Sunday, July 29, 2012

US has 'moral duty' to block Iran

US has 'moral duty' to block Iran


US has 'moral duty' to block Iran

Posted: 29 Jul 2012 10:34 AM PDT

In a speech in Israel, US Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says the US has a "moral imperative" to prevent Iran developing nuclear weapons.

Team GB wins first Olympic medal

Posted: 29 Jul 2012 10:25 AM PDT

Team GB wins its first medal with silver in the women's road race, as Games organisers try to defuse a row over empty seats, saying venues are full.

Syria vows to crush Aleppo rebels

Posted: 29 Jul 2012 04:57 AM PDT

Renewed heavy fighting is reported in Syria's largest city, as the government pledges to defeat rebels who control parts of Aleppo.

Romania holds Basescu referendum

Posted: 29 Jul 2012 07:39 AM PDT

Romanians are voting in a referendum on whether to impeach centre-right President Traian Basescu, a vote which has caused EU alarm.

Chile miners launch product range

Posted: 29 Jul 2012 10:43 AM PDT

Thirty-three Chilean miners who were rescued in 2010 after being trapped underground are launching a range of souvenirs.

Euro remarks fuel bond rumours

Posted: 29 Jul 2012 08:55 AM PDT

Germany and Italy saying they will do everything possible to protect the eurozone fuel rumours that purchases of Spanish bonds are to resume.

Italian man kidnapped in Yemen

Posted: 29 Jul 2012 09:33 AM PDT

Unidentified gunmen kidnap an Italian security officer working at the embassy in Yemen's capital Sanaa, officials say.

Oxford rewrites gender dress code

Posted: 29 Jul 2012 06:13 AM PDT

Oxford University students will no longer have to wear gender-specific academic clothing after concerns it was unfair to the transgender community.

Spain evacuates Algeria aid staff

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 03:07 PM PDT

Spain is evacuating all its aid workers and three other foreign nationals from refugee camps in Tindouf, western Algeria, due to "growing insecurity".

Cuba death crash 'not accident'

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 06:00 PM PDT

The wife of Cuban dissident Oswaldo Paya rejects official accounts that the car crash which killed him was an accident.

Rescue frogs in breeding success

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 04:30 PM PDT

Critically endangered mountain chicken frogs airlifted out of the Caribbean to rescue them from a killer fungus successfully produce a bumper brood.

VIDEO: Jordan opens Syria refugee camp

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 11:37 PM PDT

Jordan opens its first official refugee camp for people fleeing across the border from fighting in Syria.

VIDEO: Syria conflict: Forces battle rebels

Posted: 29 Jul 2012 05:38 AM PDT

Shelling and gunfire have again shaken Aleppo as Syrian government forces battle rebels for control of the country's largest city.

VIDEO: What are the uses for an old ship?

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 10:22 PM PDT

Tom Wrigglesworth and Rob Bell travel to Belgium, to Europe's largest ship breaking yard, to discover what happens to ships at the end of their working lives.

Coders sought for island hacking

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 05:53 PM PDT

Programmers are being sought for a two-month hackathon that will be held on a remote tropical island in the Philippines

Modern Family cast reach pay deal

Posted: 29 Jul 2012 02:48 AM PDT

Stars of US sitcom Modern Family agree new pay deals after six of the cast sued TV network ABC last week over their contracts.

Snoop Dogg is banned from Norway

Posted: 29 Jul 2012 04:01 AM PDT

US rapper Snoop Dogg is banned from entering Norway for two years after trying to enter the country with a small amount of cannabis last month.

Net-casting spider's hunt filmed

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 05:12 PM PDT

Rarely-seen behaviour of a wild net-casting spider's ambush hunt is recorded on a high-speed camera in Central America "for first time", according to film crew.

Hamilton holds on for Hungary win

Posted: 29 Jul 2012 06:58 AM PDT

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton wins the Hungarian Grand Prix from start to finish, ahead of Lotus's Kimi Raikkonen.

Japan ukulele players set record

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 07:45 AM PDT

Ukulele players in Japan set a new Guinness World Record for the largest ensemble of strummers.

Paralympian Partyka wins opener

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 11:28 PM PDT

Paralympic table tennis champion Natalia Partyka reaches the last 32 of the Olympic women's singles event.

Peru's Humala renews poverty vow

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 02:27 PM PDT

As he marks one year in office, Peru's President Ollanta Humala vows to cut poverty and says he has not achieved all he had hoped.

Rhode makes US Olympics history

Posted: 29 Jul 2012 07:09 AM PDT

Kim Rhode secures skeet gold to became the first American to win individual medals at five consecutive Olympics.

Man dies after barbecue explosion

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 11:44 PM PDT

A man dies in hospital after an empty oil drum exploded as he tried to turn it into a barbecue at a house in Oxfordshire.

Lottery winners make arts pledge

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 06:24 PM PDT

Europe's biggest-ever lottery winners donate £130,000 to the construction of a community arts centre in Inverclyde.

Three men charged over cycle ride

Posted: 29 Jul 2012 09:50 AM PDT

Three men are charged in connection with a cycle ride near the Olympic Park in east London.

Olympics aircraft forced to land

Posted: 29 Jul 2012 02:26 AM PDT

An aircraft being used for aerial shots of 2012 Olympic Games events is forced to land at Cambridge Airport after losing power.

Life in the Zil lane

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 05:14 PM PDT

How London 2012 is adapting an idea from Brezhnev's USSR

Would you want to live forever?

Posted: 27 Jul 2012 09:09 AM PDT

Would you really want to live forever?

How far does Mitt's respect take him?

Posted: 29 Jul 2012 07:08 AM PDT

Mitt Romney looks to stand firm in Israel, Mark Mardell writes

Why brown fat is 'good' for us

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 05:27 PM PDT

The fat that we can all afford to keep

Cultural oasis in northern Iraq

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 05:51 PM PDT

Art cafe is a rare socialising haven in conservative Iraqi Kurdistan

A lesson in Senegalese melons

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 06:04 PM PDT

How melons are lifting Senegal's fortunes

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