Friday, December 28, 2012

China tightens rules on internet

China tightens rules on internet

China tightens rules on internet

Posted: 28 Dec 2012 04:58 AM PST

China's new leadership tightens laws on internet usage and enforces a previous rule for internet users to give their real names to service providers.

Rape victim's condition 'worsens'

Posted: 28 Dec 2012 09:13 AM PST

An Indian student who was left critically ill after being gang-raped on a Delhi bus has "taken a turn for the worse", doctors say.

Putin makes US adoption ban law

Posted: 28 Dec 2012 06:54 AM PST

Russia's President Putin signs into law a controversial ban on Americans adopting Russian orphans.

Obama hosts as fiscal cliff looms

Posted: 28 Dec 2012 10:22 AM PST

President Obama calls congressional leaders to the White House for last-ditch talks to avoid the "fiscal cliff", as reports emerge of a new proposal.

Abducted girl, six, back in UK

Posted: 28 Dec 2012 11:21 AM PST

A six-year-old girl who was abducted by her father and taken to Pakistan three years ago arrives back in the UK.

Berlusconi divorce '$48m a year'

Posted: 28 Dec 2012 09:25 AM PST

Italy's former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has agreed to pay 36m euros (£30m; $48m) a year to his ex-wife Veronica Lario, reports say.

Falklands attack surprised Thatcher

Posted: 28 Dec 2012 01:14 AM PST

The 1982 invasion of the Falkland Islands by Argentina caught then UK PM Margaret Thatcher by surprise, newly released archive papers show.

Kate hoax DJs prosecution 'unlikely'

Posted: 28 Dec 2012 06:15 AM PST

Two Australian DJs who made a prank call to a London hospital treating the Duchess of Cambridge are unlikely to be prosecuted in the UK, Australian police say.

Iraq Sunni protests against Maliki

Posted: 28 Dec 2012 07:31 AM PST

Tens of thousands of Iraqis protest in the mainly Sunni province of Anbar, accusing Shia Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki of marginalising Sunni leaders.

US Gen Norman Schwarzkopf dies

Posted: 27 Dec 2012 11:41 PM PST

Retired US General Norman Schwarzkopf, who led troops in the 1991 Gulf War, has died aged 78 in Tampa, Florida.

Pakistan 'to unblock YouTube'

Posted: 28 Dec 2012 11:15 AM PST

Pakistani officials say they will restore access to YouTube, months after it was blocked amid a scandal over an anti-Islam film.

Wikipedia's most searched revealed

Posted: 28 Dec 2012 05:50 AM PST

Articles about Facebook, cul-de-sacs, adult video actresses, One Direction and the @ symbol are among some of 2012's most clicked Wikipedia pages.

VIDEO: Athens to get first mosque

Posted: 28 Dec 2012 01:28 AM PST

There are plans to build a mosque in Athens in 2013 to cater for thousands of Muslim migrants, but the near-bankrupt country may find it hard to deliver.

VIDEO: Family joy at Mandela hospital discharge

Posted: 27 Dec 2012 08:50 PM PST

Mandla Mandela, the grandson of Nelson Mandela, said the family were relieved and happy the 94-year-old had been discharged from hospital.

VIDEO: Bono and Sinead busk for homeless

Posted: 27 Dec 2012 01:50 PM PST

Bono and Sinead O'Connor took shoppers in Dublin's Grafton Street by surprise by holding an impromptu concert on Christmas Eve.

VIDEO: Spanish police seize tonnes of hashish

Posted: 26 Dec 2012 07:37 PM PST

Spanish police have confiscated 11 tonnes of hashish and arrested 35 people in one of their biggest-ever drugs seizures.

VIDEO: The trend for older film characters

Posted: 27 Dec 2012 10:43 PM PST

Films with older characters and themes have been doing well around the world, but particularly in Britain and the US.

AUDIO: Afghan media mogul: Public on our side

Posted: 28 Dec 2012 01:19 AM PST

As a commission from Today's guest editor Melinda Gates, Today business presenter Lesley Curwen went to meet the Afghan media mogul Saad Mohseni, the chairman of Moby Group which runs a range of TV and radio channels in Afghanistan which are helping re-shape the country's culture.

VIDEO: 2012: Coding, robots and patents

Posted: 27 Dec 2012 04:00 PM PST

The BBC News Website has hosted its first two-part 'Tech Summit', inviting three experts from diverse fields to offer their reflections on the year just past, and the next few years ahead.

Pearson invests in Nook tablets

Posted: 28 Dec 2012 07:14 AM PST

UK publisher Pearson says it will invest in the Nook series of e-readers and tablets, buying a 5% stake in the business for $89.5m (£55.5m).

Japan data affirms weak economy

Posted: 27 Dec 2012 05:54 PM PST

Japan reports weak economic data, underlining the challenges the new government faces in reviving growth in the world's third-largest economy.

Bug reveals 'erased' Snapchat videos

Posted: 28 Dec 2012 03:00 AM PST

Videos sent via phone app Snapchat which should disappear after a few seconds can be preserved with easy to find tools, finds tech site.

Microsoft research boss steps down

Posted: 28 Dec 2012 04:08 AM PST

Microsoft's research boss Craig Mundie is stepping down from his role ahead of his retirement in 2014.

