Thursday, April 19, 2012

Syria precarious, warns UN's Ban

Syria precarious, warns UN's Ban


Syria precarious, warns UN's Ban

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 10:00 AM PDT

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says the situation in Syria remains "highly precarious", as initial agreement is reached on the deployment of ceasefire observers.

Breivik 'hoped to kill hundreds'

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 09:52 AM PDT

Anders Behring Breivik aimed to kill hundreds of people with his gun and bomb attacks, he tells day four of his murder trial in Oslo.

Romance is 'driven by women'

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 06:22 AM PDT

A UK study of mobile phone calls sheds intriguing light on men and women's changing attitudes to their closest relationships.

Anger in SA at rape video hearing

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 06:38 AM PDT

There are angry scenes outside a South African court where suspects appear in connection with filming an alleged gang rape of a teenager.

GCHQ releases WWII Turing papers

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 05:48 AM PDT

After 70 years, two papers on the theory of code breaking by mathematician Alan Turing are released to the National Archives.

Iraqi cities hit by deadly blasts

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 04:54 AM PDT

A series of deadly blasts strikes a number of Iraqi cities, killing at least 35 people and injuring 100 more, police say.

Colombia prostitute tells of row

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 06:27 AM PDT

A woman at the centre of the US Secret Service prostitution scandal in Colombia asked for $800 (£500) for one night in Cartagena, a US report says.

India launches long-range missile

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 04:19 AM PDT

India says it has successfully launched a long-range intercontinental ballistic missile, able to carry a nuclear warhead as far as China.

MEPs back passenger data sharing

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 08:52 AM PDT

The European Parliament backs a controversial deal clarifying US access to personal data about airline passengers.

May defends delay over Abu Qatada

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 09:25 AM PDT

The home secretary defends her handling of attempts to deport radical cleric Abu Qatada, but tells MPs he is likely to remain in the UK "for many months".

Competition pushes Nokia to loss

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 03:39 AM PDT

Nokia reports a three-month loss of 929m euros ($1.2bn; £761m) blaming competition in the industry for lower sales.

Men At Work flautist 'found dead'

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 02:36 AM PDT

Men At Work flautist Greg Ham has been found dead at his Melbourne home, according to Australian reports.

VIDEO: Driver survives drag race explosion

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 02:44 AM PDT

Drag racer Matt Hagan has escaped unharmed after his car exploded and burst into flames in Charlotte, North Carolina on Sunday.

VIDEO: Woman leaps on Ahmadinedjad's car

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 11:04 AM PDT

President Ahmadinejad was forced into an impromptu meeting with a woman in the southern Iranian city of Bandar Abbas after she took the opportunity for a brief chat while sitting on the roof of his car.

VIDEO: Stonehenge you can bounce on

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 10:34 AM PDT

The BBC's David Sillito reports on a scale model of Stonehenge that you can bounce on.

VIDEO: Witnessing Syria's broken promises

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 11:17 AM PDT

As the United Nations and Syria reach a deal that will set the ground rules for UN observers in the country, people in Idlib Province have accused the government of breaking its promises and attacking civilian areas.

VIDEO: Space shuttle arrives at new home

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 10:34 AM PDT

Retired Nasa space shuttle Discovery has arrived at its new home, the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's Steven F Udvar-Hazy Center.

AUDIO: Man uses Google to find mother

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 07:48 AM PDT

Saroo Brierly told BBC Radio 5 live's Victoria Derbyshire about tracking down his birth mother using Google Earth.

VIDEO: Eurozone 'epicentre' of risk

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 08:38 AM PDT

The Managing Director of the IMF, has predicted light economic recovery threatened by dark clouds on horizon.

Relief at demand for Spanish debt

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 07:26 AM PDT

Spain's borrowing costs rise for 10-year bonds at a debt auction on Thursday, but it manages to sell all of the bonds on offer.

Bank of America sees profits drop

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 05:24 AM PDT

Bank of America has reported a fall in first quarter net income to $653m (£407m; 498m euros) after making $2bn a year ago.

