Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Labour calls for Hunt to resign

Labour calls for Hunt to resign

Labour calls for Hunt to resign

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 10:29 AM PDT

James Murdoch denies News International had improper influence over politicians regarding its bid for satellite firm BSkyB, as he gives evidence to a UK inquiry.

Sudan accused of 'declaring war'

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 07:38 AM PDT

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir says Sudan has "declared war" on his country, following weeks of fighting along their common border.

Plans for asteroid mining emerge

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 04:30 AM PDT

Details emerge of a plan to mine asteroids for their resources backed by film director James Cameron and Google billionaires Larry Page and Eric Schmidt.

First charges filed over BP spill

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 10:57 AM PDT

A former BP engineer is accused in the US of obstruction of justice over the 2010 Gulf oil spill - the first criminal charge in connection with the disaster.

Google offers 1TB cloud storage

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 10:28 AM PDT

Google offers remote storage with 5GB of space for free, or up to 1TB for a charge, challenging Dropbox, Microsoft and others.

Witness trauma at Breivik trial

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 07:03 AM PDT

A security guard at Norway's government headquarters describes the moment he saw Anders Behring Breivik's car bomb explode.

Chelsea can defeat Barca - Torres

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 01:12 AM PDT

Chelsea's Fernando Torres says the club's battling qualities can help beat Barcelona in their Champions League semi-final.

Syria violence tests UN mission

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 10:48 AM PDT

A sharp rise in the number of deaths in the Syrian uprising casts fresh doubt on the future success of a UN ceasefire monitoring scheme.

Dutch PM: Crisis must be tackled

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 09:05 AM PDT

A day after the fall of his government, Dutch PM Mark Rutte urges MPs to react "responsibly" to the country's economic problems.

Israel authorises three outposts

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 03:22 AM PDT

Israel decides to make legal under Israeli law three settlement outposts in the occupied West Bank, drawing Palestinian condemnation.

Tymoshenko 'is on hunger strike'

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 04:32 AM PDT

Yulia Tymoshenko, the Ukrainian ex-PM serving a prison sentence for abuse of office, is on hunger strike, her lawyer says.

Driver 'parks' car in Paris metro

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 10:08 AM PDT

A confused driver ends up trapping his car on the steps of a metro station in Paris, after mistaking it for the entrance to an underground car park.

VIDEO: Witness trauma at Breivik trial

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 05:51 AM PDT

Witnesses in a Norway court have been describing the moments after a bomb went off outside the government headquarters in Oslo last July - killing eight people.

VIDEO: Brand urges drug treatment changes

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 04:56 AM PDT

Comedian and actor Russell Brand has told MPs taking drugs should not be seen as a "criminal or judicial matter" but a "health issue".

VIDEO: CCTV shows girl falling through pavement

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 04:28 AM PDT

A teenage girl has had a remarkable escape after she fell into an underground cavern in northern China. The teenager was walking by a road in the city of Xi'an when she suddenly vanished through the pavement and had to be rescued.

VIDEO: On board the restored Cutty Sark

Posted: 23 Apr 2012 11:57 PM PDT

Five years after she was gutted by fire, London's famous 19th century tea clipper the Cutty Sark will reopen to the public this week.

VIDEO: How oil is being stolen in Nigeria

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 12:06 AM PDT

Mark Doyle flies over the Niger Delta to see how much oil is being stolen.

VIDEO: In the cockpit of the Dreamliner

Posted: 23 Apr 2012 07:17 PM PDT

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is on a tour of the UK this week and the BBC's transport correspondent Richard Westcott got a chance to look around it.

VIDEO: Inside Obama's campaign headquarters

Posted: 23 Apr 2012 02:00 PM PDT

A rare look inside President Obama's campaign headquarters as he seeks re-election later this year.

European stocks regain composure

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 07:15 AM PDT

European shares recover slightly from Monday's sharp falls as investors shake off rising Spanish bond yields and worsening forecasts of Greek economic contraction.

Google driving towards the cloud?

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 05:21 AM PDT

Speculation is rife that Google is on the verge of launching a cloud-based storage system with 5 gigabytes available for free.

Summer sneak preview of Windows 8

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 05:35 AM PDT

A June preview of Windows 8 will be the closest yet to the final version.

Motorola scores hit against Xbox

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 04:57 AM PDT

A preliminary ruling suggests that Microsoft's games console infringes four of Motorola Mobility's patents.

