Sunday, October 10, 2010

Scores held for Serbia Pride riot

Scores held for Serbia Pride riot

Scores held for Serbia Pride riot

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 10:22 AM PDT

Protesters in Serbia's capital fight running battles with police as they try to disrupt the first Gay Pride march in the city since 2001.

Israeli cabinet backs Jewish oath

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 07:38 AM PDT

The Israeli cabinet backs a controversial bill that would require any non-Jews seeking citizenship to pledge loyalty to the country as a Jewish state.

US soul singer Solomon Burke dies

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 02:15 AM PDT

Soul singer Solomon Burke, who wrote the song Everybody Needs Somebody to Love, dies at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport aged 70.

Mandela letters reveal jail agony

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 05:27 AM PDT

Correspondence from former South African president Nelson Mandela during his 27 years in jail reveal the agony of being separated from his family.

Chile bolsters rescue mine shaft

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 09:22 AM PDT

Engineers in Chile begin reinforcing the top of a mine shaft in preparation for the evacuation of 33 men trapped underground for 66 days.

Iraqis cleared of murdering UK soldiers

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 10:23 AM PDT

Two men are cleared of murdering six Royal Military Police soldiers, seven years after they were killed in Iraq by an angry mob.

Hungary races to build up new dam

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 09:10 AM PDT

Hungarian workers are building an emergency dam amid fears a wall at a huge industrial sludge pool may collapse and release a second wave of toxic mud.

TV host in India race row quits

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 06:49 AM PDT

New Zealand television host Paul Henry resigns after provoking public outrage over his on-air comments about Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit.

Show of strength for Kim Jong-un

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 02:32 AM PDT

North Korean television for the first time shows live pictures of leader Kim Jong-il with his youngest son and presumed heir, at a massive military parade.

India cricket league expels two teams

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 03:22 AM PDT

Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab are thrown out of the 2011 Indian Premier League for a breach of ownership rules.

Which country has the fewest digital friends?

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 02:44 AM PDT

A global study of online behaviour has found that Malaysians have the most friends on social networks, while Japan has the fewest.

Google sends 'self-drive' cars on road tests

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 02:53 AM PDT

Technology giant Google has been testing a car that can drive itself, the company announces.

Vettel wins as McLaren slip back

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 12:40 AM PDT

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel re-ignites his world championship hopes with an emphatic lights to flag victory in the Japanese Grand Prix.

Live - Commonwealth Games Day Seven

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 08:01 PM PDT

Dai Greene wins Wales' first gold of the Commonwealth Games in the 400m hurdles, while England's Leon Baptiste takes 200m gold and Scotland cyclist David Millar grabs bronze on day seven in Delhi.

'No limit' plan for tuition fees

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 08:16 AM PDT

Universities in England should have no upper limit on tuition fees, Lord Browne's review is set to recommend.

UK hostage 'killed by vest bomb'

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 08:26 AM PDT

US special forces in Afghanistan were seconds from rescuing a UK hostage when she was killed by a vest bomb held or worn by one of her captors, the BBC understands.

Miliband pledge on personal taxes

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 06:14 AM PDT

Ed Miliband pledges that Labour will not raise personal taxation as he reaffirms its pre-election policy of cutting the deficit in half in four years.

Man charged with raping woman twice

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 09:58 AM PDT

A man is charged with raping the same woman twice in three months in south London.

Boy turns 10 at 10.10 on 10/10/10

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 10:25 AM PDT

A Leicester boy gets a 'perfect' 10 as he celebrates his 10th birthday at 1010 BST on 10 October, 2010.

Ten charged after demonstrations

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 05:30 AM PDT

Ten people are charged with a range of offences after trouble flared during two protests in Leicester.

Man arrested over woman's death

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 09:00 AM PDT

A man is arrested in connection with the death of a 45-year-old woman in the Partick area of Glasgow.

Man scoops record £3m Pools win

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 07:50 AM PDT

A prison officer has netted a record jackpot of £3,001,511 in Britain's largest ever Football Pools win.

Two face court on terror charges

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 09:42 AM PDT

Two men appear in court in Dublin charged in connection with a series of raids by police investigating dissident republican activity.

Skimming device found on town ATM

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 03:24 AM PDT

Police issue a warning after a sophisticated skimming device is found attached to a cash machine in Banbridge.

Greene & Baptiste win track golds

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 06:21 AM PDT

Dai Greene wins Wales' first gold of the 2010 Commonwealth Games with victory in the men's 400m hurdles final, while England's Leon Baptiste takes 200m gold.

