Sunday, March 4, 2012

Putin 'elected Russian president'

Putin 'elected Russian president'

Putin 'elected Russian president'

Posted: 04 Mar 2012 10:50 AM PST

Vladimir Putin is to return to the Russian presidency for a third term, exit polls suggest, after an election overshadowed by reports of violations.

'Scores killed' in Congo blasts

Posted: 04 Mar 2012 08:55 AM PST

At least 200 people are reported killed and hundreds more injured after accidental explosions at a munitions dump in Congo's capital Brazzaville.

Chelsea sack manager Villas-Boas

Posted: 04 Mar 2012 05:40 AM PST

Top English football club Chelsea part company with young Portuguese manager Andre Villas-Boas after less than a year in change.

China military budget tops $100bn

Posted: 04 Mar 2012 12:37 AM PST

China announces an 11% hike in its official military budget in a move likely to add to regional unease about its growing aspirations and clout.

Yemen soldiers killed in clashes

Posted: 04 Mar 2012 07:47 AM PST

At least 30 soldiers and a number of militants have been killed in fighting near an Islamist-held part of southern Yemen, military officials say.

Poland suffers deadly train crash

Posted: 04 Mar 2012 05:51 AM PST

Two trains collide on the Warsaw-Krakow mainline in southern Poland, leaving 16 people dead and about 58 injured, local officials say.

Obama warns of force against Iran

Posted: 04 Mar 2012 10:15 AM PST

President Obama says the US "will not hesitate" to use force to stop Iran obtaining nuclear weapons, but that diplomacy can still succeed.

Red Cross pushes for Homs access

Posted: 04 Mar 2012 04:06 AM PST

The Red Cross says it still cannot access the Baba Amr district of Homs, so has begun to deliver aid to victims in surrounding areas of the Syrian city.

US government to continue BP case

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 07:01 PM PST

The US government says it will continue its case against BP over the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, despite a deal reached by BP with other claimants.

Meteor witnessed across Britain

Posted: 04 Mar 2012 03:59 AM PST

Police forces say they have received a number of calls reporting what is believed to have been a meteor streaking through the night sky.

Star Wars artist McQuarrie dies

Posted: 04 Mar 2012 02:04 AM PST

Ralph McQuarrie, an artist credited with helping George Lucas bring Stars Wars to the big screen, dies aged 82.

VIDEO: Man dies as Australia floods continue

Posted: 04 Mar 2012 09:19 AM PST

Flooding in south-eastern Australia has claimed the life of a 43-year-old man, and forced thousands of people from their homes.

VIDEO: Rio favela's rugby stars

Posted: 04 Mar 2012 08:57 AM PST

Matthew Pinsent discovers some unlikely rugby-playing stars in one of Rio de Janeiro's favelas.

VIDEO: Inside Pakistan's 'Little Britain' town

Posted: 04 Mar 2012 01:18 AM PST

Around a million people of Pakistani origin who live in the UK will be allowed to vote in Pakistan's elections.

VIDEO: Dublin patron saint's heart stolen

Posted: 04 Mar 2012 01:04 AM PST

The preserved heart of Dublin's patron saint has been stolen from the city's Christ Church Cathedral

VIDEO: Vatican opens secret document archive

Posted: 04 Mar 2012 01:44 AM PST

One hundred unique documents selected from among millions from the Vatican's secret archive have gone on show to the public in Rome for the first time.

Picasso painting 'could leave UK'

Posted: 04 Mar 2012 09:06 AM PST

A Picasso painting Child with a Dove - which has been on public display in Britain since the 1970s - is up for sale and could go abroad.

Tottenham 1-3 Man Utd

Posted: 04 Mar 2012 10:43 AM PST

Ashley Young inspires the Red Devils to a win which moves them back to within two points of leaders Manchester City.

France 17-17 Ireland

Posted: 04 Mar 2012 09:02 AM PST

Ireland end France's Grand Slam hopes by securing a 17-17 draw in an entertaining Six Nations encounter in Paris.

'Up to 50 killed' in Guinea crash

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 05:18 PM PST

Reports from Guinea say up to 50 people have died after a lorry taking people to market crashed in the east of the country.

Japanese Emperor leaves hospital

Posted: 04 Mar 2012 12:19 AM PST

Japanese Emperor Akihito leaves hospital after having a heart bypass operation at a Tokyo hospital in February.

Arrests in Greek antiquities ring

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 01:20 PM PST

Police in northern and central Greece arrest 35 people suspected of smuggling antiquities and recover thousands of artefacts.

Fury over Libya war graves attack

Posted: 04 Mar 2012 08:54 AM PST

Attacks on the graves of British servicemen in the Libyan city of Benghazi are described as "appalling" by Foreign Office Minister Jeremy Browne.

Lawyer named in bomb trial dies

Posted: 04 Mar 2012 10:50 AM PST

A lawyer who two men are accused of trying to murder, along with Celtic manager Neil Lennon in an explosives plot, dies in Pakistan.

Cardinal criticises gay marriages

Posted: 04 Mar 2012 08:21 AM PST

The government's plans for gay marriage are criticised as "grotesque" by the most senior Roman Catholic cleric in Britain.

Teen died of multiple stab wounds

Posted: 04 Mar 2012 10:24 AM PST

A post-mortem examination finds a murdered student died of multiple stab wounds - as concern grows over eight possibly-linked stabbings.

May to visit Jordan over Qatada

Posted: 04 Mar 2012 08:58 AM PST

Theresa May will visit Jordan "within days" to try to strike a deal over the deportation of Abu Qatada, the Home Office says.

How the internet has spoiled travel

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 03:29 AM PST

How the internet has spoiled adventure travel

A Point of View: The language of ties

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 09:58 AM PST

Tie or tie-less - decoding the language of neckwear

In pictures: Polish train crash

Posted: 04 Mar 2012 05:08 AM PST

Poland's deadly head-on train collision

Is the Republican Party ready to lead?

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 05:28 PM PST

Is the Republican Party ready to lead America again?

Remembering Frank

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 11:56 AM PST

It was the way Carson told them, says the BBC's Mark Simpson
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