Ivorian forces storm Gbagbo home |
- Ivorian forces storm Gbagbo home
- Nato: Libya using human shields
- Gas pumped to prevent Japan blast
- Sudan blames Israel for air strike
- Scores missing off Italian coast
- Net giants challenge French law
- Berlusconi's sex trial adjourned
- Climate 'fix' may warm, not cool
- Appeal date set for Wikileaks founder
- Swedish queen hurt evading press
- Pakistan 'cannibals' in custody
- Pensioner 'cuts Armenia internet'
- Florentine noblewoman 'Mona Lisa' to be exhumed
- Digital reissue restores gay references in 1951 novel
- Live - Wednesday football
- Sri Lanka rocked by resignations
- Live - Scottish Premier League
- Man held in Ronan Kerr inquiry
- We won't take risks with NHS - PM
- Tomlinson stance 'almost defiant'
- Pilots 'suffer cockpit fatigue'
- Life term for taxi driver killer
- 'Murdered' wife 'wanted more sex'
- Woman in £5m 'smear test claim'
- Loan shark took 719,000% interest
- 'Stop now' officer's killers told
- Meningitis probe in student death
- 'Soldier's slip triggered bomb'
- Bus regulator condemns firm boss
- Talks intensify on US budget deal
- Ex-US politician to meet Gaddafi
- Brazil rejects dam halt request
- Mau Mau government files released
- Portugal pays more to borrow cash
- New group tackles forest threats
- Prominent Israelis in peace bid
- Afghans probe Nato raid killings
- Pakistan rejects militant report
- Thailand 'admits cluster bombing'
- Toyota facing credit downgrade
- Asian economic recovery 'solid'
- Honda halves Swindon production
- Spain gets IMF vote of confidence
- M&S customers hit by e-mail hack
- Twitter predicts future of stocks
- UK's slowest mobile towns mapped
- Fugard to receive lifetime Tony
- Big Brother moving to Channel 5
- Shock decline of Falkland skuas
- Pre-pregnancy DNA tests approved
- VIDEO: Branson to journey to ocean bottom
- Lab-made retina using stem cells
- Worries over skin cancer in young
- Has feminism blocked social mobility for men?
- 7 questions on prices of everyday items
- VIDEO: Inside Chernobyl reactor 25 years on
- VIDEO: Pilots suffering 'cockpit fatigue'
- VIDEO: Dylan plays first ever China gig
- VIDEO: Fears of a New York serial killer
- VIDEO: Libya: Rebel leader criticises Nato
- VIDEO: Severe storms hit southern US
- VIDEO: Young German jockey rides a cow
- Nuclear legacy
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| Ivorian forces storm Gbagbo home Posted: 06 Apr 2011 10:46 AM PDT Forces opposed to Ivory Coast leader Laurent Gbagbo launch a major assault on the presidential residence where he is holed up. |
| Nato: Libya using human shields Posted: 06 Apr 2011 09:23 AM PDT Nato says pro-Gaddafi forces in Libya are using human shields in the western town of Misrata and are hiding their heavy armour after air strikes. |
| Gas pumped to prevent Japan blast Posted: 06 Apr 2011 11:15 AM PDT Workers in Japan start injecting nitrogen into one of the reactors at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant to prevent more hydrogen blasts. |
| Sudan blames Israel for air strike Posted: 06 Apr 2011 08:18 AM PDT Sudan's government says Israel carried out an air strike on a car near the city of Port Sudan on the Red Sea coast which killed two people. |
| Scores missing off Italian coast Posted: 06 Apr 2011 09:38 AM PDT Italian rescue workers find 20 bodies as they search for dozens of African migrants missing after a boat capsizes on its way from Libya. |
| Net giants challenge French law Posted: 06 Apr 2011 07:01 AM PDT Facebook, Google and eBay are among a host of companies unhappy with France's plans to retain personal data. |
| Berlusconi's sex trial adjourned Posted: 06 Apr 2011 02:20 AM PDT Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's trial on charges of paying for sex with an under-age prostitute opens and is immediately adjourned. |
