Thursday, May 24, 2012

Eurozone downturn 'accelerating'

Eurozone downturn 'accelerating'


Eurozone downturn 'accelerating'

Posted: 24 May 2012 03:04 AM PDT

Activity at European businesses hits a near three-year low in May, an economic survey finds, as EU leaders voice support for Greece staying in the eurozone.

Egyptians queue to cast ballots

Posted: 24 May 2012 07:59 AM PDT

Egyptians are queuing for a second day to vote in the country's first free presidential elections, as a row erupts between two of the main candidates.

Suspect held in Etan Patz death

Posted: 24 May 2012 09:54 AM PDT

New York City police say they are holding a suspect in connection with the disappearance of local six-year-old boy Etan Patz in 1979.

Breivik 'to accept court verdict'

Posted: 24 May 2012 07:46 AM PDT

Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people in Norway last year, says he will not appeal against a guilty verdict if the court finds him sane.

England to trial goal-line system

Posted: 24 May 2012 06:55 AM PDT

Goal-line technology will be tested at Wembley when England entertain Belgium in a friendly on 2 June.

Russian spam mastermind jailed

Posted: 24 May 2012 05:41 AM PDT

A cybercrime mastermind who hijacked the PCs of more than 30 million people has been jailed for four years.

700 protesters arrested in Quebec

Posted: 24 May 2012 08:27 AM PDT

Nearly 700 people are held in two Quebec cities in the biggest single night of mass arrests since student protests over fees began in February.

Vatican sacks bank chief Tedeschi

Posted: 24 May 2012 11:07 AM PDT

The Vatican sacks the director of its bank, Ettore Gotti Tedeschi, who is being investigated in a money laundering case.

UK police in Libya Fletcher probe

Posted: 24 May 2012 10:54 AM PDT

A Metropolitan Police team is to fly to Libya to continue the investigation into the murder of PC Yvonne Fletcher, Prime Minister David Cameron says.

Rinehart 'world's richest woman'

Posted: 24 May 2012 07:49 AM PDT

Australia's mining magnate Gina Rinehart has become the world's richest woman with assets of $28bn, a respected business magazine says.

'Reagan blood' auction cancelled

Posted: 24 May 2012 08:28 AM PDT

A vial said to contain a sample of the late US President Ronald Reagan's blood is withdrawn from sale by an online auction house.

Yahoo launches visual search app

Posted: 24 May 2012 04:35 AM PDT

Yahoo tries to attract search queries via a new service which offers visual webpage previews rather than lists of links

VIDEO: Trying to fight polio in Pakistan

Posted: 24 May 2012 10:31 AM PDT

Polio has been declared a "global emergency" by the Global Polio Eradication Initiative after "explosive" outbreaks in countries previously free of the disease

VIDEO: Sicily honours anti-Mafia campaigner

Posted: 23 May 2012 10:42 PM PDT

After campaigning by family and relatives, union leader Placido Rizzotto is to be honoured over 60 years after he was killed in Corleone by the Mafia.

VIDEO: Australian woman 'worth A$29bn'

Posted: 24 May 2012 05:46 AM PDT

Australian mining magnate Gina Rinehart has been declared the richest woman in the world, with a wealth of nearly A$30bn.

VIDEO: Toddler scooters across busy junction

Posted: 23 May 2012 10:18 PM PDT

A three-year-old is captured on CCTV driving his toy scooter though a busy intersection in China.

VIDEO: Queen meets icons of arts world

Posted: 23 May 2012 03:22 PM PDT

The Queen has met hundreds of leading cultural figures at one of the most glittering gatherings of actors, writers and artists the UK has seen.

VIDEO: Fire breaks out on US nuclear sub

Posted: 24 May 2012 01:04 AM PDT

At least six people are injured after a fire breaks out on a US nuclear submarine at a dockyard in the state of Maine.

VIDEO: Will Canada's housing bubble burst?

Posted: 22 May 2012 06:51 PM PDT

Property prices in Toronto and Vancouver are soaring - but could Canada's housing market face a US-style crash?

Economy shrank more than thought

Posted: 24 May 2012 03:29 AM PDT

The UK economy shrank by 0.3% in the first three months of the year, more than previously estimated, revised figures show.

US factory activity slows in May

Posted: 24 May 2012 07:05 AM PDT

US manufacturing growth slowed in May, a survey indicates, while orders for long-lasting factory goods fall.

Sir Jonathan reaffirms Apple role

Posted: 24 May 2012 03:29 AM PDT

As he receives his knighthood, Apple's design head Sir Jonathan Ive stresses his desire to stay at the company.

Hewlett-Packard cuts 27,000 jobs

Posted: 23 May 2012 02:34 PM PDT

Hewlett-Packard, the world's largest computer maker, is to cut 27,000 jobs by the end of 2014 as part of a drive to "simplify" the business.

'Don't win Eurovision' Spain told

Posted: 24 May 2012 09:45 AM PDT

Spain's Eurovision entrant admits her country would struggle to host the event next year if it were to win the competition for the first time in 43 years.

