Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Witness setback in US terror case

Witness setback in US terror case


Witness setback in US terror case

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 10:48 AM PDT

The judge in the first civilian case against an ex-Guantanamo inmate bars a key government witness, in a blow to US prosecutors.

US apologises for helicopter raid

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 09:50 AM PDT

The US apologises for a recent Nato helicopter attack that killed at least two Pakistani soldiers near the Afghan border.

Twin attacks hit Yemen's capital

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 07:54 AM PDT

Militants fire a rocket-propelled grenade at a British embassy car in Yemen's capital, as a French contractor working for a gas firm dies in a second attack.

Red Sox owners to buy Liverpool

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 11:21 PM PDT

England's crisis-hit football giants Liverpool are to be sold to the owners of the Boston Red Sox baseball team.

'One year' to clean Hungary spill

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 05:44 AM PDT

It will take at least a year and cost tens of millions of dollars to clean a spill of toxic sludge, Hungary's environment minister says.

Cameron appeals to British nation

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 10:05 AM PDT

David Cameron urges Britons to "pull together" in the national interest, in his first party conference speech since becoming PM.

Afghans intensify Taliban contact

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 07:28 AM PDT

Contact between the Taliban and the Afghan government is intensifying, a senior official tells the BBC.

Sick PCs 'should get internet ban'

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 05:04 AM PDT

Virus-infected computers that pose a risk to other PCs should be blocked from the net, a researcher at Microsoft suggests.

Saudi 'not in gay relationship'

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 09:59 AM PDT

A Saudi Arabian prince accused of murder was not in a gay relationship with the alleged victim, his lawyer says.

X Factor singer faces UK deportation

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 08:47 AM PDT

An X Factor contestant who narrowly missed out on a place for the live finals of the show is facing removal from the UK.

Smoking chimp dies in zoo - at 52

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 04:27 AM PDT

A chimpanzee at a South African zoo, famous for smoking cigarettes despite attempts to get him to quit, has died at the age of 52.

Uganda's Kipsiro wins 5,000m gold

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 07:58 AM PDT

Uganda's Moses Kipsiro wins the first athletics gold of the Games in the 5,000m, as England's Chris Thompson finishes fifth, while Mark Lewis-Francis eases through the 100m heats.

Liverpool 'to shed debts' in deal

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 10:49 AM PDT

Liverpool's prospective new owner confirms it will unburden the club of debt if its takeover plans are accepted.

Defence cuts Labour's fault - Fox

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 02:47 AM PDT

Liam Fox blames Labour's economic mismanagement for what he says will be inevitable cuts to the defence budget.

France raises terror fears in UK

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 07:04 AM PDT

France raises fresh fears that terrorists may well target Britain, warning citizens travelling there to be "extremely vigilant".

Hague promises UK sovereignty law

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 03:51 AM PDT

Foreign Secretary William Hague says a sovereignty clause will be included in a new EU bill to be introduced into Parliament this year.

Light drinking 'no risk to baby'

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 04:11 PM PDT

Drinking one or two units of alcohol a week during pregnancy does not raise the risk of developmental problems in the child, suggests research.

Paedophile 'guided by girlfriend'

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 10:14 AM PDT

A paedophile tells a court he was told what to do by his then girlfriend as the pair sexually assaulted and took photographs of a five-month-old baby.

Man joined officer in kidnap plot

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 09:46 AM PDT

A man is found guilty of plotting with a police constable to kidnap a bank manager from his home.

Bomber move 'lowered UK standing'

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 08:14 AM PDT

The prime minister says the decision to release the Lockerbie bomber "undermined" the UK's global standing.

Sheridan 'was SSP's Lord Archer'

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 07:36 AM PDT

The Tommy Sheridan perjury trial hears the former MSP compared to a shamed Conservative peer.

PM pledges dissident terror fight

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 07:21 AM PDT

The prime minister David Cameron pledges to fight the "increasing" threat from dissident republicans.

Lawyer 'victimised' firm employee

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 04:54 AM PDT

A prominent criminal solicitor is ordered to pay more than £11,000 to a partner at his law firm.

Dealer crushed stolen instruments

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 09:34 AM PDT

A scrap metal dealer who paid thieves £61 for £15,000 worth of stolen musical instruments is found guilty of handling stolen goods.

House blaze deaths accidental

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 10:48 AM PDT

A mother who escaped a house fire died after returning to the property to try and rescue her four-year-old daughter, an inquest hears.

Paralysed extra sues film company

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 04:33 AM PDT

A Transformers 3 extra, who suffered brain damage when a stunt went wrong during filming, sues Paramount Pictures for damages.

Ecuador extends emergency rule

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 04:08 PM PDT

Ecuadorean president Rafael Correa extends emergency rule until the end of the week following last Thursday's police revolt.

Ethiopian opposition leader freed

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 08:00 AM PDT

Ethiopian opposition leader Birtukan Mideksa is freed from jail, four months after the government's landslide win.

Nigeria restore sacked official

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 06:07 AM PDT

Nigeria's suspended federation reinstates recently-sacked official Musa Amadu in a bid to appease Fifa.

European match-fixing trial opens

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 01:51 AM PDT

Four men go on trial in a German court in what is being described as Europe's biggest football match-fixing scandal.

