Three women win Nobel Peace Prize |
- Three women win Nobel Peace Prize
- Libya forces take most of Sirte
- Venus surprises with ozone layer
- Italy and Spain debt downgraded
- Beards and hair cut in Amish feud
- Karzai: Afghan security a failure
- US economy adds 103,000 new jobs
- Reform or go, Russia tells Assad
- UK banks hit by Moody's downgrade
- NZ stranded ship break up fears
- Greece seizes 'smuggled' treasure
- Dutch trains to get 'bag toilets'
- Rare seahorse found in the Thames
- Live - Euro 2012 qualifiers
- Johnson rejects 'kicking contest'
- Rooney Sr denies bet probe claims
- New fines over exam paper errors
- Fresh faces join Labour top team
- Legionnaires' link to Corfu break
- Riot plea man accused of attack
- Man jailed for 2003 Uzi execution
- Harbour search over car in water
- Changes agreed to bigotry bill
- Girl murder accused triple killer
- Driver shooting 'not justified'
- Six rescued from Irish trawler
- Principality expected debt change
- Leader goes over 'dirty politics'
- US frees Cuban spy Rene Gonzalez
- Mexico's navy discovers 32 bodies
- Chilean court backs dam project
- Ex-governors arrested in Nigeria
- Albania last communist head dies
- Sarkozy warns Russia over Georgia
- Syrian Kurdish activist shot dead
- Bahrain teenager dies in protests
- India actor Darshan freed on bail
- India incentives for big families
- Tibet ex-monks 'in fire protest'
- Airlifts aid Tuvalu water crisis
- Brazil inflation rate accelerates
- King fears crisis is 'worst ever'
- Samsung forecast beats estimates
- Telcos can challenge piracy law
- Ofcom delays 4G mobile auctions
- Motorola sued over mobile patents
- Bono charity advert faces TV ban
- 40,000 Jackson show tickets sold
- Australian actress Cilento dies
- 2012 garland competition begins
- Severe hypoglycaemia cause found
- Rare moth established in the UK
- Diabetes 'dating agency' set up
- US goals in Afghanistan 'distant'
- 'We are the 99%'
- VIDEO: Moscow collector plans Apple museum
- VIDEO: Libyan fighters in Sirte attack
- VIDEO: 'Put America back to work'
- VIDEO: Top iconic images of the world
- VIDEO: New York's 'park in the sky'
- VIDEO: Afghanistan conflict 10 years on
- VIDEO: Twelve panda babies - it's Odd Box
- VIDEO: Desmond Tutu marks 80th birthday
- Ten years, six stories
- Top Gun Harry trains in US desert
- Day in pictures : 7 October 2011
- Quiz of the week's news
- The cult of Steve Jobs
- Tutu at 80: Will humble pie be eaten at his party?
- Poland heads into close-fought election
| Three women win Nobel Peace Prize Posted: 07 Oct 2011 08:55 AM PDT Three women share the Nobel Peace Prize for their "struggle for women's rights" - Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, her compatriot Leymah Gbowee and Tawakul Karman of Yemen. |
| Libya forces take most of Sirte Posted: 07 Oct 2011 09:37 AM PDT Troops loyal to Libya's transitional government take control of most of the Gaddafi stronghold of Sirte, with sustained tank and mortar fire. |
| Venus surprises with ozone layer Posted: 07 Oct 2011 10:17 AM PDT Scientists discover that Venus has an ozone layer high its its atmosphere, overturning the long-held view that it did not. |
| Italy and Spain debt downgraded Posted: 07 Oct 2011 11:00 AM PDT Italian and Spanish government debt are both downgraded by the Fitch credit rating agency. |
| Beards and hair cut in Amish feud Posted: 07 Oct 2011 08:07 AM PDT Police in the US state of Ohio are investigating a rare violent feud in the Amish community, in which members have had their beards and hair shorn off. |
| Karzai: Afghan security a failure Posted: 07 Oct 2011 04:00 AM PDT President Karzai tells the BBC his government and Nato have failed to provide Afghans with security, 10 years after the Taliban were overthrown. |
| US economy adds 103,000 new jobs Posted: 07 Oct 2011 07:46 AM PDT The US economy added 103,000 jobs in September, more than forecast, but the unemployment rate stays at 9.1%. |
| Reform or go, Russia tells Assad Posted: 07 Oct 2011 07:40 AM PDT Syria's President Bashar al-Assad should launch the reforms he has promised or leave office, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says. |
