Sunday, October 30, 2011

Qantas ordered to resume flights

Qantas ordered to resume flights


Qantas ordered to resume flights

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 09:57 AM PDT

Australia's labour tribunal orders Qantas and unions to halt the dispute that stranded thousands of passengers, with some flights to resume in hours.

Syrian head warns Western powers

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 06:45 AM PDT

Syria's President Assad warns of an "earthquake" if the West intervenes in his country, where 3,000 people have died in unrest since March.

Israel strikes Gaza after 'truce'

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 07:33 AM PDT

A Palestinian is killed in a new Israeli air strike in Gaza, hours after Egypt apparently brokered a ceasefire between the two sides.

Hosni Mubarak trial is postponed

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 07:24 AM PDT

The trial of Egypt's ex-President Hosni Mubarak is postponed until the end of the year, as alleged victims' lawyers call for the judge to be replaced.

Kenya air raid targets militants

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 10:46 AM PDT

At least nine people are killed and 50 wounded as Kenyan military jets target al-Shabab militants in southern Somalia.

China protest at police killing

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 06:38 AM PDT

Violent protests breaks out in a Chinese town after an apparently drunk policeman kills five people in a traffic accident.

UK aid threat to anti-gay nations

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 06:04 AM PDT

UK Prime Minister David Cameron threatens to withhold some aid from countries that do not reform legislation banning homosexuality

Russia 'close' to WTO membership

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 08:39 AM PDT

Russia says it hopes to resolve soon all outstanding differences with Georgia concerning its admission to the World Trade Organisation.

Thailand PM upbeat over flooding

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 01:05 AM PDT

Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra expresses optimism that central Bangkok will escape flooding, as defences hold despite high tides.

'No violence needed' at St Paul's

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 09:06 AM PDT

There is "no use for violent confrontation" with protesters outside St Paul's Cathedral, the Bishop of London says.

VIDEO: Islamic art as cultural diplomacy

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 04:35 AM PDT

One of the finest collections of Islamic art in the world has been given a new home at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Russian clocks stay on summertime

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 05:34 AM PDT

Russia has not put its clocks back for winter this year, after President Dmitry Medvedev decided the country would stay permanently in summertime.

Live - Sunday football

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 05:47 AM PDT

Tottenham see off QPR in Sunday's only Premier League game after Cardiff hold Leeds in the Championship.

Vettel beats Button in Indian GP

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 04:26 AM PDT

Red Bull's champion Sebastian Vettel becomes the first man to win the Indian Grand Prix ahead of McLaren's Jenson Button and Ferrari's Fernando Alonso.

Ferguson surprised by race rows

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 09:33 AM PDT

Sir Alex Ferguson admits his surprise at the recent rows over alleged racial abuse in Premier League games.

Armed guards to protect UK ships

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 11:04 AM PDT

Ships sailing under a British flag will be able to carry armed guards to protect them from pirates, the prime minister announces.

Two Britons dead in Kabul attack

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 08:33 AM PDT

Two British contractors were among 13 members of the Nato-led force killed in a suicide attack in Afghanistan on Saturday, the Foreign Office says.

'Sorrow' of Tabak's ex for family

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 06:49 AM PDT

The former girlfriend of Vincent Tabak extends her "deepest sorrow" to the family of his victim Jo Yeates in a statement issued to a Sunday newspaper.

Sir Jimmy Savile 'was no loner'

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 04:04 AM PDT

Sir Jimmy Savile was no loner, according to a close friend the veteran broadcaster was best man for in 2009.

Airport limits 'damaging economy'

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 06:25 AM PDT

The government's refusal to allow expansion at London's main airports will damage the UK economy, according a Tory peer and former airline owner.

Three arrests after man shot dead

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 04:50 AM PDT

Three people are arrested after a man is shot dead in the Spital Hill area of Sheffield.

Teachers buying classroom basics

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 06:14 AM PDT

BBC Scotland hears from teachers who say they are spending hundreds of pounds of their own cash on basics such as pens and jotters.

Car crash killer to lodge appeal

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 07:06 AM PDT

Malcolm Webster's lawyers are to lodge an appeal this week against his conviction for killing his wife in a staged Aberdeenshire car crash.

Derry knife murder victim named

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 11:06 AM PDT

A man who died after being stabbed in Londonderry has been named as 56-year-old Christopher McGaughey.

