Syrian rebel shootings condemned |
- Syrian rebel shootings condemned
- Israel: Iran unfazed by warnings
- Wiggins & GB rowing pair win gold
- Iraq killings hit two-year peak
- Medics called at Pussy Riot trial
- Somali leaders back constitution
- US author Gore Vidal dies aged 86
- Euro manufacturing woes deepen
- Vertigo is named 'greatest film'
- Rausing admits wife burial delay
- Bulgaria releases bomber image
- Needle found in Air Canada snack
- VIDEO: Inside NY's most expensive apartment
- VIDEO: Whale washes up in Sydney pool
- VIDEO: Teenager's new leg: 'It's brilliant'
- VIDEO: 'First' Argentine baby with gay fathers
- AUDIO: Why is Hotmail changing its name?
- AUDIO: Obama linked to first US slaves
- VIDEO: Oldest 2012 Olympic athlete - aged 71
- Manufacturing in worldwide slump
- BMW profits hit by higher costs
- EA Star Wars game players slump
- Anonymous row over logo trademark
- US orchestra escapes bankruptcy
- End of the Rainbow to close in NY
- Mangrove CO2 storage 'economic'
- UK sub surveys deep ocean floor
- Mild mental illness 'death risk'
- Warning over 'wrong' medical aid
- Boris left hanging on zip wire
- Marmite reward for NZ Olympians
- Ethiopia leader 'getting better'
- Badminton players out of doubles
- Party delivers 'Greeks only' food
- Spaniard in jail over Cuban death
- Egypt's Qandil 'selects cabinet'
- Separatists eye Quebec poll win
- Praise for GB gold medal winners
- Custody death police criticised
- Payout for 'freak' growth woman
- Cheap bank lending scheme starts
- Olympics: Day Five
- VIDEO: How small towns breed Olympic athletes
- Whatever happened to kids' chemistry sets?
- Gore Vidal: In quotes
- Day in pictures: 1 August 2012
- Been and Gone: Ref who gave first World Cup penalty
- VIDEO: Today's kids try the Commodore 64
- 25 of readers' inflated job titles
- Stealing kisses in Mumbai
- Nigeria's precarious oil amnesty
| Syrian rebel shootings condemned Posted: 01 Aug 2012 11:07 AM PDT Human rights activists condemn the public shooting in Syria of four apparent Assad loyalists by rebels after a video of the killings emerges. |
| Israel: Iran unfazed by warnings Posted: 01 Aug 2012 10:12 AM PDT Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says assurances by the US are not enough to stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons. |
| Wiggins & GB rowing pair win gold Posted: 01 Aug 2012 09:31 AM PDT Cyclist Bradley Wiggins wins the men's time trial to become Britain's most-decorated Olympian, after rowers Heather Stanning and Helen Glover claim GB's first gold of the Games. |
| Iraq killings hit two-year peak Posted: 01 Aug 2012 07:44 AM PDT July was Iraq's deadliest month in almost two years, with 325 people killed in attacks across the country, according to government figures. |
| Medics called at Pussy Riot trial Posted: 01 Aug 2012 08:42 AM PDT One of the three members of Russian punk band Pussy Riot is briefly taken ill during their trial, amid complaints about the women's treatment. |
| Somali leaders back constitution Posted: 01 Aug 2012 10:16 AM PDT A gathering of Somali leaders backs a new constitution, paving the way for a new government to be formed later this month after two decades of warfare. |
| US author Gore Vidal dies aged 86 Posted: 01 Aug 2012 12:13 AM PDT Celebrated US author and political commentator Gore Vidal has died at his home in Los Angeles, aged 86, his family says. |
| Euro manufacturing woes deepen Posted: 01 Aug 2012 02:38 AM PDT The eurozone manufacturing sector contracted at its fastest pace in three years in July, according to a closely-watched survey. |
| Vertigo is named 'greatest film' Posted: 01 Aug 2012 10:26 AM PDT Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo has beaten Citizen Kane to be named the greatest film of all time in a poll by the BFI's Sight and Sound magazine. |
