Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Indonesia tsunami deaths increase

Indonesia tsunami deaths increase

Indonesia tsunami deaths increase

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 10:27 AM PDT

More than 100 people are killed and many are missing in Indonesia after a tsunami triggered by Monday's powerful earthquake.

Iraq's Tariq Aziz sentenced to death

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 05:17 AM PDT

Tariq Aziz, for many years the international face of Iraq under Saddam Hussein, is sentenced to death by the Iraqi Supreme Court.

Iran fuels first nuclear reactor

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 02:39 AM PDT

Iran begins fuelling its first nuclear power station at Bushehr, despite Western unease over its nuclear ambitions.

China's rich fuel illegal timber

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 02:14 AM PDT

Demand for high-value woods in China is driving rampant illegal logging in Madagascar, an international study has concluded.

French unions deny strikes defeat

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 09:35 AM PDT

Trade unions in France deny defeat over pension reform as strike action peters out and the bill faces its final reading.

Indonesian volcano Merapi erupts

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 09:36 AM PDT

Indonesia's most volatile volcano, Mount Merapi, is erupting, hurling rocks and hot ash into the air as thousands flee.

War-hit countries 'most corrupt'

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 01:46 AM PDT

War-torn nations, such as Somalia, Afghanistan and Iraq, are seen as the world's most corrupt, Transparency International says.

UN troops 'would not prevent Sudan clash'

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 03:19 AM PDT

The UN's peacekeeping chief warns an increase in troops along the border between north and south Sudan would not prevent clashes.

Nairobi mayor charged over graveyard 'scam'

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 04:48 AM PDT

The mayor of the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, is charged with corruption in connection with the sale of land for a graveyard in the city.

Hobbit talks end without decision

Posted: 25 Oct 2010 11:31 PM PDT

Talks between New Zealand's prime minister and Warner Brothers over the filming of The Hobbit end with no decision on where filming will take place.

Go beyond the PC, Microsoft urged

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 03:06 AM PDT

Microsoft's departing software boss warns that the firm's former strengths risk holding it back.

Paul the World Cup octopus dead

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 05:15 AM PDT

Paul the octopus, who 'predicted' the outcome of eight matches at the 2010 World Cup, has died at an aquarium in Germany.

Lady Gaga breaks YouTube record

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 02:45 AM PDT

Lady Gaga has set a new record for YouTube racking up more than one billion overall views of her material on the video sharing website.

England 2018 makes Russia protest

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 06:12 AM PDT

England's 2018 World Cup bid team lodges a complaint with Fifa against the head of Russia's rival campaign over comments he made about London.

Top seeds dominate at WTA finals

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 10:09 AM PDT

Top seeds Caroline Wozniacki and Vera Zvonareva breeze through their opening matches at the WTA Championships in Doha against below-par opponents.

Spain dominate Ballon d'Or awards

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 02:18 AM PDT

Seven members of Spain's World Cup-winning side are shortlisted for Fifa's Ballon d'Or award, but no English players are included.

UK recovery steady, says Osborne

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 09:17 AM PDT

George Osborne says better-than-expected economic figures show the recovery is "steady", but Labour warns that spending cuts will damage performance.

Baby P 'failed by all agencies'

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 05:49 AM PDT

Baby Peter's "horrifying death" was down to the incompetence of almost every member of staff who came into contact with him, reports show.

Police 'held back 7/7 Tube staff'

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 09:12 AM PDT

Tube workers were stopped from going to the tracks at Liverpool Street Station after a bomb tore apart a train on 7 July 2005, the 7/7 inquests hear.

Tax-free Junior Isa plan unveiled

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 10:03 AM PDT

A new tax-free savings account for children is to be introduced as some compensation for the loss of Child Trust Fund contributions.

Woman 'doused daughter in acid'

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 09:20 AM PDT

A mother repeatedly stabbed her daughter and doused the body in acid, Birmingham Crown Court hears.

PM condemns Bonfire Night strike

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 10:35 AM PDT

The prime minister calls a firefighters' strike planned for Bonfire Night "irresponsible".

Landmark ruling sparks law change

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 06:10 AM PDT

Scottish police will no longer be able to question suspects without a lawyer present, following a Supreme Court ruling.

