Greece 'ready to drop' referendum |
- Greece 'ready to drop' referendum
- Tanks 'open fire' in Syrian city
- Cricketers jailed for fixing scam
- Cuba legalises private home sales
- Record for S Africa rhino killing
- Call for Berlusconi to step down
- Jordan-Egypt ferry struck by fire
- ECB cuts interest rates to 1.25%
- Clashes erupt at Oakland protest
- Nazi-looted Klimt fetches $40.4m
- Google acts on 'paedophile' claim
- Q&A: Greek debt crisis
- The domino effect in Europe's debt crisis
- Eurozone in crisis graphics - GDP
- Europe's four big dilemmas
- VIDEO: The US economy: A lost decade?
- VIDEO: How can countries go bust?
- VIDEO: Why do banks go bust?
- VIDEO: What is austerity?
- VIDEO: Libya treasure stolen from museum
- VIDEO: 'Spot-fixing' cricketers' families speak out
- VIDEO: Bin Laden tweeter looks back on raid
- VIDEO: Inside a network of tunnels from WWI
- VIDEO: New Bond film titled Skyfall
- VIDEO: Syria accepts Arab League peace plan
- VIDEO: Fossil study sheds new light on humans
- VIDEO: REM: Why we decided to split
- Obama calls for urgent debt deal
- Stocks up on Greek state tumult
- MPs urge action on mobile auction
- Newzbin defiant as block begins
- Latest Bond film called Skyfall
- Street role for US star Vaughn
- Major berg forming in Antarctica
- Action urged on ships' emissions
- Live - Thursday football
- ICC says corruption not rampant
- Rwanda returns smuggled minerals
- 'Suicide attack' hits Afghan city
- Remains are 'earliest Europeans'
- Viktor Bout guilty of arms deal
- Israeli troops 'kill two in Gaza'
- Third woman accuses Herman Cain
- Unison votes for pension strike
- UK soldier killed in Afghanistan
- 'Moments of madness led to riots'
- Arrests over racist Ameobi tweet
- What's happened to Thalidomide babies?
- VIDEO: A WWII vet's front line sketches
- Day in pictures: 3 November 2011
- Can China control social media revolution?
- Sebastiao Salgado's Genesis project
- Is President Obama a good leader?
- China suffers amid euro slump
Greece 'ready to drop' referendum Posted: 03 Nov 2011 11:38 AM PDT Greek PM George Papandreou says he is seeking consensus with the opposition on a eurozone bailout as an alternative to holding a referendum. |
Tanks 'open fire' in Syrian city Posted: 03 Nov 2011 10:38 AM PDT Tanks mounted with machine-guns open fire in the Syrian city of Homs, killing at least 20 people, activists say. |
Cricketers jailed for fixing scam Posted: 03 Nov 2011 11:24 AM PDT Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt and bowlers Mohammed Asif and Mohammad Amir have been jailed over a spot fixing plot. |
Cuba legalises private home sales Posted: 03 Nov 2011 08:30 AM PDT Cuba approves a law allowing individuals to buy and sell homes privately for the first time in 50 years, official media say. |
Record for S Africa rhino killing Posted: 03 Nov 2011 03:01 AM PDT The demand for rhino horns has led to record level of poaching this year in South Africa, wildlife charity WWF says. |
Call for Berlusconi to step down Posted: 03 Nov 2011 10:01 AM PDT Six former Berlusconi loyalists in the Italian parliament urge the prime minister to resign as the government fails to agree urgent economic reforms. |
Jordan-Egypt ferry struck by fire Posted: 03 Nov 2011 09:12 AM PDT More than 1,200 passengers are evacuated from a ferry that caught fire in the Red Sea, and one Jordanian reportedly dies after jumping overboard. |
ECB cuts interest rates to 1.25% Posted: 03 Nov 2011 07:22 AM PDT The European Central Bank unexpectedly cuts eurozone interest rates to 1.25%, as new bank head Mario Draghi warns of weak growth. |
Clashes erupt at Oakland protest Posted: 03 Nov 2011 10:06 AM PDT Riot police clash with demonstrators from the Occupy Wall Street group at one of America's busiest ports, Oakland in California. |