'Five killed' in new drone attack

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 09:19 AM PDT

At least five suspected militants are killed in a drone attack in Pakistan, as officials link recent strikes to an alleged al-Qaeda plot to attack Europe.

EU and Libya reach migrants deal

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 03:30 AM PDT

The EU and Libya reach a deal on illegal migration but Brussels offers only a fraction of the aid requested by Tripoli.

Nato tankers ambushed in Pakistan

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 08:21 AM PDT

Gunmen in Pakistan set fire to some 20 oil tankers carrying fuel for Nato vehicles in Afghanistan, in the latest such attack in the last week.

Nepal again fails to elect new PM

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 06:20 AM PDT

Parliament in Nepal fails for a 10th time to form a government since its prime minister stepped down at the end of June.

Indonesia flooding toll hits 86

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 11:54 PM PDT

At least 86 people are killed in landslides and flash floods triggered by several days of heavy rain in eastern Indonesia.

Bangkok bomb-making site searched

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 02:27 AM PDT

Thai police say bomb-making equipment has been found at the site of Tuesday's fatal explosion outside Bangkok.

GDP growth 'slower than thought'

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 08:16 AM PDT

The global economy will grow slightly more slowly than previously expected next year, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said.

Liverpool owners dismay chairman

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 05:39 AM PDT

Liverpool chairman Martin Broughton says club owners George Gillett and Tom Hicks have a chance to be 'good guys' and sell the club.

Fitch in Irish rating downgrade

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 08:10 AM PDT

Credit ratings agency Fitch downgrades the Irish Republic's credit rating because of the soaring cost of its banking bail-out.

Libya takes hard line on domains

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 10:14 AM PDT

An adult-friendly url shortener has been sezied by the Libyan domain register, threatening other Libyan-based web addresses.

Man jailed over password refusal

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 09:55 AM PDT

A teenager is detained for 16 weeks after he refused to give police the password to his computer.

Sam Neill wades into Hobbit row

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 03:05 AM PDT

Jurassic Park actor Sam Neill criticises New Zealand's prime minister for getting involved in the ongoing dispute over The Hobbit film.

Documentarian Flaum dies aged 85

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 05:56 AM PDT

US documentary film-maker Marshall Flaum, who won five Emmy awards for his work, dies at the age of 85.

Josie Russell in first art show

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 09:06 AM PDT

A young woman injured during a 1996 attack in which her mother and sister were killed puts on her first exhibition.

Molecule building work wins Nobel

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 06:37 AM PDT

Three scientists have shared this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing new ways of linking carbon atoms together.

Oldest dino-like animals revealed

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 04:02 PM PDT

The first dinosaur-like creatures emerged up to nine million years earlier than previously thought.

Eyewitness: Hungary's toxic spill

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 06:45 AM PDT

It will take at least a year and cost tens of millions of dollars to clean a spill of toxic sludge, Hungary's environment minister says.

Do hard times equal good art?

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 03:32 AM PDT

Arts leaders warns harsh cuts will mean a cultural "blitzkrieg". But doesn't austerity bring punk rock and poetry?

7 questions on British history

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 05:04 AM PDT

It will be a "must do" school subject - so test yourself.

How do you insure a seaside pier?

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 05:05 AM PDT

After Hastings Pier became the latest to be badly damaged by fire, BBC News examines who insures these historic structures - and for how much.

Indonesia flood death toll over 80

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 08:54 AM PDT

More than 80 people have died in flooding in the eastern Indonesian province of West Papua.

Footage of Nato tankers ablaze

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 05:19 AM PDT

Gunmen in Pakistan have set ablaze at least 10 oil tankers carrying fuel for Nato vehicles in Afghanistan in the latest such attack in recent days.

Afghanistan's first policewomen

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 10:12 AM PDT

In a country where the police force plays a vital security role, women can for the first time in history join up.

Thousands flee Vietnam flooding

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 06:26 PM PDT

Flash flooding forces 30,000 people to flee their homes in central Vietnam.

Hunting for gold with Chilean miners

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 11:15 PM PDT

The BBC's Tim Willcox visits a mine in Chile to see how self-employed miners earn a living by recovering gold.

Hungary battles to contain toxic mud

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 10:55 PM PDT

Hungary says it will cost tens of millions of dollars and take at least a year to clean up the damage caused by a spill of industrial toxic red sludge.

Literature 'inspiring' NYC's poor

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 03:18 PM PDT

A writing group led by a man known as the Bard of Bushwick is offering residents in one of New York's poorest neighbourhoods an opportunity to express themselves.

Mandarin lessons booming in Singapore

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 09:19 AM PDT

There is a growing appetite in Singapore to learn Mandarin Chinese.

Way out

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 06:44 AM PDT

Animated guide: Rescue plan for the Chile miners

Wild world

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 08:27 AM PDT

Amazing new haul of species in Asia's Mekong region

Attack! Attack! Attack!

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 07:32 PM PDT

Do negative adverts crush the political opposition?

Day in pictures

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 03:40 AM PDT

Striking images from around the world

'Le spin'

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 10:09 PM PDT

Will French President Sarkozy regret courting the media?

Dirty secrets

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 08:01 AM PDT

CIA terror suspects tortured in Europe, experts say

Buying Becks

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 04:03 PM PDT

AEG boss talks about football and the O2 dome

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