Thursday, January 3, 2013

Delhi gang-rape suspects charged

Delhi gang-rape suspects charged

Delhi gang-rape suspects charged

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 09:00 AM PST

Five men are charged with the kidnap, rape and murder of a 23-year-old student on a bus in Delhi which sparked widespread outrage in India.

Bomb kills Shia pilgrims in Iraq

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 08:41 AM PST

A car bomb kills at least 20 Shia Muslim pilgrims and injures others in the Iraqi town of Musayyib, south of the capital Baghdad, officials say.

Depardieu 'now a Russian citizen'

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 03:25 AM PST

Actor Gerard Depardieu, who has been involved in a furious tax row with the French government, is granted Russian citizenship, the Kremlin says.

Pakistan militant leader 'killed'

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 09:53 AM PST

Senior Pakistani militant leader Mullah Nazir is killed by a US drone strike in the tribal area of north-western Pakistan, local security officials say.

Organ donor scandal hits Germany

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 02:43 AM PST

Prosecutors investigate an organ donor scandal in the east German city of Leipzig in which doctors allegedly manipulated a waiting list for livers.

Argentina rebuffed over Falklands

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 07:40 AM PST

UK Prime Minister David Cameron strongly rebuffs a call by Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner for the UK to return the Falklands.

Fierce fighting at Syria airports

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 03:35 AM PST

Intense battles are going on at several airports in northern Syria, as rebels attempt to neutralise the government's air advantage.

Turkish ex-military boss arrested

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 07:16 AM PST

Former Turkish army chief Gen Ismail Hakki Karadayi is held over a 1997 coup that ousted a pro-Islamist government.

Sandy Hook children back to class

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 07:31 AM PST

Children from the primary school where a gunman killed 26 people last month begin the new term at a building police say is the US's "safest school".

Italy halts Vatican card payments

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 09:30 AM PST

Italy's central bank suspends bank card payments in the Vatican, saying it has not fully implemented anti-laundering legislation, media say.

New US Congress re-elects Boehner

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 10:44 AM PST

The US Congress begins a new term and re-elects John Boehner as House speaker, with partisan budget battles expected to resume in the coming weeks.

Racist chants halt Milan friendly

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 07:40 AM PST

A friendly between AC Milan and Italian lower division club Pro Patria is suspended after players walk off because of racist chants.

VIDEO: Silence in Fukushima ghost town

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 07:30 PM PST

BBC correspondent Rupert Wingfield-Hayes reports on what has happened to villages around Fukushima since the disaster, and the workers who were there at the time.

VIDEO: Tarantino's filmic 'umbilical cord'

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 09:19 AM PST

Director and screenwriter Quentin Tarantino says his films have an "umbilical cord" link, starting with his 1992 film, Reservoir Dogs.

VIDEO: Zookeepers begin annual count

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 12:14 AM PST

Zookeepers across the UK are starting the annual job of counting the animals they have in their care.

VIDEO: One Pound Fish man 'not deported'

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 08:10 AM PST

A man whose east London market stall banter went viral has told the BBC he was not deported from the UK

VIDEO: Lincoln tipped for Oscar glory

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 04:02 PM PST

Oscar-winning actress Sally Field is being tipped as a potential nominee in the 2013 awards season for her role as the president's wife in Steven Spielberg's Lincoln.

Transocean agrees oil spill fine

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 10:29 AM PST

Transocean, which owned the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, agrees a $1.4bn (£867m) settlement with the US government for violating the Clean Water Act.

Skippy brand sold to Spam owner

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 08:23 AM PST

Peanut butter brand Skippy is sold for $700m (£431m) by Dutch food giant Unilever to the US company behind Spam.

Elite reboot hits funding target

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 03:41 AM PST

An ambitious plan to update classic space trading game Elite has hit its funding target on the Kickstarter website.

Island community pleads for internet

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 05:40 AM PST

One of the world's most remote islands has renewed its plea for the UK government to fund a multimillion pound plan to bring broadband to residents.

Panel 'examines Zero Dark Thirty'

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 04:13 AM PST

A US Senate committee reportedly looks into the contacts between the CIA and the makers of Zero Dark Thirty, a film about the hunt for Osama Bin Laden.