Passport office axe 'not certain'

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 06:03 AM PDT

Welsh Secretary Cheryl Gillan says the closure of the passport office in Newport is not inevitable.

Cuba 'to release more prisoners'

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 12:01 AM PDT

Cuba is to release three more political prisoners, the Catholic Church in Havana says.

Sudan ex-rebels 'snub peace deal'

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 05:48 AM PDT

Sudan's president accuses the former rebels in the south of going back on the terms of a peace agreement that ended decades of conflict.

Banned Egypt party to run in poll

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 12:30 AM PDT

Egypt's biggest opposition movement, the banned Muslim Brotherhood, confirms it will stand in next month's parliamentary elections.

Pakistan drone raid 'kills seven'

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 02:05 AM PDT

At least seven people have been killed in a US missile strike in north west Pakistan, security officials say.

Sri Lanka senior Tigers 'missing'

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 10:08 AM PDT

Two prominent Tamil Tiger leaders in Sri Lanka are missing after arrest by the army, their wives have told a presidential commission.

Kyrgyzstan votes in landmark poll

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 08:54 AM PDT

Turnout is reported to be strong in Kyrgyzstan's landmark parliamentary election, the first since hundreds died in inter-ethnic violence.

Jackson memorabilia fetch $1m

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 03:16 AM PDT

An auction of Michael Jackson memorabilia fetches more than $1m (£626,000) in Macau, China.

US ups China pressure over yuan

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 03:57 PM PDT

US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner renews pressure on China to let the value of the yuan rise against other currencies.

New Doctor Who to open in desert

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 07:57 AM PDT

The sixth series of Doctor Who will open with a two-parter set in the US, the BBC has announced.

McCartney anthem estate on sale

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 06:55 AM PDT

A country estate made famous by Sir Paul McCartney's song Mull of Kintyre in 1977 is put up for sale.

No breakthrough at climate talks

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 02:43 PM PDT

The latest round of UN climate talks in China ends without a major breakthrough, marred by bickering between Beijing and Washington.

Scientists hold protest over cuts

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 10:56 AM PDT

Hundreds of scientists have protested outside the Treasury against cuts to the science funding.

'Pear-shaped' genes uncovered

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 10:12 AM PDT

The parts of our DNA which may influence body shape - including the classic "apple" or "pear" shape in women - are revealed.

Deaf 'rewire brain' to see better

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 10:12 AM PDT

People deaf from birth may be able to reassign the area of their brain used for hearing to boost their sight, suggests a study.

Eyewitness: Anti-gay riots in Belgrade

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 09:26 AM PDT

An eyewitness describes the situation in the Serbian capital Belgrade, where protesters attacked police protecting a Gay Pride march.

This week: Your pictures

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 08:27 AM PDT

The week's news and features in pictures sent in by BBC News website readers.

Will students find their voice?

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 12:21 AM PDT

The natural rebelliousness of youth may soon manifest itself in student protest, says Sarah Dunant in her A Point of View column.

Race to build toxic flood dam in Hungary

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 10:28 AM PDT

Hungarian crews are racing against time to build an emergency dam as cracks widened at a burst reservoir that spilled toxic sludge.

Kim Jong-il appears with son and 'heir'

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 01:54 AM PDT

North Korea's television has shown pictures of the leader, Kim Jong-il with his son Kim Jong-un, who is expected to be country's next leader.

'I'll tell him never to work in a mine again'

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 01:23 AM PDT

The Chilean government says the first of the miners who have been trapped at the bottom of a pit for more than two months will be brought to the surface on Wednesday.

Police and protesters clash in Belgrade

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 10:16 AM PDT

Riot police in the Serbian capital Belgrade have fought running battles with hundreds of far-right supporters who tried to disrupt a Gay Pride march in the city.

Everyone from Chaplin to Churchill

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 10:05 AM PDT

Fast Track's Rajan Datar takes a behind the scenes look at London's historic Savoy Hotel which is back in business following a three-year refurbishment.

Yoko Ono celebrates John Lennon's 70th

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 08:40 AM PDT

Yoko Ono and her son Sean Ono Lennon sing ''happy birthday'' on what would have been John Lennon's 70th birthday.

In pictures

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 02:36 AM PDT

North Korea leader and 'heir' attend military parade

Colonial legacy

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 04:05 AM PDT

Algeria's bureaucracy tests importers' ingenuity

Basket case

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 11:53 PM PDT

Photos of how Zimbabweans are weaving their way out of poverty
Posted by Harshad at 11:05 AM

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