Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Egypt football clashes 'kill 25'

Egypt football clashes 'kill 25'


Egypt football clashes 'kill 25'

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 11:08 AM PST

At least 25 people have been killed in fan clashes following a football match in the Egyptian city of Port Said, reports from Egypt say.

Four admit planning London bomb

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 06:19 AM PST

Four men have admitted planning an al-Qaeda inspired plot to detonate a bomb at the London Stock Exchange.

Big freeze extends across Europe

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 10:04 AM PST

Heavy snow has caused disruption across Europe, carpeting much of Italy to the south and Turkey to the east.

Pakistan dismisses Taliban links

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 10:40 AM PST

Pakistan's foreign minister says her country has no hidden agenda in Afghanistan, as a leaked Nato report accuses Islamabad of links to the Taliban.

Mega volcanoes 'may be predicted'

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 10:09 AM PST

The eruption of some of the largest volcanoes on the planet could be predicted decades before the event, research suggests.

SA lesbian killers get 18 years

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 06:30 AM PST

Four South African men are sentenced to 18 years for stabbing and stoning to death a teenager because she lived openly with another woman.

Nigeria holds militant spokesman

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 10:53 AM PST

Nigerian police arrest Abul Qaqa, who serves as spokesman for the Boko Haram militant group which has carried out scores of attacks recently.

Sarkozy challenger flour-bombed

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 09:33 AM PST

A woman hurls flour at the Socialist favourite in the French presidential election, Francois Hollande, at a campaign appearance in Paris.

Soul Train maker 'kills himself'

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 10:01 AM PST

Don Cornelius, the creator of the long-running TV show Soul Train, has shot himself at his home in Los Angeles at the age of 75, police say.

Italy ship purser tells of rescue

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 07:40 AM PST

The last person rescued from Italy's shipwrecked Costa Concordia describes banging a frying pan on a wall to alert emergency teams.

Assange appeals 'invalid' warrant

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 10:52 AM PST

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, launches his appeal against extradition to Sweden at the Supreme Court, says the arrest warrant is "invalid and unenforceable".

Cricketer Amir released from jail

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 10:40 AM PST

Cricketer Mohammad Amir is released from jail after serving half of his six-month sentence for his part in a corruption scandal.

VIDEO: Flour thrown at French candidate

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 09:05 AM PST

A protester has thrown flour at France's Socialist front-runner Francois Hollande during a speech on housing in Paris.

VIDEO: Europe's cold snap claims lives

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 06:06 AM PST

A severe cold snap in Eastern and central Europe has claimed more lives.

VIDEO: New cruise ship fuel leak fears

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 11:01 AM PST

Rough seas and high winds have halted Costa Concordia salvage efforts off the coast of Giglio.

VIDEO: Bus boss gives staff $16m sale share

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 03:01 AM PST

Australian Ken Grenda may have sold his bus company, but his staff of almost 2,000 are smiling.

VIDEO: Pakistan denies Afghan Taliban links

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 04:03 AM PST

Pakistan's foreign minister says her country has no hidden agenda in Afghanistan, in response to a leaked secret Nato report on Islamabad's links to the Afghan Taliban.

VIDEO: Deadly clashes over Senegal elections

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 07:17 AM PST

Two people have been killed in the Senegalese capital during a demonstration against President Abdoulaye Wade's re-election bid.

VIDEO: Rare glimpse of Peruvian tribe

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 08:27 AM PST

Rare pictures of an "uncontacted" Peruvian tribe are released by anthropologists.

Manufacturing data boosts markets

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 10:04 AM PST

Promising figures for manufacturing output in economies throughout the world boost stock markets.

EU blocks merger of NYSE-Deutsche

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 05:25 AM PST

NYSE Euronext's proposed merger with Deutsche Boerse is blocked by the EU on competition grounds.

TripAdvisor rebuked for publicity

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 01:59 AM PST

The travel review website is told to make changes to its adverts and stop implying that all its reviews are honest and trusted.

Petitioners want 'ethical iPhone'

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 07:29 AM PST

An online petition calls on Apple to address growing concerns about the conditions of its Chinese factory workers.

Mona Lisa copy reveals new detail

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 09:16 AM PST

A painting thought to be the earliest replica of Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa is discovered in Madrid, revealing new details about the original.

