Sunday, September 30, 2012

US toll in Afghan war hits 2,000

US toll in Afghan war hits 2,000


US toll in Afghan war hits 2,000

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 08:34 AM PDT

A checkpoint shooting in Afghanistan brings to 2,000 the number of US soldiers to have died in the conflict.

Deadly Kenya Sunday school attack

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 07:10 AM PDT

A child is killed in a grenade attack on a Kenyan church blamed on Somali militants, sparking revenge attacks against Somalis in Nairobi.

Russia's World Cup budget soars

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 05:30 AM PDT

Russia reveals that its preliminary budget for holding the 2018 World Cup is almost twice what it projected when it won the bid in 2010.

Michael cancels Australian tour

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 05:08 AM PDT

Singer George Michael cancels the Australian leg of his tour due to "major anxiety" following his battle with pneumonia at the end of last year.

Son defends 'upright' Bo Xilai

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 03:45 AM PDT

Bo Guagua, the son of accused Chinese politician Bo Xilai, reportedly defends his father, in the face of allegations of abuse of power.

Xstrata expected to back Glencore

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 03:49 AM PDT

Mining group Xstrata is expected to recommend on Monday that its shareholders back a planned merger with commodities trader Glencore, the BBC understands.

Deadly bomb blasts strike Iraq

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 09:22 AM PDT

At least 32 people are killed in Iraq as car-bomb attacks target security forces and Shia pilgrims around the country, police say.

South Sudan violence hits MSF aid

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 05:14 AM PDT

The medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres suspends some services near the remote South Sudanese town of Pibor, amid escalating violence.

Turkish party 'model for Muslims'

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 08:14 AM PDT

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey says his ruling political party has become a model for others to follow in Muslim states.

Iran agency sorry for spoof story

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 09:08 AM PDT

An Iranian news agency apologises after carrying a spoof story from a US satirical website claiming that President Ahmadinejad was popular among rural Americans.

Bonnie and Clyde guns up for sale

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 09:21 AM PDT

The guns used by American gangsters Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow are among a host of outlaws' memorabilia up for auction.

VIDEO: Japan typhoon lifts car into air

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 04:29 AM PDT

Amateur footage posted online has shown a car being lifted into the air by strong winds, after Typhoon Jelawat hit Japan's southern island of Okinawa.

AUDIO: 'My dad chased Bonnie and Clyde'

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 09:16 AM PDT

The guns used by American gangsters Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, who died in a hail of police bullets in 1934, are up for auction.

VIDEO: Grandmother defies Copenhagen gangs

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 11:39 PM PDT

Business owners in Denmark are being urged to come forward if they have been intimidated by protection gangs, after a bar owner in Copenhagen took a stand on the issue.

VIDEO: 'People ran for their lives'

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 04:43 AM PDT

One child has been killed and six critically injured in a grenade attack on a church Sunday school in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, according to the Red Cross.

VIDEO: Dozens killed in multiple Iraq blasts

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 10:40 AM PDT

At least 24 people have been killed in Iraq as car bomb attacks targeted security forces and Shia pilgrims around the capital Baghdad, according to local police.

VIDEO: Libya's quest to disarm city streets

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 11:57 PM PDT

Hundreds of Libyans have handed in weapons in Benghazi and Tripoli as part of a disarmament drive organised by the army to target militia groups.

VIDEO: German war bomb detonated at sea

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 11:22 AM PDT

A World War II parachute mine found in a river near Falmouth has been detonated safely a mile off the coast of Falmouth.

Spain's debts to increase further

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 03:35 AM PDT

Spain's debt levels will increase further next year, the government predicts, putting Madrid under more pressure to trim spending.

HIV 'made' new deadly Salmonella

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 10:19 AM PDT

A deadly form of Salmonella has swept through Africa in the wake of the spread of HIV, according to an international team of researchers.

Clinical India hammer Pakistan

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 10:15 AM PDT

India reignite their World Twenty20 campaign with an eight-wicket Super Eights victory over their arch rivals Pakistan.

Aston Villa 1-1 West Brom

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 10:20 AM PDT

Substitute Darren Bent scores a late equaliser to earn Aston Villa a home draw against local rivals West Brom.

Mogul's prize for wooing daughter

Posted: 26 Sep 2012 08:52 AM PDT

Hong Kong business magnate Cecil Chao offers a $65m (£40m) "marriage bounty" to any man who can successfully woo and wed his lesbian daughter.

Libyans transfer weapons to army

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 08:41 PM PDT

Hundreds of Libyans hand in weapons in Benghazi and Tripoli as part of a disarmament drive organised by the army to target militia groups.

Suu Kyi 'can be Burma president'

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 02:45 PM PDT

Burma's leader Thein Sein tells the BBC he would accept Suu Kyi as president if the people vote for her at the next election.

Two die at Venezuela poll rally

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 08:08 PM PDT

Two opposition politicians are killed during a campaign rally in Venezuela, a week before the country's presidential elections.

Aleppo souk burns as battles rage

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 04:22 PM PDT

A blaze sweeps though ancient markets in Aleppo, activists say, as rebels and government forces seek to gain control of Syria's largest city.

Miliband in union pay freeze row

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 10:46 AM PDT

Ed Miliband hits back at a trade union leader who described his backing for a public sector pay freeze as "crazy," saying Labour cannot be dominated by the unions.

Service remembers fallen officers

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 09:38 AM PDT

Manchester constables Nicola Hughes and Fiona Bone are among those honoured at a service for officers killed while on police duty in the past year.

Savile accused of sexual abuse

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 10:45 AM PDT

Sir Jimmy Savile is accused of alleged sexual abuse against underage teenage girls in an ITV1 documentary to be broadcast on Wednesday.

Archbishop move 'may take months'

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 09:11 AM PDT

The choice of a successor to Dr Rowan Williams as Archbishop of Canterbury may not take place for several months, the Church of England says.

The Las Vegas of the Black Sea?

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 04:10 PM PDT

Georgia's Black Sea paradise turns casino hub for neighbours

Only 100 cod in the North Sea?

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 04:16 PM PDT

Is it really true there are only 100 cod left in the North Sea?

Syrian conflict: Your pictures of Aleppo

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 07:57 AM PDT

Your pictures of Aleppo's famous souk, ruined in the civil war

In pictures: Benin's spooky dolls

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 05:10 PM PDT

Images of the spooky art made from baby toys

Georgia election: Scandal and intrigue split voters

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 04:30 PM PDT

Georgian voters split ahead of key election

Tori Amos revisits her past

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 04:33 PM PDT

Tori Amos ponders the risks of revisiting old songs

Seven of the week's best reads

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 05:11 PM PDT

Seven of the week's best reads from around the web

Guyana deals with aftermath of deadly protests

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 05:25 AM PDT

Guyana wrestles with fallout from deadly protests

In pictures: Arty artificial limbs

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 04:39 PM PDT

The prosthetics designed to stand out not fit in

China's leaders try to put scandal behind them

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 10:02 AM PDT

Damian Grammaticas on the aftermath of China's Bo Xilai affair

Ed Miliband - standing up to who?

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 05:21 AM PDT

Nick Robinson examines UK Labour leader's stated vision

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