Hungary fights deadly sludge leak |
- Hungary fights deadly sludge leak
- Life sentence for NY bomb plotter
- Rogue trader to serve jail term
- Fearful Indonesia leader cancels trip
- Syrian teenager 'held for spying'
- Musharraf admits training militants
- Three dead in Bangkok explosion
- Saudi prince 'murdered' servant
- Israel probes soldier dance video
- France holds nine in terror raids
- Materials breakthrough wins Nobel
- Top author's glasses held to ransom
- How sticky tape trick led to Nobel Prize
- Shooters win India's first golds
- Delhi stadium in race to be ready
- Laxman sees India to dramatic win
- Tax break hint amid benefit row
- Major fire destroys Hastings Pier
- Officers injured in Derry bombing
- Pakistan flood appeal tops £60m
- Primary pupils found with drugs
- Murder probe after men found dead
- Sheridan note change 'discussed'
- Groping drummer given probation
- Gaelic player not guilty of GBH
- 'Rape victim dragged along road'
- Woman's track protest stops train
- Inquiry into girl's sudden death
- Soldier in Afghan shooting sacked
- Wind farms affect local weather
- Chile miners rescue hopes raised
- Colombia nets 'drug lord's cash'
- Nigeria lead poisoning 'doubles'
- Sudan gets referendum timetable
- Serbia marks demise of Milosevic
- Russia and Egypt in telecom deal
- West Bank mosque attack condemned
- Dissident Egyptian editor sacked
- Deadly blasts in Afghanistan city
- Aung San Suu Kyi sues Burma junta
- Anger over Australian taser video
- Japan cuts interest rate further
- IMF worries over financial system
- US service sector picks up speed
- Apple faces $600m damages claim
- Tablet PC for developing nations
- BT seeks freeze on piracy cases
- Snyder to direct Superman movie
- Matisse bronze could fetch $35m
- Indian language is new to science
- Asteroid has deep debris blanket
- Rare bumblebees making comeback
- Vatican critical of IVF Nobel win
- Flu jabs in pregnancy 'aid child'
- How to fill empty stadiums
- Rise of the black squirrel
- Police in Australia tasered man 13 times
- Why Albania fell for Norman Wisdom
- EU helps train Somali soldiers
- Toxic sludge floods Hungary villages
- Russell Brand scare for Scots politician
- Journey into China's 'climate cave'
- Viktor Bout closer to extradition
- Serbia ten years after Milosevic
- The German connection
- Friend for a fee
- Day in pictures
- Fired up and ready to vote
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| Hungary fights deadly sludge leak Posted: 05 Oct 2010 10:03 AM PDT Hungary declares an emergency after a torrent of sludge from an alumina plant kills at least four people and heads towards major rivers. |
| Life sentence for NY bomb plotter Posted: 05 Oct 2010 09:49 AM PDT Faisal Shahzad, convicted of an attempted car bomb attack in New York's Times Square, is sentenced to life in prison. |
| Rogue trader to serve jail term Posted: 05 Oct 2010 03:53 AM PDT Former trader Jerome Kerviel faces three years in jail over his role in a scandal at Societe General that cost the firm 5bn euros. |
| Fearful Indonesia leader cancels trip Posted: 05 Oct 2010 03:39 AM PDT Indonesia's president calls off a state visit to the Netherlands because of a threat that he could be arrested over alleged human rights violations. |
| Syrian teenager 'held for spying' Posted: 05 Oct 2010 02:54 AM PDT Syria has accused a teenaged girl, held without charge for nine months, of spying for a foreign power, officials say. |
| Musharraf admits training militants Posted: 05 Oct 2010 05:56 AM PDT Former Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharraf says that his forces trained militant groups to fight in Indian-administered Kashmir. |
| Three dead in Bangkok explosion Posted: 05 Oct 2010 10:06 AM PDT Three people are killed in a suspected bomb blast at an apartment complex in a suburb in north of Bangkok |