Girl, eight, praised for rescue

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 10:38 AM PDT

Coastguards praise an eight-year-old girl who scrambled across rocks and negotiated a busy road to help her injured mother.

Blues deny Henry coaching option

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 10:43 AM PDT

Cardiff Blues chairman Peter Thomas insists the Welsh club will not approach New Zealand's World Cup winning coach Graham Henry to succeed Dai Young.

Band plays for festival victims

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 08:36 AM PDT

Country music duo Sugarland play a free concert in Indianapolis, two months after seven fans died when a festival stage collapsed in the city.

Baghdad bombings toll rises to 36

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 03:47 AM PDT

At least 36 people are now known to have died in twin bomb blasts in Baghdad on Thursday, which came amid a resurgence of attacks in the Iraqi capital.

Kyrgyzstan chooses new president

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 08:29 AM PDT

Voting has ended in Kyrgyzstan's presidential election, the first such poll since former President Kurmanbek Bakiyev was overthrown 18 months ago.

Explosion kills 29 in China mine

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 07:29 PM PDT

Another deadly accident in China's coal mining industry has killed 29 miners in the southern Hunan province.

Debt crisis not over says Trichet

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 07:06 AM PDT

Outgoing president of the European Central Bank Jean-Claude Trichet warns the eurozone debt crisis is not over and calls for further action.

Minecraft wins gaming arts award

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 01:55 PM PDT

The Swedish videogame, Minecraft, is the winner of the inaugural GameCity arts prize, announced in Nottingham.

Metallica gig organisers arrested

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 07:02 AM PDT

Four organisers of a planned Indian gig by US rock group Metallica are arrested after the show was called off, leading fans to smash up the stage.

Jimmy Savile: Tributes flood in

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 03:45 AM PDT

The Prince of Wales and the culture secretary join friends and colleagues in paying tribute to the broadcaster and fundraiser Sir Jimmy Savile.

Theatre awards honour Peter Hall

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 10:26 AM PDT

Acclaimed theatre directors Sir Peter Hall and son Edward make the Theatre Awards UK a family affair, each taking home prizes from the London ceremony.

Qantas grounded: Your stories

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 07:53 PM PDT

BBC News website readers who are stranded around the world after Qantas airline grounded 100 flights share their stories

VIDEO: Early snow storms cause chaos in US

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 01:57 AM PDT

Flights have been disrupted and power cut in more than a million homes after heavy winter snow hit the US East Coast.

VIDEO: Delivering aid in flood-hit Thailand

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 03:33 AM PDT

Thailand's prime minister is expressing optimism that the country's worst flooding in a half-century will mostly spare Bangkok.

VIDEO: Syrian head warns Western powers

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 08:48 AM PDT

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad warns of an "earthquake" if the West intervenes in his country, where 3,000 people have died in the unrest since March.

VIDEO: Qantas flights remain grounded

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 06:56 AM PDT

Emergency talks are underway in Australia to try to resolve a dispute that has grounded all Qantas Airlines flights and left thousands of passengers stranded.

VIDEO: Explosion kills 29 coal miners in China

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 08:19 AM PDT

A gas explosion at a coal mine in central China has killed 29 miners. Six others were rescued, according to the official news agency, Xinhua.

VIDEO: 'Disappointing' Commonwealth meeting ends

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 06:53 AM PDT

The Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting has ended in Perth, with leaders unable to agree on a number of issues. Nichola Witchell reports.

VIDEO: Lula diagnosed with throat cancer

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 10:57 PM PDT

Former Brazilian President Lula has throat cancer and will be treated with chemotherapy starting shortly, a top hospital says.

The only living master of a dying martial art

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 04:16 PM PDT

Is this man the only living master of an ancient martial art?

Could legalising rhino horn trade stop poaching?

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 12:05 AM PDT

Should South Africa legalise the rhino horn trade to stop poachers?

Yak's milk and kindness in the Pamirs

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 04:11 PM PDT

It's Afghanistan, but it's peaceful, beautiful and hungry for tourists

The myth of the War of the Worlds panic

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 04:36 PM PDT

Was War of the Worlds really the cue for mass panic?

Planning hurdle for Alpine project

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 09:03 PM PDT

Planning hurdle hits Swiss luxury resort plan

Brazil's World Cup stadium delays recall 1950

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 04:30 PM PDT

Delays in Brazil - we've been here before

What does Formula 1 mean to India?

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 04:27 PM PDT

Is Indian business's F1 mania just a flash in the pan?

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