Friday, October 29, 2010

International alert on air cargo

International alert on air cargo


International alert on air cargo

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 10:55 AM PDT

Security alerts are under way in the US, UK and Middle East after suspicious packages from Yemen are found in Britain and Dubai.

US economic growth rate quickens

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 06:16 AM PDT

The US economy saw slightly faster growth in July to September, official figures show, but the pace of recovery remains sluggish ahead of next week's key mid-term elections.

Nature talks end with 'weak' deal

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 10:15 AM PDT

An international biodiversity summit in Japan agrees a 10-year plan aimed at preserving nature, but conservation groups fear the deal is too weak.

Italy doctors jailed for surgery scam

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 08:17 AM PDT

Italian authorities jail a group of doctors for carrying out dozens of unnecessary operations, including breast and lung removal, for financial gain.

EU clinches pact to defend euro

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 05:27 AM PDT

EU leaders say tough new budget rules agreed at their summit in Brussels will protect the euro from a future Greek-style debt crisis.

Japan-China row flares at Asean

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 06:32 AM PDT

A diplomatic spat between China and Japan over a group of disputed islands flares up again, hours after an apparently friendly bilateral meeting.

Argentina to bury Nestor Kirchner

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 08:28 AM PDT

The body of Argentina's former president Nestor Kirchner is to be flown to the south of the country and buried in the city of Rio Gallegos later on Friday.

Beating malaria 'impossible' now

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 03:59 AM PDT

Controlling rather than trying to eradicate malaria might be more effective, experts say.

N Korea troops 'fire at S Korea'

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 04:10 AM PDT

North Korean troops have fired two shots across the border into South Korean territory and the South has returned fire, Seoul says.

Bad weather slows tsunami relief

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 03:05 AM PDT

Bad weather is again obstructing efforts to get aid to the survivors of the Indonesian tsunami as the death toll tops 400.

Take That fans crash ticket sites

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 05:27 AM PDT

Ticket agencies struggle to cope as fans rush to secure their places to see Take That and Robbie Williams on tour for the first time in 16 years.

Maldives vows wedding crackdown

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 05:21 AM PDT

The Maldives' president promises strict new rules on wedding ceremonies for tourists, after a couple renewing their vows were abused.

Everest climbers get 3G network

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 04:00 AM PDT

Climbers of Mount Everest can now make video phone calls and surf the internet through a 3G mobile phone network, a Nepalese telecoms provider says.

Fifa retains World Cup vote date

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 06:18 AM PDT

Fifa president Sepp Blatter says the vote to decide the 2018 and 2022 World Cup hosts will still take place on 2 December.

Dementieva announces retirement

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 09:35 AM PDT

Olympic champion and world number nine Elena Dementieva announces her retirement from tennis after her final match at the WTA Championships in Doha.

Uefa hands Italy default victory

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 07:03 AM PDT

Uefa has awarded Italy a 3-0 win over Serbia after their Euro 2012 qualifier in Genoa on 12 October was abandoned.

Cameron claims EU budget success

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 07:44 AM PDT

UK PM David Cameron says he has protected British taxpayers at a Brussels summit - amid criticism he has agreed to an EU budget rise that will cost the UK an extra £450m.

UK alert over package on flight

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 10:30 AM PDT

A "suspicious object" found at East Midlands Airport was on a plane flying from Yemen to Chicago, the BBC understands.

Kidnap fears of Norgrove parents

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 02:00 AM PDT

The parents of Linda Norgrove, killed in Afghanistan during a failed rescue attempt, speak about her kidnapping and death.

Benefit cuts will work - Cameron

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 08:13 AM PDT

The prime minister says he does not predict a problem in implementing child benefit cuts, amid claims plans are unenforceable.

Jade Goody website 'troll' jailed

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 07:34 AM PDT

An "internet troll" who posted obscene and offensive messages on Facebook sites dedicated to the memories of dead people is jailed.

Cat-drowning woman sent to jail

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 09:31 AM PDT

An Oxfordshire woman who drowned eight pet cats in a bath because she claimed she could not afford a phone call to have them rescued is jailed.

