Monday, August 2, 2010

'Millions' hit by Pakistan floods

'Millions' hit by Pakistan floods


'Millions' hit by Pakistan floods

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 08:40 AM PDT

Up to two-and-a-half million people have been affected by Pakistan's worst floods in 80 years, International Red Cross officials say.

Obama confirms pullout from Iraq

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 10:44 AM PDT

US President Barack Obama confirms the withdrawal of most US troops from Iraq by the end of the month, in a speech to disabled veterans.

HSBC sees profits double to $11bn

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 09:27 AM PDT

The UK's biggest bank, HSBC, says its profits doubled in the first half of the year to $11.1bn (£7bn).

Israel endorses UN flotilla probe

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 10:00 AM PDT

Israel announces it will co-operate with a UN panel of investigation into its raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla in May which killed nine Turkish activists.

Family win council 'spying' case

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 08:16 AM PDT

A council in Dorset which spied on a family to see if they lived in the right school catchment area loses a landmark ruling over its actions.

Belfast goodbye to Alex Higgins

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 06:10 AM PDT

Stars from the world of snooker join hundreds of people at the funeral of the two-time world champion Alex Higgins in Belfast.

Man jailed over Shakespeare folio

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 08:22 AM PDT

Antiques dealer Raymond Scott is sent to prison for eight years for handling a rare stolen copy of Shakespeare's first folio.

Pakistan summons Britain's envoy

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 09:43 AM PDT

Pakistan's government summons Britain's envoy in Islamabad following recent critical remarks by UK Prime Minister David Cameron.

Afghan operation reaches Saidabad

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 08:55 AM PDT

British forces enter the town of Saidabad, in the Nad Ali district of Helmand province, in an offensive to rid the area of insurgents.

Russia declares fires emergency

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 09:12 AM PDT

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev declares a state of emergency in seven Russian regions because of wildfires which have so far killed 40 people.

Lying special Pc guilty of attack

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 07:31 AM PDT

A special Pc who repeatedly hit a man in Greater Manchester and then lied about the attack is warned he faces being jailed.

Probe into cloned cow milk claim

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 11:42 PM PDT

The Food Standards Agency is investigating reports that milk from a cloned cow's offspring is on sale in the UK.

Oak moth prompts asthma warning

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 09:03 AM PDT

The public is warned of health risks posed by the oak moth 'pest' that has invaded trees in the UK

Columnist criticised for "lethal" Thames swim

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 06:03 AM PDT

The Port of London Authority criticises a newspaper columnist who swam across the River Thames.

Alicia Keys marries music producer Swizz Beatz

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 01:30 AM PDT

Alicia Keys marries music producer Swizz Beatz, with whom she is expecting a baby, at a private ceremony in Europe.

Liverpool consider 'several' bids

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 09:53 AM PDT

Chinese businessman Kenny Huang is one of "several" candidates who have submitted a bid to buy Liverpool, BBC Sport understands.

Schumacher 'sorry' for manoeuvre

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 08:34 AM PDT

Michael Schumacher says he is "sorry" if Rubens Barrichello felt he was put in danger by his blocking move at the Hungarian Grand Prix.

GB athletics boss 'like Mourinho'

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 08:12 AM PDT

British heptathlete Kelly Sotherton says the team's head coach Charles van Commenee, her former personal coach, has the same passion for his job as football manager Jose Mourinho.

Semenya to compete in Berlin race

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 09:20 AM PDT

World 800m champion Caster Semenya will return to the scene of her biggest win when she races in Berlin next month.

England unchanged for second Test

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 05:33 AM PDT

England retain the same faces for the second Test against Pakistan at Edgbaston, which starts on Friday.

Mother 'smothered girl with toy'

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 10:32 AM PDT

A mother from Greater Manchester murdered her daughter by suffocating her with a soft toy, a court hears.

Men used girl as 'sex commodity'

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 10:32 AM PDT

A vulnerable 14-year-old was sexually exploited by a series of men across Greater Manchester after going missing from her home.

Mother dies in A9 motorbike crash

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 07:45 AM PDT

Police name a mother-of-two who died in an accident, just hours after she picked up her first motorbike.

