Friday, November 5, 2010

Pakistan mosque bomb kills scores

Pakistan mosque bomb kills scores


Pakistan mosque bomb kills scores

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 09:16 AM PDT

A suicide bomb attack on a packed mosque during Friday prayers in north-west Pakistan leaves at least 55 people dead and dozens more injured, local officials say.

Second Qantas jet in engine scare

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 10:06 AM PDT

A Qantas airline jumbo jet makes an emergency landing in Singapore because of an engine problem - the second such incident in two days.

Global criticism of US stimulus

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 09:20 AM PDT

Germany's finance minister calls the US stimulus programme "clueless", while China warns of its "negative impact".

Georgia 'breaks Russian spy ring'

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 06:09 AM PDT

Two years after their brief war, Georgia says it has dismantled a major Russian spy ring, a move derided in Moscow as a "provocation".

Hurricane menaces quake-hit Haiti

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 03:19 AM PDT

A tropical storm regains hurricane strength as it nears Haiti, threatening earthquake survivors living in camps.

Merapi eruption death toll rises

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 02:34 AM PDT

More than 60 people are killed in the latest eruption of Indonesia's Mount Merapi volcano, doubling the death toll.

China warning over Nobel ceremony

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 07:45 AM PDT

China warns that there will be "consequences" if governments show support for jailed Nobel peace laureate Liu Xiaobo.

No survivors in Cuba plane crash

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 01:31 AM PDT

A Cuban passenger plane crashes in the centre of the country killing all 68 people on board, including 28 foreigners, officials say.

Tanzania's president re-elected

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 07:17 AM PDT

Tanzania's incumbent President Jakaya Kikwete is declared the winner of last weekend's elections, officials say.

Radical cleric Hamza wins passport appeal

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 03:48 AM PDT

Preacher Abu Hamza wins his appeal against government attempts to strip him of his British passport.

Aid air crew kidnapped in Darfur

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 03:34 AM PDT

Three Latvian aid air crewmen have been kidnapped in Darfur, in Sudan.

Spanish piglet adopted by motherly dog

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 05:29 AM PDT

A Spanish piglet has been spared the butcher after it was adopted by a dog.

Lady Gaga waxworks to go on show eight times over

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 08:28 AM PDT

Waxworks of pop star Lady Gaga are to be simultaneously unveiled in eight locations around the world, Madame Tussauds announces.

Red Bull dominate Brazil practice

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 10:47 AM PDT

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber finish fastest in both of Friday's practice sessions for the Brazilian Grand Prix.

Australia crash to seventh defeat

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 05:33 AM PDT

Sri Lanka celebrate a maiden series win down under as Australia lose the second one-day international, their seventh defeat in succession.

Reds co-owner backs overseas game

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 09:13 AM PDT

Liverpool co-owner Tom Werner revives the idea of playing a competitive Premier League game abroad.

Woolas to fight election decision

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 09:18 AM PDT

Shadow immigration minister Phil Woolas vows to fight a decision to declare his 2010 election victory void.

Injuries as lorry falls on train

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 10:43 AM PDT

Several people are injured - two seriously - after a cement mixer lorry falls from a bridge and lands on a train at Oxshott, Surrey.

Farage re-elected as UKIP leader

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 08:46 AM PDT

Nigel Farage is re-elected as leader of the UK Independence Party, replacing Lord Pearson in the post he previously held between 2006 and 2009.

Man jailed over cat in microwave

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 09:05 AM PDT

A man filmed on a mobile phone putting his nephew's cat in a microwave then tumble drier and finally a freezer is jailed.

Factory fire in Newton Aycliffe

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 07:36 AM PDT

Emergency services advise residents to stay indoors, as they deal with a major fire in County Durham.

Royal salute as carrier bows out

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 08:15 AM PDT

The Queen has taken a royal salute at Portsmouth as she bids farewell to the Royal Navy's aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal.

Friend 'secretly taped' Sheridan

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 06:37 AM PDT

The perjury trial of former politician Tommy Sheridan hears about a covert video recording made by a long-time friend.

Carrier costs revealed in letter

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 12:16 PM PDT

A letter to the Treasury confirms that cancelling one of two aircraft carriers would have cost more than building both ships.

Kidnap victim released in Antrim

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 05:15 AM PDT

A man has been released after being kidnapped from his home in County Antrim.

AM Bates 'cannot recall assaults'

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 07:20 AM PDT

An assembly member who denies assaulting paramedics has told a court he has no recollection of the alleged incidents.

Man denies university rape charge

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 10:35 AM PDT

A soldier will stand trial accused of raping a student at the University of Glamorgan and a series of sex attacks in Wiltshire.

Democrats win in Washington state

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 07:34 PM PDT

Democratic Senator Patty Murray wins the close race for the US Senate seat in Washington state, leaving Alaska the only Senate result outstanding.

Discovery shuttle launch halted

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 06:12 AM PDT

The planned launch of the space shuttle Discovery for its final mission has been postponed again after a fuel leak.