Rescue Me singer Bass dies at 72

Posted: 27 Dec 2012 12:21 PM PST

American soul singer, Fontella Bass, best remembered for the hit single Rescue Me, dies of complications following a heart attack aged 72.

Early Broadway exit for Holmes

Posted: 28 Dec 2012 01:33 AM PST

Katie Holmes' play Dead Accounts is to close on 6 January after less than six weeks on Broadway.

BBC to be clearer on wildlife shots

Posted: 27 Dec 2012 04:20 PM PST

New BBC wildlife series Africa will make it clear when animals were filmed in controlled conditions, after criticism of the Frozen Planet series.

Graphic anti-smoking ad launched

Posted: 28 Dec 2012 03:57 AM PST

A series of hard-hitting government adverts featuring people smoking cigarettes with a tumour bulging from them is being launched in England.

Yuvraj onslaught defeats Pakistan

Posted: 28 Dec 2012 08:12 AM PST

Yuvraj Singh smashes 72 to give India a series-levelling 11-run win over Pakistan in the second Twenty20 international.

Nadal will miss Australian Open

Posted: 28 Dec 2012 07:57 AM PST

Rafael Nadal withdraws from the 2013 Australian Open as a result of a stomach virus hampering his recovery from knee injury.

US man admits dinosaur smuggling

Posted: 27 Dec 2012 05:07 PM PST

A fossils dealer admits smuggling dinosaur bones into the US, including the skeleton of a 70 million-year-old Tyrannosaurus bataar from Mongolia.

Apple's boss in massive pay cut

Posted: 27 Dec 2012 01:49 PM PST

Tim Cook is to take home a salary that works out to 1% of the $378m (£235m) he received to be Apple's boss last year.

Ghana's poll results challenged

Posted: 28 Dec 2012 09:16 AM PST

Ghana's main opposition party files a petition at the Supreme Court to challenge President John Mahama's victory in elections earlier this month.

Afghan blast families sue Germany

Posted: 28 Dec 2012 07:39 AM PST

Families of dozens of Afghan civilians killed in a 2009 airstrike sue the German government for 3.3m euros (£2.7m; $4.3m) in damages.

EU leader warns UK over powers

Posted: 28 Dec 2012 09:11 AM PST

The man who chairs EU summits, Herman Van Rompuy, warns that UK attempts to repatriate powers from the EU could seriously fracture the bloc.

Russia urges Syria rebel talks

Posted: 28 Dec 2012 07:46 AM PST

Russia says it is ready to hold talks with Syria's opposition, but rebel spokesman Ahmed Moaz al-Khatib said they had rejected the offer.

US man 'pushed in front of train'

Posted: 28 Dec 2012 07:34 AM PST

A subway passenger in New York dies after a woman allegedly pushes him in front of a train, in the second such incident to occur in December.

Flood-hit areas face further rain

Posted: 28 Dec 2012 10:26 AM PST

Flood-hit areas of England and Wales are warned they face renewed problems from bad weather, as further rain is forecast.

Winter vomiting cases pass a million

Posted: 28 Dec 2012 04:26 AM PST

Cases of the winter vomiting bug norovirus have gone over a million in England and Wales, latest figures suggest.

Christmas Eve attack is 'murder'

Posted: 28 Dec 2012 06:50 AM PST

A church organist and lay preacher dies after being attacked on his way to Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve.

Man cleared over shooting murder

Posted: 28 Dec 2012 07:38 AM PST

A man is cleared of a fatal shooting in East Renfrewshire after blaming a dead convicted killer.

Week in pictures: 22-28 December 2012

Posted: 28 Dec 2012 05:08 AM PST

News photographs from around the world

The UK year in pictures 2012

Posted: 26 Dec 2012 08:16 PM PST

A selection of the best pictures from 2012

In pictures: Snowstorm hits US

Posted: 27 Dec 2012 04:54 PM PST

Snow storm in north-eastern US states

In pictures: Christmas celebrations

Posted: 25 Dec 2012 06:28 AM PST

Images from around the world

Experts make predictions for 2013

Posted: 27 Dec 2012 06:43 PM PST

BBC experts predict next year's big stories

VIDEO: Wine's sweet history

Posted: 27 Dec 2012 09:22 PM PST

Wine's early roots and long, sweet history

Day in pictures: 28 December 2012

Posted: 28 Dec 2012 03:05 AM PST

Twenty-four hours of news photos from around the world

Mindanao stories: What will peace bring?

Posted: 27 Dec 2012 06:52 PM PST

Filipinos face up to normal life after landmark peace deal

Athens - capital without a mosque

Posted: 27 Dec 2012 07:04 PM PST

The only European Union capital not to have a mosque

Faces of the year: The men

Posted: 27 Dec 2012 08:57 PM PST

'Mohawk Guy', Muamba's life-saver, and the blind activist

Cyrus Mistry: Challenges before India's new Tata chief

Posted: 27 Dec 2012 07:09 PM PST

Big challenges for successor Cyrus Mistry

The year in pictures 2012

Posted: 27 Dec 2012 06:35 PM PST

The pictures that made the headlines in 2012

The amazing wildlife of Africa

Posted: 27 Dec 2012 07:24 PM PST

Close encounters from the heart of Africa

VIDEO: 2012 in 201.2 seconds

Posted: 27 Dec 2012 06:48 PM PST

Fast rewind through the highpoints of the past year
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