First Intel smartphone in shops

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 04:38 AM PDT

The first smartphone powered by an Intel chip is to go on sale in India on 23 April.

Call for vehicle safety sensors

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 11:00 AM PDT

All buses and lorries in the UK should be fitted with added blind-spot technology by 2015, a report suggests.

Loach picked for Cannes contest

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 05:18 AM PDT

Films by Ken Loach and David Cronenberg will compete for the Palme d'Or at this year's Cannes Film Festival.

Obama pays tribute to Dick Clark

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 03:47 AM PDT

President Barack Obama leads tributes to TV veteran Dick Clark, who has died at the age of 82.

Evolution seen in 'synthetic DNA'

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 11:07 AM PDT

Researchers construct artificial DNA and RNA molecules that interact with their natural counterparts, hinting at a future era of "synthetic genetics".

'Extreme Universe' puzzle deepens

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 03:03 AM PDT

Researchers go hunting for the source of the highest-energy particles we know of, and rule out one of the two presumed sources.

Force India flee Bahrain protest

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 03:41 AM PDT

Force India team members flee as petrol bombs are hurled over their vehicle on their way back from the Bahrain Grand Prix track.

Rwanda genocide suspect sent home

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 10:34 AM PDT

The UN tribunal trying Rwandan genocide suspects transfers pastor Jean-Bosco Uwinkindi to Kigali - the first suspect to face justice in Rwanda.

EU 'to ease most Burma sanctions'

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 05:45 AM PDT

European Union diplomats are reported to have reached a preliminary deal to suspend most sanctions against Burma for a year.

Arrests at Russian 'punk' hearing

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 05:52 AM PDT

Police arrest protesters in Moscow during a custody hearing for three women - alleged members of punk band Pussy Riot - charged with violating public order.

Mass land invasions in Honduras

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 03:32 PM PDT

Thousands of rural workers in Honduras join land invasions as a part of a dispute with large landowners and the government.

Iran's leader in car-top meeting

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 07:35 AM PDT

A woman is so determined to speak to President Ahmadinejad during a tour of Bandar Abbas that she defies his bodyguards and clambers on top of his open-top car.

Crackdown on 'radical' nuns in US

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 03:11 AM PDT

The Vatican orders a crackdown on Roman Catholic nuns in the US after concerns are raised about "certain radical feminist themes".

May stands by Abu Qatada deadline

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 06:09 AM PDT

The home secretary tells MPs radical cleric Abu Qatada's deportation case has "no right" to be referred to the European Court of Human Rights.

Men jailed over girl's shooting

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 04:53 AM PDT

Three men are jailed for life for a shooting in a south London shop which left a five-year-old girl paralysed.

Murdochs to appear before Leveson

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 09:54 AM PDT

News Corporation boss Rupert Murdoch and his son James are to appear before the Leveson Inquiry next week, the inqury confirms.

Fresh tanker talks to take place

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 10:12 AM PDT

New talks aimed at averting strikes by fuel tanker drivers are to be held on Monday, conciliation service Acas has said.

Day in pictures: 19 April 2012

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 04:53 AM PDT

Twenty-four hours of news photos: 19 April

Your pictures: Fields

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 04:38 AM PDT

Readers' photos on the theme of fields

Daily life under a Holocaust death sentence

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 03:33 AM PDT

Daily life under a death sentence in a Holocaust ghetto

A very different sort of school

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 04:29 AM PDT

Louis Theroux on parents battling for treatment for their children

France's far right and far left

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 01:07 AM PDT

Gavin Hewitt on who is pulling the crowds before presidential vote

Dismantling US bases as the Taliban fight on

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 07:58 AM PDT

A US base is dismantled, but Afghanistan's Taliban fight on

German fire could hit carmakers

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 04:22 AM PDT

Obscure chemicals fire could curb global car production

Will the cult of the Swazi king ever end?

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 12:16 AM PDT

Birthday blues as Swazi monarch demands donations for his party

Who are the Kwok brothers?

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 08:52 AM PDT

The colourful family embroiled in a corruption scandal

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