Friday, February 3, 2012

Hackers breach FBI-UK police call

Hackers breach FBI-UK police call

Hackers breach FBI-UK police call

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 10:59 AM PST

Hackers Anonymous release a recording of an intercepted conference call between the FBI and UK police discussing their efforts to fight hacking.

US job numbers show strong growth

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 09:52 AM PST

The US economy created 243,000 jobs in January, while the unemployment rate fell to 8.3%, official figures show.

Cairo clashes over football anger

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 11:01 AM PST

At least four people are killed in clashes between Egyptian protesters and police, amid ongoing anger over deaths after a football match.

Many die at S Sudan peace meeting

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 09:47 AM PST

At least 37 people have been killed in South Sudan following a shoot-out at a peace meeting aimed at ending recent violence, officials say.

Striking galaxy image from Hubble

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 01:35 AM PST

The Hubble space telescope captures an image of a "barred spiral" galaxy that could help us better understand our own Milky Way.

Cold weather kills 100 in Ukraine

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 04:29 AM PST

More than 100 people have now died as a result of freezing weather in Ukraine since last Friday, the government announces in Kiev.

Russia criticises Syria UN draft

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 09:03 AM PST

Russia's deputy foreign minister says Moscow "cannot support" the current draft UN Security Council resolution on Syria, Russian media report.

Huhne resigns over points charge

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 09:25 AM PST

Chris Huhne vows to clear his name as he resigns as UK energy secretary to fight charge relating to a 2003 speeding case.

UN faults Italy over WWII claims

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 03:02 AM PST

The UN's highest court rules that Italy was wrong to allow its courts to make claims for compensation against Germany for Nazi war crimes.

Apple overturns Motorola's ban

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 08:10 AM PST

Apple is granted a suspension of a sales ban imposed on some of its iPads and iPhones in Germany.

Sinai gunmen release US tourists

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 10:02 AM PST

Two US women tourists and their Egyptian guide who were kidnapped in the south of Egypt's Sinai peninsula have been released, security sources say.

Poster 'threat' to Dujardin Oscar

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 04:07 AM PST

Movie billboards in Paris featuring The Artist actor Jean Dujardin might affect his chances of winning an Academy Award, according to French press.

VIDEO: Heavy rains cause havoc in Australia

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 08:06 AM PST

Severe flooding is threatening parts of New South Wales and Queensland in eastern Australia, with towns cut off and thousands of residents evacuated.

VIDEO: Cardboard Ayatollah lampooned

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 09:31 AM PST

A cardboard cut-out version of the founder of Iran's Islamic revolution is mocked online after touring Tehran.

VIDEO: Cold weather hits Greece homeless

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 02:08 AM PST

Eastern Europe's recent freezing weather has hit the poorest hard, particularly in Greece.

VIDEO: Khmer Rouge chief gets life sentence

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 12:47 AM PST

Appeal judges at a UN-backed tribunal in Cambodia have rejected a claim by the man who ran a notorious Khmer Rouge detention centre, that he was not responsible for the crimes.

VIDEO: Oldest woman in Cuba turns 127

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 03:07 AM PST

The oldest woman in Cuba and possibly the world celebrates her 127th birthday this week.

VIDEO: German eats 64-year-old US lard

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 04:49 PM PST

A German pensioner who received a tin of American lard 64 years ago in an aid package has only just tasted it, after discovering that it is still edible.

VIDEO: Snorting PM - it's Odd Box

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 02:21 PM PST

A Lego man launched into space, the sport of ice golf and Luxembourg's Prime Minister doing something unexpected. It's the week's weird and wonderful video stories in Newsbeat's Odd Box with Dominic Byrne.

Gas up on Russia shortage reports

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 07:51 AM PST

The price of gas around Europe has risen sharply due to increased demand as a result of the cold weather and reports of reduced supply from Russia.

Hungarian airline Malev collapses

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 03:21 AM PST

Hungarian airline Malev ceases trading after 66 years after being ordered by the EU to repay state aid it has received.

Megaupload bail appeal rejected

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 03:48 AM PST

Kim Dotcom's bail appeal is rejected by a New Zealand Court, as US campaigners hint at legal action to prevent files being deleted.

King's Speech premieres on stage

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 01:59 AM PST

Almost a year after the film reigned supreme at the Oscars, the stage version of The King's Speech has its world premiere.