Aid woman made 'best use of life'

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 05:35 AM PDT

Family and friends attending the island funeral of British aid worker Linda Norgrove hear how she made the "best use of her life".

Fresh 'Disappeared' dig announced

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 03:19 AM PDT

The organisation responsible for finding the remains of the "disappeared" has announced details of a search for a man believed murdered and secretly buried by the IRA in 1973.

£200k cost of riot damage repair

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 10:11 AM PDT

Damage caused during loyalist rioting in Newtownabbey on Monday night will cost £200,000 to repair.

Boys quizzed over girl's murder

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 07:29 AM PDT

A school book of condolence opens for teenager Rebecca Aylward as police continue to question two 15-year-old boys about her murder.

Police 'copter 'to be scrapped'

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 09:36 AM PDT

Plans have been unveiled to scrap a helicopter belonging to Dyfed-Powys Police as part of a scheme to cut costs.

Mid-term spending nears $2bn mark

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 10:50 AM PDT

US House and Senate candidate spending nears the $2bn (£1.2bn) mark for the first time, with elections just one week away, a watchdog group says.

Illinois braces for severe storm

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 08:03 AM PDT

Forecasters tell residents of the US state of Illinois to brace for the most powerful storm to hit the region in over 70 years.

Cuba unveils new business taxes

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 02:02 AM PDT

Cubans queue to buy a copy of new businesses rules and taxes as the government pushes on with plans to expand self-employment on the island.

Curfew after deadly Nigeria clash

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 09:12 AM PDT

A curfew is imposed on two rural villages in Nigeria's Cross River state after deadly clashes involving youths armed with machetes and guns.

Hacker tried to avert Mandela win

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 08:13 AM PDT

A new book in South Africa says a computer hacker tried to sabotage the historic 1994 elections which ended apartheid and brought Nelson Mandela to power.

Rights groups condemn Azeri vote

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 06:43 AM PDT

Rights groups have accused the Azeri authorities of violence and intimidation ahead of next month's parliamentary elections.

Pope urges migrants to integrate

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 09:57 AM PDT

Pope Benedict calls on immigrants to respect the laws of host countries, in remarks likely to add to the European debate on integration.

US rebuffs Wikileaks Iraq claims

Posted: 25 Oct 2010 03:26 PM PDT

The Pentagon denies claims made by Wikileaks that US soldiers "turned a blind eye" to torture carried out by local forces during the Iraq war.

S Lanka president in maid appeal

Posted: 25 Oct 2010 09:41 PM PDT

Sri Lanka's president is to appeal to Saudi Arabia's king to revoke the death sentence on a Sri Lankan maid convicted of killing a baby in her care.

Blackburn close to takeover deal

Posted: 25 Oct 2010 11:30 PM PDT

Blackburn hope a takeover by the Venky's group, which would make Rovers the first Indian-owned Premier League club, will be completed in November.

Army blockades anti-Taliban tribe

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 06:34 AM PDT

Pakistan's military authorities have blockaded a strategically important district in the country's north, sealing in a fiercely anti-Taliban tribe.

UN warns on Vietnam birth ratio

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 06:37 AM PDT

Sex ratios at birth are becoming increasingly imbalanced in Vietnam, with far more boys being born than girls, the UN Population Fund says.

Hi-tech criminals target Vietnam

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 06:35 AM PDT

Vietnam's net domain has become a big favourite with web criminals, suggests research.

UK recovery faster than expected

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 08:20 AM PDT

The UK's economy grew at 0.8% between July and September, figures show, suggesting the recovery is faster than expected.

US house prices show renewed dip

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 07:59 AM PDT

US house prices began falling again in August, following the expiry of homebuyers' tax credit, a survey suggests.

Ford sees profits jump to $1.7bn

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 05:35 AM PDT

US carmaker Ford reports better-than-expected third quarter profits of $1.7bn, its sixth straight quarterly profit.

European sat-nav contract awarded

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 07:17 AM PDT

The German-led consortium Spaceopal will run the satellites that will eventually form Europe's answer to GPS, known as Galileo.

Jackson tops dead celebrity list

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 06:06 AM PDT

Michael Jackson has come top of the annual Forbes magazine list of top-earning dead celebrities.

