Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Pakistan push to flooded villages

Pakistan push to flooded villages

Pakistan push to flooded villages

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 08:27 AM PDT

Pakistani rescue teams try to reach tens of thousands of people cut off by devastating floods which are now estimated to have affected three million people.

Criticism ahead of Pakistan visit

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 08:39 AM PDT

As Pakistan's president is due to arrive in the UK, critics say he should be at home helping his country deal with devastating floods instead.

Deadly Israel-Lebanon troop clash

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 10:42 AM PDT

Three Lebanese soldiers, a senior Israeli officer and a journalist are killed in the first serious clash since the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah conflict.

Women 'refused help' before death

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 09:04 AM PDT

A mother and her disabled daughter, who were found dead in a house in Hertfordshire, had refused help from social workers, a council says.

Cuts to aid success, says Cameron

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 09:05 AM PDT

David Cameron promises there will be "light at the end of the tunnel" for the economy following the government's cuts programme.

Northern Rock returns to profit

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 04:50 AM PDT

Northern Rock's "bad bank" arm containing old mortgages and loans returns to profit, but the new "good" bank makes a loss.

Several dead in US work shooting

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 10:39 AM PDT

As many as nine people are feared dead after a gunman opened fire at a beer distribution firm in Connecticut.

Inmate held over paedophile death

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 03:02 AM PDT

A man is arrested following a fatal attack on a fellow inmate at a jail in Buckinghamshire.

Primary pupil scores edge upwards

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 01:40 AM PDT

Primary school test results for 11 year olds in England have shown an improvement in English and maths.

Wheat prices reach 22-month high

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 09:04 AM PDT

Wheat prices hit a 22-month high as the severe drought and ensuing wildfires in Russia devastate crops.

PM: Council homes for life may go

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 10:19 AM PDT

Council houses should be allocated on fixed-term deals rather than for life, David Cameron says.

BP ready to plug 'biggest leak'

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 08:48 AM PDT

The US government says the Gulf oil spill is the biggest leak ever, as BP prepares an operation to permanently seal its well.

Dead UK servicemen named by MoD

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 06:52 AM PDT

Two UK servicemen killed on the same day in separate incidents in southern Afghanistan are named by the Ministry of Defence.

Garden snails 'have a homing instinct'

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 09:08 AM PDT

A 69-year-old amateur scientist discovers that her garden snails have a homing instinct.

Wikipedia and FBI in logo use row

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 04:42 AM PDT

A row has broken out between Wikipedia and the FBI over the use of the agency logo.

Striker Torres committed to Reds

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 06:11 AM PDT

Liverpool's Fernando Torres, who had been linked with a move, says he is "committed to the club and fans" and looks forward to working with new boss Roy Hodgson.

Chelsea to pay £17m for Ramires

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 10:16 AM PDT

Chelsea aim to close a £17m deal to sign Brazilian international Ramires from Benfica, the BBC learns.

Flintoff out for rest of summer

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 03:08 AM PDT

England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff will play no cricket for the remainder of the 2010 season, his club Lancashire reveal.

Pompey to learn fate on Thursday

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 09:25 AM PDT

Portsmouth will find out on Thursday whether an appeal by tax authorities which disputes the amount of money owed to them has been successful.

Ben Haim joins West Ham on loan

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 04:13 AM PDT

Portsmouth defender Tal Ben Haim joins West Ham on loan until January.

Angry driver grabbed helicopter

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 05:39 AM PDT

A man is sentenced to a year in prison for endangering the safety of an aircraft when he grabbed a helicopter as it took off from his garden in Bristol.

Councillor in 'Chaffrica' apology

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 10:03 AM PDT

A Tory councillor in Essex apologises after he described the ward he represents as 'Chaffrica' on Facebook.

Addict died as officer surfed web

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 09:09 AM PDT

The family of a teenager who died from a drugs overdose in custody condemn police for failing in their duty of care.

Woman held after 'drink murder'

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 09:02 AM PDT

A woman is arrested following the death of a man in Glasgow who is believed to have been attacked for his alcohol.