| Saudi prince 'murdered' servant Posted: 05 Oct 2010 08:12 AM PDT A Saudi Arabian prince murdered his servant in a London hotel in an attack with a "gay sexual element", the Old Bailey hears. |
| Israel probes soldier dance video Posted: 05 Oct 2010 06:29 AM PDT Israel's army says it is investigating a video which appears to show a soldier dancing around a bound and blindfolded Palestinian woman. |
| France holds nine in terror raids Posted: 05 Oct 2010 05:03 AM PDT French police arrest nine people and seize guns and ammunition in anti-terrorism raids in the south of the country, officials say. |
| Materials breakthrough wins Nobel Posted: 05 Oct 2010 05:42 AM PDT Two UK-based scientists have shared this year's Nobel Prize for Physics for their work on a sheet-like material called graphene with amazing properties. |
| Top author's glasses held to ransom Posted: 05 Oct 2010 04:44 AM PDT A man is arrested at author Jonathan Franzen's book launch after he stole the writer's glasses and demanded a ransom of £100,000. |
| How sticky tape trick led to Nobel Prize Posted: 05 Oct 2010 09:40 AM PDT Graphene, the material behind the award of this year's Nobel Prize in Physics, is an amazing material with exotic properties. |
| Shooters win India's first golds Posted: 04 Oct 2010 10:36 PM PDT India's Abhinav Bindra and Gagan Narang win the 10m air rifle pairs to secure the host nation's first gold medal of the Commonwealth Games. |
| Delhi stadium in race to be ready Posted: 05 Oct 2010 09:08 AM PDT The Commonwealth Games stadium in Delhi faces a crucial 24 hours as workers battle to ensure it is ready for the athletics which starts on Wednesday. |
| Laxman sees India to dramatic win Posted: 05 Oct 2010 02:13 AM PDT VVS Laxman strikes a superb unbeaten 73 as India fight back from the brink of defeat to beat Australia by one wicket in a thrilling first Test in Mohali. |
| Tax break hint amid benefit row Posted: 05 Oct 2010 11:09 AM PDT David Cameron hints a planned tax break for married couples could include higher rate taxpayers, as he defends plans to cut child benefit. |
| Major fire destroys Hastings Pier Posted: 05 Oct 2010 04:16 AM PDT Fire crews spend the night fighting a major fire on Hastings Pier, but the historic structure is largely destroyed. |
| Officers injured in Derry bombing Posted: 05 Oct 2010 10:39 AM PDT Two police officers are injured after a 200lb car bomb left by the Real IRA explodes in Londonderry. |
| Pakistan flood appeal tops £60m Posted: 05 Oct 2010 06:12 AM PDT The Pakistan floods appeal has now raised more than £60m, becoming one of the three most well supported appeals. |
| Primary pupils found with drugs Posted: 05 Oct 2010 10:07 AM PDT Four nine-year-old boys are suspended from their Lancashire primary school after being found with cannabis. |
| Murder probe after men found dead Posted: 05 Oct 2010 11:03 AM PDT Police start a double murder inquiry after the bodies of two men were found in a house in Lancashire. |
| Sheridan note change 'discussed' Posted: 05 Oct 2010 09:52 AM PDT Scottish Socialist Party members talked about changing minutes relevant to Tommy Sheridan's defamation case, a court hears. |
| Groping drummer given probation Posted: 05 Oct 2010 08:43 AM PDT Former N-Dubz drummer Aaron Fagan is given six months probation for sexually assaulting two women in Glasgow. |
| Gaelic player not guilty of GBH Posted: 05 Oct 2010 10:26 AM PDT A GAA footballer is found not guilty of grievous bodily harm on another player in a match in 2008. |
| 'Rape victim dragged along road' Posted: 05 Oct 2010 09:08 AM PDT A schoolgirl was dragged along a road and sexually assaulted by two youths after leaving a County Down nightclub, the High Court is told. |
| Woman's track protest stops train Posted: 05 Oct 2010 07:02 AM PDT A mother subjected to "obscene" insults by Cardiff City football fans on a train stands on the track at a railway station until police are called. |
