US 'heading over fiscal cliff' |
- US 'heading over fiscal cliff'
- Bhutto son makes political pledge
- Sole Iran woman minister sacked
- Pakistan militants 'seize police'
- Antarctic lake project called off
- US chipmaker faces huge patent fine
- King's speech provokes Belgians
- Tea workers burn boss to death
- Spanish bank has 'negative value'
- EA forced to remove gun shop links
- 'Huge' flame shell bed discovered
- VIDEO: Afghanistan's new form of justice
- VIDEO: Cardboard cathedral for New Zealand
- VIDEO: Fish tank shatters over shoppers
- VIDEO: Thunderbirds creator Anderson dies
- VIDEO: What were 2012's top 10 films?
- VIDEO: Brahimi calls for Syrian unity
- VIDEO: South Park creators on their hit musical
- Toyota agrees $1bn US recall deal
- Porn producer to widen piracy blitz
- Africa gets 'homegrown' smartphone
- China opens GPS-substitute to public
- US sees upturn in cinema audiences
- Graphene research gets £21.5m fund
- Brain scan can sort dementia by type
- Manager Berg sacked by Blackburn
- Clarke sets Australia run record
- South Africa's Zuma in dog row
- Kate Winslet marries in New York
- Morsi opponents mull talks offer
- Japan to review nuclear phase-out
- N Ossetia Muslim leader shot dead
- Former Argentine minister jailed
- Mubarak 'to return to hospital'
- US snow storm claims more lives
- Tributes to M6 car crash family
- Huge rise in social media 'crimes'
- Wet weather affects rail and roads
- M-way screens to stop rubbernecking
- Global notable deaths of 2012
- How women rebuilt Rwanda
- Jordan: Price rises spark anger
- Cuba town's British Caribbean heritage
- Day in pictures: 27 December 2012
- Gerry Anderson: Obituary
- F1 2013 is just around the corner
- Faces of the year: The women
- 2012 Review of the Year: David Cameron
| US 'heading over fiscal cliff' Posted: 27 Dec 2012 10:52 AM PST The US appears to be heading over the "fiscal cliff", with tax rises and spending cuts imminent, the Democratic US Senate leader says. |
| Bhutto son makes political pledge Posted: 27 Dec 2012 07:33 AM PST The son of Pakistan's murdered ex-Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto promises to fight militancy and maintain democracy, in his first major political speech. |
| Sole Iran woman minister sacked Posted: 27 Dec 2012 07:59 AM PST Marziyeh Vahid Dastjerdi, the only female minister in 30 years of Iran's Islamic republic, is sacked after a dispute with President Ahmadinejad. |
| Pakistan militants 'seize police' Posted: 27 Dec 2012 09:58 AM PST In Pakistan, at least 22 paramilitary policemen are reported to have been kidnapped by militants, government officials say. |
| Antarctic lake project called off Posted: 27 Dec 2012 02:08 AM PST A UK project to drill through 3km of ice to reach a lake sequestered for thousands of years has been called off following problems with borehole drilling. |
| US chipmaker faces huge patent fine Posted: 27 Dec 2012 03:51 AM PST A jury orders hard disk chipmaker Marvell Technology to pay a university $1.17bn (£723m) in damages for infringing two of its patents. |
| King's speech provokes Belgians Posted: 27 Dec 2012 09:45 AM PST The Belgian king, Albert II, elicits a sharp response to a Christmas message in which he drew parallels with the rise of fascism in the 1930s. |
| Tea workers burn boss to death Posted: 26 Dec 2012 11:00 PM PST Hundreds of Indian tea workers surround their boss's bungalow and burn him to death after a two-week dispute, officials say. |
| Spanish bank has 'negative value' Posted: 27 Dec 2012 09:34 AM PST Shares in Bankia drop almost 20% after Spain's bank rescue fund assigns the troubled lender a negative valuation of 4.2bn euros due to bad loans. |
| EA forced to remove gun shop links Posted: 27 Dec 2012 04:06 AM PST In the wake of the US school shootings, publisher EA removes links from video game Medal of Honor's website directing users to weapons retailers. |
| 'Huge' flame shell bed discovered Posted: 26 Dec 2012 04:37 PM PST A huge colony of an elusive and brightly coloured shellfish species is discovered in coastal waters in the west of Scotland. |
| VIDEO: Afghanistan's new form of justice Posted: 26 Dec 2012 11:22 PM PST A new form of justice is beginning to take hold in Afghanistan, even in the troubled province of Helmand. |
| VIDEO: Cardboard cathedral for New Zealand Posted: 27 Dec 2012 07:51 AM PST A Japanese architect is building a cardboard cathedral in New Zealand's earthquake devastated city of Christchurch. |
| VIDEO: Fish tank shatters over shoppers Posted: 27 Dec 2012 01:38 AM PST Sixteen people have been hurt after an aquarium burst at a shopping mall in Shanghai. |
| VIDEO: Thunderbirds creator Anderson dies Posted: 26 Dec 2012 08:44 AM PST Gerry Anderson, creator of the Thunderbirds and Joe 90 puppet superhero TV shows, has died at the age of 83. |
| VIDEO: What were 2012's top 10 films? Posted: 26 Dec 2012 07:43 PM PST What were the top 10 films of 2012? Talking Movies' Tom Brook gives his verdict |
| VIDEO: Brahimi calls for Syrian unity Posted: 27 Dec 2012 05:50 AM PST The international envoy to Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, calls for the formation of a Syrian national unity government with full executive powers until elections can be held. |