200lb of explosives in car bomb

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 08:47 AM PDT

A car that exploded outside a police station in Londonderry on Tuesday contained 200lb of homemade explosives, police say.

Tributes paid to Portadown soldier

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 10:45 AM PDT

Thousands of people have lined the streets of Portadown for the funeral of a soldier from Northern Ireland killed in Afghanistan.

Bishop sorry over soldier sermon

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 09:28 AM PDT

A bishop apologises after relatives of a soldier killed in Afghanistan criticised his sermon at the funeral for making "political points" about funding.

Motorcyclist dies after collision

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 10:43 AM PDT

A motorcyclist dies following a collision with a car on the Dolgellau to Barmouth road in Gwynedd.

Jail term for SA ex-police chief

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 05:25 AM PDT

Jackie Selebi, the former South African police chief convicted of taking bribes from a drug dealer, is given a 15-year jail sentence.

Four jailed for Togo attack links

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 09:47 AM PDT

Angola sentences four human rights activists for reported links with a separatist group which carried out an attack on the Togolese football team in January.

N Korea warns on Yellow Sea drill

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 12:17 AM PDT

North Korea promises "strong physical retaliation" over Seoul's anti-submarine drills near the disputed Yellow Sea border.

Indonesia 'must face Papua issue'

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 06:39 AM PDT

Indonesia must address discontent in Papua or face increased militancy from independence supporters, a report says.

Fires spreading in parched Russia

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 09:15 AM PDT

Russia struggles to contain its disastrous wildfires with military aircraft hangars near Moscow among sites destroyed by the flames.

Poland clash over memorial cross

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 06:47 AM PDT

Poland delays the planned removal of a cross dedicated to the late President Kaczynski after hundreds of his supporters clashed with police.

Iran rejects Brazil asylum offer

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 06:11 AM PDT

Iran says the Brazilian president did not have enough information when he offered refuge to an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning.

Shot Paraguay star's memory loss

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 01:33 AM PDT

Paraguayan footballer Salvador Cabanas who survived a gunshot to the head tells investigators he remembers little of the shooting.

Deadly blasts kill three in Iraq

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 10:37 AM PDT

Near-simultaneous blasts in the southern Iraqi city of Kut have killed at least three and wounded dozens, officials say.

Iran 'spy trial' opens in Kuwait

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 04:18 AM PDT

A trial opens in Kuwait of six men, including a Kuwaiti soldier, and one woman accused of spying for Iran.

War in Afghanistan 'being lost'

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 08:35 AM PDT

Pakistan's president says the war against the Taliban is being lost because there is no popular support for it in Afghanistan.

Minister bounds 'errant' official

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 09:07 AM PDT

One of Sri Lanka's top civil service unions condemns an incident in which an official is tied to a tree by a government minister in Colombo.

'Ground Zero mosque' moves closer

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 08:02 AM PDT

An attempt to block a plan for a mosque near Ground Zero in New York has failed after the site was denied landmark status.

ITV to launch HD channels on Sky

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 02:06 AM PDT

Broadcaster ITV says it will be moving into pay-TV as it announces a £97m profit for the first six months of the year.

New body for supermarket disputes

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 05:11 AM PDT

An adjudicator to resolve disputes between supermarkets and their suppliers is to be established, the government announces.

RBS fined £5.6m for rule breaches

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 04:05 AM PDT

Royal Bank of Scotland has been fined £5.6m for failing to ensure that customers and their transactions were not involved in terrorism.

Government cuts advertising jobs

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 07:03 AM PDT

The government is to get rid of 287 advertising and marketing jobs as part of its spending cuts programme.

Trade unions plan joint protests

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 07:05 AM PDT

Trade unions are planning coordinated protests against the government's plans to slash public spending.

Balls: Lib Dems are cannon fodder

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 03:12 AM PDT

Labour leadership contender Ed Balls argues that his party must focus attacks on the Conservatives rather than the Lib Dems.