| Rausing admits wife burial delay Posted: 01 Aug 2012 07:11 AM PDT Multi-millionaire Hans Kristian Rausing pleads guilty to preventing the lawful and decent burial of his wife Eva, whose body was found in their London home. |
| Bulgaria releases bomber image Posted: 01 Aug 2012 02:51 AM PDT Bulgarian police release a composite image of the suspected suicide bomber who killed five Israeli tourists and a Bulgarian driver on a bus on 18 July. |
| Needle found in Air Canada snack Posted: 01 Aug 2012 06:51 AM PDT A passenger finds a needle in a sandwich on an Air Canada flight, a month after needles were discovered in snacks on Delta Air Lines planes. |
| VIDEO: Inside NY's most expensive apartment Posted: 01 Aug 2012 05:42 AM PDT A 6-bedroom Manhattan penthouse has gone on sale for $100 million. It is the most expensive apartment currently on the market in New York, and if sold for the asking price, will set a new record for the city. |
| VIDEO: Whale washes up in Sydney pool Posted: 01 Aug 2012 02:31 AM PDT A dead humpback whale has been washed up in a Australian ocean swimming pool, surprising morning swimmers and causing a major problem for authorities. |
| VIDEO: Teenager's new leg: 'It's brilliant' Posted: 01 Aug 2012 07:42 AM PDT Teenager Kieran Maxwell says the new prosthetic leg, paid for by lottery winners, will allow him 'to do anything'. |
| VIDEO: 'First' Argentine baby with gay fathers Posted: 01 Aug 2012 08:12 AM PDT For the first time in the country, two gay men in Argentina have been able to have their child officially recognised as the son of both of them without having to go through the adoption process. |
| AUDIO: Why is Hotmail changing its name? Posted: 01 Aug 2012 07:03 AM PDT Technology expert Larry Magid on Microsoft's rebranding of email service Hotmail. |
| AUDIO: Obama linked to first US slaves Posted: 01 Aug 2012 04:25 AM PDT A senior genealogist at ancestry.com says Barack Obama is related to the first African slaves in the US. |
| VIDEO: Oldest 2012 Olympic athlete - aged 71 Posted: 31 Jul 2012 10:39 PM PDT Hiroshi Hoketsu is the oldest competitor taking part in the London Games - aged 71. |
| Manufacturing in worldwide slump Posted: 01 Aug 2012 09:27 AM PDT Manufacturing in most of the world is in a slump, a raft for reports from the US, UK, the eurozone and China suggest. |
| BMW profits hit by higher costs Posted: 01 Aug 2012 01:02 AM PDT German luxury carmaker BMW reports a sharp fall in second quarter profits despite record sales and revenues. |
| EA Star Wars game players slump Posted: 01 Aug 2012 03:40 AM PDT Electronic Arts offers a free-to-play option on its flagship online video game after subscription numbers fall below one million. |
| Anonymous row over logo trademark Posted: 01 Aug 2012 05:08 AM PDT Anonymous vows to "take down" a French company trying to trademark the hacking collective's logo and slogan. |
| US orchestra escapes bankruptcy Posted: 01 Aug 2012 04:45 AM PDT The Philadelphia Orchestra emerges from bankruptcy a month after a judge approved its reorganisation plan. |
| End of the Rainbow to close in NY Posted: 01 Aug 2012 12:57 AM PDT End of the Rainbow, the critically praised musical drama about the last days of Judy Garland, is to close on Broadway, producers announce. |
| Mangrove CO2 storage 'economic' Posted: 01 Aug 2012 07:45 AM PDT Protecting mangroves to lock carbon away in trees may be an economic way to curb climate change, research suggests. |
| UK sub surveys deep ocean floor Posted: 01 Aug 2012 09:15 AM PDT A British robotic sub has photographed a vast tract of deep ocean floor some 560km southwest of Lands End. |
| Mild mental illness 'death risk' Posted: 31 Jul 2012 06:15 PM PDT People with mild mental illnesses such as anxiety or depression are more likely to die early, say researchers. |
