Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Iran protesters storm UK embassy

Iran protesters storm UK embassy

Iran protesters storm UK embassy

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 10:45 AM PST

Iran expresses "regret" after protesters force their way into the UK embassy compound in Tehran, smashing windows and burning the British flag.

Jackson doctor given four years

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 10:11 AM PST

Conrad Murray, the US doctor convicted of the involuntary manslaughter of pop legend Michael Jackson, is sentenced to a maximum prison term of four years.

Norway killer is declared insane

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 09:28 AM PST

Psychiatrists assessing self-confessed Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik conclude he is a paranoid schizophrenic and should be treated as such.

Pakistan 'to boycott Bonn talks'

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 05:01 AM PST

Pakistan is to boycott next week's talks in Bonn on Afghanistan's future in protest at a Nato air strike which killed 24 of its soldiers, officials say.

Pay and jobs pain as growth slows

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 09:20 AM PST

Chancellor George Osborne announces a two-year pay cap for public sector workers and lowers UK growth forecasts.

ICC 'warrant for Laurent Gbagbo'

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 11:35 AM PST

The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for ousted Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo, his lawyers say.

United Nations agency 'hacked'

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 11:37 AM PST

The United Nations Development Programme says it is investigating claims of a hacking attack by the group Teampoison.

US airline AA shares plunge 85%

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 08:22 AM PST

American Airlines' parent company files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, but expects business to continue as normal.

Bid to move Gen Franco's remains

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 08:24 AM PST

The remains of General Franco should be exhumed from the basilica near Madrid where he is buried, a Spanish government commission recommends.

Herman Cain 'reassesses' campaign

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 10:29 AM PST

Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain tells aides he is "reassessing" his White House campaign amid a claim he had a 13-year affair.

Eurozone discusses bailout fund

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 11:00 AM PST

Eurozone finance ministers are meeting in Brussels to discuss ways to expand the region's bailout fund.

Wealth managers win $250m jackpot

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 07:24 AM PST

Three wealth managers from one of the richest US cities are unveiled as winners of a $254m (£163m) lottery jackpot.

VIDEO: Murray sentenced to four years

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 10:20 AM PST

Michael Jackson's doctor, Conrad Murray, has been sentenced to four years in prison following his conviction for involuntary manslaughter of the pop legend earlier this month.

VIDEO: UN warning over future of crop growing

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 07:30 PM PST

The world may not be able to properly feed itself by 2050, according to a UN report.

VIDEO: Retired football legends slug it out

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 07:07 PM PST

Retired Canadian football legends and former rivals Joe Kapp and Angelo Mosca brawled at a Canadian Football League luncheon honouring the 73-year-old players.

VIDEO: Iran protesters storm UK embassy

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 11:07 AM PST

Protesters in the Iranian capital have broken into the British embassy compound during a demonstration against sanctions imposed by the UK.

AUDIO: Stonehenge: Let there be light?

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 12:55 AM PST

Lady Mimi Pakenham and Professor Clive Ruggles debate whether or not lighting Stonehenge at night would take away from its prehistoric splendour.

VIDEO: Newspaper archive goes online

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 10:55 PM PST

A huge project to digitise every newspaper, periodical and journal ever printed in Britain has been launched, making more than a million pages available to readers online.

VIDEO: Leaving Manchester for Libya

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 10:17 PM PST

Newsbeat speaks to Abdul who left his home in Manchester to fight in the Libyan revolution.

Facebook settles privacy inquiry

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 11:44 AM PST

Facebook agrees to tighten privacy controls as part of a settlement with the US regulator, the Federal Trade Commission.

Murdoch wins BSkyB chairman vote

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 10:49 AM PST

James Murdoch is re-elected as chairman of broadcaster BSkyB, but a fifth of shareholders vote against his reappointment.

Osborne announces broadband money

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 06:07 AM PST

£100m is being made available to fund super-fast broadband in 10 UK cities, the chancellor announces.

HTC told to halt sales in Germany

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 08:26 AM PST

A German patent owner has ordered HTC to halt sales of its devices in Germany, but the mobile phone maker says the claim is "invalid".

Scorsese takes blockbuster stand

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 10:03 AM PST

Martin Scorsese says Hollywood needs to provide an antidote to the "theme park" movies that have come to dominate the summer box office.

Movies tie for top Gotham Award

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 06:21 AM PST

Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life and Christopher Plummer film Beginners share the top prize for best feature at the Gotham Independent Film Awards.

UK space radar project initiated

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 05:21 AM PST

The UK government is to kick-start an innovative project to fly radar spacecraft around the Earth with an initial investment of £21m.

