Tuesday, March 22, 2011

US crew rescued after Libya crash

US crew rescued after Libya crash


US crew rescued after Libya crash

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 11:03 AM PDT

Two US airmen are rescued in eastern Libya after their warplane crashed during allied operations, officials say.

Karzai names Nato pullout areas

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 05:06 AM PDT

Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai names the areas of the country expected to be handed over by foreign troops to Afghan forces in July.

Power cables laid at Japan plant

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 08:44 AM PDT

Power cables are attached to all six reactors at Japan's stricken nuclear plant, and lighting is restored at the control room of reactor No 3.

Strike on Gaza 'kills children'

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 09:09 AM PDT

Four Palestinian family members - including two children - have died in an Israeli attack in Gaza, doctors say, amid the worst violence for years.

Yemeni president warns of coup

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 06:49 AM PDT

Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh says there could be a civil war in the country because of attempts to stage a coup against his rule.

Israel ex-President Katsav jailed

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 08:23 AM PDT

Israeli ex-President Moshe Katsav is sentenced to seven years for rape - the first former head of state to be jailed.

Cameroon 'robbers' killed at sea

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 07:36 AM PDT

At least 18 people suspected of robbing a bank in Cameroon have died in a gun battle as they tried to escape on speed boats, officials say.

German incest case father jailed

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 06:23 AM PDT

A lorry driver whose stepdaughter was forced to bear eight of his children is jailed by a German court for 14-and-a-half years.

Ukraine ex-leader in murder probe

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 07:36 AM PDT

Ukraine opens a criminal investigation into former President Leonid Kuchma over the notorious murder of journalist Georgiy Gongadze in 2000.

Man tried for 'pouring whisky' on Zuma

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 05:43 AM PDT

A South African man has gone on trial for assault after allegedly pouring his drink on President Jacob Zuma.

Philippines to impeach anti-graft chief

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 03:44 AM PDT

The Philippine lower house of parliament votes to impeach the head of the anti-corruption agency for failure to investigate former President Gloria Arroyo.

Fidel: I quit party role in 2006

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 08:33 AM PDT

Cuba's ex-president Fidel Castro says he resigned from all his positions when he fell ill in 2006, including Communist Party chief which he was thought to still hold.

Scientists use maths to predict 'the end of religion'

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 12:31 AM PDT

Decades of census data, alongside a mathematical model, suggest religion in nine secular countries is being driven to extinction.

Bieber and U2 on Japan fund album

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 02:29 AM PDT

Justin Bieber and U2 are among artists who have agreed to contribute songs to a fund-raising album for victims of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami.

Terry admits to dividing opinion

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 07:30 AM PDT

John Terry concedes he may not be a widely popular choice following his reinstatement as England captain after 13 months.

Rogge snubbed in Olympic cash row

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 10:35 AM PDT

The full extent of the British Olympic Association's snub to Olympic chief Jacques Rogge over the current row about any London 2012 financial surplus can be revealed by BBC Sport.

Blatter 'to stand down in 2015'

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 02:38 AM PDT

Sepp Blatter says he will step down as Fifa president in 2015, if he is elected for a fourth term in June.

Libya operation has 'real effect'

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 10:49 AM PDT

The Ministry of Defence says the coalition operation over Libya has stopped Col Muammar Gaddafi's forces "in their tracks", but that civilian lives are still in danger.

Tighter rules for student visas

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 09:03 AM PDT

The Home Secretary promises to cut student visa numbers by a quarter and to stop bogus colleges.

Life term for river plunge father

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 06:38 AM PDT

A father who murdered his five-year-old daughter by driving a car into a river is told he must spend at least 15 years in prison.

UK inflation rate rises to 4.4%

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 07:22 AM PDT

The UK Consumer Prices Index rate of inflation rises to 4.4%, up from 4% in January, driven by higher food and fuel costs.

Top policeman found dead at home

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 09:31 AM PDT

Wiltshire's deputy chief constable, who was removed from his duties while an internal investigation took place, is found dead at his home.

