Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Brown denies Murdoch 'war' call

Brown denies Murdoch 'war' call


Brown denies Murdoch 'war' call

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 09:36 AM PDT

Ex-Prime Minister Gordon Brown denies he "declared war" on News Corporation after Rupert Murdoch made the claim in his evidence to the Leveson Inquiry.

France raises Syria use of force

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 11:14 AM PDT

France says the UN Security Council should consider the use of force in Syria if a UN-backed peace plan fails to stop violence in the country.

Newt Gingrich 'to quit campaign'

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 09:27 AM PDT

Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich will suspend his long-shot campaign next week, US media report, citing his aides.

Breivik: Insanity report is lies

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 07:50 AM PDT

Anders Behring Breivik tells his Oslo trial that a psychiatric report finding him insane in relation to his 77 killings last July is a fabrication.

Iran 'undecided on nuclear bomb'

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 04:05 AM PDT

The head of the Israeli military says he does not think Iran will develop nuclear weapons, partly because international pressure is bearing fruit.

Economy in double-dip recession

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 04:30 AM PDT

The UK returns to recession, after a sharp fall in construction leads to the economy shrinking by 0.2% in the first three months of 2012.

'Madeleine at nine' image created

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 04:34 AM PDT

British police reviewing the evidence around Madeleine McCann's disappearance in Portugal five years ago issue an image of what she might look like now.

Mein Kampf to reappear in German

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 03:48 AM PDT

Bavaria plans to publish Hitler's manifesto, Mein Kampf, in German for the first time since 1945, before the book's copyright expires.

Swazi king gets jet 'as present'

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 08:03 AM PDT

Swaziland's king receives a luxury jet as a gift from "anonymous sponsors", a spokesperson says - denying claims meagre public funds were used.

German athlete exposes 'stalker'

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 05:45 AM PDT

Star German high-jumper Ariane Friedrich names an alleged stalker on Facebook, citing self-defence, and the move sparks a new debate about privacy.

Supreme Court weighs migrant law

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 10:26 AM PDT

The US Supreme Court is considering yet another highly politically charged case - this time over Arizona's controversial immigration law.

HK to limit China birth tourism

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 06:05 AM PDT

Hong Kong hospitals will limit maternity services to most pregnant women from mainland China from next year, under new proposals from its incoming chief executive.

VIDEO: Troops battle Mexico forest blaze

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 04:19 AM PDT

Troops and firefighters are battling to contain wildfires that have engulfed parts of the La Primavera forest, near Guadalajara.

VIDEO: Record jumpers on leap into unknown

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 03:02 AM PDT

Felix Baumgartner, the adventurer planning to skydive from an altitude of 120,000 feet (36.7 km) this summer, has spoken about the prospect of reaching the speed of sound while falling.

VIDEO: Mining asteroids for gold and platinum

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 04:58 PM PDT

Details have been emerging of the plan by billionaire entrepreneurs to mine asteroids for their resources.

VIDEO: Mass military drill in South China Sea

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 01:31 AM PDT

Annual joint military exercises involving thousands of US and Philippine troops are taking place in the South China Sea.

VIDEO: Breivik says insanity report is lies

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 07:14 AM PDT

Anders Behring Breivik has told his trial in Oslo that a psychiatric report finding him insane in relation to the 77 killings he carried out was a "lie".

VIDEO: Activists target child marriages

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 08:26 PM PDT

Campaigners in Bangladesh are stepping up their efforts to put a stop to child marriages.

VIDEO: Polar bear cub rescued in Russia

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 09:12 AM PDT

A polar bear cub is getting used to life at the Yakutsk zoo in eastern Russia after ecologists found it on its own on the Arctic shore.

Eurozone leaders push for growth

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 09:59 AM PDT

Eurozone leaders urge governments to focus on growth amid fears about the negative impact of austerity measures.

Demand for airliners helps Boeing

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 07:52 AM PDT

Airlines updating their fleets with more fuel-efficient planes boost Boeing, which reports 58% growth in three-month profits.

UK's data breach fines dissected

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 08:18 AM PDT

A freedom of information request suggests public sector bodies are more likely to attract data breach fines than private firms.

Pixar to debut new Dolby system

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 05:04 AM PDT

The animated film Brave will premiere Dolby's Atmos system which allows sounds to be placed with more precision in theatres.