| Climate 'fix' may warm, not cool Posted: 06 Apr 2011 01:48 AM PDT Attempts to reduce global temperatures by changing clouds' reflectivity may backfire, say researchers at the European Geosciences Union meeting. |
| Appeal date set for Wikileaks founder Posted: 06 Apr 2011 06:19 AM PDT Wikileaks founder Julian Assange's appeal against extradition from the UK to Sweden on sexual assault allegations is to begin on 12 July. |
| Swedish queen hurt evading press Posted: 06 Apr 2011 08:13 AM PDT Sweden's Queen Silvia has been injured while trying to escape the attention of a photographer in New York. |
| Pakistan 'cannibals' in custody Posted: 06 Apr 2011 09:22 AM PDT A court in eastern Pakistan extends the remand of two brothers charged with making a meal out of a corpse they stole from a grave. |
| Pensioner 'cuts Armenia internet' Posted: 06 Apr 2011 04:39 AM PDT An elderly woman in Georgia is facing a prison sentence after reportedly causing internet services in neighbouring Armenia to crash. |
| Florentine noblewoman 'Mona Lisa' to be exhumed Posted: 06 Apr 2011 12:53 AM PDT Researchers will attempt to identify the woman who sat for Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa, by digging up the remains of a noblewoman in Florence. |
| Digital reissue restores gay references in 1951 novel Posted: 06 Apr 2011 01:44 AM PDT An original version of 1951 novel From Here to Eternity is to be reissued digitally, with previously censored references to homosexuality restored. |
| Posted: 06 Apr 2011 10:01 AM PDT Chelsea host Premier League rivals Manchester United in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final, with Barcelona playing Shakhtar Donetsk in Wednesday's other last-eight tie. |
| Sri Lanka rocked by resignations Posted: 06 Apr 2011 06:14 AM PDT Sri Lanka vice-captain Mahela Jayawardene and the country's selectors resign following their World Cup final defeat by India. |
| Live - Scottish Premier League Posted: 06 Apr 2011 10:59 AM PDT Celtic can reclaim top spot in the SPL as Hibernian visit Glasgow, while Motherwell host Dundee Utd and St Mirren take on Aberdeen. |
| Man held in Ronan Kerr inquiry Posted: 06 Apr 2011 10:47 AM PDT Police investigating the murder of Constable Ronan Kerr in Omagh on Saturday arrest a man in Scotland. |
| We won't take risks with NHS - PM Posted: 06 Apr 2011 04:48 AM PDT The government will not take risks with the NHS in England, Prime Minister David Cameron says. |
| Tomlinson stance 'almost defiant' Posted: 06 Apr 2011 11:05 AM PDT The police officer who pushed Ian Tomlinson minutes before he died at the G20 protests in London says he was "almost inviting a confrontation". |
| Pilots 'suffer cockpit fatigue' Posted: 06 Apr 2011 09:01 AM PDT One in five pilots suffer from fatigue in the cockpit at least once a week, a study seen by the BBC suggests. |
| Life term for taxi driver killer Posted: 06 Apr 2011 10:59 AM PDT A man convicted of the murder of a taxi driver who was stabbed in the head in a country lane is jailed for life, and must serve at least 30 years. |
| 'Murdered' wife 'wanted more sex' Posted: 06 Apr 2011 08:28 AM PDT A man accused of murdering his postmistress wife told police they were working on the physical side of their relationship because she wanted more sex. |
| Woman in £5m 'smear test claim' Posted: 06 Apr 2011 06:14 AM PDT A woman who had a hysterectomy after smear tests did not diagnose cancer is told she can continue a £5m damages action. |
| Loan shark took 719,000% interest Posted: 06 Apr 2011 09:44 AM PDT A Glasgow loan shark who charged people interest rates of more than 719,000% faces having his assets seized. |
| 'Stop now' officer's killers told Posted: 06 Apr 2011 06:36 AM PDT The Catholic Primate of All-Ireland tells mourners at the funeral of Constable Ronan Kerr that his murder was "an evil deed, an offence against God". |
| Meningitis probe in student death Posted: 06 Apr 2011 10:35 AM PDT A student from Northern Ireland has died of suspected meningitis while studying at university in Sunderland. |
