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- Gaddafi troops force rebels back
- Efforts to stem Japan nuclear leak
- Dozens killed after siege in Iraq
- Clooney 'witness for Berlusconi'
- Fighting traps Ivorians at church
- S Asia rivals agree on Mumbai probe
- Wal-Mart 'sexism' case in US court
- Australian PM's computer 'hacked'
- Syrian cabinet quits amid unrest
- Cities 'feeling heat of climate'
- Amazon unveils cloud music player
- Can getting enough sleep help you lose weight?
- Website settles over Beatles hits
- Live - Tuesday football
- Sri Lanka edge NZ to reach final
- Libya air strikes will go on - US
- Second hospital reports CJD risk
- Final turf laid at 2012 Stadium
- 'Fukushima radiation' found in UK
- Police find bodies of two women
- Sian police search for belongings
- Osprey 'Lady' returns to reserve
- Scottish life expectancy below EU
- NI alert sees 200 homes evacuated
- 1,200 workers given jobs warning
- Schools 'downward spiral' warning
- Bus fears as firm 'restructures'
- China 'to overtake US on science'
- US house prices carry on falling
- Jimmy Carter set for Castro talks
- Rwanda ex-mayor gets life in jail
- Appiah annoyed by England changes
- Serbia singing star Ceca indicted
- Israeli law to revoke citizenship
- Dozens held in Israel Fogel case
- Pakistan army shell kills troops
- US apology for new Afghan images
- Ponting resigns as Aussie captain
- Two Koreas hold volcano dialogue
- Tepco bailout speculation grows
- India tycoons to face probe panel
- Twitter founder rejoins company
- Spotify ads hit by malware attack
- Internet advertising worth £4bn
- Hitchcock star Granger dies at 85
- Broadbent got Postlethwaite part
- Tributes after tenor Tear's death
- China tops 'clean energy league'
- Monkeys display basic numeracy
- Japan on 'maximum' nuclear alert
- Death rates 'higher' in youth
- 38 hospital patients in CJD risk
- Heart problem 'largely avoidable'
- Japan quake: Inside the evacuation zone
- How do you spot a future leader?
- Should traffic lights only flash amber at quiet times?
- VIDEO: Clashes on the front line in Libya
- VIDEO: Fears for Japan's nuclear workers
- VIDEO: Journalists tour embattled Misrata
- VIDEO: Syria awaits Assad announcement
- VIDEO: Yemen's president clings to power
- VIDEO: New Hollywood film for Bowie's son
- VIDEO: The 91-year-old running star
- VIDEO: Prince Harry joins Arctic team
- Work, love and world
- Relics revelations
- Day in pictures
- Lucky to be alive
- Muslim Miss Universe?
- My Nazi father
Gaddafi troops force rebels back Posted: 29 Mar 2011 11:06 AM PDT Pro-Gaddafi troops force rebels to abandon the key town of Bin Jawad, as delegates attend a conference in London on Libya's future. |
Efforts to stem Japan nuclear leak Posted: 29 Mar 2011 04:03 AM PDT Workers at Japan's quake-hit Fukushima nuclear plant are trying to prevent radioactive water from seeping into the sea. |
Dozens killed after siege in Iraq Posted: 29 Mar 2011 11:04 AM PDT At least 53 people are killed and dozens wounded after gunmen storm council offices in the Iraqi city of Tikrit, triggering a siege by security forces. |
Clooney 'witness for Berlusconi' Posted: 29 Mar 2011 10:04 AM PDT Actor George Clooney is among 78 possible witnesses named for Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi's trial on charges of sex with an under-age prostitute. |
Fighting traps Ivorians at church Posted: 29 Mar 2011 08:27 AM PDT Up to 30,000 people are trapped in a church compound in Ivory Coast as fighting worsens in the west of the country, a missionary tells the BBC. |
S Asia rivals agree on Mumbai probe Posted: 29 Mar 2011 08:21 AM PDT Indian and Pakistani officials are to visit each other's countries to investigate the 2008 Mumbai attacks, in what is being seen as a breakthrough in relations. |
Wal-Mart 'sexism' case in US court Posted: 29 Mar 2011 09:05 AM PDT The US Supreme Court hears evidence on whether the largest sex discrimination lawsuit in US history, against retailer Wal-Mart, should go ahead. |