Mine shaft death delay criticised

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 07:24 AM PDT

A fire officer says rules which delayed the rescue of a woman who died after falling down a mine shaft were "indefensible".

Adams parades talks 'worthwhile'

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 10:19 AM PDT

The Sinn Fein President has described a meeting with a group representing the organisers of loyalist parades as "worthwhile".

Riot accused 'spotted in paper'

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 07:34 AM PDT

A teenager accused of 12 July rioting handed himself in to police after his father saw his photo in a newspaper, a court is told.

Man jailed over soldier's death

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 07:33 AM PDT

A man who killed a soldier and injured his wife outside a Newcastle nightclub is jailed for five years.

Inquiry after death at steel site

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 05:51 AM PDT

Police and health and safety officers start an investigation after a man dies on the site of a Llanelli steel products company.

S Africa care home fire kills 18

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 01:39 AM PDT

A fire at a retirement home in South Africa leaves 18 people dead, officials say.

Search for boat capsize survivors

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 10:08 AM PDT

Ugandan police say the search for survivors is continuing after a boat capsizes on Lake Albert, as at least 33 are feared dead.

Tractor rampage in China kills 11

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 03:15 AM PDT

A drunk man driving a tractor has killed 11 and wounded many more in a rampage through a northern province of China.

Activists win Asian 'Nobel prize'

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 07:41 AM PDT

The mayor of Hiroshima is among the winners of this year's Ramon Magsaysay prize, widely seen as Asia's version of the Nobel prize.

EU ends G Bissau security mission

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 08:25 AM PDT

The EU says it will end its mission to reform Guinea-Bissau's security forces because law and order has deteriorated in the West African state.

Chechen rebel 'steps down' at 46

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 02:13 PM PDT

Chechen warlord Doku Umarov, who claimed the Moscow Metro bombings, reportedly says is stepping down because of his age.

Cuba to ease some economy control

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 12:51 AM PDT

Cuban President Raul Castro rules out wide-ranging market reforms but says more Cubans will be allowed to be self-employed.

'One dead' as missile hits Jordan

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 04:58 AM PDT

One man is killed when a rocket lands in the Jordanian port city of Aqaba, one of several apparently fired at the nearby Israeli resort of Eilat, reports say.

Ahmadinejad offers Obama debate

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 06:36 AM PDT

Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says he is willing to meet US President Barack Obama for "face-to-face" talks in front of the media.

Pakistani polititian is shot dead

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 08:33 AM PDT

A member of the Sindh provincial assembly is shot dead as he attends a funeral at a mosque in the southern port city of Karachi.

Children die in Afghan bomb blast

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 05:35 AM PDT

Six Afghan children die after a suicide bomber targets the vehicle of a government official in the southern province of Kandahar.

BP prepares to seal Gulf oil well

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 10:23 AM PDT

BP says it plans to plug its oil well in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday, after conducting tests to see whether the "static kill" will work.

Greenspan warning on US recovery

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 11:55 PM PDT

Former chairman of the Federal Reserve, Alan Greenspan, warns that the US could be heading towards a double-dip recession.

Banks lift global stock markets

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 09:34 AM PDT

World stock markets are lifted by banking shares after HSBC and BNP Paribas both reported profits ahead of expectations.

Mortgage rationing still in force

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 04:23 AM PDT

Mortgage lenders continue to ration the size of their loans, with almost two-thirds of deals requiring a 25% deposit.

Talks on defence budget 'ongoing'

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 07:55 AM PDT

Defence Secretary Liam Fox says negotiations over the size of his department's budget are continuing with "difficult decisions" to be taken.

Commons reform timings under fire

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 06:55 AM PDT

A Commons committee warns it has been given "inadequate" time to scrutinise plans for voting changes and cutting the number of MPs.

UK 'must improve on deportations'

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 09:12 AM PDT

Immigration minister Damian Green warns the UK must become better at deporting illegal immigrants.

Ministers to review doctor hours

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 12:31 AM PDT

Ministers are to review European rules that restrict the number of hours that doctors can work.