Reward offered over missing Sian

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 10:20 AM PDT

An anonymous donor offers a £20,000 reward to find missing Swindon nightclubber Sian O'Callaghan.

Student eviction 'heavy handed'

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 10:50 AM PDT

An operation to evict student protesters from Glasgow University is condemned as "heavy handed".

Holyrood winds up before election

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 08:20 AM PDT

The starting gun for the Scottish Parliament elections on 5 May is fired, with the dissolution of Holyrood.

McGuinness offer 'a vote tactic'

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 09:45 AM PDT

Peter Robinson dismisses as an "electoral tactic" Martin McGuinness's offer to consider a joint first ministry if Sinn Fein tops the assembly poll.

Agent's ex-wife sues Scappaticci

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 10:19 AM PDT

The ex-wife of an MI5 agent is seeking damages from a west Belfast man alleged to have been Britain's lead agent in the IRA.

Four 'executed in double murders'

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 10:17 AM PDT

The murder trial starts of a man accused of "executing" four people in two double murders in Pembrokeshire in the 1980s.

Uni 'should close' if plans fail

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 08:36 AM PDT

The University of Wales should be wound down and closed if other plans for its future fail, a report concludes.

Obama to meet El Salvador leader

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 09:55 AM PDT

US President Barack Obama leaves Chile for El Salvador, on the final leg of his five-day trip to Latin America.

'Fewer women' in world newsrooms

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 04:52 AM PDT

Nearly 75% of top news media jobs across the world are held by men, as are two-thirds of reporting jobs, a new study finds.

Mexico 'headed for strong growth'

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 07:54 AM PDT

Mexico's Finance Minister Ernesto Cordero says his country is set for strong growth, with no signs investment is being harmed by concerns over drug violence.

Guatemala first couple to divorce

Posted: 21 Mar 2011 03:54 PM PDT

Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom and his wife Sandra Torres file for divorce so she can stand for election to succeed him, officials say.

Africa leaders attack Libya raids

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 02:45 AM PDT

The leaders of Uganda, Zimbabwe and South Africa condemn the air strikes on Libya, saying the West is employing double-standards.

Italy island packed with migrants

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 03:49 AM PDT

More North African migrants arrive on the tiny Italian isle of Lampedusa, where the migrant influx this year has doubled the population.

Strikes keep pressure on Gaddafi

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 02:20 AM PDT

Libya's government says more civilians have been killed in a third night of air and missile strikes by coalition forces enforcing a no-fly zone.

Demjanjuk 'should get six years'

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 08:47 AM PDT

John Demjanjuk should get six years in jail, German prosecutors say, alleging that he helped to massacre Jews at a Nazi death camp.

Fire at Egypt interior ministry

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 10:14 AM PDT

A fire which broke out in a building in the Egyptian interior ministry compound in Cairo has now been extinguished.

India cable 'authentic' - Assange

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 02:58 AM PDT

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange says the Indian PM is wrong to have doubted the veracity of a cable which has caused an uproar in India.

Death toll soars at Pakistan mine

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 06:11 AM PDT

The bodies of 43 trapped workers have been pulled from a mine that collapsed in Pakistan's Balochistan province, officials say.

China rejects Google allegations

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 01:06 AM PDT

China's foreign ministry rejects claims by Google that Beijing is disrupting access to its e-mail service.

Malaysia probes weapons transit

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 02:26 AM PDT

Malaysia is probably being used as an illicit transit point, the home minister says, amid an inquiry into whether seized cargo included bomb-making parts.

Tepco to compensate Japan farmers

Posted: 21 Mar 2011 06:15 PM PDT

Tokyo Electric Power will have to compensate farmers for losses caused by the nuclear radiation leaks.

Japan's stocks rise as fears ease

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 12:49 AM PDT

Japanese stocks are rising amid reports of progress in containing radiation leaks at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

Carmaker restart hits supply bump

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 05:23 AM PDT

Carmakers Toyota and Honda say they will not restart production this week as they struggle to get parts supplied.

Apple sues Amazon over 'Appstore'

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 06:11 AM PDT

As Amazon launches a store for Android applications, Apple is suing the retailer over its use of the name 'Appstore'.