Nazi-looted Klimt fetches $40.4m Posted: 03 Nov 2011 02:07 AM PDT A 1915 Gustav Klimt landscape, looted by the Nazis and recently returned to a relative of the owner, sells for $40.4m (£25.4m) at a New York auction. |
Google acts on 'paedophile' claim Posted: 03 Nov 2011 10:04 AM PDT Internet search giant Google agrees to remove a review that defamed a businessman, 18 months after it was posted. |
Posted: 03 Nov 2011 03:07 AM PDT Why is Greece so reliant on international help to pay its bills? |
The domino effect in Europe's debt crisis Posted: 20 Sep 2011 08:17 AM PDT Italy is the latest in a series of government debt downgrades. Which countries have fallen, and which are feared to be next? |
Eurozone in crisis graphics - GDP Posted: 12 May 2011 12:36 AM PDT Compare the fortunes of eurozone economies |
Posted: 27 Oct 2011 03:04 AM PDT Europe's four big dilemmas |
VIDEO: The US economy: A lost decade? Posted: 30 Aug 2011 04:02 PM PDT Watch: How the US went from boom to bust |
VIDEO: How can countries go bust? Posted: 01 Nov 2011 09:24 AM PDT How can countries or governments go bust? |
Posted: 21 Oct 2011 02:00 PM PDT We've all become acutely aware in recent years how easily a big bank can reach the point of collapse. But why does it happen? |
Posted: 28 Oct 2011 07:25 AM PDT Greece provides a lesson in how raising taxes and cutting spending can be a painfully uphill, and even self-defeating, task. |
VIDEO: Libya treasure stolen from museum Posted: 03 Nov 2011 10:40 AM PDT Thousands of priceless Libyan artefacts have been stolen or damaged during the battle to overthrow Colonel Gaddafi. |
VIDEO: 'Spot-fixing' cricketers' families speak out Posted: 03 Nov 2011 09:23 AM PDT Three Pakistan cricketers have been jailed for their part in a "spot-fixing" scam following the verdict of a corruption trial in London. |
VIDEO: Bin Laden tweeter looks back on raid Posted: 03 Nov 2011 10:42 AM PDT Pakistani Sohaib Ather reflects on his unexpected fame after he tweeted details of the US raid in which Osama Bin Laden was killed. |
VIDEO: Inside a network of tunnels from WWI Posted: 03 Nov 2011 12:07 AM PDT Four miles of tunnels which were dug during WW1 in the Somme battlefield, are now being excavated by a team of British and French archaeologists. |
VIDEO: New Bond film titled Skyfall Posted: 03 Nov 2011 05:29 AM PDT The latest 007 adventure, Skyfall, which will star Daniel Craig for the third time, is set to start shooting on Thursday. |
VIDEO: Syria accepts Arab League peace plan Posted: 02 Nov 2011 08:31 PM PDT Syria has accepted a peace plan proposed by the Arab League to end more than seven months of violence, the League says. |
VIDEO: Fossil study sheds new light on humans Posted: 02 Nov 2011 11:49 PM PDT Scientists have analysed a jawbone excavated from a prehistoric cave, showing humans were living in England as long as 44,000 years ago. |
VIDEO: REM: Why we decided to split Posted: 02 Nov 2011 05:07 PM PDT REM lead singer Michael Stipe and bassist Mike Mills tell Newsnight's Gavin Esler why they took the decision to split up after 31 years. |
Obama calls for urgent debt deal Posted: 03 Nov 2011 11:15 AM PDT US President Barack Obama warns that there is still work to be done on ending the eurozone financial crisis. |
Stocks up on Greek state tumult Posted: 03 Nov 2011 10:10 AM PDT European stocks jump on hopes that a new Greek government will be formed in the latest twist to the eurozone debt crisis. |
MPs urge action on mobile auction Posted: 03 Nov 2011 02:40 AM PDT A committee of MPs has told operators to stop delaying the 4G auction as it risks putting the UK at a disadvantage. |
Newzbin defiant as block begins Posted: 03 Nov 2011 06:37 AM PDT BT is blocking access to Newzbin but the group behind the site say its members still have full access. |
Latest Bond film called Skyfall Posted: 03 Nov 2011 05:07 AM PDT Details of the 23rd Bond film are announced in London, with leading ladies confirmed as French actress Berenice Marlohe and Naomie Harris. |