Actor Gerard Kelly dies aged 51

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 04:20 AM PDT

Television, film and stage actor Gerard Kelly dies at the age of 51 after suffering a brain aneurysm earlier this week.

Miliband: 'Fightback has begun'

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 08:42 AM PDT

Labour leader Ed Miliband rallies supporters ahead of next May's Scottish elections, declaring "the fightback has begun".

Pensioner dies after city attack

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 10:06 AM PDT

A 70-year-old man who was attacked in Lisburn earlier this month dies in hospital.

Warning for staff at PSNI bases

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 09:56 AM PDT

Civilian staff at police stations across Northern Ireland are told to review security after personal details are revealed.

Asbo OAP 'too ill' to face trial

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 08:09 AM PDT

A judge rules that an 84-year-old pensioner is too ill to face a trial over claims she had breached an Asbo put in place to protect her neighbours from abuse.

Factory demo over biomass subsidy

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 06:20 AM PDT

A wood panel plant holds a "symbolic" shutdown in protest at what bosses and 600 staff say is the risk to jobs caused by "unfair subsidies".

Hawaii Five-O star MacArthur dies

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 01:17 AM PDT

Actor James MacArthur, best known for playing Detective Dan "Danno" Williams on the original Hawaii Five-O TV show, dies aged 72.

Flaws were 'known before BP leak'

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 01:42 AM PDT

The companies drilling the BP Gulf of Mexico oil well had test results showing cement used to seal it before the blowout was unstable, US investigators find.

Twenty die in Mexican shootings

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 01:28 AM PDT

At least nine Mexican police officers are shot and killed in an ambush - the sixth multiple killing in Mexico in less than a week.

SA inmates request circumcision

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 09:50 AM PDT

South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province say it is "overwhelmed" by the number of prisoners wanting to be circumcised to help combat HIV.

Angola urged to probe Congo rapes

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 08:11 AM PDT

Angola should investigate the alleged rapes of women deported to Democratic Republic of Congo, the US State Department says.

Bodies found in Antarctica crash

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 09:25 AM PDT

An Australian plane searching for survivors of a French helicopter crash in Antarctica spots three bodies, French officials say.

Nato to halve its force in Kosovo

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 10:07 AM PDT

Nato says it will halve its force in Kosovo to 5,000 soldiers over the next few months because of improving security.

Iran agrees November nuclear date

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 02:52 AM PDT

Iran says it is prepared to hold talks on its nuclear programme in November, as the US confirms it is working on a new fuel swap offer for Tehran.

Herod archaeologist dies in fall

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 10:18 AM PDT

Ehud Netzer, 76, the Israeli archaeologist credited with discovering the tomb of the biblical King Herod, has died after falling during a dig.

Russia and US in Afghan drug raid

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 03:45 AM PDT

Russian and US agents have taken part in a joint operation to destroy drug laboratories in Afghanistan, Russia's drug control agency says.

Arrests in Maldives wedding abuse

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 08:09 AM PDT

Police in the Maldives arrest two employees of a resort allegedly involved in abusing a European couple renewing their marriage vows.

Afghan fighters train Australians

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 08:49 AM PDT

Afghan militants are flown to Australia to train the country's special forces in how to tackle the Taliban insurgency.

Burma court hears Suu Kyi appeal

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 02:07 AM PDT

Burma's top court hears pro-democracy leader Suu Kyi's release plea, as UN chief Ban Ki-moon calls for credible elections.

BA in first profit for two years

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 01:58 AM PDT

British Airways reports a profit of £158m, its first in two years, as the company prepares to merge with Iberia of Spain.

Alstom loses Eurostar court case

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 09:12 AM PDT

Alstom, the French engineering company, fails in an attempt to prevent Eurostar from running German trains through the Channel Tunnel.

Conrad Black convictions upheld

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 10:49 AM PDT

Former media tycoon Conrad Black has two convictions upheld and two reversed by a court of appeal in Chicago.

MPs accuse Google on wi-fi data

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 05:48 AM PDT

MPs in the UK have reignited the debate about Google's Street View service and its collection of personal data.

