Thursday, March 29, 2012

Iraq warns of Syria 'proxy war'

Iraq warns of Syria 'proxy war'


Iraq warns of Syria 'proxy war'

Posted: 29 Mar 2012 09:27 AM PDT

Iraq warns that arming either side in Syria will trigger a "proxy war" as Syria's President Assad says he will accept a UN-Arab League peace plan.

Gunman funeral held near Toulouse

Posted: 29 Mar 2012 11:21 AM PDT

Gunman Mohamed Merah, who killed seven people in three shootings, is buried in near his hometown in the French city of Toulouse.

Cassini spies Saturn moon geysers

Posted: 29 Mar 2012 08:57 AM PDT

The Cassini spacecraft captures striking images from flying by three moons of Saturn, including new pictures of Enceladus's gushing geysers.

Nato 'failed to aid' migrant boat

Posted: 29 Mar 2012 07:28 AM PDT

Nato, coastguards and search and rescue authorities are blamed in a report into the deaths of 63 Libyan refugees on a small boat.

General strike under way in Spain

Posted: 29 Mar 2012 10:04 AM PDT

A general strike is under way in Spain to protest against labour reforms which the government hopes will help cut unemployment.

Mobile firms 'leaking' billions

Posted: 29 Mar 2012 07:55 AM PDT

A new report suggests fraud and billing errors are creating huge revenue gaps for mobile phone firms.

Guerlain fined for racist comment

Posted: 29 Mar 2012 06:07 AM PDT

The parfumier Jean-Paul Guerlain is fined 6,000 euros for making racist comments on television in 2010.

Scientist part of 'al-Qaeda plot'

Posted: 29 Mar 2012 09:42 AM PDT

A nuclear scientist at the Cern laboratory goes on trial in France for allegedly plotting terrorist attacks.

Redford: Newspapers 'in decline'

Posted: 29 Mar 2012 10:00 AM PDT

Movie star Robert Redford says documentary films are taking the place of print journalism, blaming a decline in reporting standards at newspapers.

Apple's Cook visits China factory

Posted: 29 Mar 2012 09:52 AM PDT

A senior Chinese politician calls for foreign companies to "pay more attention" to workers as Apple chief executive Tim Cook visits a supplier.

'Sandhurst plan' for Afghanistan

Posted: 29 Mar 2012 07:12 AM PDT

The British army is to set up a military academy in Afghanistan from 2013 to train members of the country's growing armed forces.

Murdoch declares war on 'enemies'

Posted: 29 Mar 2012 07:26 AM PDT

Media mogul fights back against the 'lies and libels' levelled at News Corporation.

AUDIO: 'How I learned to speak 23 languages'

Posted: 29 Mar 2012 03:23 AM PDT

You may speak two or three different languages but it is unlikely that you speak as many as 16-year-old Timothy Doner.

VIDEO: Passengers hit by strike in Spain

Posted: 29 Mar 2012 09:41 AM PDT

Transport systems in Spain have been hit by a 24-hour strike, called in protest for labour reforms.

VIDEO: Elephant in escape bid from circus

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 11:56 PM PDT

An elephant which escaped from a circus in Ireland has been re-captured in Cork but not before she went walkabout in the city centre.

VIDEO: Chile gay murder charges sought

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 07:51 PM PDT

Chilean prosecutors say they will seek murder charges against four suspected neo-Nazis accused of attacking and killing a young gay man.

VIDEO: Berlin torn between wealth and cool

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 10:31 PM PDT

Berlin is famous for its underground arts and music scene but some residents fear this sub-culture is under threat as new developments begin to take over.

VIDEO: Rihanna makes her acting debut

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 11:43 PM PDT

Rihanna makes her acting debut in the blockbuster film Battleship which is released next month.

VIDEO: For Sale: Seaside lifestyle

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 04:03 PM PDT

Steve Graham is selling his seaside lifestyle by putting on the market his Whitstable home, ice cream shop and beach hut in one package.

German firms halt UK nuclear plan

Posted: 29 Mar 2012 10:01 AM PDT

The government's nuclear power strategy has been hit after German energy giants RWE and E.On abandon plans to build two new plants.

Hong Kong billionaires arrested

Posted: 29 Mar 2012 08:29 AM PDT

Thomas and Raymond Kwok, who run one of Hong Kong's biggest property companies, are arrested on suspicion of corruption.

Osborne opens Google UK tech hub

Posted: 29 Mar 2012 06:13 AM PDT

Chancellor George Osborne vows to make the UK the "technology centre of Europe" as he opens a new east London technology hub, Google Campus.

Delays dog Raspberry Pi project

Posted: 29 Mar 2012 03:05 AM PDT

Confusion over how much testing the Raspberry Pi computer must undergo has caused fresh delivery delays.