Many die in Costa Rica landslide

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 01:10 PM PDT

A landslide in Costa Rica caused by heavy rain has killed at least 20 people in a suburb of the capital, San Jose, officials say.

Police bust Mexican 'drug ring'

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 12:41 PM PDT

Police in the United States say they have arrested 45 people with alleged links to a Mexican drug cartel operating in Atlanta, Georgia.

Greece lifts ban on mail delivery

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 09:37 AM PDT

Greece resumes deliveries of mail and packages abroad, lifting a ban it imposed after a series of parcel bombs.

German bank could be wound down

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 08:26 AM PDT

The European Commission says a very large regional bank, WestLB, could be broken up.

Civilians 'were abused' in Iraq

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 08:16 AM PDT

More than 220 Iraqi civilians were subjected to "systemic abuse", including torture, by British soldiers and interrogators in Iraq, the High Court was told on Friday.

Lawyers seek 'Iraq abuse' inquiry

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 05:51 PM PDT

Lawyers are going to the High Court to push for a full public inquiry into allegations made by 142 Iraqi civilians that they were abused by British soldiers in southern Iraq.

Karachi aircraft crash 'kills 21'

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 09:04 PM PDT

A charter plane crashes shortly after take-off from Karachi airport and reports say all 21 people on board have been killed.

Sri Lanka launches anti-porn push

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 06:23 AM PDT

A Sri Lankan court today allows police to publish photographs of porn actors in the media in an effort to break up a porn ring.

Toyota profits continue to soar

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 01:44 AM PDT

Toyota raises its annual profits forecast again as green-car subsidies boost sales.

US new jobs data beats forecasts

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 07:24 AM PDT

The US unemployment rate remained unchanged at 9.6% in October, but 151,000 jobs were created, the government says.

AIG loses $2.4bn in quarter

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 07:18 AM PDT

AIG, the insurer bailed out by US taxpayers in the credit crisis, records losses as it repays the US government

Upbeat HSBC warns on regulation

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 02:44 AM PDT

The UK's biggest bank, HSBC, says its profits are "well ahead" on last year, but regulation is a worry

Release for 'new' Jackson album

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 03:03 AM PDT

An album of previously unreleased and posthumously completed Michael Jackson songs is to go on sale next month.

Franklin bows out for six months

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 02:26 AM PDT

Soul legend Aretha Franklin has pulled out of all concerts and public appearances "at the insistence" of doctors until next May, her publicist says.

Vitamin E linked to stroke risk

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 06:38 PM PDT

Taking vitamin E could slightly increase the risk of a particular type of stroke, a study says.

Clue to drug-free HIV 'control'

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 11:04 AM PDT

Tiny changes to an "alarm" protein which responds to infections may explain why some with HIV can control their condition without drugs.

Cell find may aid cancer vaccines

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 11:03 AM PDT

A type of normal cell often found in cancerous growths may be the reason for the failure of anti-cancer vaccines.

Hurricane menaces quake-hit Haiti

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 08:55 AM PDT

A tropical storm has regained hurricane strength as it powers towards Haiti, threatening earthquake survivors.

Bug-eating kids - it's Odd Box

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 04:07 PM PDT

Radio 1's Tulip Mazumdar from the Scott Mills Show with the week's weird videos

F1 technology goes virtual

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 06:11 AM PDT

Few sports are as reliant on technology as Formula One and the teams are increasingly making use of vitual racing to get the most out of their cars.

Queen bids farewell to HMS Ark Royal

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 06:26 AM PDT

The Queen has taken a royal salute at Portsmouth as she bids farewell to the Royal Navy's aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal.

Giotto masterpiece restored to glory

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 02:11 AM PDT

Giotto's 14th century masterpiece, the Ognissanti crucifix, has been put back on public display in Florence after a seven year restoration.

New footage of WWI from the air

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 11:44 AM PDT

Extraordinary pictures of the aftermath of World War I, which have been hidden away for nearly a century, have been discovered in a vault in Paris.

Inside Yemen after bomb discovery

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 04:39 PM PDT

The parcel bomb plot has been blamed on al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, a group which the government in Yemen is struggling to contain.

How best to cut the BBC cake

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 02:52 AM PDT

Examining the relations between the BBC and the Conservative Party as the broadcaster is now to help fund the Welsh S4C channel and rolling out broadband services.

Back to life

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 10:40 AM PDT

How the veil was lifted on a Giotto masterpiece

It's quiz time

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 05:17 PM PDT

What's Harry Potter been blamed for this time?

Day in pictures

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 07:34 AM PDT

Eye-catching images from around the world

Burma's fading light?

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 07:28 AM PDT

Have the generals succeeded in sidelining Aung San Suu Kyi?

Praying through dance

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 09:32 AM PDT

A colourful look at Navratri - the Hindu festival of song and dance

Gender bended

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 05:01 PM PDT

How sexually-confused insects are aiding small farmers in India

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