| UK banks hit by Moody's downgrade Posted: 07 Oct 2011 11:25 AM PDT Moody's downgrades the credit rating of 12 UK financial firms because it believes the government is now less likely to provide support. |
| NZ stranded ship break up fears Posted: 07 Oct 2011 03:56 AM PDT There are fears that a large container ship which is stuck on a reef off the coast of New Zealand could break up and leak more oil. |
| Greece seizes 'smuggled' treasure Posted: 07 Oct 2011 05:21 AM PDT Antiquities including helmets and gold funerary masks from the 6th Century BC are seized by Greek police in Thessaloniki, and two people are arrested. |
| Dutch trains to get 'bag toilets' Posted: 07 Oct 2011 08:59 AM PDT Dutch National Railways is introducing emergency plastic bags for passengers to urinate in as part of its first aid provision on some commuter trains. |
| Rare seahorse found in the Thames Posted: 07 Oct 2011 06:00 AM PDT A rare seahorse is found in the River Thames deep into London for the first time - suggesting a colony may be present. |
| Posted: 07 Oct 2011 10:31 AM PDT England, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and Wales are all in action as the Euro 2012 qualifying campaign nears its climax. |
| Johnson rejects 'kicking contest' Posted: 07 Oct 2011 03:16 AM PDT Martin Johnson denies claims of a special competition to decide who will kick for England in their World Cup quarter-final against France on Saturday. |
| Rooney Sr denies bet probe claims Posted: 07 Oct 2011 04:32 AM PDT The father of Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney vows to clear his name after being arrested in a probe into alleged betting irregularities. |
| New fines over exam paper errors Posted: 07 Oct 2011 08:48 AM PDT Exam boards which make mistakes on exam papers could face fines, under new powers being given to England's watchdog Ofqual. |
| Fresh faces join Labour top team Posted: 07 Oct 2011 08:46 AM PDT Labour leader Ed Miliband promotes several MPs elected only last year to his shadow cabinet as part of a wide-ranging reshuffle. |
| Legionnaires' link to Corfu break Posted: 07 Oct 2011 08:27 AM PDT There have been nine cases of Legionnaires' disease in the UK all linked to travelling to Corfu since August, according to the Health Protection Agency. |
| Riot plea man accused of attack Posted: 07 Oct 2011 05:20 AM PDT The father of a man killed during the Birmingham riots is due in court charged with assault during a suspected road rage incident. |
| Man jailed for 2003 Uzi execution Posted: 07 Oct 2011 09:06 AM PDT A Birmingham man is jailed for a minimum of 22 years for the "execution" of a man shot 16 times with an Uzi sub-machine gun in 2003. |
| Harbour search over car in water Posted: 07 Oct 2011 10:07 AM PDT Police, lifeboat crews and the Coastguard attempt to find any occupants after a car goes off the harbour wall at Southwold in Suffolk. |
| Changes agreed to bigotry bill Posted: 07 Oct 2011 08:15 AM PDT The Catholic Church backs the Scottish government's bill on tackling bigotry and football-related violence, after changes were agreed. |
| Girl murder accused triple killer Posted: 07 Oct 2011 08:41 AM PDT The jury in the Jennifer Cardy murder trial hears how the accused, Robert Black, is already serving life in prison for the murders of three children. |
| Driver shooting 'not justified' Posted: 07 Oct 2011 09:00 AM PDT A High Court judge rules that the shooting of an unarmed getaway car driver during a military operation in which four IRA men were killed was not justified. |
| Six rescued from Irish trawler Posted: 07 Oct 2011 07:43 AM PDT Six people are rescued from a fishing boat off the northern coast of County Donegal on Friday morning. |
| Principality expected debt change Posted: 07 Oct 2011 10:26 AM PDT The Principality Building Society says it is business as usual, despite credit rating agency Moody's downgrading its debt status, along with 11 other financial institutions. |
