Saturday, November 6, 2010

Somali pirates get record ransom

Somali pirates get record ransom


Somali pirates get record ransom

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 09:02 AM PDT

Somali pirates are reported to have received a total of about $12.3m (£7.6m) in ransom money to release two ships.

Obama announces India trade deals

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 10:43 AM PDT

US President Barack Obama - visiting Mumbai - praises Indian's economic progress and announces $10bn (£6.2bn) in new trade deals.

Pope warns of Spanish secularism

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 07:05 AM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI begins a visit to Spain, where the traditionally powerful Catholic Church feels under pressure from secular values.

Volcano forces cancelled flights

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 07:50 AM PDT

Airlines cancel flights between Singapore and Jakarta because of fears that volcanic ash from the Mount Merapi eruption could damage plane engines.

Leading Russian reporter attacked

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 05:38 AM PDT

A leading Russian journalist is attacked outside his Moscow home in what police say was attempted murder.

China artist 'under house arrest'

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 05:20 AM PDT

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei says he has been placed under house arrest to prevent him holding a party to mark the destruction of his Shanghai studio.

Nato probes 'rogue Afghan attack'

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 03:28 AM PDT

Nato is investigating a report that an Afghan soldier shot and killed foreign troops in the southern province of Helmand.

Qantas A380s 'to fly again soon'

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 05:43 AM PDT

Qantas has said it hopes to have its grounded fleet of A380s flying again within days after urgent checks following an engine failure.

Karachi tense as politician buried

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 05:17 AM PDT

Thousands throng the streets of Karachi, amid tight security, for the funeral of a Pakistani politician murdered outside his London home.

Actress Jill Clayburgh dies at 66

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 02:46 AM PDT

Hollywood, TV and Broadway actress Jill Clayburgh has died aged 66.

Secret of youth - man looks years younger after flight

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 03:05 PM PDT

Canadian officials have detained a young Asian man who apparently boarded a flight from Hong Kong disguised as an elderly white male.

Live - autumn internationals

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 06:44 AM PDT

Ireland entertain world champions South Africa after New Zealand beat England at Twickenham and Australia beat Wales in Cardiff.

Hulkenberg grabs pole in Brazil

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 10:12 AM PDT

Williams driver Nico Hulkenberg takes a surprise pole position for the Brazilian Grand Prix ahead of the four main title contenders.

England 16-26 New Zealand

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 09:23 AM PDT

England's latest revival shows signs of life at Twickenham but they still slip to their ninth defeat in a row against the All Black juggernaut.

Labour MP admits House incident

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 04:14 AM PDT

Labour MP Paul Farrelly has admitted he "wrestled" a man to the floor inside the Houses of Parliament.

Coulson interviewed by police

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 10:02 AM PDT

David Cameron's communications director, Andy Coulson, has been interviewed by police over phone-hacking at the News of the World.

Prince attacks MoD over vehicles

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 06:34 AM PDT

The Duke of York says during a factory visit that MoD bosses will not "get off their fat backsides" over the ordering of new armoured vehicles.

Celtic hit nine to go top of table

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 09:50 AM PDT

A potent display by Celtic's strikeforce blows Aberdeen away in an afternoon of high drama at Celtic Park.

Body found in missing woman hunt

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 10:00 AM PDT

A post-mortem is carried out on the body found in the hunt for missing Ascot woman Joanna Brown.

Recovery team at train crash site

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 06:15 AM PDT

Recovery teams are removing the wreckage of the cement mixer that fell from a bridge onto a train at Oxshott, Surrey.

Funeral set for Scots actor Kelly

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 09:01 AM PDT

The funeral of Glaswegian actor Gerard Kelly will be held on Friday, with his cortege passing the city's King's Theatre.

Three police hurt by Belfast bomb

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 02:15 AM PDT

Police say a bomb attack on officers in West Belfast could have ended in "mass murder".

Protest over future of S4C

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 06:34 AM PDT

More than a thousand people turned out in Cardiff to support a rally by Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg, the Welsh Language Society, over the future of S4C.

University suspends Malaysia link

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 07:36 AM PDT

The University of Wales has suspended relations with a Malaysian business college, pending an inquiry.

Ex-officer jailed over US killing

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 08:03 PM PDT

A white ex-police officer is sentenced to the minimum possible jail term of two years for shooting dead an unarmed black man in California.

MSNBC suspends prime-time TV host

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 01:24 PM PDT

The US broadcasting network MSNBC has suspended prime-time host Keith Olbermann for making political contributions.

Senior Mexico drug lord shot dead

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 12:00 AM PDT

A leader of Mexico's powerful Gulf drug cartel, Ezequiel Cardenas, is shot dead by security forces near the US border, the Mexican military says.

Romanian 'Holocaust grave' found

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 04:03 PM PDT

A mass grave containing the bodies of about 100 Jews killed during the Holocaust has been discovered in Romania, researchers say.

Al-Qaeda group claims cargo bombs

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 03:12 PM PDT

Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula says it sent two parcel bombs on planes bound for the US last week, in messages on Islamist websites.

Pakistan mosque attack toll rises

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 03:23 AM PDT

The number of people killed in a Friday prayers attack on a mosque in north-west Pakistan has risen to 72, local officials say, as funerals take place.

China shopping mall fire kills 19

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 01:02 AM PDT

A fire in a shopping centre in northern China kills at least 19 people and leaves 27 more injured, state media reports.

Russia's Mail.ru sees shares jump

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 12:02 PM PDT

Shares in Russia's Mail.ru, part-owner of Facebook, surge on their London debut.

Sawfly makes first UK appearance

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 09:54 AM PDT

A species of tiny insect is discovered living in the UK for the first time, despite being extremely rare in Europe.

Jetman back in the skies

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 01:29 AM PDT

The Swiss daredevil Yves Rossy has made his first return to the skies after his failed attempt to fly form Africa to Europe.

Mexican police kill 'Tony Tormenta'

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 10:34 AM PDT

Pollice on the US Mexican border have shot dead a well know drugs trafficker known locally as Tony the Tormenta or Tony the Strom.

Haitian towns deluged by heavy rain

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 04:09 AM PDT

The most densely populated areas of Haiti escaped the worst impact of Hurricane Tomas, but some smaller towns are under water following torrential rainfall.

Pope greeted by thousands in Spain

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 05:34 AM PDT

Pope Benedict has begun his official visit to Spain with a service at the cathedral in Santiago de Compostela.

Obama defiant at Taj Hotel

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 03:16 AM PDT

US President Barack Obama has delivered an uncompromising address on the first day of his visit to India.

Road closed after rail crash

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 03:23 AM PDT

Police are to begin piecing together what happened moments before a concrete mixer fell from a bridge onto a train in Oxshott in Surrey.

In pictures

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 06:07 AM PDT

Hurricane Tomas clips quake-hit Haiti, bringing floods in its wake

March of the netizens

Posted: 02 Nov 2010 03:06 AM PDT

How the internet is allowing new expression to Chinese citizens

Bleak outlook

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 07:04 PM PDT

Will Burma's election help the country's ethnic groups?

Falling behind

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 10:43 AM PDT

Why has Japan's domination of gaming industry ended?

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