Cuba artist Lam fetches top price

Posted: 24 May 2012 03:29 AM PDT

A work by Cuban surrealist painter Wifredo Lam sells for $4.5m at an auction in New York, a record price for one of his works.

Japan radiation levels are 'low'

Posted: 24 May 2012 04:03 AM PDT

Radiation levels in most of Japan are below cancer-causing levels a year after the Fukushima plant accident, a World Health Organisation report says.

Butterflies spread in hot summers

Posted: 24 May 2012 11:13 AM PDT

Once rare brown argus butterflies have been moving north due to a pattern of hot summers, say researchers.

'Emergency plan' to beat polio

Posted: 24 May 2012 04:34 AM PDT

Polio has been declared a "global emergency" by the Global Polio Eradication Initiative after "explosive" outbreaks in countries previously free of the disease.

Calcium pills pose 'heart risk'

Posted: 23 May 2012 05:18 PM PDT

People who take calcium supplements could be increasing their risk of having a heart attack, according to researchers in Germany.

Martinez in talks with Liverpool

Posted: 24 May 2012 08:45 AM PDT

Wigan owner Dave Whelan says Roberto Martinez is in the United States for talks with Liverpool over their manager's job.

Button heads Grosjean in Monaco

Posted: 24 May 2012 06:44 AM PDT

Jenson Button is fastest in second practice for the Monaco GP, with Romain Grosjean second and Lewis Hamilton 11th.

'Obscene' Zuma art case in court

Posted: 24 May 2012 04:03 AM PDT

South Africa's ruling party takes legal action to try and remove a controversial painting of President Jacob Zuma from public view.

Brother of blind activist flees

Posted: 24 May 2012 03:17 AM PDT

The older brother of blind activist Chen Guangcheng flees his closely-guarded village to seek legal help for his son in Beijing.

EU plans to speed up closer union

Posted: 24 May 2012 06:19 AM PDT

A top EU official is launching a plan to rescue the eurozone by binding its 17 nations closer together.

Argentine 'Dirty War' body named

Posted: 24 May 2012 01:56 AM PDT

Argentina identifies the remains of a body that washed ashore in Uruguay in 1976 as a "disappeared" victim of that era.

Syria army 'behind rights abuses'

Posted: 24 May 2012 04:23 AM PDT

The Syrian army and security forces are responsible for most of the serious rights abuses committed since March, say UN-mandated investigators.

Unabomber in Harvard reunion note

Posted: 24 May 2012 10:35 AM PDT

Harvard graduate Ted Kaczynski, better known as the Unabomber, has published a note in a class report for the 50-year reunion of his class.

Hunt memo reveals BSkyB support

Posted: 24 May 2012 11:11 AM PDT

Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt sent a note to David Cameron suggesting his support for News Corp's bid for BSkyB before he was put in charge of deciding the deal, the Leveson Inquiry hears.

Hot weather to continue next week

Posted: 24 May 2012 10:36 AM PDT

Forecasters say the warm UK weather, which has come soon after below-average temperatures, will continue into next week.

Boy charged after school death

Posted: 24 May 2012 09:04 AM PDT

A teenager is charged with assaulting a boy who died after an alleged fight at a Glasgow school.

MSPs pass Scots booze price plan

Posted: 24 May 2012 09:24 AM PDT

Scotland will become the first place in the UK to introduce minimum drink pricing, after MSPs passed the plan at parliament.

Your pictures: Canada

Posted: 24 May 2012 02:48 AM PDT

Readers' photos on the theme Canada

In pictures: Egypt votes for second day

Posted: 24 May 2012 10:27 AM PDT

Landmark election

Does the Queen do fashion?

Posted: 24 May 2012 01:32 AM PDT

Do style trends ever follow the Queen?

The city that loves to grumble

Posted: 23 May 2012 05:36 PM PDT

The beautiful European city where moaning is a way of life

How hard do you work?

Posted: 23 May 2012 07:56 AM PDT

How hard do you work?

Does al-Qaeda have a foothold in Syria?

Posted: 24 May 2012 09:01 AM PDT

Is al-Qaeda trying to gain a foothold in Syria's unrest?

Day in pictures: 24 May 2012

Posted: 24 May 2012 06:01 AM PDT

24 hours of news photos from around the world

10 of your Vidal Sassoon cuts

Posted: 24 May 2012 12:21 AM PDT

Readers' recollections of 1960s haircuts

The joylessness of shopping

Posted: 24 May 2012 04:51 AM PDT

Will they regulate consumption at the Rio+20 summit?

Sicily honours anti-Mafia victim

Posted: 24 May 2012 02:21 AM PDT

State funeral for anti-Mafia campaigner, 60 years on

Profile: Boko Haram's leader Abubakar Shekau

Posted: 24 May 2012 12:23 AM PDT

The shadowy man behind Nigeria's Islamist militants

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