Friday, March 30, 2012

Spain unveils 27bn euros of cuts

Spain unveils 27bn euros of cuts


Spain unveils 27bn euros of cuts

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 10:32 AM PDT

The Spanish government unveils $27bn of budget cuts and tax rises, described as the most biting austerity measures in decades.

Mali rebels seize desert capital

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 08:18 AM PDT

Rebels in Mali capture the northern town of Kidal, a week after the military seized power saying the army needed more equipment to fight insurgents.

Neutrino speed study head quits

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 07:50 AM PDT

The head of an experiment that appeared to show subatomic particles travelling faster than the speed of light resigns from his post.

Mega Millions jackpot tops $640m

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 10:36 AM PDT

Lottery fever sweeps the US hours before the draw for a $640m (£400m) Mega Millions prize, said to be the biggest jackpot in world history.

Hitler parents' tombstone removed

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 06:59 AM PDT

The tombstone marking the grave of Adolf Hitler's parents in Austria is removed, to end its use as a pilgrimage site for right-wing extremists.

Fresh Iran oil sanctions from US

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 11:34 AM PDT

US President Barack Obama is set to introduce fresh sanctions on foreign banks still involved in the trading of Iranian oil.

France 'set to extradite Rwandan'

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 10:14 AM PDT

A French court has allowed the first-ever extradition of a suspect to Rwanda over the country's 1994 genocide, local media reports say.

Syria 'must begin ceasefire now'

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 08:57 AM PDT

The UN and Arab League envoy to Syria, Kofi Annan, expects the government to implement his peace plan immediately, his spokesman says.

Bin Laden 'fathered four on run'

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 08:36 AM PDT

Osama Bin Laden fathered four children while on the run, two of them delivered in government hospitals, the wife who bore them says.

Japan eases Fukushima danger area

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 10:08 AM PDT

Japan is allowing some of the 80,000 people forced to move following last year's Fukushima nuclear disaster to visit their homes again.

Blackberry-maker to shift focus

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 05:12 AM PDT

Blackberry-maker Research in Motion says it will refocus on the corporate market rather than consumers, as it reports a loss of $125m.

Cooking with Poo wins book award

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 02:38 AM PDT

A Thai cookbook wins the Diagram Prize for oddest book title of the year.

VIDEO: Largest handwritten Koran in Kabul

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 10:26 AM PDT

One of the world's most exquisite copies of the Koran, has been unveiled in Kabul. It is the world's largest handwritten copy of the Koran.

VIDEO: Is Mega Millions jackpot too big?

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 12:08 AM PDT

The prize in a US lottery has reached $540m (£340m) and organisers say this is the biggest lottery jackpot in history.

VIDEO: Greek city of Perama facing crisis

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 10:19 AM PDT

High levels of unemployment combined with the ongoing financial crisis could bring about a humanitarian crisis for the old port city of Perama in Greece.

VIDEO: Brazilians protest against coup ceremony

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 07:42 AM PDT

Police in Brazil clash with protesters demonstrating against a ceremony held to mark the anniversary of the 1964 military coup.

VIDEO: Suu Kyi: Burma's poll 'not fair'

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 02:39 AM PDT

Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has spoken of irregularities ahead of Sunday's by-election.

VIDEO: Chavez warns 'big companies'

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 10:07 AM PDT

After returning from radiotherapy treatment in Cuba, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez issues a nationalisation warning to big national and international companies that he says support his opponents.

VIDEO: Potter film sets open to public

Posted: 29 Mar 2012 11:41 PM PDT

Fans of Harry Potter will have the chance to see sets and props from the film series when a studio tour opens to the public on Saturday.

Eurozone boosts firewall to $1tn

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 10:15 AM PDT

Finance ministers in Copenhagen agree to increase the size of the eurozone's rescue funds to 800bn euros ($1.1tn; £667bn).

BA-owner cleared for BMI purchase

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 10:07 AM PDT

The owner of British Airways and Iberia, IAG, receives approval for the takeover of BMI in return for giving up landing slots at Heathrow.

Squabbles delay Sim card ruling

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 05:59 AM PDT

A decision over the next format for mobile Sim cards has been delayed as patent disputes bring negotiations to a standstill.

Game makes loyalty cards decision

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 09:35 AM PDT

Game has announced it will only let customers exchange loyalty card points for pre-owned products.

Buble nominated for radio honour

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 07:54 AM PDT

Canadian singer Michael Buble is in the running for a Sony Radio Academy Award for his music show on Magic 105.4.