Mass Effect 2 wins 'game of year'

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 07:55 AM PDT

The role-playing game has been voted the ultimate game of the year by fans at this year's Golden Joysticks.

Tube gets first wi-fi connection

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 07:11 AM PDT

Charing Cross will become the first tube station to get mobile phones and other devices working underground.

Protests delay Rome festival gala

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 12:58 AM PDT

Actresses Keira Knightley and Eva Mendes avoid the red carpet at the Rome Film Festival opening after protesters picket the event.

Hobbit law passed in New Zealand

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 01:23 AM PDT

New Zealand's parliament passes legislation that will keep the production of two Hobbit films in the country.

Mission: Impossible 4 is renamed

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 02:36 AM PDT

The fourth Mission: Impossible film, which sees Tom Cruise return as secret agent Ethan Hunt, will now be called Ghost Protocol.

Study measures rise of jellyfish

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 09:13 AM PDT

Researchers look at how jellyfish may benefit from marine ecosystems destabilised by climate change and overfishing.

Eutelsat suffers spacecraft loss

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 07:54 AM PDT

Paris-based Eutelsat announces the loss of its W3B spacecraft the day after it was launched by an Ariane rocket.

Earth-sized planets 'very common'

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 11:33 AM PDT

Nearly one in four stars like the Sun could have Earth-sized planets, according to a new estimate published in the journal Science.

Air tax rises: Your views

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 08:42 AM PDT

Air taxes are to rise by up to 55% making some trips unaffordable, the travel industry has warned. BBC News website readers share their views.

Quiz of the week's news

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 03:15 AM PDT

The Magazine's weekly quiz of the news, 7 days 7 questions - plus the Weekly Bonus Question.

Is modern fiction just not up to scratch?

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 09:20 PM PDT

As a new shortlist for a literary prize is announced, is the quality of modern fiction not as good as it once was?

Pakistan's 'forgotten' flood victims

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 09:00 AM PDT

Many people in Pakistan are struggling to cope and fearful for the future, three months after floods devastated large parts of the country.

Tsunami surfer: 'I thought I would die'

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 09:17 AM PDT

A surfer who filmed his and his friends' narrow escape from the Indonesian tsunami has said he "thought it was the end".

Police probe Maldives wedding abuse

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 04:10 AM PDT

An investigation has been launched in the Maldives after a foreign couple were subjected to a torrent of abuse during a ceremony to renew their wedding vows.

Indian army officer's TV tower jump

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 05:23 AM PDT

An army signals officer with more than 1,200 base jumps to his credit has launched himself off the 235m high Doordarshan TV tower at Pitam Pura in Delhi.

Beckhams 'argue' on US TV show

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 07:16 AM PDT

David Beckham made an appearance on US chat show "The Ellen DeGeneres Show", in which he and wife Victoria argued about his bad habits.

Bollywood star 'adopts' 34 girls

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 03:58 AM PDT

Bollywood actress Preity Zinta on how she decided to celebrate her birthday by 'adopting' 34 young girls and putting them through education.

Ariane-5 rocket launches satellites

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 02:06 AM PDT

An Ariane-5 rocket has been successfully launched from the Guiana Space Center, delivering communications satellites which will relay services to European and Japanese operators.

Crash pad: Car flies into house

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 11:33 PM PDT

An Australian man is lucky to be alive after a car crashed into his bedroom wall in a house in Melbourne's outer east suburb.

Home haunters

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 02:23 AM PDT

How US DIYers turn houses into Halloween theme parks

Day in pictures

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 06:59 AM PDT

Striking images from around the world

Where your money goes

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 05:33 AM PDT

How is the EU budget spent and by how much has it risen?

It's quiz time!

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 05:19 PM PDT

Sir, dude, bro, buddy - how was Obama addressed?

The view from the left

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 04:06 AM PDT

Liberal voters on what has changed under Obama

Pygmy pride

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 02:31 AM PDT

Uganda's evicted Batwa forest-dwellers get first graduate

Back from the dead

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 09:37 PM PDT

Could cloning be biodiversity back-up plan?

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