| 'Soldier's slip triggered bomb' Posted: 06 Apr 2011 06:55 AM PDT A soldier who was the 100th member of the UK forces killed in the Sangin area of Afghanistan slipped setting off a bomb, an inquest hears. |
| Bus regulator condemns firm boss Posted: 06 Apr 2011 10:14 AM PDT The traffic commissioner issues a damming report into the activities of south Wales bus operator Clayton Jones, and withdraws his company's licence. |
| Talks intensify on US budget deal Posted: 06 Apr 2011 11:05 AM PDT Talks intensify on Capitol Hill as congressional negotiators bid to reach a deal on federal spending cuts to avoid a looming government shutdown. |
| Ex-US politician to meet Gaddafi Posted: 06 Apr 2011 09:00 AM PDT A former Republican congressman arrives in Libya on a mission to meet Col Muammar Gaddafi and ask him to step down. |
| Brazil rejects dam halt request Posted: 06 Apr 2011 08:04 AM PDT Brazil says a request to halt work on its hydro-electric dam in the Amazon is unjustified, despite concerns of indigenous groups and environmentalists. |
| Mau Mau government files released Posted: 06 Apr 2011 09:45 AM PDT Thousands of files from former British administrations are to be made public, including documents relating to the Kenyan Mau Mau uprising. |
| Portugal pays more to borrow cash Posted: 06 Apr 2011 03:24 AM PDT Debt-hit Portugal successfully raises about 1bn euros but is paying a much higher interest rate to lenders. |
| New group tackles forest threats Posted: 06 Apr 2011 01:16 AM PDT A partnership bringing together scientists, the UN and landowners is set up to protect Mediterranean forests from threats, such as water scarcity and fires. |
| Prominent Israelis in peace bid Posted: 06 Apr 2011 07:01 AM PDT A group of prominent Israelis is proposing a new plan to break the deadlock in peace talks with the Palestinians. |
| Afghans probe Nato raid killings Posted: 06 Apr 2011 09:39 AM PDT Afghan President Hamid Karzai has ordered an investigation into reports that a Nato-led raid killed a number of civilians earlier this week. |
| Pakistan rejects militant report Posted: 06 Apr 2011 09:00 AM PDT The Pakistani military dismisses the findings of a US report that says it has no clear plans to defeat the Taliban insurgency. |
| Thailand 'admits cluster bombing' Posted: 06 Apr 2011 01:21 AM PDT Campaigners say Thailand admits using cluster bombs during four days of border fighting against Cambodia in February. |
| Toyota facing credit downgrade Posted: 06 Apr 2011 01:05 AM PDT Toyota's credit rating has been put under review by Moody's ratings agency, following the Japanese earthquake. |
| Asian economic recovery 'solid' Posted: 05 Apr 2011 10:55 PM PDT Asia's developing economies are expected to grow by just under 8% in 2011, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) says. |
| Honda halves Swindon production Posted: 06 Apr 2011 07:14 AM PDT Honda is to halve production at its factory in Swindon until the end of May because of a shortage of parts coming from Japan. |
| Spain gets IMF vote of confidence Posted: 06 Apr 2011 02:30 AM PDT Spain has no need of an international financial rescue, says the head of the IMF, Dominique Strauss-Kahn. |
| M&S customers hit by e-mail hack Posted: 06 Apr 2011 01:46 AM PDT Marks and Spencer customers have been warned to expect an increase in spam e-mail after hackers stole their details. |
| Twitter predicts future of stocks Posted: 06 Apr 2011 02:44 AM PDT Investors wanting to make a mint on the stock market should join Twitter, researchers find. |
| UK's slowest mobile towns mapped Posted: 06 Apr 2011 05:28 AM PDT A study reveals the best and worst places in the UK for 3G mobile broadband. |
| Fugard to receive lifetime Tony Posted: 06 Apr 2011 09:34 AM PDT South African playwright Athol Fugard is to receive a special honour at this year's Tony awards, as will Vagina Monologues author and activist Eve Ensler, organisers have announced. |