| VIDEO: South Park creators on their hit musical Posted: 21 Dec 2012 12:58 AM PST The team behind South Park - Matt Stone and Trey Parker - discuss the success of their controversial award-winning musical The Book of Mormon. |
| Toyota agrees $1bn US recall deal Posted: 26 Dec 2012 03:05 PM PST Japanese carmaker Toyota agrees to pay more than $1bn in a settlement of US lawsuits dating back to the recall of millions of cars in 2009 and 2010. |
| Porn producer to widen piracy blitz Posted: 27 Dec 2012 08:56 AM PST Golden Eye says it plans to seek to chase UK porn pirates on behalf of US companies after winning a Court of Appeal ruling. |
| Africa gets 'homegrown' smartphone Posted: 27 Dec 2012 09:02 AM PST A company based in the Congo says it is the first to launch a smartphone and tablet fully designed and engineered in Africa. |
| China opens GPS-substitute to public Posted: 27 Dec 2012 06:41 AM PST China allows commercial services in Asia to start using Beidou, its location data rival to the US's GPS system. |
| US sees upturn in cinema audiences Posted: 27 Dec 2012 01:42 AM PST Cinema audiences in the US rise for the first time in three years, bucking a downward trend in ticket sales. |
| Graphene research gets £21.5m fund Posted: 27 Dec 2012 12:22 AM PST Universities are encouraged to develop commercial uses for the so-called miracle material graphene, with an government investment fund of £21.5m. |
| Brain scan can sort dementia by type Posted: 26 Dec 2012 05:45 PM PST Scientists say they have found a way to distinguish different types of dementia without the need for invasive tests. |
| Manager Berg sacked by Blackburn Posted: 27 Dec 2012 10:37 AM PST Championship club Blackburn Rovers sack manager Henning Berg after 10 matches and 57 days in charge at Ewood Park. |
| Clarke sets Australia run record Posted: 27 Dec 2012 02:17 AM PST Australia captain Michael Clarke hits his 22nd Test century to become his country's highest run scorer in a calendar year. |
| South Africa's Zuma in dog row Posted: 27 Dec 2012 08:52 AM PST South Africa's government seeks to clarify remarks by President Jacob Zuma, who angered dog lovers by reportedly saying pets were part of white culture. |
| Kate Winslet marries in New York Posted: 27 Dec 2012 03:57 AM PST Kate Winslet weds in private New York ceremony, the third marriage for the Oscar-winning actress. |
| Morsi opponents mull talks offer Posted: 27 Dec 2012 02:32 AM PST Egypt's opposition says it will consider an offer of dialogue made by President Morsi, two days after a controversial constitution became law. |
| Japan to review nuclear phase-out Posted: 27 Dec 2012 03:07 AM PST Japan's new government says it will review the plan agreed after the Fukushima disaster to abandon nuclear power. |
| N Ossetia Muslim leader shot dead Posted: 27 Dec 2012 01:40 AM PST A Muslim spiritual leader is shot dead in the Russian Caucasus republic of North Ossetia. |
| Former Argentine minister jailed Posted: 27 Dec 2012 10:37 AM PST Former Argentine finance minister Felisa Miceli is sentenced to four years in jail for corruption after about $52,000 was found in her office bathroom. |
| Mubarak 'to return to hospital' Posted: 27 Dec 2012 06:55 AM PST Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who is serving a life sentence, is to return to hospital after another health relapse, judicial sources say. |
| US snow storm claims more lives Posted: 27 Dec 2012 08:29 AM PST Twelve people are reported killed by a severe snow storm now moving into north-eastern US states after disrupting Christmas in the Midwest. |
| Tributes to M6 car crash family Posted: 27 Dec 2012 08:08 AM PST Tributes are paid to two brothers and their aunt who died in a Christmas Day accident on the M6 in Staffordshire. |
| Huge rise in social media 'crimes' Posted: 27 Dec 2012 04:54 AM PST The number of alleged crimes involving Facebook and Twitter has increased nearly eight-fold in four years, according to police figures. |
| Wet weather affects rail and roads Posted: 27 Dec 2012 10:27 AM PST Wet and stormy weather continues to affect rail and road travel across the UK, with a school fire in Dorset thought to have been started by lightning. |
| M-way screens to stop rubbernecking Posted: 27 Dec 2012 08:01 AM PST More than 3,000 screens have been bought by the Highways Agency to stop drivers in England slowing down to stare at motorway accidents. |
| Posted: 26 Dec 2012 04:51 PM PST Saying goodbye to some of those who died in 2012 |
| Posted: 26 Dec 2012 11:49 PM PST How women rebuilt Rwanda after the genocide |
| Jordan: Price rises spark anger Posted: 27 Dec 2012 04:34 AM PST Rising gas prices spark anti-government demos in Jordan |
| Cuba town's British Caribbean heritage Posted: 27 Dec 2012 01:49 AM PST Meet the maypole-dancing, cricket-loving Cubans |
| Day in pictures: 27 December 2012 Posted: 27 Dec 2012 06:50 AM PST Twenty-four hours of news photos from around the world |
| Posted: 26 Dec 2012 12:44 PM PST The life of TV's puppet king Gerry Anderson |
| F1 2013 is just around the corner Posted: 26 Dec 2012 12:26 AM PST New cars in January, testing in February - what can we expect? |
| Posted: 26 Dec 2012 08:12 PM PST The much-missed reporter, the activist and the boxer |
| 2012 Review of the Year: David Cameron Posted: 27 Dec 2012 05:07 AM PST David Cameron has endured a tough year, writes Ben Wright |
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