Stolen art worth $1m is uncovered

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 08:05 AM PDT

Four paintings worth $1m (£625,000) stolen from a New York gallery are recovered in Germany 24 years after the crime.

Dead stars 'to guide spacecraft'

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 09:28 AM PDT

Spacecraft could one day navigate through the cosmos using a particular type of dead star as a kind of GPS, German scientists believe.

Concerns over India rivers order

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 09:44 AM PDT

A court order in India asking the government to link more than 30 rivers and divert waters to parched areas causes concerns in neighbouring countries.

UK biobank opens to researchers

Posted: 29 Mar 2012 05:07 PM PDT

The UK Biobank, the most comprehensive health study in the UK, is opening its doors to researchers on Friday.

Kidney cancer rise 'obesity link'

Posted: 29 Mar 2012 11:41 PM PDT

Obesity is fuelling a major increased in the number of cases of kidney cancers diagnosed in Britain each year, experts say.

Petrov diagnosed with leukaemia

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 11:08 AM PDT

Aston Villa captain Stiliyan Petrov has been diagnosed with acute leukaemia, the West Midlands club announce.

Muamba tweets photo from hospital

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 09:11 AM PDT

Bolton's Fabrice Muamba posts a picture of himself on Twitter from his hospital bed, his first public photo since his collapse.

Bride murder extradition halted

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 03:47 AM PDT

The extradition of Shrien Dewani, a Bristol businessman accused of arranging the murder of his wife while on honeymoon, is temporarily halted on mental health grounds.

Vietnam state firm bosses jailed

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 08:18 AM PDT

Nine top officials are given tough jail sentences for incurring huge losses that nearly ruined one of Vietnam's largest state-owned companies.

France arrests Islamist suspects

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 02:29 AM PDT

French police arrest 19 suspected Islamist militants, including some in Toulouse where gunman Mohamed Merah killed six of his seven victims.

Honduras prison unrest kills 13

Posted: 29 Mar 2012 03:44 PM PDT

At least 13 people have died in a riot and fire at a Honduran prison, officials say, a month after a fire in another prison killed more than 350.

Bahrain activist's release urged

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 06:20 AM PDT

Amnesty International has demanded the jailed Bahraini human rights activist, Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, be released "immediately and unconditionally".

Apple hit by China Foxconn report

Posted: 29 Mar 2012 04:48 PM PDT

Apple says it will work to improve conditions at its manufacturer's plants in China, after an independent probe it requested found "significant issues".

Fuel driver hours rules relaxed

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 09:21 AM PDT

Rules on fuel tanker drivers' hours on the road are temporarily relaxed to help transport supplies into filling stations, as Unite says there will not be a drivers' strike before Easter.

Couple with 56 dogs admit cruelty

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 11:23 AM PDT

A couple who kept 69 pets, including 56 large dogs, at their family home in Somerset admit nine counts of animal cruelty.

Galloway hails Bradford West win

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 07:13 AM PDT

George Galloway says Respect's by-election win is part of a "tidal wave" against the big parties, as Labour pledges to "learn lessons" from defeat.

Police widow 'disgust' at killers

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 08:21 AM PDT

The widow of the first PSNI officer to be murdered speaks of her "pity and disgust" for his dissident republican killers.

Week in pictures: 24 - 30 March 2012

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 07:52 AM PDT

News photos from around the world

In pictures: West African food crisis

Posted: 29 Mar 2012 05:11 PM PDT

Aid agencies warn about drought in Sahel region

Quiz of the week's news

Posted: 29 Mar 2012 05:16 PM PDT

Which cities, after Monaco, have the world's priciest homes?

Where are you on the global pay scale?

Posted: 29 Mar 2012 09:58 AM PDT

Where are you on the global pay scale?

Day in pictures: 30 March 2012

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 04:38 AM PDT

24 hours of news photos from around the world

RIM's strategy may be risky business

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 10:04 AM PDT

Why Blackberry's renewed focus on business could prove costly

Lifting the lid on Anti-Sec

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 06:11 AM PDT

Who are hacker group Anti-Sec?

Synthetic drug fentanyl takes deadly toll in Estonia

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 02:25 AM PDT

The synthetic drug wiping out young users in Estonia

Elgin leak poses massive challenge

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 05:16 AM PDT

Total's North Sea gas leak challenge

The Falklands War: Timeline

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 02:16 AM PDT

Key dates and archive from the conflict of 1982

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