| Leader goes over 'dirty politics' Posted: 07 Oct 2011 09:50 AM PDT The departing leader of Blaenau Gwent council blames "skulduggery" and "dirty politics" in his own ruling group of independent members for his decision to quit. |
| US frees Cuban spy Rene Gonzalez Posted: 07 Oct 2011 07:05 AM PDT Rene Gonzalez, one of five Cubans convicted of spying, is released from a Florida prison but must remain in the US for three years. |
| Mexico's navy discovers 32 bodies Posted: 07 Oct 2011 12:02 AM PDT Mexican forces find 32 bodies in three houses around the port city of Veracruz, amid a bitter war between drug cartels. |
| Chilean court backs dam project Posted: 06 Oct 2011 02:12 PM PDT Work on a multi-billion-dollar dam project in Chile's Patagonia region is allowed to go ahead after an appeals court lifts a suspension order. |
| Ex-governors arrested in Nigeria Posted: 06 Oct 2011 04:19 PM PDT Nigeria's anti-corruption agency arrests three former state governors for allegedly embezzling funds amounting to $615m (£400m). |
| Albania last communist head dies Posted: 07 Oct 2011 10:01 AM PDT Albania's last communist president Ramiz Alia - who was credited with opening up one of the world's most isolated political systems to democracy - dies at 85. |
| Sarkozy warns Russia over Georgia Posted: 07 Oct 2011 10:19 AM PDT French President Nicolas Sarkozy tells an audience in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, that Russia should stop making "threats" against the country. |
| Syrian Kurdish activist shot dead Posted: 07 Oct 2011 09:52 AM PDT Gunmen have entered the home of prominent Syrian Kurdish opposition figure Mishaal al-Tammo and shot him dead, activists say. |
| Bahrain teenager dies in protests Posted: 07 Oct 2011 08:14 AM PDT A 16-year-old boy dies during opposition protests in the Bahraini capital, Manama, with activists claiming he was killed by security forces. |
| India actor Darshan freed on bail Posted: 07 Oct 2011 03:19 AM PDT A court in the southern Indian state of Karnataka frees film star Darshan on bail after he was arrested on charges of assaulting his wife. |
| India incentives for big families Posted: 07 Oct 2011 09:53 AM PDT Churches in the southern Indian state of Kerala are offering cash incentives to couples who produce more children, parish officials say, amid concerns about the declining number of Christians. |
| Tibet ex-monks 'in fire protest' Posted: 07 Oct 2011 08:32 AM PDT Two Tibetan teenagers set themselves on fire in China's Sichuan province, the latest in a series of similar protests against Chinese rule, rights groups say. |
| Airlifts aid Tuvalu water crisis Posted: 07 Oct 2011 12:15 AM PDT Australia and New Zealand are to airlift equipment to the Pacific nation of Tuvalu to help it deal with a severe water shortage caused by drought. |
| Brazil inflation rate accelerates Posted: 07 Oct 2011 11:16 AM PDT Brazil's inflation rate rises to its highest point in six years, just over a month after the central bank cut the cost of borrowing. |
| King fears crisis is 'worst ever' Posted: 07 Oct 2011 04:47 AM PDT The Bank of England governor Mervyn King has said the current financial crisis could be the worst the country has ever seen. |
| Samsung forecast beats estimates Posted: 06 Oct 2011 11:35 PM PDT Samsung Electronics issues a better-than-expected profit forecast as its handset business helps offset falls in other units. |
| Telcos can challenge piracy law Posted: 07 Oct 2011 04:37 AM PDT BT and TalkTalk will launch a fresh challenge against the controversial Digital Economy Act. |
| Ofcom delays 4G mobile auctions Posted: 07 Oct 2011 10:08 AM PDT Telecoms watchdog Ofcom is delaying the sale of radio spectrum needed to support future 4G mobile services. |
| Motorola sued over mobile patents Posted: 07 Oct 2011 02:53 AM PDT Mobile phone maker Motorola is being sued in a patent dispute by a firm partly bankrolled by Google. |
| Bono charity advert faces TV ban Posted: 07 Oct 2011 09:49 AM PDT A campaign advert made by the charity founded by U2 frontman Bono has been banned from UK TV because it could breach rules covering political advertising. |
