Sunday, December 26, 2010

Eastern US braced for blizzards

Eastern US braced for blizzards


Eastern US braced for blizzards

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 10:54 AM PST

Large parts of the US eastern seaboard are braced for an intensifying winter storm that is dumping heavy snow as it sweeps north.

Fresh clashes in central Nigeria

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 10:36 AM PST

Further violence has broken out in the city of Jos in central Nigeria following bombings that killed 32 people on Christmas Eve.

Ivory Coast in civil war warning

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 08:57 AM PST

A spokesman for Ivory Coast's incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo warns that foreign intervention to oust him could ignite an "interior war".

Turkish workers in Afghan kidnap

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 07:50 AM PST

Gunmen snatch four Turkish road workers and their local driver in Afghanistan's Paktia province, close to the Pakistan border.

Turkey 'wants better Israel ties'

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 11:07 AM PST

Turkey's foreign minister says his country wants to fix ties with Israel, whose troops killed nine people on a Turkish pro-Palestinian aid ship in May.

Flare-up in Israel-Gaza violence

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 05:02 AM PST

Two Palestinian militants are killed in southern Gaza and two rockets are fired over the border into Israel, amid a flare-up in violence in the area.

Egypt crash kills eight Americans

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 03:21 AM PST

Eight US tourists die, and 21 are injured, when their tour bus hits a stationary lorry in southern Egypt, local media and police say.

NZ city hit by strong aftershocks

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 02:06 AM PST

Aftershocks rattle the New Zealand city of Christchurch, damaging buildings and cutting power, months after a major earthquake.

US 'was pressed for wiretap help'

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 08:57 PM PST

The US has been pressed by various government for help with wiretapping criminal and political adversaries, latest Wikileaks disclosures suggest.

UK gives £40m to UN disaster fund

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 04:08 PM PST

The UK is to put more than $60m (£40m) into a UN fund set up to respond to natural disasters to fill two-thirds of its shortfall.

S Korea, China plan defence talks

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 09:58 PM PST

South Korean and Chinese defence ministers are to meet in Beijing in February amid rising tension on the Korean peninsula, officials in Seoul say.

Playboy's Hugh Hefner to marry Playmate Harris

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 06:23 AM PST

Hugh Hefner, the 84-year-old founder of Playboy magazine, becomes engaged to his 24-year-old girlfriend, Playboy model Crystal Harris.

Live - Boxing Day football

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 03:27 AM PST

Aston Villa host Tottenham after Man Utd and Man City get the wins they need to end the day in the top two positions in the Premier League on a busy Sunday of football.

Manchester United 2-0 Sunderland

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 08:55 AM PST

Dimitar Berbatov scores twice as Manchester United ease past Sunderland to stay in control of the title race.

Body is missing woman, say police

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 09:24 AM PST

Officers investigating the disappearance of Bristol landscape architect Joanna Yeates say they "are satisfied" a body found on Christmas Day is hers.

Shoppers brave Boxing Day sales

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 08:51 AM PST

Retailers report frenetic scenes as shoppers flock to winter sales, despite Sunday's restricted shopping hours for many stores.

Free book funding 'U-turn' claim

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 11:05 AM PST

Labour leader Ed Miliband accuses the coalition government of performing a partial U-turn over free book funding.

Airports facing disruption fines

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 04:39 AM PST

Airports could face fines when passengers have their travel plans disrupted, the government proposes, after days of cancellations due to snow.

Shooting inside crowded Bullring

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 10:55 AM PST

A man is arrested after a teenager was shot in the leg inside Birmingham's Bullring Shopping Centre on one of its busiest days of the year.

Boxing Day strike hits Tube lines

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 04:27 AM PST

A strike by train drivers on London Underground over working on Boxing Day disrupts almost all Tube lines.

Teenager dies after disturbance

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 08:38 AM PST

The death of an 18-year-old who had been involved in a disturbance outside a Paisley nightclub is treated as suspicious.

Burst pipes cause flood problems

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 10:33 AM PST

Fire crews across Scotland deal with flooding incidents after a sudden rise in temperatures led to problems with burst pipes.

Man is injured in Omagh assault

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 10:20 AM PST

A 40-year-old man is treated in hospital after being assaulted as he crossed a road in Omagh, County Tyrone.

Weather warning over icy roads

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 10:19 AM PST

The Met Office issues a severe weather warning for widespread icy roads in Northern Ireland on Sunday.

Fog, ice warning as grit awaited

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 09:18 AM PST

A new warning is given to drivers in parts of Wales as freezing weather continues to affect travel and sport.

Christmas Day cab robbery arrests

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 08:57 AM PST

Police arrest two people in connection with the robbery of a taxi driver early on Christmas morning.

Art patron Neuberger dies at 107

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 03:08 PM PST

US financier Roy Neuberger, one of the world's leading modern art collectors, dies at the age of 107.

Venezuela ex-president Perez dies

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 04:23 PM PST

Venezuela's former President Carlos Andres Perez dies in Florida at the age of 88, reportedly of a heart attack.

Iran urged to halt Kurd execution

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 03:20 PM PST

Amnesty International appeals to Iran to commute the death sentence of an Iranian Kurdish student who it says is expected to be executed on Sunday.

Obama condemns Pakistan bombing

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 01:25 PM PST

US President Barack Obama condemns an attack in Pakistan in which a female suicide bomber killed at least 43 people queuing to receive food aid.

Sri Lankan detainees pass exams

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 07:13 AM PST

The Sri Lankan government says 200 detained former Tamil Tiger rebels have passed a university entrance exam while in prison.

Dramatic rescue from Australian floods

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 05:27 AM PST

A man who was swept off his feet by fast-flowing flood water in Australia has been rescued by emergency services.

'Warm' weather travel chaos in Russia

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 07:23 AM PST

Unseasonably warm weather is causing problems in Russia, with around 100 flights cancelled at Moscow's Domodedovo Airport.

US hit by heavy snow storms

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 03:45 AM PST

A storm travelling up the East Coast of the US is predicted to bring blizzard conditions to New York City.

Icy Czech Republic swim competition

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 08:29 AM PST

Competitors in Prague braved icy cold water in air temperatures of -6 degrees on Sunday for an anuual Christmas swimming competition.

Strong aftershocks hit NZ city

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 05:33 AM PST

A series of strong earth tremors have struck the southern New Zealand city of Christchurch.

WWII bunker becomes art gallery

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 11:35 PM PST

A windowless building in Berlin does not look very impressive but it has seen a lot of uses since being built during the war. Now it has had yet another lease of life - as an art gallery.

Festive Odd Box - food special

Posted: 21 Dec 2010 10:46 AM PST

Dominic Byrne looks back at the food related videos featured in Newsbeat's Odd Box during 2010.

Britain's original 'Austerity' Christmas

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 04:11 PM PST

Archive footage shows how the United Kingdom experienced the run up to Christmas in 1947, one of the toughest of the post-War 'Austerity' years.

Uncertain future

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 04:03 AM PST

Sri Lanka tsunami orphans' home struggling to survive

Spam power

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 11:57 PM PST

The portable porky protein that symbolises US influence

Farewell to friends

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 04:31 PM PST

A tribute to those who departed in 2010

Singing the blues?

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 04:33 PM PST

Rock stars reflect on how recessions hit the business

Cosmic origins

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 05:49 PM PST

What's driving the science debate on a time before the Big Bang?

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