HBO sued over cancelled show Luck

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 04:36 AM PST

US network HBO is sued by a woman who claims she was unfairly dismissed from horseracing drama Luck, which was axed after several animals died.

2012 'second wettest on record'

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 07:07 AM PST

The Met Office says 2012 has been the second wettest year on record in the UK, as a study says the frequency of extreme rainfall may be increasing.

US town bans small water bottles

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 04:05 PM PST

The town of Concord in Massachusetts bans the sale of bottled water in units smaller than one litre to reduce waste and encourage tap water use.

Immune 'booster' may hit cancer

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 09:33 AM PST

Vast numbers of cells that can attack cancer and HIV have been grown in the lab, and could potentially be used to fight disease.

Balotelli & Mancini in 'bust-up'

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 07:37 AM PST

Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli appears to have been involved in a training ground bust-up with manager Roberto Mancini.

Jamshed ton hands Pakistan series

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 08:01 AM PST

Nasir Jamshed's second consecutive century helps Pakistan beat India by 85 runs and clinch the one-day series.

Libyan gunmen seize top policeman

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 08:06 AM PST

Armed men seize the acting head of the criminal investigation department in Libya's second city, Benghazi.

Nepal torture suspect held in UK

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 09:22 AM PST

Detectives from Britain's Metropolitan Police arrest a man on suspicion of torture, allegedly committed during the civil war in Nepal in 2005.

Three shot dead in Swiss village

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 01:31 AM PST

A gunman opens fire in a Swiss village, killing three people and wounding two others, before being arrested, police say.

'Truth' demand over Chavez health

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 04:22 PM PST

Venezuela's opposition calls for an "objective" account of the health of President Chavez, who is said to be "stable but delicate" in hospital.

Egypt league back despite clashes

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 06:24 AM PST

Egypt's Premier League will resume next month, despite an incident of football-related violence in Port Said on Wednesday.

Al Jazeera targets US expansion

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 05:05 AM PST

Qatar-based broadcaster Al Jazeera acquires Current TV, the cable television network founded by former US Vice President Al Gore.

Last Jarrow marcher dies aged 96

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 10:24 AM PST

The last survivor of the Jarrow March, a famous protest against unemployment and poverty during the Great Depression, dies aged 96.

Longest-serving PoW dies aged 98

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 06:02 AM PST

The man thought to be the longest-serving British prisoner of war during World War II dies in hospital in Bournemouth aged 98.

Means-test winter fuel benefit call

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 09:13 AM PST

Winter fuel allowance should be means-tested to help pay for reform of elderly care, a former minister says.

Terror suspect extradited to US

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 07:02 AM PST

A terror suspect accused of leading an al-Qaeda plot to set off bombs in the centre of Manchester is extradited to the United States.

Making friends in the new North Korea

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 04:38 PM PST

Bringing modern music to Pyongyang

Spiritual, but not religious

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 06:20 AM PST

What do people mean by 'spiritual but not religious'?

Day in pictures: 3 January 2013

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 04:13 AM PST

Twenty four hours of news photos from around the world

Ecuador's school drugs problem

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 04:18 AM PST

Student death puts spotlight on drug dealing in Ecuador schools

Fiscal cliff: Economic winners and losers

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 06:27 PM PST

Milk drinkers and other fiscal cliff winners and losers

Why Japan's 'Fukushima 50' remain unknown

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 01:41 AM PST

Why Japan's 'Fukushima 50' remain out of the spotlight

Can a computer out-compose Mozart?

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 04:01 PM PST

The computer that can compose billions of pieces of music

Viewpoint: The future of mobility

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 04:01 PM PST

How technology makes mobility flexible

VIDEO: Transcending pain in competitive yoga

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 04:07 PM PST

Inside the world of competitive yoga

BBC Sound of 2013: AlunaGeorge

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 11:16 PM PST

London R&B duo AlunaGeorge are second on BBC new music list

Militant death spells trouble for Pakistan

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 08:09 AM PST

Top militant's killing - a blow to Pakistan plans, says Ilyas Khan
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