Winehouse coroner 'not qualified'

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 10:01 AM PST

The family of singer Amy Winehouse seek advice after learning that the coroner who oversaw her inquest has resigned because she was not qualified.

Trumpets of outrage over outback

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 10:01 AM PST

An Australian biology professor is causing a rumble in the academic jungle by suggesting his country should import elephants and even Komodo dragons into its wild interior.

Science decodes 'internal voices'

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 08:29 PM PST

Researchers turn brain waves from thoughts of words into actual words, in a breakthrough that could benefit comatose and locked-in patients.

Contraceptive pill recalled in US

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 02:48 AM PST

Around one million packets of birth control tablets are being recalled in the US as they might not prevent pregnancy.

Ulcer drugs 'link to fractures'

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 01:09 AM PST

Women who take certain ulcer drugs have a small increased risk of hip fractures in later life, particularly if they smoke, US research suggests.

Live - Africa Cup of Nations Day 12

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 09:16 AM PST

All the action from the final Group D games as they happen at the Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.

Hamilton puts worries behind him

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 08:44 AM PST

British F1 star confident of success in the new season.

Chile arrest in glacier ice theft

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 09:30 AM PST

Police in Chile arrest a man suspected of stealing blocks of ice from the Jorge Montt Glacier.

Bismarck voice recording released

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 03:53 PM PST

A wax cylinder recording of German statesman Otto von Bismarck is released - the first time his voice has been heard for over 100 years.

Gun fight erupts in Libya capital

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 08:42 AM PST

Rival Libyan militias fight a brief gun battle in central Tripoli amid tension between former rebel groups, witnesses and officials say.

Chinese workers in Egypt released

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 02:14 AM PST

A group of 25 Chinese workers kidnapped by Bedouin tribesmen in the north of Egypt's Sinai peninsula have been freed, officials say.

Cornwall base to greet 2012 flame

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 08:32 AM PST

The flame for the London 2012 Torch Relay will arrive in the UK from Greece at RNAS Culdrose on the Lizard Peninsula in Cornwall.

Canada firm halts Argentina mine

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 07:00 PM PST

After protests by Argentine environmental campaigners, a Canadian mining firm is suspending its exploration work on a project in La Rioja province.

UN positive about Iranian talks

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 09:36 AM PST

UN nuclear inspectors back from a trip to Iran to discuss its nuclear programme have said the country is "committed" to "resolving all outstanding issues".

Victorious Mitt Romney goes west

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 08:32 AM PST

Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney's campaign marches on to Minnesota and Nevada, after his sweeping victory in Florida's primary.

Criticism over Goodwin 'hysteria'

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 05:24 AM PST

Figures from the business world hit out at a decision to strip former Royal Bank of Scotland boss Fred Goodwin of his knighthood.

No change in Lawrence sentencing

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 08:25 AM PST

The sentences handed to Gary Dobson and David Norris for the racist murder of black teenager Stephen Lawrence will not be reviewed, it emerges.

MPs back ministers on benefit cap

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 10:00 AM PST

MPs back the government's plans for a £26,000 annual cap on overall household benefits and say child benefit should be included - overturning a key defeat in the Lords.

Teen 'first to face riot charge'

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 05:16 AM PST

A teenager is charged with the offence of "riot" - the first person to be charged with the offence in relation to the disorder in London last summer.

The US cult of Downton Abbey

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 05:32 AM PST

What's behind US cult appeal of Downton Abbey?

The house that a billion euros built

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 04:20 PM PST

The Irishman who built a home out of 50,000-euro bricks

Search for Cuba offshore oil begins

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 09:34 AM PST

Search begins for Cuba's offshore oil deposits

Colombia's capital experiments with gun ban

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 06:52 AM PST

Colombian capital seeks to keep guns off its streets

Day in pictures: 1 February 2012

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 05:53 AM PST

24 hours of news photos from around the world

Class, cricket and the French Revolution

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 06:40 AM PST

The era when shepherd bowled at aristocrat

Facebook’s IPO - it’s up to you

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 03:18 AM PST

What will be on sale is you, the user, and your 800 million friends

Egyptian mothers take to the internet

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 04:11 PM PST

Egyptian mothers take to the internet for help and advice

Dutch unease over tobacco lobbying

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 04:12 PM PST

Are Dutch officials too close to the tobacco industry?

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