Jackson presents Hobbit footage

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 03:00 AM PDT

Director Peter Jackson unveils 10 minutes of footage of The Hobbit to a mixed reaction at the CinemaCon convention in the US.

Cuban 'defector' actors disappear

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 09:54 AM PDT

Two young Cuban actors starring in a film about defectors, presented at the Tribeca Film Festival, disappear in Miami on their way to New York.

Ocean driving Antarctic ice loss

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 10:17 AM PDT

Most of the ice being lost from Antarctica is going as a result of warm water eating the fringes of the continent, a new study confirms.

GPS network is quick quake sensor

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 04:53 AM PDT

The US space agency Nasa is testing a network of GPS sensors as a rapid-response measure of earthquake location and magnitude.

Prospect of 'autism drug' raised

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 11:00 AM PDT

The prospect of a drug to treat autism has been raised after symptoms of the condition were reduced in experiments on mice, performed by the US National Institutes of Health.

Aspirin 'can cut cancer deaths'

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 05:42 PM PDT

Bowel cancer patients who take aspirin daily could cut their chance of dying from the disease by about a third, experts believe.

Lampard 'gutted' for banned Terry

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 10:13 AM PDT

Frank Lampard is "gutted" that Chelsea captain John Terry will miss next month's Champions League final.

Songbirds gang up with neighbours

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 01:02 AM PDT

Great tits are more likely to gang up against predators if neighbours they know are being threatened, say scientists.

Four top Kenyan judges dismissed

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 08:51 AM PDT

Four senior judges in Kenya are declared unfit for office in a landmark ruling by a new committee investigating the impartiality of the judiciary.

Bo Xilai's son defends lifestyle

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 12:11 AM PDT

The son of disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai defends his lifestyle in a letter to his university and expresses "deep concern" about his family.

Sarkozy rules out far right deal

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 09:51 AM PDT

Nicolas Sarkozy rules out a re-election deal with the far right as Socialist Francois Hollande sets out plans to revise the EU fiscal compact.

Vice scandal 'did not risk Obama'

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 09:49 AM PDT

US President Barack Obama was not endangered by a prostitution scandal involving a dozen Secret Service agents in Colombia, a Senate panel is told.

Libya bans faith-based parties

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 06:42 AM PDT

Libyan authorities ban the formation of political parties based on religious principles, tribe or ethnicity ahead of elections scheduled for June.

S Korea firms halt US beef sales

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 02:50 AM PDT

Two of South Korea's biggest retailers halt sales of US beef after the discovery of a case of "mad cow" disease in California.

Hunt defends BSkyB takeover role

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 10:12 AM PDT

Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt tells MPs he "followed due process" in the BSkyB takeover bid - but his special adviser quits over his contacts with News Corp.

Heavy rain brings flood warnings

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 07:11 AM PDT

Flood warnings are in force in south-west England, which is in drought, while northern and eastern Scotland have been placed on flood alert.

Dead spy once found tied to bed

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 09:13 AM PDT

The inquest into the death of MI6 officer Gareth Williams, whose body was found in a locked bag in his flat, hears how he was once found tied to his bed.

Employers 'can force retirement'

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 07:49 AM PDT

A landmark ruling by the UK Supreme Court outlines the powers that employers have to force workers to retire.

Queen reopens restored Cutty Sark

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 08:51 AM PDT

Queen officially opens the Cutty Sark

In pictures: Charles Taylor's rebellions

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 05:36 PM PDT

Images from West Africa's brutal rebellions

The terrible price of a Korean defection

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 04:03 PM PDT

Losing a wife and family - the price of a Korean defection

VIDEO: Can California's 'desert miracle' be saved?

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 07:52 PM PDT

Why saving a disappearing inland sea may simply cost too much

Can Charles Taylor verdict heal the horrors of war?

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 01:47 AM PDT

Will Charles Taylor verdict heal the horrors of Sierra Leone's war?

Day in pictures: 25 April 2012

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 05:13 AM PDT

24 hours of news photos from around the world

Colombia anger at sex tourism taint

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 03:23 AM PDT

Anger grows in Colombia at US sex scandal fallout

In Pictures: 'World's most endangered tribe'

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 12:34 AM PDT

The life of what may be the world's most endangered tribe

New UAE crematorium caters for expats

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 04:03 PM PDT

Inside the United Arab Emirates' first crematorium

Can we count animal extinctions?

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 04:14 PM PDT

Can we really count how many species are becoming extinct?

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