Ben Stiller film trailer pulled

Posted: 29 Mar 2012 10:47 AM PDT

Trailers for a new film starring Ben Stiller have been withdrawn because of 'sensitive' issues involving the shooting of an unarmed teenager in Florida.

Ferrell to make Anchorman sequel

Posted: 29 Mar 2012 02:10 AM PDT

Will Ferrell is to make a follow-up to 2004 comic film Anchorman, the star has confirmed on US television.

Picture captures a billion stars

Posted: 29 Mar 2012 03:47 AM PDT

Two UK-developed telescopes are used to make a colossal picture of our Milky Way Galaxy, to reveal the detail of a billion stars.

Cargo ship docks at space station

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 04:16 PM PDT

Europe's big robotic freighter, Edoardo Amaldi, arrives at the International Space Station with tonnes of new supplies.

Cancer 'encyclopaedia' published

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 05:07 PM PDT

The first volume of a "book of cancer knowledge" has been published, which scientists say will speed up the search for new cancer drugs.

Collapse costs England first Test

Posted: 29 Mar 2012 05:50 AM PDT

England lose six wickets for 31 runs as they are beaten by 75 runs in the opening Test against Sri Lanka, despite 112 from Jonathan Trott.

Vettel is cry baby - Karthikeyan

Posted: 29 Mar 2012 04:47 AM PDT

HRT's Narain Karthikeyan describes Sebastian Vettel as a "cry baby" for criticising him after Malaysian GP.

Russia's new 'best worker' prize

Posted: 29 Mar 2012 09:49 AM PDT

Russia's President-elect Vladimir Putin announces a new Soviet-style contest to find the country's best blue-collar workers.

African leaders abandon Mali trip

Posted: 29 Mar 2012 09:41 AM PDT

West African leaders abandon their trip to Mali to negotiate with the military junta after protests on the airport runway.

Bo scandal claims 'preposterous'

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 09:49 PM PDT

Bo Xilai, the politician at the centre of China's biggest political scandal in years, is the victim of a smear campaign, a source close to his family tells the BBC.

Ukraine rape scandal victim dies

Posted: 29 Mar 2012 07:28 AM PDT

An eighteen-year-old Ukrainian woman dies, weeks after a brutal sexual assault that prompted a campaign against political corruption.

Venezuelan soldiers die in crash

Posted: 29 Mar 2012 11:13 AM PDT

Seven Venezuelan soldiers on anti-drug operations are killed in a helicopter crash in Apure state.

Saudi rape case dropped in Spain

Posted: 29 Mar 2012 07:26 AM PDT

A court in Spain drops a rape case against a Saudi prince over "contradictions and vagueness" in evidence from the alleged victim.

Key Republican backs Mitt Romney

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 07:22 PM PDT

Florida senator and conservative favourite Marco Rubio endorses Mitt Romney in the race for the US Republican presidential nomination.

'Panic buying' at petrol stations

Posted: 29 Mar 2012 09:33 AM PDT

Queues form at petrol stations as demand for fuel shoots up after ministers call for people to top up in case of a tanker drivers' strike.

Abuse victims offered up to £60k

Posted: 29 Mar 2012 09:13 AM PDT

Victims of child abuse at Jersey care homes, such as Haut de la Garenne, can claim compensation from the States.

Transplant fluid 'contamination'

Posted: 29 Mar 2012 11:04 AM PDT

The solution used to preserve some donor organs could be contaminated with bacteria, the government says.

OECD predicts recession in the UK

Posted: 29 Mar 2012 04:59 AM PDT

The UK economy will contract in the first three months of 2012, taking the country back into recession, an international think tank suggests.

Your pictures: France

Posted: 29 Mar 2012 02:21 AM PDT

On the theme of France

A brief history of breast enlargements

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 04:45 PM PDT

A brief history of surgical breast implants

Why nothing is really news at all

Posted: 29 Mar 2012 11:15 AM PDT

Why nothing is really news at all, says Michael Blastland

Audio slideshow: South African paramedics

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 05:22 PM PDT

Sound and images of a South African paramedic's life

Day in pictures: 29 March 2012

Posted: 29 Mar 2012 05:26 AM PDT

24 hours of news photos from around the world

Did Capt Scott's diet play part in death?

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 04:49 PM PDT

Did Captain Scott's diet contribute to his death?

A vote of confidence in Burma

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 05:20 PM PDT

Why the world is watching by-elections in Burma

Kickstarter's crowdsourced cash

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 04:03 PM PDT

How a video gamer maker raised over $3m from its fans

What can and can't you say on Twitter?

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 07:11 AM PDT

What you can't say on social networks?

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