| Big Brother moving to Channel 5 Posted: 06 Apr 2011 07:02 AM PDT Reality TV show Big Brother will return to TV screens later this year after Channel 5 signed a two-year deal with its creator Endemol. |
| Shock decline of Falkland skuas Posted: 06 Apr 2011 01:55 AM PDT The number of Falkland skuas has declined by almost half in just five years, a survey of the bird's largest breeding ground reveals. |
| Pre-pregnancy DNA tests approved Posted: 06 Apr 2011 02:37 AM PDT Genetic tests for conditions such as cystic fibrosis should be available before people become pregnant, says the government's advisory body on genetics. |
| VIDEO: Branson to journey to ocean bottom Posted: 05 Apr 2011 10:58 PM PDT Sir Richard Branson is already selling tickets to fly people to the edge of space and now he wants to voyage to the bottom of the deepest oceans. |
| Lab-made retina using stem cells Posted: 06 Apr 2011 10:00 AM PDT A part of the eye that is essential for vision has been created in the laboratory from animal stem cells, offering hope to the blind and partially sighted. |
| Worries over skin cancer in young Posted: 05 Apr 2011 05:06 PM PDT Each day more than two people under 35 in Britain are diagnosed with malignant melanoma, new figures reveal. |
| Has feminism blocked social mobility for men? Posted: 06 Apr 2011 04:34 AM PDT Feminism provided an obstacle to social mobility for working-class men, minister David Willetts has argued. But is he right? |
| 7 questions on prices of everyday items Posted: 06 Apr 2011 12:01 AM PDT The price of a first-class stamp has shot up. This, and the cost of a pint of milk, are classic measures of being in touch with reality. Test yourself. |
| VIDEO: Inside Chernobyl reactor 25 years on Posted: 05 Apr 2011 11:39 PM PDT As the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster approaches, the BBC's Daniel Sandford has been given rare access to the contaminated reactor block. |
| VIDEO: Pilots suffering 'cockpit fatigue' Posted: 06 Apr 2011 10:05 AM PDT One in five pilots say they suffer from fatigue in the cockpit at least once a week, according to a university study. |
| VIDEO: Dylan plays first ever China gig Posted: 06 Apr 2011 10:46 AM PDT Bob Dylan has played a concert in Beijing, the American music legend's first gig in mainland China. |
| VIDEO: Fears of a New York serial killer Posted: 05 Apr 2011 10:21 PM PDT Police in New York are continuing their search for more victims of a possible serial killer, after eight bodies were found close to a popular Long Island beach. |
| VIDEO: Libya: Rebel leader criticises Nato Posted: 05 Apr 2011 08:39 PM PDT The Libyan rebel commander, Gen Abdul Fattah Younis, has accused Nato of standing idly by while pro-Gaddafi forces kill people in Misrata. |
| VIDEO: Severe storms hit southern US Posted: 06 Apr 2011 01:45 AM PDT At least nine people have been killed across the southern United States in storms that saw heavy down pours and strong winds. |
| VIDEO: Young German jockey rides a cow Posted: 06 Apr 2011 05:51 AM PDT A teenage girl in Germany has taken to riding an unusual mount after her parents refused to buy her a horse. |
| Posted: 06 Apr 2011 05:14 AM PDT Inside Chernobyl's exclusion zone 25 years on |
| Posted: 06 Apr 2011 07:48 AM PDT Striking images from around the world |
| Posted: 05 Apr 2011 05:19 PM PDT Cash-strapped African migrants abandon American dream |
| Posted: 06 Apr 2011 05:12 AM PDT Why do we believe in good and bad luck? |
| Posted: 05 Apr 2011 05:29 PM PDT The Nazi war crimes trial that defined Israel |
| Posted: 05 Apr 2011 04:09 PM PDT Golf in Russia looking for major expansion |
| Posted: 05 Apr 2011 11:51 PM PDT Food-rich Argentina accused of failing to look after some of its own |
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