Australian PM's computer 'hacked' Posted: 29 Mar 2011 01:48 AM PDT Australian PM Julia Gillard's parliamentary computer and those of at least two senior ministers are suspected of being hacked, reports say. |
Syrian cabinet quits amid unrest Posted: 29 Mar 2011 07:51 AM PDT The Syrian cabinet resigns, says state-run television, after more than a week of mass protests. |
Cities 'feeling heat of climate' Posted: 29 Mar 2011 12:03 AM PDT There is a risk of a "deadly collision between urbanisation and climate change" if no action is taken to curb emissions, a UN report warns. |
Amazon unveils cloud music player Posted: 29 Mar 2011 12:47 AM PDT Amazon has unveiled an online music service that lets users upload songs and play them from a range of devices. |
Can getting enough sleep help you lose weight? Posted: 29 Mar 2011 03:47 AM PDT Managing sleep and stress levels can help fight obesity, according to scientists in the US. |
Website settles over Beatles hits Posted: 28 Mar 2011 07:57 PM PDT A website that illegally sold Beatles songs online for 25 cents each agrees to pay record companies almost $1m (£625,000) to settle a legal case. |
Posted: 29 Mar 2011 10:46 AM PDT England host Ghana and the Republic of Ireland face Uruguay in friendlies, while Northern Ireland play Slovenia in a Euro 2012 qualifier and there are several games in League One and League Two on a busy night of international and domestic football. |
Sri Lanka edge NZ to reach final Posted: 29 Mar 2011 10:00 AM PDT Sri Lanka reach the World Cup final after holding their nerve to beat a spirited New Zealand by five wickets. |
Libya air strikes will go on - US Posted: 29 Mar 2011 10:47 AM PDT Strikes on Libya will continue until Col Gaddafi meets UN terms, stops attacking civilians and pulls back his forces, the US's Hillary Clinton tells a meeting of allied leaders in London. |
Second hospital reports CJD risk Posted: 29 Mar 2011 10:05 AM PDT Patients in Wales and Essex may have been put at risk of contracting Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) during surgery, it has been revealed. |
Final turf laid at 2012 Stadium Posted: 29 Mar 2011 08:54 AM PDT Construction work on London's Olympic Stadium finishes as the last piece of turf is laid, although the venue's track is yet to be installed. |
'Fukushima radiation' found in UK Posted: 29 Mar 2011 06:33 AM PDT Low levels of radioactive iodine believed to be from the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan are detected in Glasgow and Oxfordshire. |
Police find bodies of two women Posted: 29 Mar 2011 11:09 AM PDT Police arrest a man on suspicion of murder after the bodies of a mother and daughter are found in the Gleadless area of Sheffield. |
Sian police search for belongings Posted: 29 Mar 2011 09:00 AM PDT Police looking for Sian O'Callaghan's missing handbag start searching fields in Oxfordshire, close to where her body was found. |
Osprey 'Lady' returns to reserve Posted: 29 Mar 2011 07:03 AM PDT An osprey thought to be the oldest breeding female ever recorded in the UK has returned to its nest at a Perthshire wildlife reserve. |
Scottish life expectancy below EU Posted: 29 Mar 2011 08:53 AM PDT Scotland has one of the lowest life expectancy levels in the EU, according to new figures from the Scottish government. |
NI alert sees 200 homes evacuated Posted: 29 Mar 2011 10:55 AM PDT Police say a security alert causing major disruption in the Oldpark area of north Belfast is expected to continue into Wednesday. |
1,200 workers given jobs warning Posted: 29 Mar 2011 09:31 AM PDT More than 1,200 workers at one of NI's biggest call centre companies have been told to accept less favourable terms and conditions or lose their jobs. |
Schools 'downward spiral' warning Posted: 29 Mar 2011 10:19 AM PDT The performance of the education system in Wales could enter a "downward spiral" without urgent action, says a report commissioned by the assembly government. |
Bus fears as firm 'restructures' Posted: 29 Mar 2011 10:52 AM PDT The head of a major bus company says he is looking at restructuring the firm's services in Wales as one council seeks talks on the future of its services. |
