Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Mass Cairo protest against Mursi

Mass Cairo protest against Mursi


Mass Cairo protest against Mursi

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 10:32 AM PST

Tens of thousands of Egyptians take part in a rally in Cairo against President Mohammed Mursi, who last week granted himself sweeping new powers.

France to back Palestinian UN bid

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 09:27 AM PST

France confirms it intends to vote in favour of the Palestinian bid for recognition as a non-member observer state at the United Nations.

EU parliament sprayed with milk

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 08:37 AM PST

Angry farmers protesting at falling dairy prices in the EU spray fresh milk at the European Parliament and riot police in Brussels.

Yasser Arafat's remains exhumed

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 09:32 AM PST

The remains of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat are exhumed in Ramallah so experts can investigate allegations that he was poisoned.

France in nationalisation warning

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 11:09 AM PST

French President Francois Hollande has met the owner of steel giant Arcelor Mittal amid talk of nationalising one of its plants.

Hotel burglars 'exploit lock bug'

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 04:12 AM PST

Burglars in the US state of Texas appear to be exploiting bugs in widely used electronic door locks to steal from hotel rooms.

Gas leak blamed for Germany fire

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 09:46 AM PST

A gas leak started a fire which killed 14 people at a workshop for disabled people in south-western Germany, investigators say.

Tibetans protest amid immolations

Posted: 26 Nov 2012 11:45 PM PST

Twenty Tibetan students are hospitalised after a protest in Qinghai province, activists say, as four more self-immolations are reported.

Kabul Bank fraud 'profited elite'

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 04:58 AM PST

Afghanistan's failed Kabul Bank was involved in a fraud that funnelled almost $900m to a small number of the political elite, a leaked auditors' report says.

Congo rebel pull-out conditional

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 05:19 AM PST

DR Congo rebels set conditions for the withdrawal from the eastern city of Goma after earlier reports that they would pull out by Tuesday afternoon.

Amazon destruction 'at new low'

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 09:10 AM PST

The destruction of Amazon rainforest reaches its lowest level since monitoring began 24 years ago, the Brazilian government says.

'Too fat to fly' airlines sued

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 04:14 AM PST

The husband of a US woman who was too big to be flown home from Europe - where she later died - is to sue the airlines involved for damages.

VIDEO: Urgent need for South Sudan refugee sites

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 02:08 AM PST

The UN says the world's newest nation will need over $1 billion to meet the growing humanitarian needs in the coming year.

VIDEO: Roadworks bring traffic chaos to Kabul

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 02:19 AM PST

Works to improve roads and drains in Kabul have led to disruption for many drivers in the city.

VIDEO: Chewing gum made the Mayan way

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 09:24 AM PST

A factory in Mexico claims it is the only factory in the world which makes organic chewing gum sourced the traditional Mayan way - from the sap of chico zapote trees.

VIDEO: Kabul Bank fraud 'profited elite'

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 08:51 AM PST

Afghanistan's failed Kabul Bank was involved in a fraud that funnelled almost $900m into the pockets of a small number of the political elite, an independent auditors' report says.

VIDEO: Eurozone reach Greece bailout deal

Posted: 26 Nov 2012 11:57 PM PST

Eurozone finance ministers and the IMF have reached a deal on an urgently needed bailout for debt-laden Greece.

VIDEO: Crane catches fire and collapses

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 02:29 AM PST

A crane caught fire and collapsed at a Sydney building site at the University of Technology on Tuesday.

VIDEO: Grandfather becomes fashion icon

Posted: 26 Nov 2012 11:52 PM PST

A 72-year-old grandfather from China has become something of an internet sensation after he began modelling clothes for teenage girls.

Global recovery 'under threat'

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 04:41 AM PST

Decisive action is needed to ensure the US fiscal cliff and the eurozone debt crisis do not "plunge the world back into recession", the OECD says.

Eurozone deal on Greece bailout

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 01:51 AM PST

Eurozone finance ministers and the IMF reach an agreement on an urgently needed bailout for debt-laden Greece.

App reviews shift to Google+ IDs

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 05:30 AM PST

Android users wishing to review apps from the Google Play store must now use a Google+ account to do so.

Nintendo Wii mini's Canada launch

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 07:19 AM PST

A Wii mini has been launched by Nintendo but it will only be available in Canada initially.

Damon honoured at Gotham awards

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 12:28 AM PST

Actors Matt Damon and Marion Cotillard receive career tributes at the 22nd annual Gotham Awards in New York, where Wes Anderson's comedy Moonrise Kingdom is named best feature.

Larry Hagman remembered privately

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 02:29 AM PST

Dallas star Larry Hagman is remembered this week with two private memorial services in Dallas and Los Angeles.

