Saturday, April 28, 2012

Syria rebels 'in seaborne attack'

Syria rebels 'in seaborne attack'

Syria rebels 'in seaborne attack'

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 05:40 AM PDT

Syria reportedly repels a sea raid by rebel fighters as Lebanon intercepts a ship carrying weapons it says were bound for opposition fighters.

Egypt protests shut Saudi embassy

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 08:36 AM PDT

The Saudi embassy and consulates in Egypt are closed following protests over an Egyptian lawyer who has been detained in Saudi Arabia.

Tear gas fired at Malaysia rally

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 01:51 AM PDT

Malaysian riot police fired tear gas and water cannon on a crowd of at least 25,000 protesters seeking electoral reform in the capital, Kuala Lumpur.

Israeli PM 'misleading' over Iran

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 06:28 AM PDT

Israel's ex-security chief says his country's leaders are "misleading the public" by saying a strike on Iran would stop it getting nuclear weapons.

Sudan seizes foreigners in Heglig

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 10:13 AM PDT

Three foreigners have been detained in the disputed Sudan-South Sudan border area and flown to Khartoum, military officials say.

Sarkozy snaps at DSK over claims

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 10:37 AM PDT

French President Nicolas Sarkozy rejects claims by Dominique Strauss-Kahn that his party was behind the ex-IMF chief's downfall, as he continues to trail in the polls.

China activist 'in US protection'

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 03:37 AM PDT

Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng is under "US protection" in Beijing after his dramatic escape from house arrest, a US-based rights group says.

Bomb leaves 10 Afghan police dead

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 07:21 AM PDT

A roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan has killed 10 members of the country's security forces, officials say.

Border Force 'ready' for Olympics

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 08:33 AM PDT

The UK Border Force says it is "fully prepared to manage busy periods" like the Olympics despite criticism over delays at Heathrow Airport.

Baradei launches new Egypt party

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 07:59 AM PDT

Nobel laureate Mohamed ElBaradei launches his "Constitutional Party" which he hopes will bring him to power in Egypt in four years time.

India's former BJP leader jailed

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 08:43 AM PDT

A court in India sentences Bangaru Laxman, former chief of the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party, to 4 years in jail for taking bribes.

Billingsgate porters' jobs may go

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 03:13 AM PDT

The Unite union claims up to 53 porters at Billingsgate fish market could lose their jobs when the 300-year-old system employing them is axed.

VIDEO: Shakespeare gets Chinese treatment

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 02:04 AM PDT

China's National Theatre is performing for the first time overseas at the Globe Theatre in London.

VIDEO: Tear gas fired at Malaysia rally

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 01:56 AM PDT

Malaysian riot police have fired tear gas and used water cannon on a crowd of protesters who had converged on the centre of the capital, Kuala Lumpur.

VIDEO: Bear drops in on namesake apartments

Posted: 27 Apr 2012 04:09 PM PDT

Students at the University of Colorado in Boulder spotted a bear roaming near their Bear Creek Apartments accommodation block, before he climbed up a tree, where he was tranquilised back down to earth by a ranger.

VIDEO: Street Child World Cup visits London

Posted: 27 Apr 2012 10:59 PM PDT

Street Child World Cup: Team Brazil visits London

VIDEO: Images show Tymoshenko 'bruises'

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 12:33 AM PDT

Images have emerged showing alleged injuries inflicted on former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in prison last week.

VIDEO: Gay friendly churches on increase in Brazil

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 12:48 AM PDT

A growing number of churches are opening their doors to transsexuals, gay men and lesbians in Brazil.

'Heart shrinking' study to begin

Posted: 27 Apr 2012 06:21 PM PDT

A trial using electricity to shrink the hearts of patients who are suffering from heart failure is about to start in Liverpool.

Guinea-Bissau leaders are freed

Posted: 27 Apr 2012 02:33 PM PDT

Troops in Guinea-Bissau free former PM Carlos Gomes Junior and interim President Raimundo Pereira, seized in a coup earlier this month.

EU foreign policy chief in Burma

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 12:22 AM PDT

The European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton meets pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Burma before opening an office in Rangoon.

Tymoshenko tax trial is delayed

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 01:18 AM PDT

The trial of former Ukrainian PM Yulia Tymoshenko, accused of tax evasion charges, is delayed after she refuses to attend for health reasons.

Bolivians march against road plan

Posted: 27 Apr 2012 04:12 PM PDT

Hundreds of indigenous Bolivians are on a second long march in protest at government plans to build a road through the Amazon rainforest.

New rules for US Secret Service

Posted: 27 Apr 2012 06:13 PM PDT

The US Secret Service tightens rules on drinking and behaviour on foreign trips, as it battles with the fallout from a sex scandal in Colombia.

Cameron to wait for Hunt evidence

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 08:17 AM PDT

David Cameron is to wait for Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt to give evidence to the Leveson Inquiry before deciding whether he broke ministerial rules.

Southampton reach Premier League

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 06:44 AM PDT

Southampton are promoted to the Premier League following a comprehensive four-goal victory over Coventry City at St Mary's.

School gay marriage stance probed

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 10:17 AM PDT

Claims that the Catholic Education Service has encouraged school pupils to sign an anti-gay marriage petition are to be investigated.

Two found shot near golf course

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 07:50 AM PDT

The bodies of a man and a woman are found shot in the head near a golf course in Crook, County Durham.

Danish drama wins a global fanbase

Posted: 27 Apr 2012 04:00 PM PDT

How slow-paced Danish drama became a global hit

One maths formula and the financial crash

Posted: 27 Apr 2012 04:06 PM PDT

Can mathematicians be blamed for the financial crash?

Egypt's 'kitchen uprising'

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 03:35 AM PDT

The TV chef some Egyptians are pushing for president

Fred Kempster - the 'English Giant'

Posted: 27 Apr 2012 05:08 PM PDT

Life of a man so tall he could light his cigar from a street lamp

Cricket, schools, Facebook: the Taliban's new PR drive

Posted: 27 Apr 2012 04:45 PM PDT

Why are the Taliban talking about cricket?

Profile: Syrian city of Hama

Posted: 27 Apr 2012 08:48 AM PDT

Profile of Hama, synonymous with Syria's crackdown on dissent
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