Take That and Robbie confirm tour

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 03:22 AM PDT

Robbie Williams is to tour with Take That for the first time in 16 years when the reunited group go on a stadium tour next summer.

Fiddler on the Roof writer dies

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 04:37 AM PDT

Playwright Joseph Stein, who wrote hit Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof, has died aged 98 in New York.

Clever crows go to 'tool school'

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 12:38 AM PDT

Young New Caledonian crows learn to use tools by going to "tool-school", where they can observe their parents at work.

Amber yields ancient bug haul

Posted: 25 Oct 2010 12:49 PM PDT

More than 700 new species of ancient insects, preserved in 50-million-year-old amber, were found in India.

'Biggest stag' Emperor shot dead

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 04:19 AM PDT

A giant red stag, known as the Exmoor Emperor and thought to have been the biggest wild land animal in the UK, is shot dead.

New polio vaccine more effective

Posted: 25 Oct 2010 04:20 PM PDT

A new vaccine against the polio virus has helped reduce the number of polio cases by more than 90%.

'Contraceptive gel' shows promise

Posted: 25 Oct 2010 04:14 PM PDT

A birth control gel that is applied directly to the skin could offer women an alternative to the Pill, say experts presenting latest trial data.

Heavy smoking 'ups dementia risk'

Posted: 25 Oct 2010 12:05 PM PDT

Heavy smokers face a much higher risk of two common forms of dementia, one of the biggest studies to date shows.

'I was an elf'

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 06:51 AM PDT

Ian Goldsmith, a New Zealander cast as an elf in Lord of the Rings, describes his experience of being a citizen of Middle Earth and why The Hobbit should stay in New Zealand.

Could you stay silent for eight days?

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 03:17 AM PDT

With constant communication and 24hr television, it is hard to find even eight minutes of silence. But what would happen if you were asked to stay quiet for over a week?

Meet the Simpsons from Springfield

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 05:24 AM PDT

The third in a series looking at the US elections through the prism of popular television shows turns to a family with a very famous surname.

What's behind the all-powerful 'i'?

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 06:15 AM PDT

The UK has a new national newspaper, which its creators have called i. So what is it about the letter that has made it so popular?

Thousands evacuate Indonesian volcano

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 10:27 AM PDT

Indonesia's most volatile volcano is erupting forcing thousands of people living on the volcano's slopes to evacuate.

Tariq Aziz is a victim, says his son

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 04:37 AM PDT

One of Saddam Hussein's most prominent deputies, Tariq Aziz, has been sentenced to death by the Iraqi Supreme Court.

China claims fastest train record

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 04:00 AM PDT

Officials in China say they have set the world record for the fastest train - travelling at 262 miles per hour.

Dutch orchestra's musical protest

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 04:54 AM PDT

Members of the Dutch orchestra demonstrated against funding cuts by staging a concert at The Hague central railway station.

President scores as miners lose match

Posted: 25 Oct 2010 02:11 PM PDT

The 33 miners rescued after 69 days trapped underground in Chile have been feted by President Sebastian Pinera during a palace reception in Santiago.

'Volcano could be at its deadliest'

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 01:50 AM PDT

Indonesia's most volatile volcano could erupt in one of its deadliest blasts in years, scientists have warned.

Jewish settlement building 'increases'

Posted: 25 Oct 2010 02:53 PM PDT

An Israeli human rights group says that building illegal Jewish settlements on Palestinian land has increased four-fold since the partial freeze on new building ended last month.

Rubbish fills streets of Marseille

Posted: 25 Oct 2010 06:59 PM PDT

Rubbish is "shoulder-high" in some parts of Marseille after weeks of strike action from waste collectors.

Something fishy?

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 03:43 AM PDT

Western Canada sees biggest sockeye salmon run in a century

Coming into fashion

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 03:26 AM PDT

How the Chinese are making a mark on Italian clothes

In pictures

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 04:38 AM PDT

Decade of discovery for new species in the Amazon

Settlement boom

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 07:01 AM PDT

Palestinian labourers get to work as building resumes

Day in pictures

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 05:30 AM PDT

Eye-catching images from around the world

Fate of Middle Earth

Posted: 25 Oct 2010 09:59 AM PDT

New Zealand's strange love of The Hobbit
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