Sunday, April 1, 2012

Syria rebel fighters 'to be paid'

Syria rebel fighters 'to be paid'


Syria rebel fighters 'to be paid'

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 07:52 AM PDT

The opposition Syrian National Council says rebels fighting the government in Syria will receive salaries, reportedly paid for by wealthy Gulf states.

Suu Kyi 'wins landmark election'

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 11:25 AM PDT

Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi wins a landmark by-election, her party claims, as the country's tentative political reforms are put to the test.

Mali rebels 'take over Timbuktu'

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 10:24 AM PDT

Tuareg separatist rebels in Mali say they have seized the historic town of Timbuktu, taking effective control of the entire north of the country.

Russian ice-floe anglers rescued

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 10:28 AM PDT

More than 600 Russian anglers stranded on an ice floe off Sakhalin, in the country's far east, are rescued in a huge operation.

Email and web use 'to be watched'

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 06:24 AM PDT

The government will be able to monitor the calls, emails, texts and website visits of everyone in the UK under new legislation set to be announced soon.

Pakistan's Zardari to visit India

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 09:00 AM PDT

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari is to travel to India later this month, as tensions continue to ease between the nuclear-armed neighbours.

Six die in Serbia nightclub fire

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 07:47 AM PDT

Six people are killed after a fire breaks out in a nightclub in the city of Novi Sad in northern Serbia, police say.

Fire-hit ship docks in Malaysia

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 10:37 AM PDT

A cruise ship with 1,000 people on board that was disabled by a fire off the Philippines arrives in Malaysia after repairs.

US Coastguard helping hurt crew

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 10:03 AM PDT

The US Coastguard is coming to the aid of crew members injured when a wave crashed onto their vessel in the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race.

Mexico's Miguel de la Madrid dies

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 10:33 AM PDT

Former Mexican President Miguel de la Madrid, who led the country through a period of dramatic change in the 1980s, dies at the age of 77.

Chavez resumes Cuba radiotherapy

Posted: 31 Mar 2012 02:46 PM PDT

Hugo Chavez goes back to Cuba for more cancer treatment, but says he is still determined to win Venezuela's next election.

UK air passenger duty rises by 8%

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 08:41 AM PDT

Air passenger duty rises by 8%, as announced by the government in the Autumn Statement last year, but airlines call for the tax to be reviewed.

VIDEO: War heroes pulling more tourists to France

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 06:08 AM PDT

Remembrance tourism attracted 20 million visitors to France last year and interest in the history of the battle sites and cemeteries is rising despite the passage of time.

VIDEO: State of emergency in flood-hit Fiji

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 05:12 AM PDT

A state of emergency has been declared in Fiji, where a storm has brought lethal flooding and cut off the international airport.

VIDEO: Mount Etna volcano erupts again

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 08:04 AM PDT

Europe's largest volcano Mount Etna in Sicily has erupted again.

VIDEO: Suu Kyi 'wins landmark election'

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 10:57 AM PDT

Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi wins a landmark by-election, her party claims, as the country's tentative political reforms are put to the test.

VIDEO: Stranded Russian fishermen rescued

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 09:52 AM PDT

At least 670 Russian fishermen have been rescued after they became stranded on an ice floe.

VIDEO: Hunt on for Mega Millions winners

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 12:55 AM PDT

The search is on in the US for the winners of the world's biggest ever lottery jackpot - $640m (£400m).

Investment firm set to save Game

Posted: 31 Mar 2012 04:56 PM PDT

The investment group, Opcapita, will announce on Sunday it is buying a large part of the troubled Game Group out of administration, the BBC understands.

Newcastle 2-0 Liverpool

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 08:33 AM PDT

Papiss Cisse scores twice as Newcastle beat 10-man Liverpool to further boost their European ambitions.

Finn & Trott back captain Strauss

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 02:09 AM PDT

Steven Finn and Jonathan Trott insist Test captain Andrew Strauss still has the backing of the England dressing room.

Brotherhood names Egypt candidate

Posted: 31 Mar 2012 02:44 PM PDT

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood names Khairat al-Shatir as its presidential candidate, reversing a pledge not to compete and raising concern over its ambitions.

Mafia banker 'held in Thailand'

Posted: 31 Mar 2012 02:58 PM PDT

An Italian banker wanted in Rome to serve a jail term for mafia links is arrested in Thailand after almost three decades on the run, authorities say.

Hague defends fuel strike actions

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 04:57 AM PDT

William Hague says the UK is better prepared for a possible fuel strike as a result of government actions, despite accusations it caused panic at the pumps.

Game Group shops sold to OpCapita

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 08:52 AM PDT

The administrators of Game Group sell 333 of its UK shops that are still open to OpCapita, safeguarding nearly 3,200 jobs.

Henson sorry over flight incident

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 07:48 AM PDT

Cardiff Blue Gavin Henson apologises over alcohol-fuelled behaviour on a post-match flight from Glasgow.

Morphine diluted at hospital ward

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 10:00 AM PDT

Bottles of painkilling liquid morphine were found diluted on a surgical ward at a Sussex hospital, police have said.

Day in pictures: 28 March 2012

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 05:16 AM PDT

24 hours of news photos: 28 March 2012

Do referees favour big football teams?

Posted: 31 Mar 2012 04:03 PM PDT

Do referees really favour big football teams at home?

Weapons out at Tripoli's rubbish-strewn pet market

Posted: 31 Mar 2012 04:10 PM PDT

Tensions boil over at Libya's rubbish-strewn pet market

In pictures: Mogadishu's fish market

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 01:28 AM PDT

Images as Mogadishu's fish market returns to life

Venezuela shoppers fear shortages

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 06:30 AM PDT

Venezuela shoppers await impact of price controls

The modern-day Shakespearean fools

Posted: 31 Mar 2012 05:15 PM PDT

Which of his fools would Homer Simpson play?

Falklands 30: Hanrahan's memories

Posted: 31 Mar 2012 04:23 PM PDT

Key moments of the Falklands conflict, in sound and pictures

History and expectation at the Olympic Park

Posted: 31 Mar 2012 04:10 PM PDT

With the BBC's Christine Jeavans on final straight of Olympic track

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