| Warning over 'wrong' medical aid Posted: 31 Jul 2012 06:23 PM PDT Inappropriate equipment is undermining the medical aid effort in developing countries, experts say. |
| Boris left hanging on zip wire Posted: 01 Aug 2012 10:49 AM PDT The Mayor of London Boris Johnson is left dangling on a zip wire for several minutes when it stops working at an Olympic live screen event. |
| Marmite reward for NZ Olympians Posted: 01 Aug 2012 08:03 AM PDT New Zealand's Olympic medallists are being rewarded with jars of Marmite, a rare commodity since an earthquake last year wrecked the supply chain. |
| Ethiopia leader 'getting better' Posted: 01 Aug 2012 09:17 AM PDT Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi is in "a good condition and recuperating", a government spokesman tells the BBC, following reports he is critically ill. |
| Badminton players out of doubles Posted: 01 Aug 2012 09:12 AM PDT Eight badminton players are disqualified from the women's doubles after being accused of "not using one's best efforts to win". |
| Party delivers 'Greeks only' food Posted: 01 Aug 2012 08:54 AM PDT Greece's far-right Golden Dawn party hands out free food to hundreds of struggling people in central Athens - but only Greek nationals can have it. |
| Spaniard in jail over Cuban death Posted: 31 Jul 2012 03:51 PM PDT Cuba says it will keep Spanish politician Angel Carromero in custody as it investigates the death of dissident Oswaldo Paya in a car crash. |
| Egypt's Qandil 'selects cabinet' Posted: 01 Aug 2012 07:37 AM PDT Egypt's finance and foreign affairs ministers will retain their posts in a new cabinet chosen by Prime Minister-designate Hisham Qandil, reports say. |
| Separatists eye Quebec poll win Posted: 01 Aug 2012 09:36 AM PDT Quebec will hold snap elections next month in a contest that pits embattled federalists against a pro-independence opposition. |
| Praise for GB gold medal winners Posted: 01 Aug 2012 11:07 AM PDT Praise pours in for cyclist Bradley Wiggins and the women's rowing duo after they win historic gold medals for Team GB at the London Games. |
| Custody death police criticised Posted: 01 Aug 2012 09:51 AM PDT Police used an unsuitable level of force before the death of of a schizophrenic man in custody, an inquest jury finds. |
| Payout for 'freak' growth woman Posted: 01 Aug 2012 09:36 AM PDT A woman who grew to be 6ft 5ins tall because of the effect on her of an undiagnosed tumour wins more than £1m in damages. |
| Cheap bank lending scheme starts Posted: 01 Aug 2012 05:42 AM PDT A new scheme to prompt banks and other lenders to make more money available to firms and households has come into operation. |
| Posted: 01 Aug 2012 03:46 AM PDT Best photos from London 2012 Olympics |
| VIDEO: How small towns breed Olympic athletes Posted: 31 Jul 2012 07:33 PM PDT How tiny towns breed gold medal-winning Olympians |
| Whatever happened to kids' chemistry sets? Posted: 01 Aug 2012 04:27 AM PDT The days when kids' chemistry kits contained cyanide |
| Posted: 01 Aug 2012 03:06 AM PDT Some of the late great writer Gore Vidal's best quotations |
| Day in pictures: 1 August 2012 Posted: 01 Aug 2012 04:01 AM PDT 24 hours of news photos from around the world |
| Been and Gone: Ref who gave first World Cup penalty Posted: 01 Aug 2012 12:51 AM PDT Ref who gave first World Cup final penalty, and other losses |
| VIDEO: Today's kids try the Commodore 64 Posted: 31 Jul 2012 04:12 PM PDT But what do today's kids make of the classic computer? |
| 25 of readers' inflated job titles Posted: 31 Jul 2012 05:03 PM PDT Twenty-five of your inflated job titles, past and present |
| Posted: 31 Jul 2012 06:22 PM PDT Stealing kisses in space-starved Mumbai |
| Nigeria's precarious oil amnesty Posted: 01 Aug 2012 12:02 AM PDT How long can amnesty buy peace in Nigeria's oil region? |
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