| 40,000 Jackson show tickets sold Posted: 07 Oct 2011 07:05 AM PDT Organisers say 40,000 tickets have been sold ahead of Saturday's stadium concert in Cardiff in memory of Michael Jackson. |
| Australian actress Cilento dies Posted: 07 Oct 2011 01:47 AM PDT Oscar-nominated Australian actress Diane Cilento, who was married to actor Sean Connery in the early 1960s, dies aged 78. |
| 2012 garland competition begins Posted: 07 Oct 2011 01:27 AM PDT Botanic gardens around the world are encouraging young people to design a 2012 Olympic garland for athletes, using only native species. |
| Severe hypoglycaemia cause found Posted: 06 Oct 2011 06:05 PM PDT The cause of a severe form of hypoglycaemia - very low levels of sugar in the blood - is genetic, say researchers. |
| Rare moth established in the UK Posted: 06 Oct 2011 05:02 PM PDT The rare flame brocade moth has established a colony on the south coast of England, according to the charity Butterfly Conservation. |
| Diabetes 'dating agency' set up Posted: 06 Oct 2011 06:22 PM PDT A massive recruitment drive begins, aimed at matching thousands of diabetes patients with research projects aimed at finding a cure for the disease. |
| US goals in Afghanistan 'distant' Posted: 06 Oct 2011 11:39 PM PDT After 10 years in Afghanistan, the US still lacks the knowledge to bring the conflict to a successful end, retired Army Gen Stanley McChrystal says. |
| Posted: 06 Oct 2011 09:05 PM PDT Protests sympathetic to Occupy Wall Street have sprung up in cities across the country, including a group that has taken to the streets of Cleveland. |
| VIDEO: Moscow collector plans Apple museum Posted: 07 Oct 2011 07:38 AM PDT An Apple fan who has been collecting products made by the company over the past 30 years hopes to put them on public display in Moscow. |
| VIDEO: Libyan fighters in Sirte attack Posted: 07 Oct 2011 05:29 AM PDT Forces loyal to Libya's transitional government have launched a major assault on the city of Sirte. |
| VIDEO: 'Put America back to work' Posted: 07 Oct 2011 10:33 AM PDT Economist Joseph Stiglitz says the US jobless rate of 9.1% does not reflect the severe situation within the US labour market. |
| VIDEO: Top iconic images of the world Posted: 07 Oct 2011 11:23 AM PDT Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa, the Coca-Cola bottle and Christ are history's top iconic images, according to an Oxford professor. |
| VIDEO: New York's 'park in the sky' Posted: 06 Oct 2011 11:00 PM PDT One of the runaway hits of this past summer in New York has not been on Broadway - instead it has been at a most unusual park which is attracting millions of visitors from all around the world. |
| VIDEO: Afghanistan conflict 10 years on Posted: 06 Oct 2011 10:51 PM PDT More than 130,000 international troops are still in Afghanistan, 10 years after the start of the US-led invasion of the country. |
| VIDEO: Twelve panda babies - it's Odd Box Posted: 06 Oct 2011 02:15 PM PDT A dozen baby pandas, a mile-long bikini parade and a very long football header - it's the week's weird and wonderful video stories in Newsbeat's Odd Box with Dominic Byrne. |
| VIDEO: Desmond Tutu marks 80th birthday Posted: 06 Oct 2011 11:33 PM PDT As Archbishop Desmond Tutu celebrates his 80th birthday on Friday, he has courted controversy by calling the ruling ANC "worse than the apartheid government". |
| Posted: 06 Oct 2011 09:53 AM PDT 'They've started bombing music shops' |
| Top Gun Harry trains in US desert Posted: 07 Oct 2011 03:21 AM PDT Prince Harry set for pilot training in US desert |
| Day in pictures : 7 October 2011 Posted: 07 Oct 2011 06:16 AM PDT Striking images from around the world |
| Posted: 06 Oct 2011 04:34 PM PDT Pint or flanker - how well do you know your beer measures? |
| Posted: 06 Oct 2011 04:07 PM PDT How the Apple guru spoke to our deepest desires |
| Tutu at 80: Will humble pie be eaten at his party? Posted: 07 Oct 2011 03:56 AM PDT Will humble pie be eaten at the Nobel laureate's party? |
| Poland heads into close-fought election Posted: 06 Oct 2011 05:31 PM PDT Polish economic success is no guarantee of election victory |
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