China 'to overtake US on science' Posted: 28 Mar 2011 02:28 PM PDT China is on course to overtake America in scientific output possibly as soon as 2013, far earlier than expected, a UK study suggests. |
US house prices carry on falling Posted: 29 Mar 2011 07:02 AM PDT US single family home prices fell for the seventh month in a row in January, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller index of prices. |
Jimmy Carter set for Castro talks Posted: 29 Mar 2011 07:58 AM PDT Former US President Jimmy Carter is expected to meet Cuban President Raul Castro, on a rare visit of a US politician to Cuba. |
Rwanda ex-mayor gets life in jail Posted: 29 Mar 2011 10:52 AM PDT Former Rwandan mayor, Jean-Baptiste Gatete, is sentenced to life in prison by the UN tribunal for Rwanda for his role in the genocide of 1994. |
Appiah annoyed by England changes Posted: 28 Mar 2011 12:20 PM PDT Former Ghana captain Stephen Appiah says Fabio Capello's decision to rest senior England players for Tuesday's friendly is disrespectful. |
Serbia singing star Ceca indicted Posted: 29 Mar 2011 06:39 AM PDT Renowned Serbian turbo-folk singer Svetlana Raznatovic, widely known as Ceca, is indicted on embezzlement charges. |
Israeli law to revoke citizenship Posted: 29 Mar 2011 09:39 AM PDT Israel's parliament passes a law that allows courts to revoke the citizenship of anyone convicted of spying, treason, or aiding its enemies. |
Dozens held in Israel Fogel case Posted: 29 Mar 2011 08:16 AM PDT Israeli troops detained 60 people in an overnight raid on a West Bank village as the search continues for the killers of a settler family, Palestinians say. |
Pakistan army shell kills troops Posted: 29 Mar 2011 07:57 AM PDT At least 13 Pakistani soldiers have been killed by one of their own mortar shells during a battle with Taliban militants in the north-west, the military says. |
US apology for new Afghan images Posted: 28 Mar 2011 06:35 PM PDT The US Army apologises for distress caused after new images of US troops posing with the bodies of Afghan civilians are published in a magazine. |
Ponting resigns as Aussie captain Posted: 28 Mar 2011 11:43 PM PDT Ricky Ponting resigns as Australia Test and one-day captain but says he wants to play on for the team, ahead of the tour of Bangladesh. |
Two Koreas hold volcano dialogue Posted: 29 Mar 2011 03:25 AM PDT South and North Korea hold talks about volcanic activity on North Korea's Mount Paektu - after an earlier agreed repatriation of 27 border-crossers is completed. |
Tepco bailout speculation grows Posted: 28 Mar 2011 11:36 PM PDT Speculation is growing that the Japanese government could begin talks to nationalise the company that owns the Fukushima nuclear plant. |
India tycoons to face probe panel Posted: 28 Mar 2011 07:55 PM PDT Ratan Tata and Anil Ambani will appear before a parliamentary committee probing a multi billion dollar telecom scandal. |
Twitter founder rejoins company Posted: 28 Mar 2011 03:52 PM PDT Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey is to return full time to lead product development, three years after he was pushed out of the company as chief executive. |
Spotify ads hit by malware attack Posted: 29 Mar 2011 03:11 AM PDT Music-streaming service Spotify has apologised to users after advertisements containing malware were served to users. |
Internet advertising worth £4bn Posted: 28 Mar 2011 04:01 PM PDT Internet advertising breaks through £4bn barrier and now accounts for one pound in every four spent. |
Hitchcock star Granger dies at 85 Posted: 29 Mar 2011 08:42 AM PDT US actor Farley Granger, best known for his roles in Hitchcock's films Rope and Strangers on a Train, dies in New York at the age of 85. |
Broadbent got Postlethwaite part Posted: 29 Mar 2011 02:53 AM PDT Jim Broadbent reveals that his role in BBC One thriller Exile, co-starring John Simm, was to have been played by the late Pete Postlethwaite. |
Tributes after tenor Tear's death Posted: 29 Mar 2011 05:43 AM PDT Welsh tenor Robert Tear, who performed at opera houses around the world and appeared on more than 250 recordings, dies at 72. |
