public services are delivered. |
| Cardiff to host world music event Posted: 28 Sep 2011 05:17 AM PDT Cardiff is chosen to host the 2013 annual gathering of the world music industry, it is announced. |
| Tainted US melons kill up to 16 Posted: 28 Sep 2011 08:34 AM PDT Up to 16 people may have died from listeria in contaminated Colorado cantaloupes that have sickened scores of people across the US, officials say. |
| Woman sues US sex site over pics Posted: 28 Sep 2011 01:15 AM PDT A County Antrim woman whose private photos appeared on a website for prostitutes receives legal permission to sue its US operators. |
| Heads left outside Mexican school Posted: 28 Sep 2011 01:55 AM PDT Mexican police find five heads in a sack left outside a primary school in Acapulco, as a teachers' strike over extortion threats continues. |
| Cuban authorities ease car sales Posted: 28 Sep 2011 11:54 AM PDT the authorities in Cuba ease a five-decade-old ban on private auto sales, allowing individuals to buy and sell each other cars. |
| Nato strikes Gaddafi stronghold Posted: 28 Sep 2011 09:24 AM PDT Nato aircraft pound one of the last pro-Gaddafi strongholds, Sirte, as National Transitional Council fighters advance on the city centre. |
| Ivory Coast truth body to begin Posted: 27 Sep 2011 11:36 PM PDT Ivory Coast is to swear in its reconciliation commission, which is aimed at forging unity after the deadly post-election violence. |
| EU 'faces its greatest challenge' Posted: 28 Sep 2011 03:37 AM PDT Top EU official Jose Manuel Barroso insists Greece will stay in the eurozone as it grapples with its huge debt, but he warns the EU faces its "greatest challenge". |
| Kosovo-Serbia meeting called off Posted: 28 Sep 2011 04:52 AM PDT EU-mediated talks between Serbia and Kosovo are called off amid heightened tension and renewed clashes in northern Kosovo. |
| Egypt jails former minister Fekky Posted: 28 Sep 2011 04:25 AM PDT An Egyptian court sentences Mubarak-era information minister Anas al-Fekky to seven years in prison for misappropriating funds from state broadcasters. |
| Bahrain upholds Shia life terms Posted: 28 Sep 2011 07:51 AM PDT A military court in Bahrain upholds life sentences for eight Shia activists convicted over their role in protests earlier this year. |
| Kingfisher to end budget airline Posted: 28 Sep 2011 07:43 AM PDT India's Kingfisher Airlines plans to pilot a new premium business model and ground its existing low-cost outfit. |
| Nepal PM makes new peace pledge Posted: 28 Sep 2011 10:53 AM PDT New Nepalese PM Baburam Bhattarai tells the BBC he will resign if he fails to make progress in the peace process. |
| Philippines cleans up after storm Posted: 27 Sep 2011 09:10 PM PDT A huge clean-up operation gets under way in the Philippines after Typhoon Nesat leaves 18 dead and many others missing on the main island, Luzon. |
| Safety questions over China crash Posted: 28 Sep 2011 03:50 AM PDT Chinese state media have raised fresh questions about transportation safety standards after a subway train crashed in Shanghai, injuring 284 people. |
| US durable goods slip in August Posted: 28 Sep 2011 08:05 AM PDT Orders for big manufactured goods in the US fell slightly in August after a sharp jump in the previous month, figures show. |
| Reebok pays $25m over toning shoe Posted: 28 Sep 2011 11:41 AM PDT Sports goods maker Reebok will pay $25m ( £16m) to settle charges that it made unsupported claims about its Easy Tone and Run Tone shoes. |
| US to probe HTC's Apple complaint Posted: 27 Sep 2011 07:59 PM PDT US trade commission launches an investigation into claims by Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC that Apple copied its technology. |
| Google boosts Silicon Roundabout Posted: 28 Sep 2011 03:23 AM PDT Google is to provide office space and assistance to new technology companies in London's "silicon roundabout". |
| ‘Bad romance’ hurts net singles Posted: 28 Sep 2011 06:32 AM PDT More than 200,000 people in the UK may have fallen victim to criminals who woo them online in order to steal their money. |
| UK cinemas braced for tough 2012 Posted: 28 Sep 2011 05:38 AM PDT More than 65 million tickets were sold at UK cinemas this summer, but distributors predict a challenging 2012 as the box office competes against the Olympics. |