Polar lake's clue to alien life

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 12:52 AM PST

The discovery of microbes living in the briny, sub-zero conditions of an Antarctic lake could raise the prospects for life elsewhere in the Solar System.

Ice Age warmth wiped out lemmings

Posted: 26 Nov 2012 02:07 PM PST

Lemmings became "regionally extinct" five times due to rapid climate change during the last Ice Age, scientists have found.

US organ transplant pioneer dies

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 02:34 AM PST

Dr Joseph Murray, who won the Nobel prize for his pioneering work in human organ transplants, has died at a Boston hospital aged 93.

Irish abortion decision due soon

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 09:24 AM PST

The Republic of Ireland's government is to decide by the end of the year what it is going to do about the country's abortion laws.

Torres not at Reds peak - Benitez

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 07:05 AM PST

Chelsea manager Rafael Benitez believes striker Fernando Torres was at his peak at Liverpool and may not recapture that form.

Sri Lanka draws up menu for monks

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 08:33 AM PST

Buddhist devotees in Sri Lanka who traditionally give food to monks are to be given special menus to stop the clergy becoming sick.

Second Saturn 'Pac-Man' spotted

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 03:25 AM PST

Astronomers see a temperature pattern on Saturn's moon Tethys that looks like the 1980s arcade icon Pac-Man - the second such find near Saturn.

Indicted Kenyans seek alliance

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 06:32 AM PST

Two former bitter political rivals in Kenya facing trial at the ICC, Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto, are negotiating to form an alliance for next year's election, they say.

Bangladesh mourns fire victims

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 04:37 AM PST

Bangladesh is observing a day of mourning for the victims of a deadly clothing factory fire on Saturday as police continue to hunt for the factory's owner.

French party splits over leader

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 09:13 AM PST

Francois Fillon sets up his own faction of the UMP party in the French parliament, demanding a repeat of the conservative party's leadership ballot.

Chavez back to Cuba for treatment

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 10:43 AM PST

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will have further medical treatment in Cuba, where he had months of specialist therapy for cancer.

Deadly Baghdad bombs target Shia

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 09:18 AM PST

At least 19 people have been killed in the Iraqi capital Baghdad in three separate bomb attacks in predominantly Shia areas, police say.

Obama presses 'fiscal cliff' case

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 10:02 AM PST

US President Barack Obama launches a week of public outreach as he presses his case for tax rises on the wealthy to avert the so-called fiscal cliff.

Woman's body found amid flooding

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 11:12 AM PST

The body of an elderly woman is found in a flooded home in St Asaph, as floodwaters threaten hundreds of homes in Wales and England.

MP Cyril Smith 'did abuse boys'

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 10:56 AM PST

Late Rochdale MP Sir Cyril Smith sexually abused boys in care in the late 1960s, police say, as missed chances to prosecute him are revealed.

Patten defends BBC boss's pay-off

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 08:42 AM PST

The chairman of the BBC Trust tells MPs there was no choice but to give a £450,000 pay-off to the director general when he resigned in the wake of the Newsnight row.

Work programme misses job target

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 09:46 AM PST

The government's flagship welfare-to-work programme has failed to hit its main target of getting people into long-term jobs, official figures show.

In pictures: European dairy farmers' protest

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 08:36 AM PST

European dairy farmers' protest

Afronauts: An African space fantasy

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 12:44 AM PST

Fictional photos of a failed space programme

10 people who have been exhumed

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 04:31 AM PST

Ten other people who, like Yasser Arafat, were dug up

Living with the world's first face transplant

Posted: 26 Nov 2012 04:02 PM PST

How first face transplant woman deals with people who gawp

The fundamental flaws in the French right

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 08:27 AM PST

What is it about the French right that makes it so self-destructive?

Is Israel's missile defence a game-changer?

Posted: 26 Nov 2012 04:38 PM PST

Is Israel's anti-missile system a conflict game-changer?

Day in pictures: 27 November 2012

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 05:01 AM PST

24 hours of news photos from around the world

Syria rebels build momentum with tactical successes

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 04:44 AM PST

Syria rebels build momentum with military successes

Battle for a new Nantes airport

Posted: 26 Nov 2012 05:08 PM PST

Clashes with French protesters determined to stop new airport

Viewpoint: How tribalism stunts African democracy

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 01:44 AM PST

Viewpoint: How tribalism stunts African democracy

Breathing space for Greece

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 12:54 AM PST

Domestic German politics helping Greece, Gavin Hewitt reports.

Can anyone run the Bank of England successfully?

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 01:54 AM PST

Can anyone run the Bank of England successfully?

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