Thursday, August 2, 2012

Annan resigns as UN Syria envoy

Annan resigns as UN Syria envoy

Annan resigns as UN Syria envoy

Posted: 02 Aug 2012 11:04 AM PDT

The UN-Arab League special envoy to Syria, Kofi Annan, is leaving his post, saying increasing militarisation and lack of unity at the UN are hindering his task.

Euro proposals disappoint markets

Posted: 02 Aug 2012 10:49 AM PDT

European markets fall following comments from ECB head Mario Draghi, who says the bank is working on measures to help the euro but gives few details.

'Al-Qaeda' trio arrested in Spain

Posted: 02 Aug 2012 06:57 AM PDT

Police arrest three suspected al-Qaeda members in southern Spain, with explosive material found at one address being sent for testing.

Facebook details 'false' accounts

Posted: 02 Aug 2012 10:17 AM PDT

Facebook estimates that more than 83 million of its 955 million active accounts do not represent real unique users.

Brazil set for big bribery trial

Posted: 02 Aug 2012 01:55 AM PDT

One of the biggest corruption trials in Brazil's history is due to start over a corruption scandal that rocked ex-president Lula's government.

Planes in near miss at US airport

Posted: 02 Aug 2012 09:23 AM PDT

US air safety regulators confirm they are investigating how three planes narrowly avoided a midair collision at a Washington DC airport.

Chinese teenager 'kills eight'

Posted: 02 Aug 2012 04:12 AM PDT

A teenager has killed eight people and wounded five others in a knife attack in China's Liaoning province, state media says.

Ned Kelly's bones to be returned

Posted: 02 Aug 2012 12:38 AM PDT

The remains of Australian outlaw Ned Kelly are to be handed to his descendants for burial, more than 130 years after he was hanged for murder.

VIDEO: Typhoon kills five people in Taiwan

Posted: 02 Aug 2012 08:55 AM PDT

Typhoon Saola triggers landslides and flooding in eastern Taiwan, killing at least five people and injuring 15 more.

VIDEO: US athletes prepare for battle

Posted: 02 Aug 2012 03:43 AM PDT

The US women's track and field team has been warming up at a stadium in East London not far from the Olympic Park.

VIDEO: Annan to leave Syria envoy post

Posted: 02 Aug 2012 10:59 AM PDT

The UN-Arab League joint special envoy to Syria, Kofi Annan, has announced he is leaving his post.

VIDEO: Chinese badminton player quits

Posted: 02 Aug 2012 07:36 AM PDT

Chinese athlete Yu Yang quits badminton after disqualification

VIDEO: Farrell takes up Total Recall role

Posted: 02 Aug 2012 06:14 AM PDT

Colin Farrell, Jessica Biel and Kate Beckinsale step on to the red carpet for the Hollywood premiere of a remake of the sci-fi classic Total Recall.

VIDEO: Mexican wrestlers submit to patron saint

Posted: 02 Aug 2012 07:23 AM PDT

Dozens of lucha libre wrestlers go on pilgramage in Mexico to ask their patron saint for protection.

VIDEO: Footballer Shevchenko turns politician

Posted: 02 Aug 2012 09:31 AM PDT

Retired football star Andriy Shevchenko joins Ukraine's opposition party Forward Ukraine.

Ferguson denies Man Utd windfall

Posted: 02 Aug 2012 09:12 AM PDT

Sir Alex Ferguson denies speculation that he stands to benefit financially from Manchester United's imminent share flotation in New York.

Sharp announces 5,000 job cuts

Posted: 02 Aug 2012 02:29 AM PDT

Sharp, the maker of Aquos TVs, says it will cut 5,000 jobs, just under 10% of its workforce, in an attempt to cut costs.

Google tackles rogue app problem

Posted: 02 Aug 2012 10:51 AM PDT

In an attempt to get a handle on malicious and counterfeit applications, Google issues new stricter guidelines for developers.

Nokia partners with Groupon site

Posted: 02 Aug 2012 04:20 AM PDT

Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia teams up with voucher firm Groupon to show offers directly on the maps of its Lumia handsets.

Jermaine regrets Jackson feud

Posted: 02 Aug 2012 01:59 AM PDT

Michael Jackson's brother Jermaine has called for an end to the Jackson family feud over the late pop star's estate.

Greenland's ice 'melts in spurts'

Posted: 02 Aug 2012 11:03 AM PDT

Ice loss from Greenland's vast sheet may happen mainly in short bursts, research suggests, meaning sea level changes are hard to predict.