| Inquiry into girl's sudden death Posted: 05 Oct 2010 10:37 AM PDT Police are investigating the sudden death of a 12-year-old school girl who her father believes was being bullied |
| Soldier in Afghan shooting sacked Posted: 05 Oct 2010 10:28 AM PDT A Canadian army captain convicted of shooting an unarmed, wounded Afghan fighter is demoted and sacked from the military but is not jailed. |
| Wind farms affect local weather Posted: 05 Oct 2010 09:34 AM PDT Wind farms, especially big ones, generate turbulence that can significantly alter air temperatures near the ground, say researchers. |
| Chile miners rescue hopes raised Posted: 05 Oct 2010 01:40 AM PDT Engineers drilling to save 33 trapped miners in Chile say they could be out by this weekend, as the rescue operation makes rapid progress. |
| Colombia nets 'drug lord's cash' Posted: 04 Oct 2010 11:55 PM PDT Colombian police raid a house in southern Bogota and seize millions of dollars believed to be payments from Mexican cartels to a drug kingpin. |
| Nigeria lead poisoning 'doubles' Posted: 05 Oct 2010 08:02 AM PDT At least 400 children have died from lead poisoning in northern Nigeria this year, twice as many as previously reported, the UN says. |
| Sudan gets referendum timetable Posted: 05 Oct 2010 09:32 AM PDT Sudan announces a tight timetable for January's referendum on independence for the south of the country, amid fears any delay could lead to violence. |
| Serbia marks demise of Milosevic Posted: 05 Oct 2010 07:07 AM PDT Serbia's leader says the ejection of Milosevic 10 years ago by crowds backed by a bulldozer marked the start of democracy. |
| Russia and Egypt in telecom deal Posted: 05 Oct 2010 06:18 AM PDT Russia's Vimpelcom and Weather Investments, headed by Egyptian telecom tycoon Naguib Sawiris, agree to merge their assets. |
| West Bank mosque attack condemned Posted: 05 Oct 2010 10:07 AM PDT Jewish rabbis present a box of Korans to a West Bank mosque as a gesture of solidarity after an arson attack on Monday blamed on settlers. |
| Dissident Egyptian editor sacked Posted: 05 Oct 2010 09:48 AM PDT A leading Egyptian daily fires its editor, an outspoken government critic, in a move some see as a media crackdown ahead of parliamentary polls. |
| Deadly blasts in Afghanistan city Posted: 05 Oct 2010 10:33 AM PDT At least two explosions rock Kandahar, killing at least eight people and injuring more than 20, officials say. |
| Aung San Suu Kyi sues Burma junta Posted: 05 Oct 2010 07:25 AM PDT Detained Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has filed a legal challenge over the dissolution of her party by the military authorities. |
| Anger over Australian taser video Posted: 04 Oct 2010 09:59 PM PDT Australians are angered by the release of a video showing an unarmed Aboriginal man being tasered 13 times by police officers. |
| Japan cuts interest rate further Posted: 04 Oct 2010 11:52 PM PDT Japan's central bank cuts its interest rate to almost zero to give some life to its faltering economy. |
| IMF worries over financial system Posted: 05 Oct 2010 06:00 AM PDT The International Monetary Fund says the global financial system remains the weak link in the economic recovery. |
| US service sector picks up speed Posted: 05 Oct 2010 08:27 AM PDT Service and construction industries in the US grow faster than expected in September, with employment stable, a survey says. |
| Apple faces $600m damages claim Posted: 05 Oct 2010 02:52 AM PDT A US judge ponders a decision on a patent infringement case that could cost Apple $600m. |
| Tablet PC for developing nations Posted: 05 Oct 2010 03:38 AM PDT The One Laptop Per Child organisation has got a $5.6m grant to fund development of its next generation tablet. |
