Friday, May 25, 2012

'Pope's butler' quizzed on leaks

'Pope's butler' quizzed on leaks

'Pope's butler' quizzed on leaks

Posted: 25 May 2012 10:27 AM PDT

The Vatican says it has detained a person - said by sources to be the Pope's butler - on suspicion of leaking confidential documents to the Italian media.

Rivals claim Egypt run-off places

Posted: 25 May 2012 09:49 AM PDT

The Islamist Muslim Brotherhood candidate for president is likely to face former PM Ahmed Shafiq in a run-off, after Egypt's first free presidential election.

Station grabs SpaceX Dragon ship

Posted: 25 May 2012 09:04 AM PDT

The first commercial cargo ship to visit the space station is attached to the orbiting laboratory by a robotic arm.

Nations to share giant telescope

Posted: 25 May 2012 07:30 AM PDT

The Square Kilometre Array - one of the great scientific projects of the 21st Century - will be hosted by both Africa and Australasia.

Spanish bank's shares suspended

Posted: 25 May 2012 07:55 AM PDT

Spain's Bankia is set to ask for a big government bailout later, say reports, while the region of Catalonia has already asked for help.

Iran enrichment 'at higher level'

Posted: 25 May 2012 11:02 AM PDT

Iran has enriched uranium at more than 20% at its Fordo nuclear site, a confidential report by the UN nuclear watchdog suggests.

Nations 'wasting time' on climate

Posted: 25 May 2012 10:57 AM PDT

The latest round of UN climate talks is nearing its end, with observers saying little progress has been made against a "coalition of the unwilling".

Organ suspect 'held in Israel'

Posted: 25 May 2012 10:52 AM PDT

A key suspect in an organ-trafficking case in Kosovo is arrested in Israel, European Union prosecutors in Kosovo say.

Google shows copyright complaints

Posted: 25 May 2012 02:50 AM PDT

Microsoft has asked Google to remove more than 500,000 links from its search index in the last month, figures show.

Drama of Breivik arrest described

Posted: 25 May 2012 10:00 AM PDT

Norwegian police recount the moments of Anders Behring Breivik's arrest after he shot dead 69 people on Utoeya island last July.

Key Somali militant town 'taken'

Posted: 25 May 2012 07:31 AM PDT

African Union (AU) forces in Somalia say they have captured a strategic town near the capital, Mogadishu, after Islamist militants pulled out.

Blatter wants penalty alternative

Posted: 25 May 2012 05:26 AM PDT

Fifa president Sepp Blatter asks Franz Beckenbauer to come up with an alternative to the "tragedy" of penalty shoot-outs.

VIDEO: Bin Laden, the doctor and $33m in aid

Posted: 25 May 2012 04:27 AM PDT

A US Senate panel cuts $33m (£21m) in aid to Pakistan in response to the jailing of a Pakistani doctor who helped the CIA find Osama Bin Laden.

VIDEO: Olympic gold medal at top of Everest

Posted: 25 May 2012 06:22 AM PDT

British mountaineer Kenton Cool takes a gold medal from the 1924 Winter Olympics to the summit of Mount Everest.

VIDEO: Sydney light show brings house down

Posted: 25 May 2012 09:56 AM PDT

Spectacular light show illuminates the Sydney Opera House as part of Australia's Vivid Festival.

VIDEO: MPs brawl in Ukraine parliament

Posted: 24 May 2012 06:50 PM PDT

Opposition politicians in Ukraine are demanding an investigation into why a session of parliament descended into a fist-fight.

VIDEO: Will the SKA telescope change our view of Universe?

Posted: 24 May 2012 05:25 PM PDT

Scientists are awaiting the announcement of a decision on where the world's biggest and most powerful radio telescope will be built.

VIDEO: 'Never been a Eurovision like this one'

Posted: 25 May 2012 02:38 AM PDT

Organisers are putting the final touches to the Crystal Hall in Azerbaijan's capital, Baku, ahead of the Eurovision song contest on Saturday.

VIDEO: Tokyo's fugitive penguin recaptured

Posted: 25 May 2012 01:33 AM PDT

A young penguin which escaped from a Tokyo aquarium is caught after more than two months on the loose in the Japanese capital.

China firm in 3G patent abuse row

Posted: 24 May 2012 11:21 PM PDT

China's Huawei files a complaint against InterDigital, accusing the US firm of abusing its position and charging ''exploitative'' fees for mobile patents.

EU challenge to Argentina at WTO

Posted: 25 May 2012 03:57 AM PDT

The EU files a suit against Argentina's import restrictions at the WTO in the latest stage of a trade row between the two.

Cookie use deadline approaches

Posted: 24 May 2012 04:01 PM PDT

The UK's privacy regulator signals it will initially take a "soft" approach to sites that breach new cookie rules.

New Facebook app copies Instagram

Posted: 24 May 2012 12:10 PM PDT

The social network's new photography app appears to replicate many features of Instagram which it is buying for $1bn.

Lawsuits over ad-skipping TV box

Posted: 25 May 2012 04:58 AM PDT

Satellite broadcaster clashes with US TV networks over a set-top box that strips ads out of recorded programmes

Blair to appear before Leveson

Posted: 25 May 2012 05:24 AM PDT

Former Prime Minister Tony Blair is to appear before the Leveson Inquiry on Monday.