Warm blast hits UN climate summit

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 06:35 AM PST

The global weather agency says the world continues to warm, as words fly over Canada's stance on emissions and finance.

Too many headers 'damage brain'

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 09:36 PM PST

Frequently heading a football can lead to brain injury, warn doctors who say they have found evidence on brain scans.

Scan spots 'curable' hypertension

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 03:06 AM PST

Doctors say they have found a medical test that can diagnose the most common curable cause of high blood pressure.

Live - Tuesday football

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 10:34 AM PST

Arsenal host Manchester City in one of three Carling Cup quarter finals while there are nine Championship fixtures on a busy night.

Raikkonen to return to Formula 1

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 02:10 AM PST

Former world champion Kimi Raikkonen will return to Formula 1 next season after signing a two-year deal with Renault, who will become Lotus in 2012.

Governor regrets tweet complaint

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 05:02 PM PST

Kansas Governor Sam Brownback apologises for his office's "over-reaction" to a disparaging tweet from a teenager sent during a visit to the state capitol.

Seal of approval for pup rescue

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 04:58 AM PST

A tired seal pup which refused to leave an oil industry ship 100 miles out to sea is recovering before being released back into the wild.

Call to annul 'rigged' Congo vote

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 09:48 AM PST

Four opposition candidates in the Democratic Republic of Congo's election say it should be cancelled because of fraud and violence.

Sonia Gandhi in comeback speech

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 08:03 AM PST

India's governing Congress party leader Sonia Gandhi makes her first public speech since undergoing surgery in August in the US.

Russia switches on missile radar

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 06:22 AM PST

Russia turns on a new incoming missile early warning system in its westernmost region in response to US plans for a missile shield in Europe.

Venezuela arrests top 'drug boss'

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 11:55 AM PST

Venezuelan forces arrest Maximiliano Bonilla Orozco, alias Valenciano, accused of leading a key drug trafficking gang in Colombia.

Egyptian election into second day

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 07:59 AM PST

Voting continues for a second day in Egypt as the first poll since President Mubarak was overthrown seems to be heading for a record turnout.

Biden visits Iraq as troops leave

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 11:07 AM PST

US Vice President arrives in Baghdad to meet Iraqi officials as American troops leave Iraq by the end of the year.

Editors 'knew phones were hacked'

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 11:26 AM PST

Editors Andy Coulson and Rebekah Brooks knew about phone hacking, a former News of the World journalist tells the Leveson Inquiry.

Russian criticises 'spy' inquiry

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 11:11 AM PST

The Russian who won her appeal against deportation has described the MI5 investigation into claims she was a spy as "extremely unprofessional".

Women win equal pay claim case

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 06:20 AM PST

The Court of Appeal backs an equal pay case brought by 174 female ex-employees of Birmingham City Council.

Inquest adjourned on Gary Speed

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 07:33 AM PST

An inquest on Wales football manager Gary Speed is told that his wife found him hanged at home.

In pictures: Abidjan's photo flash mob

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 07:57 AM PST

Ivory Coast's first ever photo flash mob

In pictures: Egypt vote in first post-Mubarak election

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 09:15 PM PST

First election since Mubarak was toppled

In pictures: Art's field of light

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 07:43 AM PST

Bruce Munro install 5,200 stems of light

In pictures: DR Congo campaign ends in clashes

Posted: 27 Nov 2011 12:36 AM PST

Clashes on final day of campaigning

Day in pictures: 28 November 2011

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 05:04 AM PST

24 hours of news photos: 28 November 2011

VIDEO: Web gives rise to sharing economy

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 06:52 PM PST

'Collaborative consumption' reinvents how we access products

The stigma of HIV - four places, four people

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 02:26 AM PST

Four people across the globe share their HIV stories

How Stalin's daughter defected in India

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 07:53 AM PST

How India was the stage for Stalin's daughter's US defection

Syria: The view from next door

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 06:03 AM PST

What's at stake for Syria's neighbours as crisis escalates

Day in pictures: 29 November 2011

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 04:22 AM PST

24 hours of news photos from around the world

Why do Nepal's former rebels want to join the army?

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 10:21 PM PST

Why do so many former guerillas want to join Nepal's army?

Fraud fears cloud Russia election

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 04:04 PM PST

Russians in one town wonder if Sunday's election will be fair

Poor rural villages show China's economic dilemma

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 04:43 PM PST

Should China bail Europe out or help its own poor farmers?

African migrants suffer after Gaddafi's fall

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 11:46 PM PST

Will Libya's new leaders turn their backs on Gaddafi's former allies?
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