DNA clue to why women live longer

Posted: 02 Aug 2012 09:50 AM PDT

Scientists believe they have discovered a clue as to why women tend to live longer than men - by studying fruit flies.

Brain training best value for ME

Posted: 01 Aug 2012 06:57 PM PDT

Exercise and behavioural therapies are the most cost-effective and successful ways to treat Chronic fatigue syndrome, also known as ME, an analysis shows.

Stem cells drive tumour growth

Posted: 01 Aug 2012 10:00 AM PDT

Three studies appear to confirm the view that tumour growth is fuelled by cancer stem cells

GB win gold in men's team sprint

Posted: 02 Aug 2012 10:57 AM PDT

Sir Chris Hoy, Jason Kenny and Philip Hindes power Great Britain to gold in the men's team sprint.

Missing man returns 23 years on

Posted: 01 Aug 2012 10:43 AM PDT

A Bangladeshi man missing for 23 years and given up for dead by his family is welcomed home after being freed from a Pakistani jail.

West Africa border dispute 'deal'

Posted: 02 Aug 2012 05:30 AM PDT

Guinea and Sierra Leone agree to pull back troops from their disputed border, Guinea's foreign minister Edouard Nyankoi Lamah says.

China badminton player 'to quit'

Posted: 02 Aug 2012 01:28 AM PDT

One of the Chinese badminton players disqualified from the Olympics says she is quitting, saying her dream has been "heartlessly shattered".

Putin in Syria talks at No 10

Posted: 02 Aug 2012 07:32 AM PDT

Both the UK and Russia want to see an end to the violence in Syria, David Cameron says after holding talks with Vladimir Putin in London.

Honduras gun ban in conflict zone

Posted: 02 Aug 2012 08:33 AM PDT

The Honduran Congress votes to ban the carrying of weapons in the province of Colon, beset by drug violence and land conflicts.

Hamas 'condemns Auschwitz visit'

Posted: 02 Aug 2012 02:17 AM PDT

A spokesman for Palestinian militant movement Hamas condemns a visit by a Palestinian official to the site of the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz, media reports say.

Colorado accused's 'warning sign'

Posted: 02 Aug 2012 08:54 AM PDT

The psychiatrist who treated the Colorado theatre shootings suspect alerted his school's threat-assessment team about him, US media reports.

Joy as medals roll in for Team GB

Posted: 02 Aug 2012 10:55 AM PDT

Sir Chris Hoy's sprint cycling team wins Britain's third gold of the day as sports minister Hugh Robertson praises GB's "great momentum" as it leaps up the medals table.

Cameron: Osborne's going nowhere

Posted: 02 Aug 2012 09:30 AM PDT

Prime Minister David Cameron rebuffs the suggestion that Chancellor George Osborne might be moved in a reshuffle.

Sex gang man jailed for 22 years

Posted: 02 Aug 2012 03:53 AM PDT

A man jailed for leading the Rochdale sex grooming gang is jailed concurrently for a further 22 years for 30 child rape offences.

Angler, 15, dies after sea fall

Posted: 02 Aug 2012 01:58 AM PDT

A 15-year-old boy dies after falling off rocks into the sea while fishing on Gower, while his brother is in hospital after trying to save him.

Day in pictures: 2 August 2012

Posted: 02 Aug 2012 04:25 AM PDT

24 hours of news photos: 2 August 2012

Your pictures: Swifter

Posted: 02 Aug 2012 01:16 AM PDT

Readers' pictures on the theme of swifter

How can an election cost $6bn?

Posted: 01 Aug 2012 04:06 PM PDT

Why does the US election cost so much?

Olympics 2012: The secrets behind national anthems

Posted: 01 Aug 2012 04:11 PM PDT

The hidden stories behind national songs

Mutilated Pakistani woman rebuilds her life

Posted: 02 Aug 2012 12:15 AM PDT

Mutilated Pakistani woman 'back from the dead'

Spain in crisis: Broken visions dot Galicia's landscape

Posted: 02 Aug 2012 01:23 AM PDT

Galicia's bold projects hit as Spanish cash flow dries up

Audio slideshow: A surgeon in Somalia

Posted: 01 Aug 2012 04:16 PM PDT

Surgeon tells of reaching remote Somali town, in sound and images

China: The paradox of foreign education

Posted: 01 Aug 2012 04:20 PM PDT

Foreign degrees no longer an advantage in China

What would Shackleton have tweeted?

Posted: 01 Aug 2012 04:36 PM PDT

How social networking has changed life in the Antarctic
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