China tops 'clean energy league' Posted: 29 Mar 2011 08:44 AM PDT China remains the world's leading powerhouse in low-carbon energy technology as global investment in the sector reaches a new high of $243bn, a study shows. |
Monkeys display basic numeracy Posted: 29 Mar 2011 08:42 AM PDT Old World monkeys have better numerical skills than previously thought, scientists find. |
Japan on 'maximum' nuclear alert Posted: 28 Mar 2011 11:20 PM PDT Japanese PM vows to redouble efforts to tackle damage at a nuclear plant where radioactive water has leaked creating a "maximum alert". |
Posted: 29 Mar 2011 12:49 AM PDT Global death rates in young adults are now higher than in young children, claims a new report in The Lancet. |
38 hospital patients in CJD risk Posted: 29 Mar 2011 06:49 AM PDT Thirty-eight patients could have been put at risk of CJD after it emerges that surgical instruments may not have been sufficiently sterilised. |
Heart problem 'largely avoidable' Posted: 29 Mar 2011 08:51 AM PDT Over half of all cases of the most common type of heart rhythm disturbance could be avoided by 'clean living', such as avoiding smoking and eating more healthily, say experts. |
Japan quake: Inside the evacuation zone Posted: 29 Mar 2011 04:18 AM PDT Dai Saito describes life in Minamisouma, a town inside the 20-30km "stay indoors" zone around Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. |
How do you spot a future leader? Posted: 29 Mar 2011 03:29 AM PDT A US scheme to pinpoint future VIPs has spent 70 years introducing power-brokers-to-be to the American way. How can you tell who will one day be a head of state? |
Should traffic lights only flash amber at quiet times? Posted: 29 Mar 2011 02:28 AM PDT A council is considering the use of a flashing amber signal on traffic lights during quiet periods, in an effort to aid traffic flow. So how safe is a flashing amber light? |
VIDEO: Clashes on the front line in Libya Posted: 29 Mar 2011 10:54 AM PDT Forces opposed to Col Gaddafi, helped by foreign air strikes, have made rapid progress in recent days but pro-Gaddafi forces are now pushing them back. |
VIDEO: Fears for Japan's nuclear workers Posted: 29 Mar 2011 07:03 AM PDT Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan says his government is on maximum alert over the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant. |
VIDEO: Journalists tour embattled Misrata Posted: 29 Mar 2011 03:40 AM PDT Misrata is one of the key battlefields of the Libyan uprising. |
VIDEO: Syria awaits Assad announcement Posted: 29 Mar 2011 07:39 AM PDT Tens of thousands are demonstrating in cities across Syria in support of President Bashar al-Assad, who has faced a wave of unrest in recent days |
VIDEO: Yemen's president clings to power Posted: 28 Mar 2011 11:22 PM PDT In Yemen, talks to broker a transition away from the 32-year rule of President Ali Abdullah Saleh have stalled and there are fears that the country could slide into chaos. |
VIDEO: New Hollywood film for Bowie's son Posted: 28 Mar 2011 09:18 PM PDT Duncan Jones talks about his new film after the success of his small, low-budget science fiction film Moon. |
VIDEO: The 91-year-old running star Posted: 29 Mar 2011 02:26 AM PDT Canadian athlete Olga Kotelko didn't start training until the age of 77, and at 91 she is still winning medals and breaking world records. |
VIDEO: Prince Harry joins Arctic team Posted: 29 Mar 2011 04:10 AM PDT Prince Harry has joined a group of disabled servicemen ahead of their attempt to walk unassisted to the North Pole. |
Posted: 29 Mar 2011 04:29 AM PDT How the under-30s are redefining today's American Dream |
Posted: 28 Mar 2011 10:30 PM PDT Metal 'books' could hold vital details about early Christianity |
Posted: 29 Mar 2011 04:20 AM PDT Striking images from around the world |
Posted: 28 Mar 2011 06:32 PM PDT The man who survived two tsunamis |
Posted: 28 Mar 2011 05:15 PM PDT UK model defends decision to enter beauty pageant |
Posted: 28 Mar 2011 04:01 PM PDT Woman uses family history to teach Germany's children |
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