Earliest music instruments found

Posted: 25 May 2012 04:03 AM PDT

Researchers excavating a cave in Germany identify what they say are the oldest-known musical instruments in the world.

'Cloaking' idea traps a rainbow

Posted: 25 May 2012 01:02 AM PDT

A grid of 25,000 "invisibility cloaks" shows how to slow light down and spread out its constituent colours in an advance dubbed "trapping a rainbow".

Male 'contraceptive gene' found

Posted: 24 May 2012 04:04 PM PDT

It may be possible to develop a new form of male contraceptive after researchers in Edinburgh identified a critical gene for the production of healthy sperm.

Samuels and Sammy rescue Windies

Posted: 25 May 2012 10:21 AM PDT

Marlon Samuels and Darren Sammy add an unbroken 168 as West Indies rally to 304-6 on day one of the second Test with England.

Japan's fugitive penguin caught

Posted: 24 May 2012 08:00 PM PDT

A young penguin which escaped from a Tokyo aquarium is caught after more than two months on the loose in the Japanese capital.

Hamelin hit by new plague of rats

Posted: 25 May 2012 04:21 AM PDT

The fabled German town of Hamelin may need a new rat-catcher after rodents gnawed through a cable powering its fountain.

Lift Zimbabwe sanctions, UN urges

Posted: 25 May 2012 09:14 AM PDT

Western nations should lift sanctions on Zimbabwe and its President Robert Mugabe, says UN high commissioner for human rights Navi Pillay.

Hollande defends Afghan exit plan

Posted: 25 May 2012 05:32 AM PDT

President Francois Hollande defends his decision to end France's military mission in Afghanistan early, during an unannounced visit to Kabul.

Man shoots son at Austria school

Posted: 25 May 2012 09:07 AM PDT

A man in Austria shoots his son in the head at a school, leaving the boy critically ill, then flees and dies in an apparent suicide.

Argentina drops TBA rail operator

Posted: 24 May 2012 01:55 PM PDT

Argentina takes away the concession to run two commuter lines from the railway company involved in a deadly crash in February in Buenos Aires.

Lebanese hostage pilgrims freed

Posted: 25 May 2012 09:09 AM PDT

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati confirms that 11 Lebanese Shia pilgrims kidnapped in Syria have been released after being abducted in Syria on Tuesday.

Etan Patz suspect due in court

Posted: 25 May 2012 08:15 AM PDT

The man arrested over the 1979 disappearance of six-year-old Etan Patz in New York is expected in court on Friday, after confessing to killing the boy.

Yes campaign seeks million Scots

Posted: 25 May 2012 04:57 AM PDT

The "yes" campaign for independence wants one million Scots to sign a declaration of support by the time of the referendum in the autumn of 2014.

'Millionaire' riot student jailed

Posted: 25 May 2012 11:07 AM PDT

A millionaire's daughter who drove looters around London during the 2011 riots is jailed for two years.

London 2012 tickets remain unsold

Posted: 25 May 2012 08:07 AM PDT

Nearly a third of the Olympics tickets which went on sale earlier this month remain unsold, the BBC has learned.

Jeremy Hunt 'fair' over BSkyB bid

Posted: 25 May 2012 10:24 AM PDT

Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt's main aim was to "reach a fair and unbiased decision" on News Corp's bid for broadcaster BSkyB, his department's most senior civil servant tells the Leveson Inquiry.

Week in pictures: 19-25 May 2012

Posted: 25 May 2012 09:21 AM PDT

News photos from around the world

Star Wars: Wales' hidden history

Posted: 25 May 2012 03:26 AM PDT

Wales' hidden history

In pictures: Sanaa suicide attack

Posted: 21 May 2012 09:42 AM PDT

Suicide bomb in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa

The time Britain slid into chaos

Posted: 25 May 2012 12:15 AM PDT

Can Europe learn from Britain's experience in 410 AD?

The garden inspired by a war zone

Posted: 25 May 2012 04:13 AM PDT

The garden inspired by a war zone

VIDEO: Battle in Syria despite 'ceasefire'

Posted: 25 May 2012 04:43 AM PDT

BBC's Paul Wood inside besieged Syrian rebel stronghold

Was 'Bin Laden doctor' a pawn?

Posted: 24 May 2012 10:12 AM PDT

Did the 'Bin Laden doctor' even know he was working for the CIA?

Everest rescue helps Israel-Turkey thaw

Posted: 25 May 2012 02:46 AM PDT

Israeli climber's Everest rescue breaks ice with Turkey

Day in pictures: 25 May 2012

Posted: 25 May 2012 04:54 AM PDT

24 hours of news photos from around the world

Documenting China's lost history of famine

Posted: 24 May 2012 06:24 PM PDT

Why great famine that devastated China is barely a footnote

From child bride to multi-millionaire

Posted: 24 May 2012 05:50 PM PDT

Indian woman's journey from child bride to multi-millionaire

Quiz of the week's news

Posted: 24 May 2012 04:43 PM PDT

What bikes were inspired by the Chopper?
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