| Lowly sales for Assange's memoir Posted: 28 Sep 2011 03:38 AM PDT The unauthorised biography of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange fails to make the UK bestsellers' chart after shifting just 644 copies in its opening days. |
| Late authors poised for revival Posted: 28 Sep 2011 07:58 AM PDT Publishers Bloomsbury launch a new digital-only imprint dedicated to reviving out-of-print titles by deceased authors. |
| Fossil beetles show true colours Posted: 28 Sep 2011 07:15 AM PDT Scientists develop a method to reconstruct the brilliant colours fossil beetles would have displayed when they crawled across the Earth millions of years ago. |
| UK satellite shows off its vision Posted: 28 Sep 2011 08:21 AM PDT The most powerful UK-built imaging spacecraft ever sent into orbit demonstrates its capabilities with some views of Salt Lake City in the US. |
| Clothes influence race perception Posted: 28 Sep 2011 05:58 AM PDT What you wear can influence what race others perceive you to be, a new study finds. |
| More scans urged for unborn twins Posted: 27 Sep 2011 05:35 PM PDT Women expecting twins or triplets need closer monitoring, including extra scans, according to NHS guidelines for England and Wales. |
| Inventor of pacemaker dies at 92 Posted: 27 Sep 2011 06:40 PM PDT Wilson Greatbatch, the engineer who invented the implantable pacemaker dies in Buffalo, New York , aged 92, with more than 150 patents to his name. |
| Who, What, Why: How to pay more taxes Posted: 28 Sep 2011 03:06 AM PDT If wealthy Americans want to pay more taxes than they have to by law, how can they go about it? |
| Shale rock gives Israel oil optimism Posted: 27 Sep 2011 04:45 PM PDT Is Israel sitting on the next treasure trove of Middle Eastern oil? Some prospectors think so. |
| VIDEO: Shark attack victim ignored warnings Posted: 28 Sep 2011 10:47 AM PDT A swimmer who ignored warnings to stay out of the water at a beach near Cape Town has lost his legs after a great white shark attacked him. |
| VIDEO: Pre-Incan human sacrifices unearthed Posted: 28 Sep 2011 07:01 AM PDT Peruvian archaeologists have found evidence that a pre-Incan civilization, the Chimu of northern Peru, practised human and animal sacrifices. |
| VIDEO: Libyan rebels on Gaddafi's trail Posted: 28 Sep 2011 09:37 AM PDT Colonel Gaddafi's compound in Tripoli was overrun by rebel forces a month ago. Since then he has disappeared, and many of his family have slipped across borders into neighbouring countries. |
| VIDEO: Philippines cleans up after Nesat Posted: 28 Sep 2011 07:26 AM PDT A huge clean-up operation is under way in the Philippines after Typhoon Nesat battered the capital Manila and the main island, Luzon. |
| VIDEO: 'Chemical castration' for paedophiles Posted: 28 Sep 2011 11:16 AM PDT Convicted paedophiles can now face a controversial punishment known as "chemical castration". |
| VIDEO: Beirut's beauty parlour for children Posted: 27 Sep 2011 11:01 PM PDT In recent years the number of beauty parlours specifically for young girls has risen in the Lebanese capital. |
| VIDEO: Kindle Fire to challenge Apple iPad Posted: 28 Sep 2011 01:23 AM PDT Amazon is set to unveil a tablet computer today to rival the Apple iPad. |
| VIDEO: New 787 Dreamliner touches down Posted: 27 Sep 2011 06:49 PM PDT After years of production delays the 787 Dreamliner has finally arrived in Japan, the home of its owners. |
| VIDEO: Michael Jackson's doctor trial Posted: 28 Sep 2011 08:41 AM PDT Live coverage of the trial of Michael Jackson's personal physician, Conrad Murray, who is charged with involuntary manslaughter of the singer. |
| Life in a bankrupt Spanish town Posted: 28 Sep 2011 06:52 AM PDT Southern town left penniless by boom and bust |
| Fighters hunt for Colonel Gaddafi Posted: 28 Sep 2011 10:17 AM PDT Rumours abound, but Col Gaddafi is nowhere to be seen |
| Posted: 27 Sep 2011 11:40 AM PDT How Latinos are falling behind at school - and why US will suffer |
| Posted: 28 Sep 2011 05:37 AM PDT Eye-catching images from around the world |
| Tyndall's climate message, 150 years on Posted: 28 Sep 2011 08:02 AM PDT Why isn't Irish greenhouse effect pioneer better appreciated? |
| Islamists seek new role in Libya Posted: 27 Sep 2011 02:12 PM PDT Libya's Islamists keen to dispel doubts over their past ties |
| Posted: 27 Sep 2011 02:42 PM PDT Ten people who shuffled off their mortal coils with a flourish |
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