Gospel singer David Peaston dies

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 02:47 AM PST

R&B and gospel singer David Peaston, best known for the tracks Two Wrongs (Don't Make it Right) and Can I?, dies aged 54.

Largest optical telescope created

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 02:15 AM PST

Astronomers at the Paranal observatory combine four telescope to create the world's largest virtual device with a 130m-mirror.

Malaria toll 'is twice as high'

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 04:07 PM PST

The number of deaths worldwide from malaria has been underestimated, according to data published in the medical journal the Lancet.

Brains may be wired for addiction

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 11:03 AM PST

Abnormalities in the brain may make some people more likely to become drug addicts, according to scientists.

Weekend hospital admission fears

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 02:37 AM PST

Research which suggests that patients are more likely to die in hospital if they are admitted at the weekend is backed up by a major study.

Terry stripped of captaincy by FA

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 02:56 AM PST

John Terry is stripped of the England captaincy, the Football Association has confirmed.

England falter as wickets tumble

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 05:53 AM PST

England's batsmen fail again as 16 wickets fall in Dubai on the first day of the third Test against Pakistan.

Artist set for Facebook windfall

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 06:13 AM PST

A US graffiti artist who painted Facebook's offices is set to become a millionaire when the social network begins trading as a public company.

Monkeys fed wine 'to fight flu'

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 07:52 AM PST

A zoo in Kazakhstan, where overnight temperatures have dipped to nearly -40C, is giving monkeys a wine concoction as a remedy against flu.

Ghana boosted by Annan resolve

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 09:29 AM PST

Despite the loss of his mother Ghana midfielder Anthony Annan is determined to continue playing at the Africa Cup of Nations in her memory.

Life term for Khmer Rouge jailer

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 10:52 PM PST

Cambodia's UN-backed genocide court rejects an appeal by Khmer Rouge jailer Duch and increases his sentence to life imprisonment.

Motorola makes Apple pull devices

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 05:52 AM PST

Motorola forces some 3G iPhones and iPads to be pulled from Apple's German online store after enforcing a patent injunction.

Second deadly attack in Colombia

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 12:21 PM PST

Explosive devices are thrown at a police station in western Colombia, killing at least six people - the second such attack in less than 24 hours.

BBC accuses Iran of intimidation

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 10:00 AM PST

The BBC's Director General, Mark Thompson, accuses the Iranian authorities of intimidating those working for its Persian service.

Funds U-turn for US women's group

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 10:45 AM PST

A major US breast cancer charity reverses a decision to cut funding to women's group Planned Parenthood, after a furious outcry.

Temperatures 'set to reach -12'

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 10:02 AM PST

The UK is set for another bitterly cold night with temperatures plunging again, say weather forecasters.

PFI hospitals 'get bailout fund'

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 05:09 AM PST

Seven English NHS hospital trusts with debts caused, in part, by PFI repayments are to have access to a £1.5bn government bailout fund.

Poison arrest nurse loses appeal

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 08:32 AM PST

A nurse arrested and later freed over the poisoning deaths of patients at Stepping Hill Hospital loses an appeal against her sacking.

Man Utd fan on race abuse charge

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 10:35 AM PST

A Manchester United fan is charged with shouting racist abuse at Stoke City players during a Premier League match.

Week in pictures: 28 January-3 February

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 09:39 AM PST

News photos from around the world: 28 January-3 February

The Queen: 60 photographs for 60 years

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 01:28 AM PST

Sixty photographs for 60 years on the throne

In pictures: Venice in Solitude

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 05:35 PM PST

Haunting views of Venice's waterways

The toughest place to be a fisherman

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 04:34 PM PST

Does this fisherman have the toughest job in the world?

Quiz of the week's news

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 04:35 PM PST

Who had to call in extra security this week?

Day in pictures: 3 February 2012

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 05:22 AM PST

24 hours of news photos from around the world

Olympics shoot for green medal

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 01:14 AM PST

Will London 2012 fulfil its 'Greenest Olympics' pledge?

UK-Argentina tensions grow over Falklands

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 07:45 AM PST

Why tensions are growing ahead of invasion anniversary

Tactical nukes 'an anachronism'

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 09:42 AM PST

Images of tactical nuclear sites still operating in Europe

Can the US Army embrace atheists?

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 06:48 AM PST

Can the US Army bring itself to embrace atheists?
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