| BT seeks freeze on piracy cases Posted: 04 Oct 2010 11:17 AM PDT BT is seeking a moratorium on legal applications to obtain details of its customers accused of illegal file sharing. |
| Snyder to direct Superman movie Posted: 05 Oct 2010 09:17 AM PDT Director Zack Snyder, best known for making 300, Watchmen and Dawn Of The Dead, is to direct the new Superman movie. |
| Matisse bronze could fetch $35m Posted: 05 Oct 2010 09:55 AM PDT A life-size bronze sculpture by Henri Matisse could fetch up to $35m (£22m) when it goes up for auction later this year. |
| Indian language is new to science Posted: 05 Oct 2010 09:34 AM PDT Researchers have identified a language new to science in a remote region of India. |
| Asteroid has deep debris blanket Posted: 04 Oct 2010 12:15 PM PDT Lutetia, a giant asteroid visited by the Rosetta probe, is covered in a thick blanket of dusty debris at least 600m deep. |
| Rare bumblebees making comeback Posted: 04 Oct 2010 04:27 PM PDT Five threatened species of bumblebee show signs of making a comeback in the South East, conservationists say. |
| Vatican critical of IVF Nobel win Posted: 04 Oct 2010 12:20 PM PDT A Vatican official says the awarding of a Nobel prize to British IVF pioneer Robert Edwards was "completely out of order". |
| Flu jabs in pregnancy 'aid child' Posted: 04 Oct 2010 01:02 PM PDT Babies whose mothers have the flu vaccine in pregnancy are less likely to catch it themselves, a US study says. |
| Posted: 05 Oct 2010 06:28 AM PDT With TV coverage showing Commonwealth Games athletes performing in front of near-empty stadia, how do you attract a crowd? |
| Posted: 05 Oct 2010 02:46 AM PDT Once the UK had only red squirrels. Then greys all but took over. Now there's a growing population of black squirrels. Why? |
| Police in Australia tasered man 13 times Posted: 05 Oct 2010 05:06 AM PDT A video has been released in Australia showing an unarmed Aboriginal man being tasered 13 times by police officers. |
| Why Albania fell for Norman Wisdom Posted: 05 Oct 2010 02:30 AM PDT Comedy actor Sir Norman Wisdom has died at the age of 95. Former BBC correspondent Bill Hamilton worked closely with him on behalf of Albanian children's charities, and says he was a "cult hero" there. |
| EU helps train Somali soldiers Posted: 05 Oct 2010 02:53 AM PDT After almost two decades of war Islamist militia are trying to seize power in Somalia. |
| Toxic sludge floods Hungary villages Posted: 04 Oct 2010 03:36 PM PDT At least two people have been killed after a sludge reservoir burst at a metal factory in western Hungary |
| Russell Brand scare for Scots politician Posted: 05 Oct 2010 07:39 AM PDT Scottish National Party MSP Alasdair Allan got a shock when comedian Russell Brand appeared in the garden lobby of the Scottish Parliament. Brand was in Edinburgh as part of his book signing tour. |
| Journey into China's 'climate cave' Posted: 04 Oct 2010 03:05 PM PDT Chinese scientists have been analysing new data gathered from a cave in the Taihang mountains, which appears to show that man-made global warming could be having a significant effect on its weather. |
| Viktor Bout closer to extradition Posted: 05 Oct 2010 08:59 AM PDT A Thai court has dismissed charges of money laundering and fraud against alleged Russian arms smuggler Viktor Bout, removing the last legal obstacle for his extradition to the US. |
| Serbia ten years after Milosevic Posted: 05 Oct 2010 02:55 AM PDT Mark Lowen reports on how Serbia has changed since the overthrowing of Slobodan Milosevic |
| Posted: 05 Oct 2010 07:17 AM PDT Is the Hamburg cell that plotted 9/11 still active? |
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| Posted: 05 Oct 2010 02:05 AM PDT Republican enthusiasm spells election trouble for Obama |
| Posted: 05 Oct 2010 02:39 AM PDT Chile mine deaths go up when price of copper rises |
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