Call for law change on quad bikes

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 04:54 AM PDT

Doctors say that quad bike riders should be forced to wear helmets to help cut down on head injuries and road fatalities.

Hospital's new superbug screening

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 08:51 AM PDT

Patients at Blackpool Victoria Hospital are screened for the MSSA superbug in a bid to cut infections.

'Lack of action' over abuse fears

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 10:39 PM PDT

A council is criticised for its failure to investigate suspicions that two children were being abused by their father.

Concern over teachers' literacy

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 06:37 AM PDT

Many new teachers feel ill-prepared to teach basic literacy and numeracy, according to an HMIe report.

Web attack knows where you live

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 03:18 AM PDT

A single visit to a booby-trapped webpage could let attackers find out your exact location, reveals a security researcher.

Telco wins crucial data from BT

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 06:14 AM PDT

BT has agreed to change the way it hands over vital customer data to rivals.

RIM launches touchscreen Torch

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 09:26 AM PDT

Blackberry launches a touchscreen mobile in an effort to challenge devices from Apple and those running Google Android software.

Spider size a question of gravity

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 03:02 AM PDT

In some species of spider, males are far smaller than females; now scientists think they know why.

Urgent spacewalks to fix ISS pump

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 04:45 AM PDT

Nasa is planning two emergency spacewalks to repair the cooling system on the International Space Station.

Asia 'spurs Brazil shark kills'

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 09:35 PM PDT

An environmental group accuses a Brazilian company of killing almost 300,000 sharks to meet Asian demand for shark fin soup.

Will.i.am against Jackson record

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 09:35 AM PDT

Musician Will.i.am speaks out against plans to release an album of previously unheard Michael Jackson material.

Williams to headline Heroes gig

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 10:00 PM PDT

Robbie Williams and Alexandra Burke are among the stars on the bill for a benefit concert for servicemen and women, it is announced.

Gaga takes cocaine ‘occasionally’

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 01:45 AM PDT

Lady Gaga admits to "occasional" cocaine use in a US interview but says she does not want her fans to emulate her behaviour.

Driving through Russia's wildfires

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 08:26 AM PDT

Volunteers travelling to help people protect their homes from approaching forest fires got too close for comfort to the blaze.

In a Pakistan town as more rain hits

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 03:39 AM PDT

Renewed rain has been hampering relief efforts after floods in Pakistan which have killed at least 1,500 people and left tens of thousands cut off.

Cameron wants cuts to stay

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 07:26 AM PDT

David Cameron has said that his government is seeking to "avoid" making cuts that can be "restored" in the future. Cuts to public services must be "sustainable", he said.

Remains of St John the Baptist 'found'

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 01:20 AM PDT

Bone fragments of St John the Baptist appear to have been found on Sveti Ivan Island near Bulgaria's southern Black Sea.

Couple sell home for movie dream

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 06:03 AM PDT

A couple from Cambridgeshire have sold their house to make their movie dream come true.

Candid video of Britain's past

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 04:28 AM PDT

Hundreds of old home videos have been restored to their former glory for a BBC 2 documentary

Ancient art of shadow puppetry

Posted: 02 Aug 2010 11:56 PM PDT

One man in Indonesia is working into his sixties to keep an old tradition alive.

Deadly Lebanon-Israel clash over tree

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 09:34 AM PDT

At least three Lebanese soldiers, a senior Israeli officer and a journalist have been killed in an exchange of fire along the two countries' border.

Selling the seaside

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 06:31 AM PDT

Would these posters draw you to an English holiday?

River dipping

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 05:05 AM PDT

The fight against chlorine, changing and lane swimming

New World treasures

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 09:57 AM PDT

Images of some of the additions to Unesco's protected heritage sites

Mothers' milk

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 06:50 AM PDT

Should it be law that all babies be breastfed as a model suggests?

Stoking passions

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 04:17 AM PDT

'Ground Zero mosque' plan provokes controversy in New York

Q&A: Sats debate

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 04:24 AM PDT

Questions on row over England's primary school tests

The white stuff

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 04:56 AM PDT

Cloned cows are in the news but how do you import one?
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