Homs suffers 'heaviest' shelling |
- Homs suffers 'heaviest' shelling
- Greek parties 'to finalise deal'
- America and Asia 'will join up'
- Maldives president 'forced out'
- US-Japan Marine deal resurrected
- A380 wing crack checks extended
- US to cut Baghdad embassy staff
- Sudan launches Darfur peace body
- Santorum hails campaign momentum
- Redknapp cleared of tax evasion
- VIDEO: Europe's extreme cold snap explained
- VIDEO: Fake rhino attempts zoo escape
- VIDEO: 'I carried Mars rock in hand luggage'
- VIDEO: Michelle Obama's sack race triumph
- VIDEO: Models demand better conditions
- VIDEO: US court backs gay marriage
- VIDEO: Nepal national park breeds crocs
- Live - Africa Cup of Nations Cup Day 19
- Nokia to carry out 4,000 job cuts
- Apple seeks revised patent rules
- Regional cybercrime hubs launched
- Apple, Google tackle app stores
- Taylor art auction fetches £14m
- Don Cornelius death ruled suicide
- Threshold broken for tiny lasers
- Corals inflate to escape the sand
- Parkinson's cells 'made in lab'
- Bug found in more hospital taps
- Cafe in Somalia hit by car bomb
- Rumours over top China policeman
- Court backs liberal's vote ban
- Brazil police strike talks fail
- Egypt PM dismisses US aid threat
- Canada 'can use torture material'
- Coogan reaches hacking settlement
- Police hold 213 in raids on gangs
- MSPs pass £30bn Scottish budget
- Government defeat over NHS bill
- Day in pictures: 8 February 2012
- Can autocrats' wives rein in their husbands?
- Satellites spy on Europe’s farms
- Change in the air for Italy
- Stand-up comedy Qatari-style
- Why do people dress up their pets?
- Surge in anti-China sentiment in Hong Kong
- GPU helps put Muppets on screen
| 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 |
| Posted: 07 Feb 2012 04:31 PM PST Can Italy's technocrat government pull off economic reform? |
| 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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