Play.com warns of security breach

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 08:27 AM PDT

Online retailer Play.com has warned customers via e-mail that some of their personal data may have been compromised.

Quantum computing takes big leap

Posted: 21 Mar 2011 10:47 PM PDT

A best-in-class demonstration of a quantum computing device shows that, after years of development, real quantum computers may be on the horizon.

Disco singer Holloway dies at 64

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 09:44 AM PDT

US singer Loleatta Holloway, best known for her vocals which were sampled on Black Box's 1989 hit Ride On Time, dies at the age of 64.

Fellowes to pen Titanic TV epic

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 02:54 AM PDT

Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes is to write a mini-series about the sinking of the Titanic, to air next year on ITV1.

Tests shed light on life origins

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 10:25 AM PDT

Scientists examine the results from 1950s experiments to show how the foul-smelling hydrogen sulphide may have been an important precursor in the chemistry that eventually led to life on Earth

UK nuclear support despite Japan

Posted: 21 Mar 2011 09:38 PM PDT

More Britons support the building of new nuclear power stations than oppose it, despite the crisis in Japan - but support has fallen.

'Stay on tamoxifen' women told

Posted: 21 Mar 2011 08:49 PM PDT

Women who cut short their Tamoxifen treatment before the recommended full five years risk their breast cancer returning, experts warn.

VIDEO: Conditions in Misrata hospital 'serious'

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 05:48 AM PDT

Fighting is continuing in Libya between rebels and forces loyal to Colonel Gaddafi.

Is Libya a cost Britain can bear?

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 11:06 AM PDT

With the government intent on saving billions of pounds and with no clear exit strategy in Libya, is the UK's military operation sustainable?

Japan: After the earthquake

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 09:15 AM PDT

BBC News website readers share their stories as they return home following the earthquake and tsunami in Japan.

VIDEO: Libyan newsreader brandishes rifle on TV

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 05:23 AM PDT

Presenter on pro-Gaddafi station Al Libya has pledged to fight until his 'last drop of blood, last baby and child' during an on-air tirade.

VIDEO: Power reconnected to Japanese reactors

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 07:00 AM PDT

Work to connect power cables to all six reactors at Japan's stricken nuclear plant is completed but further testing is needed before the electricity can be switched on.

VIDEO: US war plane crashes in Libya

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 06:55 AM PDT

A US war plane has crash landed in Libya during a third night of allied air strikes against Colonel Gaddafi's forces.

VIDEO: Tsunami children hunt for parents

Posted: 21 Mar 2011 12:09 PM PDT

More than 8,000 people have been confirmed dead following the earthquake and tsunami, but some 13,000 are still missing.

VIDEO: Rebels visit coalition attack site

Posted: 21 Mar 2011 04:01 PM PDT

Rebels from Benghazi have left the city to inspect the charred remains of military vehicles belonging to forces loyal to Col Gaddafi.

VIDEO: Calls for revolution in Syria

Posted: 21 Mar 2011 08:15 PM PDT

Thousands of demonstrators have marched through the Syrian city of Daraa openly calling for revolution and demanding greater freedom and an end to corruption.

VIDEO: Royal wedding carriage unveiled

Posted: 21 Mar 2011 11:38 PM PDT

Buckingham Palace has released details of the carriage that will be used to carry newlyweds Prince William and Kate Middleton after their wedding.

Knut's story

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 06:55 AM PDT

Is it wrong to keep polar bears in zoos?

Obama's war tent

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 04:44 AM PDT

How the US leader keeps Libya strike secrets while on the move

Day in pictures

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 05:53 AM PDT

Striking images from around the world

Baptism by ice

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 04:21 AM PDT

Russia's trend for dipping children in frozen rivers

International appeal

Posted: 21 Mar 2011 10:27 PM PDT

Can India's fashion industry become a global player?

Kindling a fire

Posted: 21 Mar 2011 05:58 PM PDT

Will public anger in Syria keep burning or fizzle out?

Road to 2012

Posted: 21 Mar 2011 04:09 PM PDT

Starting gun fired in the US presidential race

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