Thursday, August 30, 2012

SA miners charged with murder

SA miners charged with murder

SA miners charged with murder

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 09:59 AM PDT

The 270 South Africans arrested during recent protests at the Marikana mine are charged with the murder of 34 of their colleagues shot dead by police.

Syria walkout after Egypt attack

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 10:16 AM PDT

Egypt's president Mohammed Mursi hits out at the "oppressive" Syrian regime at a summit in Iran, sparking a walkout by the Syrian delegation.

Swimmer Arlen wins Games reprieve

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 07:39 AM PDT

US world record holder Victoria Arlen will face Ellie Simmonds after the swimmer's appeal against Paralympic expulsion is upheld.

Iran 'doubles capacity at plant'

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 09:49 AM PDT

The UN's nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, says Iran has doubled production capacity at the Fordo nuclear site, in its latest quarterly report.

Isaac forces dam evacuation order

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 10:41 AM PDT

State officials order evacuations in part of south-east Louisiana amid fears that a dam damaged by Hurricane Isaac is about to fail.

Millions of black holes spotted

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 03:14 AM PDT

Nasa's Wise telescope spots millions of supermassive black holes and extremely hot galaxies that had remained obscured by dust.

University's visa licence revoked

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 10:16 AM PDT

A university is banned from teaching and recruiting overseas students, leaving more than 2,000 potentially facing removal from the UK.

Burma reveals blacklisted names

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 07:51 AM PDT

Burma releases the names of 2,000 people deemed a security threat who have been removed from a blacklist drawn up under the previous military regime.

Australians killed in Afghanistan

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 01:01 AM PDT

Five soldiers are killed in two separate incidents, in what the prime minister called Australia's "single worst day in Afghanistan".

Row over Kumbh Mela rights plan

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 09:54 AM PDT

Indian religious leaders react angrily to a proposal to sell broadcast and advertising rights to the world's biggest religious festival, the Kumbh Mela.

Pussy Riot daubed at murder site

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 07:26 AM PDT

Graffiti calling for the release of members of punk band Pussy Riot is found at the site of a double murder in Russia, say police.

Woman killed by falling window

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 10:42 AM PDT

A young woman dies after being crushed when two large window frames fall from a building in central London.

VIDEO: Weakened Isaac lashes New Orleans

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 03:15 PM PDT

The US city of New Orleans faces the wrath of newly downgraded Tropical Storm Isaac, as sea water breaches a levee in an area south of the city.

VIDEO: A look at Romney's economic plan

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 01:42 AM PDT

Mitt Romney's running mate - Paul Ryan - has promised America a turnaround in his speech at the Republican convention in Florida.

VIDEO: Was $100bn money well spent on ISS?

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 08:04 AM PDT

Some in the scientific community are questioning whether more than a decade of research on the international space station has been worth the $100bn price tag.

VIDEO: Australia asylum boat survivors found

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 08:45 AM PDT

Fifty five survivors have been rescued after a boat carrying asylum seekers sank south-west of Java on Wednesday.

VIDEO: Driver, 100, hits group of children

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 01:35 AM PDT

A 100-year-old man reversed his car onto a pavement and hit 11 people, including nine children from a primary school in Los Angeles, California. Four children were in critical condition when firemen arrived on the scene but are all expected to survive.

VIDEO: Vietnam's female weightlifting hope

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 01:53 AM PDT

Vietnam's Chau Hoang Tuyet Loan talks to the BBC about how she overcame throat cancer to represent her country at the 2012 Paralympics Games.

VIDEO: Fishy goings-on at Tokyo expo

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 01:13 PM PDT

Designer tanks in an aquarium in Tokyo, decorated prosthetic limbs on show in London and other art stories from around the world.

Valencia ups Spain bailout plea

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 05:36 AM PDT

Valencia asks for a bailout of 4.5bn euros (£3.6bn; $5.6bn) - more than previously indicated - from Spain's central government.

China in $3.5bn deal with Airbus

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 11:57 PM PDT

China agrees to buy 50 Airbus planes worth $3.5bn (£2.2bn), as part of a slew of trade deals signed by Angela Merkel at the start of a visit to China.

Windows 8 spurs new PC designs

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 05:27 AM PDT

Computers that work as both tablets and laptop computers are shown off in a variety of form factors ahead of the release of Windows 8.

Flash returns to UK Android store

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 09:00 AM PDT

Adobe makes its Flash app for Android available again at the request of "strategic partners" in the UK.