Street role for US star Vaughn Posted: 03 Nov 2011 02:35 AM PDT Hollywood actor Robert Vaughn lands a role in Coronation Street, making him the first major US star to join the cast of the ITV1 soap, a spokesman says. |
Major berg forming in Antarctica Posted: 03 Nov 2011 11:51 AM PDT Scientists are monitoring a big rift in the Pine Island Glacier in western Antarctica that will eventually calve an iceberg the size of Berlin. |
Action urged on ships' emissions Posted: 02 Nov 2011 06:51 PM PDT Greenhouse gas emissions from shipping should be included in the UK's climate change budgets, the government's statutory advisers recommend. |
Posted: 03 Nov 2011 09:29 AM PDT Tottenham are at Rubin Kazan and Stoke face Maccabi Tel-Aviv before Birmingham host Brugge, Celtic play Rennes and Fulham take on Wisla Krakow on a busy night of Europa League football. |
ICC says corruption not rampant Posted: 03 Nov 2011 05:51 AM PDT Cricket's anti-corruption chief Sir Ronnie Flanagan insists illegal betting is not endemic in the game, in the wake of three Pakistan players being jailed for spot-fixing. |
Rwanda returns smuggled minerals Posted: 03 Nov 2011 06:12 AM PDT About 82 tonnes of smuggled minerals seized by Rwandan police is handed back to DR Congo in a sign of improved relations between the two neighbours. |
'Suicide attack' hits Afghan city Posted: 03 Nov 2011 02:56 AM PDT Militants carry out a deadly attack on a private construction company in Afghanistan's western city of Herat, officials say. |
Remains are 'earliest Europeans' Posted: 02 Nov 2011 02:56 PM PDT Two ancient teeth and a jaw fragment unearthed in Italy and the UK are found to be the earliest remains of modern humans in Europe. |
Viktor Bout guilty of arms deal Posted: 02 Nov 2011 01:39 PM PDT A former Soviet military officer is convicted in a New York court of attempting to sell heavy weapons to a Colombian rebel group. |
Israeli troops 'kill two in Gaza' Posted: 03 Nov 2011 08:50 AM PDT Israeli security forces have killed two people in a clash on the border of the Gaza Strip, local medics say. |
Third woman accuses Herman Cain Posted: 03 Nov 2011 05:27 AM PDT A third woman reportedly accuses leading Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain of inappropriate behaviour in the workplace. |
Unison votes for pension strike Posted: 03 Nov 2011 09:04 AM PDT Members of the Unison trade union have voted in favour of striking against the government's plans to change public service pension schemes. |
UK soldier killed in Afghanistan Posted: 03 Nov 2011 11:02 AM PDT A British soldier has been shot dead in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence has announced. |
'Moments of madness led to riots' Posted: 03 Nov 2011 11:32 AM PDT Young people joined the summer riots in a "moment of madness" on "a day like no other when normal rules did not seem to apply", a report suggests. |
Arrests over racist Ameobi tweet Posted: 03 Nov 2011 04:56 AM PDT Two boys are arrested after Newcastle United footballer Sammy Ameobi was the target of racist abuse on Twitter. |
What's happened to Thalidomide babies? Posted: 02 Nov 2011 06:18 PM PDT Thalidomide victims search for truth, 50 years on |
VIDEO: A WWII vet's front line sketches Posted: 02 Nov 2011 06:46 PM PDT A World War II veteran's hand-drawn memoir |
Day in pictures: 3 November 2011 Posted: 03 Nov 2011 05:51 AM PDT 24 hours of pictures from around the world |
Can China control social media revolution? Posted: 02 Nov 2011 07:10 PM PDT How micro-blog explosion is transforming China |
Sebastiao Salgado's Genesis project Posted: 02 Nov 2011 08:10 PM PDT Sebastiao Salgado's Amazon photographs on show in London |
Is President Obama a good leader? Posted: 02 Nov 2011 11:20 PM PDT Mark Mardell on doubts over President Obama's decisiveness |
Posted: 02 Nov 2011 06:45 PM PDT Tough times at the Great Mall of China |
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