Herpes virus used to treat cancer

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 04:12 PM PDT

UK doctors say they have used a genetically engineered herpes virus to treat successfully patients with head and neck cancer.

Hope over health 'responsibility'

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 04:14 PM PDT

The stress on personal responsibility for health is being welcomed by experts - but they warn people still need some help in improving their lifestyles.

Many 'fearful of helping child'

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 04:23 PM PDT

Many people fear helping a child in need in case witnesses think they are trying to abduct the youngster, a survey suggests.

Student visas policy under review

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 09:23 PM PDT

A review of student visas is to be conducted after the number of students coming to the UK rose by one third last year.

Interns are 'entitled to be paid'

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 04:00 PM PDT

Many young people working free as interns may legally be entitled to pay, a report says.

Microsoft to patch shortcut bug

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 02:52 AM PDT

An urgent security patch for a flaw in the way Microsoft Windows handles shortcuts is being issued on 2 August, the firm says.

Android phone shipments explode

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 08:26 AM PDT

Shipments of Google's Android mobile operating system have rocketed by 886% in the last year, figures suggest.

iPhone 4 jailbreak app goes live

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 03:04 AM PDT

Jailbreakme 2.0, the new software app that lets iPhone and iPod touch owners running iOS4 use unrestricted applications, is released.

Climate target 'could cost £8bn'

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 05:41 AM PDT

The cost to the taxpayer of meeting Scotland's climate change target is put at about £8bn over the next 10 years.

Call to overhaul funding for BBC

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 07:44 AM PDT

The TV licence fee is "obsolete" and should be replaced with a voluntary subscription for some BBC programming, a think tank says.

Battersby actress to quit Corrie

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 09:58 AM PDT

Coronation Street actress Vicky Entwistle has decided to leave the show after 14 years playing loudmouth Janice Battersby.

Lindsay Lohan released from jail

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 03:22 AM PDT

US actress Lindsay Lohan is released from jail after serving less than two weeks of a 90-day sentence.

Been and Gone

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 02:38 AM PDT

Our regular column covering the passing of significant - but lesser reported - people of the past month.

Funeral for snooker ace Alex Higgins

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 05:14 AM PDT

The funeral of the former world champion snooker player Alex Higgins has taken place in Belfast.

Shock at French eviction video

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 10:33 PM PDT

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been accused of pandering to the far-right in an attempt to boost his popularity, as video emergence of a police eviction of African immigrants.

'Spies' followed us around

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 09:53 AM PDT

A family in Dorset has won a landmark ruling after challenging their local council's use of covert surveillance to check if they lived in the right school catchment area.

On patrol with UK troops in Afghanistan

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 02:31 PM PDT

Day three of Operation Tor Shezada in Afghanistan has seen British troops continuing foot patrols with the Afghan National Army.

Pakistan flood victims on the road

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 12:21 PM PDT

The main north-south motorway into flood-hit north-west Pakistan partially reopened on Sunday to help get aid into the region.

Stray Staffie Brandy's sad fate

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 10:15 PM PDT

Panorama follows the sad fate of stray Staffordshire bull terrier Brandy through Battersea Dogs and Cats Home.

Gormley sculptures high in Alps

Posted: 01 Aug 2010 10:10 PM PDT

British sculptor Antony Gormley has created 100 life-size human figures and installed them high in the Austrian Alps.

Eating at altitude over Edinburgh

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 08:49 AM PDT

An attraction has arrived in Edinburgh for the Festival, which allows people to eat a meal at a table 100 feet in the air.

Pushing pixels

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 12:06 AM PDT

Can you ever believe your eyes in the digital world?

A flamboyant life

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 09:08 AM PDT

Fans bid final farewell to Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins in Belfast

Cloning controversy

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 07:38 AM PDT

Is it safe to consume milk and meat from cloned animals?

Soaring flames

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 07:58 AM PDT

Your images from Russia where high winds fan forest flames

New penthouses

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 03:22 AM PDT

Should a beach hut cost the same as a one-bed flat?

Arctic race

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 02:34 AM PDT

Survey could help nations unlock riches beneath sea

On death's doormat

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 04:48 AM PDT

Would you buy a magazine that's all about death?

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