9/11 film opens Venice festival

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 02:22 AM PDT

The premiere of The Reluctant Fundamentalist, an adaptation of Mohsin Hamid's acclaimed novel, gets the 69th Venice Film Festival under way.

Paralympics ceremony attracts 11m

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 09:44 AM PDT

The Paralympic opening ceremony gives Channel 4 its biggest audience for more than 10 years, though 500 people complain about adverts interrupting the event.

Small dinosaur 'hunted like cat'

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 09:24 AM PDT

Some predatory dinosaurs used guile and agility to outwit their feathered prey according to research published in PLoS One.

Nasa rover sets off on Mars trek

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 06:24 AM PDT

Nasa's Curiosity rover has set off from its landing site on a trek to the geologically rich Glenelg, a destination 400m away.

Repeat abortion risks highlighted

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 05:32 PM PDT

The more abortions a woman has before her first child, the more likely she is to give birth prematurely, a study suggests.

Chocolate may be 'stroke shield'

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 01:41 PM PDT

Chocolate might not be the healthiest thing for your waistline, however, research suggests it may protect against stroke.

Manchester City draw Real Madrid

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 09:47 AM PDT

Manchester City could face the league champions of Germany, Spain and Italy in Thursday's draw for the Champions League group stages.

India bag found in French Alps

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 11:02 PM PDT

A bag carrying diplomatic mail from India is found on Mont Blanc in the French Alps, close to where an Air India plane crashed in 1966.

Message in bottle sets new record

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 03:00 AM PDT

A message in a bottle which set a world record for the longest time adrift at sea was found by the same boat which discovered the previous record holder.

Fraud fears dog Angola election

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 06:29 AM PDT

Conditions do not exist in Angola for a free and fair vote, the main opposition Unita party says amid calls for a delay to polls due on Friday.

Survivors found in asylum search

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 05:42 AM PDT

Australian and commercial ships pluck 55 people from the sea as a search continues after an asylum boat was believed to have sunk.

Paralympics under way in London

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 02:27 AM PDT

The Paralympics gets down to business as the sport gets under way, following Wednesday's night spectacular opening ceremony.

Brazil public sector strike off

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 12:28 PM PDT

Public workers in Brazil accept a government pay deal and call off a strike that had been causing disruption across the country.

Syria rebels 'down fighter jet'

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 08:59 AM PDT

Syrian rebels shoot down a government fighter jet in the north-western province of Idlib, unconfirmed reports say.

Ryan accused over speech 'errors'

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 08:38 AM PDT

The Republican nominee for US vice-president is accused of misleading his audience with a series of errors during his convention speech in Florida.

It's gold, silver & bronze for GB

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 10:30 AM PDT

Great Britain win their first gold medal on day one of the London 2012 Paralympic Games through track cyclist Sarah Storey.

Careless overtaking killed family

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 08:09 AM PDT

A driver is jailed after an overtake manoeuvre clipped a car sending it careering into a reservoir, killing four members of a family.

BBC Abbott payments 'broke rules'

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 07:24 AM PDT

Labour MP Diane Abbott should not have been paid appearance fees for her recent contributions to BBC One's This Week, the BBC Trust rules.

Archbishop condemns abuse failure

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 10:49 AM PDT

A "profoundly negative culture" in the Diocese of Chichester led to two decades of child protection failures, a report finds.

Your pictures: Thailand

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 02:49 AM PDT

Readers picture on the theme Thailand

In pictures: London 2012 Paralympic Games opening ceremony

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 04:23 PM PDT

Opening ceremony at Olympic Stadium

Could the gold standard return in the US?

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 05:31 AM PDT

What would happen if the US gold standard returned?

How the Paralympics checks intellectual disability

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 04:39 PM PDT

Can the Paralympics prevent learning disabilities being faked?

Day in pictures: 30 August 2012

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 04:42 AM PDT

24 hours of news photos from around the world

Japan harnesses fashion power of gals

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 04:52 PM PDT

How Japan's gals became more than fashion rebels

US builds virtual wall on border

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 03:59 PM PDT

Invisible guard on the Mexico-US border

London Met: Overseas students react

Posted: 30 Aug 2012 03:19 AM PDT

Overseas students' anger as UK university has visa licence revoked

Truly epic tales of procrastination

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 07:58 PM PDT

Are these the worst tales of procrastination ever?

Skies open up for large civilian drones

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 08:01 PM PDT

How unmanned aircraft could be flying above UK skies by 2020

War talk fails to dampen Israeli mood

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 04:55 PM PDT

Talk about war with Iran fails to dampen Israeli spirits
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