Sinead O'Connor scraps world tour

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 04:19 AM PDT

Singer Sinead O'Connor cancels the remaining dates of her world tour, saying she is still recovering from a "very serious breakdown".

Disney opera to get UK premiere

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 09:41 AM PDT

Philip Glass's opera about Walt Disney is to get its UK premiere at the English National Opera (ENO).

'Snowball fight' in Saturn ring

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 08:30 AM PDT

The Cassini probe in orbit around Saturn captures evidence of km-sized balls of ice plunging through one of the planet's main rings - its F-ring

3D images may help treat cancer

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 02:38 AM PDT

Three-dimensional images of tissue samples could help spot cancer early, say researchers.

Measles strategy misses targets

Posted: 23 Apr 2012 11:44 PM PDT

Global efforts to cut the number of deaths from measles have fallen short of World Health Organization (WHO) targets.

This could kill Rangers - McCoist

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 10:34 AM PDT

Manager Ally McCoist warns that the Scottish FA's sanctions against Rangers could put the club out of business.

Men charged over penguin 'prank'

Posted: 23 Apr 2012 09:54 AM PDT

Two Welshmen are charged after a fairy penguin was taken from a theme park in Queensland, Australia.

Nigeria reveals '$6bn fuel fraud'

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 09:11 AM PDT

Nigeria's parliament discusses a report said to reveal that $6bn (£4bn) has been defrauded from the country's fuel subsidy fund in the past two years.

Lahore station bomb 'kills two'

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 09:12 AM PDT

At least two people are killed in a bomb blast at the main railway station in the Pakistani city of Lahore, police say.

Spain breaks up trafficking ring

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 10:44 AM PDT

Spanish police arrest 22 people and break up a gang trying to smuggle Iranians into Britain through the Canary Islands.

EU warns Argentina over oil move

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 06:35 AM PDT

The European Commission warns Argentina that its nationalisation of the oil firm YPF will have a long-term impact and may put off investors.

Mubarak officials face poll ban

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 08:46 AM PDT

Egypt's ruling generals approve an amendment to the electoral law that would bar senior officials from the Mubarak era from running for president.

Romney eyes clean primary sweep

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 10:09 AM PDT

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney aims for a clean sweep in five US primaries, which could force dogged rival Newt Gingrich from the race.

UK police 'aim to find Madeleine'

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 08:06 AM PDT

The British detective leading the year-old UK review into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann tells BBC Panorama the "ultimate objective" is finding the girl.

Five arrested in anti-terror raid

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 03:51 AM PDT

Five men aged between 21 and 35 are arrested in Luton on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism, Scotland Yard says.

Evans to appeal rape conviction

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 11:09 AM PDT

Footballer Ched Evans is to appeal against his conviction for rape, his lawyers have confirmed.

'Unexplained' DNA on dead spy bag

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 09:08 AM PDT

Specks of unexplained DNA were found on the holdall containing the curled-up body of MI6 spy Gareth Williams, an inquest into his death hears.

Cutty Sark ship-shape once again

Posted: 23 Apr 2012 11:26 PM PDT

Cutty Sark reopens after five-year restoration

In pictures: The Ford Transit

Posted: 23 Apr 2012 04:00 PM PDT

Celebration of the Ford Transit, from 1965 to now

How Klimt's art got everywhere

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 04:25 AM PDT

How did one artist get his work everywhere?

Why do so many French people vote?

Posted: 23 Apr 2012 04:09 PM PDT

Why do so many French people vote in elections?

What next for Le Pen's National Front?

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 05:43 AM PDT

Marine Le Pen's French triumph gives nationalists new impetus

Viewpoint: Why Africa's international image is unfair

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 02:17 AM PDT

Viewpoint: What if the world's image of Africa was accurate?

Day in pictures: 24 April 2012

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 04:38 AM PDT

Twenty-four hours of news photos from around the world

Europe: Things fall apart

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 03:54 AM PDT

Dutch turmoil threatens eurozone targets

Egypt candidate: Ahmed Shafiq

Posted: 23 Apr 2012 09:19 AM PDT

Ahmed Shafiq, ex-military man and Mubarak's last PM

Ice satellite is 'powerful tool'

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 03:37 AM PDT

Europe's Cryosat measures ebb and flow of Arctic sea ice
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