Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Homs suffers 'heaviest' shelling

Homs suffers 'heaviest' shelling


Homs suffers 'heaviest' shelling

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 09:20 AM PST

Syrian opposition groups say the city of Homs has come under the heaviest shelling in days, despite the president's pledge to engage in dialogue.

Greek parties 'to finalise deal'

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 09:22 AM PST

Greek PM Lucas Papademos is meeting coalition parties in an attempt to seal an austerity deal to secure a new EU/IMF bailout.

America and Asia 'will join up'

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 10:06 AM PST

Researchers say most of the world's continents will merge somewhere over the Pacific 'ring of fire' in 50-200 million years

Maldives president 'forced out'

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 08:59 AM PST

Former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed says he was forced to resign at gunpoint in a coup, a charge the country's new leader denies.

US-Japan Marine deal resurrected

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 09:51 AM PST

The US and Japan resurrect a deal to move thousands of Marines from Okinawa island, but the future of a major base on the island remains unclear.

A380 wing crack checks extended

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 09:57 AM PST

Checks are ordered on all Airbus A380 superjumbos after cracks were found in wing components, extending an earlier safety ruling covering 20 planes.

US to cut Baghdad embassy staff

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 05:32 AM PST

The United States is looking to cut the size of its embassy in Iraq - the largest and most expensive US diplomatic mission, officials say.

Sudan launches Darfur peace body

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 08:02 AM PST

Sudan's president launches a body intended to kick-start development and end the fighting in the war-torn western region of Darfur.

Santorum hails campaign momentum

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 10:05 AM PST

Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum pledges to push for victory in March's Super Tuesday votes, after a hat-trick of wins on Tuesday night.

Redknapp cleared of tax evasion

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 10:03 AM PST

Harry Redknapp says his "nightmare" is over after being cleared of tax evasion along with Milan Mandaric.

VIDEO: Europe's extreme cold snap explained

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 08:40 AM PST

The BBC's Lucy Hockings and weather presenter Helen Willetts look at why Europe is experiencing such unusually cold weather.

VIDEO: Fake rhino attempts zoo escape

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 06:34 AM PST

A zoo in Tokyo has been simulating animal escapes in order to practice their emergency drills.

VIDEO: 'I carried Mars rock in hand luggage'

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 09:39 AM PST

The Natural History Museum in London has acquired its largest Martian meteorite, which could hold new clues to life on Mars.

VIDEO: Michelle Obama's sack race triumph

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 10:43 AM PST

Michelle Obama has been showing off her fitness prowess in a series of chat show appearances in the US.

VIDEO: Models demand better conditions

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 02:53 AM PST

Models in the US have launched a rights group calling for workplace standards in what is a largely unregulated industry.

VIDEO: US court backs gay marriage

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 09:49 PM PST

A US court has ruled that a ban on same-sex marriages in California is unconstitutional.

VIDEO: Nepal national park breeds crocs

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 10:30 AM PST

A breeding centre in Nepal's Chitwan National Park is preparing endangered Gharial crocodiles for release back into the wild.

Live - Africa Cup of Nations Cup Day 19

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 07:30 AM PST

All the action from the semi-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.

Nokia to carry out 4,000 job cuts

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 11:04 AM PST

Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia announced the details of 4,000 job losses on Wednesday at plants in Hungary, Mexico and Finland.

Apple seeks revised patent rules

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 08:27 AM PST

A letter from Apple's legal team reveals that the firm wants Europe to revise rules covering patents that are essential to industry standards.

Regional cybercrime hubs launched

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 06:16 AM PST

Three new regional police hubs for investigating cybercrime are launched across England.

Apple, Google tackle app stores

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 07:34 AM PST

Apple has warned that developers artificially inflated their app rankings may be booted off the service while Google cleans up malware.

Taylor art auction fetches £14m

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 12:31 AM PST

Three paintings from Elizabeth Taylor's personal art collection are sold for almost £14 million at an auction in London.

Don Cornelius death ruled suicide

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 12:43 AM PST

Coroners rule Don Cornelius's death was suicide, nearly a week after the Soul Train creator was found with a gun shot to his head.

Threshold broken for tiny lasers

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 11:09 AM PST

Researchers build efficient lasers just 100 billionths of a metre across that may be used to make faster computer chips in the future.

Corals inflate to escape the sand

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 07:38 PM PST

Time-lapse footage reveals how mushroom corals inflate and deflate to free themselves from smothering sand.

Parkinson's cells 'made in lab'

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 11:57 PM PST

Scientists in the US have successfully made human brain cells in the lab that are an exact replica of genetically caused Parkinson's disease.

Bug found in more hospital taps

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 07:53 AM PST

Pseudomonas is detected in water outlets in the neonatal units at three more hospitals in Northern Ireland.

Cafe in Somalia hit by car bomb

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 10:09 AM PST

At least 10 people are killed and more than 20 injured when a car bomb planted by Islamist militants explodes near a cafe in Somalia's capital.

Rumours over top China policeman

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 01:56 AM PST

A top Chinese policeman in charge of a major crackdown on organised crime goes on leave, amid rumours of an investigation and a bid for asylum.

Court backs liberal's vote ban

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 07:44 AM PST

The Russian Supreme Court backs a decision that disqualifies liberal candidate Grigory Yavlinsky from running for the presidency on 4 March.

Brazil police strike talks fail

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 01:41 AM PST

Talks to end a police strike in the Brazilian state of Bahia break down, as troops blockade the state assembly occupied by striking officers.

Egypt PM dismisses US aid threat

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 06:46 AM PST

Egypt's prime minister says it will not be persuaded by the potential loss of US aid to end a probe into foreign-funded non-governmental organisations.

Canada 'can use torture material'

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 02:00 AM PST

Canada ordered its intelligence agency to use information that may have been extracted through torture if public safety is at risk, it emerges.

Coogan reaches hacking settlement

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 07:43 AM PST

Comedian Steve Coogan and ex-footballer Paul Gascoigne are among the latest people to have settled their claims for damages over News of the World phone hacking.

Police hold 213 in raids on gangs

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 10:02 AM PST

More than 200 people are arrested during raids across London by the Metropolitan Police's new dedicated unit tackling gang crime.

MSPs pass £30bn Scottish budget

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 09:45 AM PST

MSPs have approved the Scottish government's £30bn budget in a Holyrood vote which saw 70 members backing it and 52 members rejecting it.

Government defeat over NHS bill

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 11:01 AM PST

The government loses the first of a series of votes in the House of Lords on its controversial plans to overhaul the NHS in England.

Day in pictures: 8 February 2012

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 05:10 AM PST

24 hours of news photos: 8 February 2012

Can autocrats' wives rein in their husbands?

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 02:57 AM PST

Does an autocrat's wife have to stand by her man?

Satellites spy on Europe’s farms

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 04:43 PM PST

How drones and satellites are catching farming cheats

Change in the air for Italy

Posted: 07 Feb 2012 04:31 PM PST

Can Italy's technocrat government pull off economic reform?

Stand-up comedy Qatari-style

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 01:23 AM PST

Heard the one about the emir and a Qatari stand-up comedian?

Why do people dress up their pets?

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 02:36 AM PST

Why do people dress up their pets?

Surge in anti-China sentiment in Hong Kong

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 02:28 AM PST

Surge in anti-mainland sentiment in Hong Kong

GPU helps put Muppets on screen

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 12:57 AM PST

How graphics chip advances aided the puppets' return

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