Japan rocked by new earthquake |
- Japan rocked by new earthquake
- 'Nato raid' kills Libyan rebels
- Eurozone rates increased to 1.25%
- 12 die in Brazil school shooting
- Israelis strike Gaza after attack
- Crunch talks as US shutdown looms
- Ivorian leader 'down to 1,000 troops'
- Chinese artist Ai Weiwei investigated
- US Iraq troops 'can stay longer'
- Gunmen attack Afghan police base
- Kenyan suspects appear at the ICC
- ECB urged Portugal to seek rescue
- Octogenarian crosses Atlantic on raft
- Shopping 'may improve health'
- Live - 2011 Masters day one
- Rooney banned for Cup semi-final
- Horner defends Red Bull legality
- Ex-minister admits expenses fraud
- Debt crisis 'shows cuts needed'
- Kerr bomb 'was threat to others'
- Photographers 'harass Middletons'
- Shopkeeper denies murdering wife
- Sunderland sued over 'stray shot'
- Edinburgh Zoo panda man suspended
- £30m to be spent on new air park
- Dates set for Queen's Irish visit
- School in child protection alert
- Pilot cleared of drugs smuggling
- 20 years' jail sought for killer
- GE to build solar panel factory
- US rebuffs letter sent by Gaddafi
- Spain to welcome Cuba dissidents
- Bodies found as Mexicans protest
- UK 'not liable' for Kenya abuses
- Junta in Niger hands over power
- Iranian asylum man burns to death
- Europe 'losing' superbugs battle
- Syria grants key Kurdish demand
- Researchers find India water bug
- Indian freed from Pakistani jail
- Indonesia bans people smuggling
- Australian rats scurry to desert
- Food prices down from record high
- Bank of Japan warns of 'pressure'
- Retailers cut profits estimates
- Cursor controlled just by thought
- Apple wins $625m patents appeal
- Classic Commodore 64 lives again
- Grammy ceremony set for overhaul
- Villazon up for two Classic Brits
- Virgin staff in X Factor bet scam
- US and Europe mull one Mars rover
- Accelerator hints at new particle
- Thunderstorm numbers calculated
- Gene clue to how cancer spreads
- Money woe 'fuels depression rise'
- A mind-boggling building job
- VIDEO: Buildings shake as new quake hits Japan
- VIDEO: Japan's ambassador rescued in Abidjan
- VIDEO: Doctor's anger at 'Nato air strike'
- VIDEO: How to be a British royal
- VIDEO: Libya: 'Hell on earth is an understatement'
- VIDEO: Is this the unluckiest honeymoon couple?
- VIDEO: NY serial killer search continues
- VIDEO: Astronaut's trip to the ISS
- Taking sides?
- Jihadis missing?
- Day in pictures
- VIDEO: 'Non-essential'
- Blame game
- 'Miracle orphanage'
- Beneath the surface
| Japan rocked by new earthquake Posted: 07 Apr 2011 10:29 AM PDT An earthquake off the north-east coast of Japan puts the region on high alert, but a tsunami warning is lifted after 90 minutes. |
| 'Nato raid' kills Libyan rebels Posted: 07 Apr 2011 10:22 AM PDT Rebels in eastern Libya say their forces have been mistakenly hit by a Nato air strike, and at least 13 rebel fighters are said to have been killed. |
| Eurozone rates increased to 1.25% Posted: 07 Apr 2011 08:36 AM PDT European Central Bank increases eurozone interest rates for the first time since 2008 and admits it will be "unwelcome" for weaker economies. |
| 12 die in Brazil school shooting Posted: 07 Apr 2011 10:09 AM PDT A man enters a school and opens fire on children in Rio de Janeiro, leaving at least 12 people dead, officials say. |
| Israelis strike Gaza after attack Posted: 07 Apr 2011 11:14 AM PDT Israeli forces hit Gaza after an anti-tank missile fired from the Palestinian territory hits a bus in southern Israel. |
| Crunch talks as US shutdown looms Posted: 07 Apr 2011 10:07 AM PDT US President Barack Obama is holding another meeting with congressional leaders to discuss a deal on spending cuts as a government shutdown looms. |
| Ivorian leader 'down to 1,000 troops' Posted: 07 Apr 2011 05:02 AM PDT Besieged Ivory Coast leader Laurent Gbagbo has fewer than 1,000 troops remaining in the main city of Abidjan, the French defence minister says. |
| Chinese artist Ai Weiwei investigated Posted: 07 Apr 2011 03:17 AM PDT China confirms the detained artist, Ai Weiwei, is being investigated for "economic crimes" as another activist alleges he was tortured while in jail. |
| US Iraq troops 'can stay longer' Posted: 07 Apr 2011 09:34 AM PDT US troops could if required stay in Iraq beyond the agreed withdrawal date of 31 December, 2011, US defence secretary Robert Gates says. |
| Gunmen attack Afghan police base Posted: 07 Apr 2011 06:22 AM PDT Militants kill six security personnel in a gun and bomb attack on a police training centre near the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, officials say. |
| Kenyan suspects appear at the ICC Posted: 07 Apr 2011 02:39 AM PDT Three prominent Kenyans appear at the International Criminal Court in The Hague over post-election violence in 2007/08. |
| ECB urged Portugal to seek rescue Posted: 07 Apr 2011 06:14 AM PDT Portugal's request for a bail-out is set to dominate a meeting of European Union finance ministers in Hungary. |
| Octogenarian crosses Atlantic on raft Posted: 07 Apr 2011 12:40 AM PDT A grandfather from London and his three-man crew successfully cross the Atlantic on a raft made of pipes. |
| Posted: 07 Apr 2011 01:45 AM PDT Shopping regularly prolongs life, at least for those aged 65 plus in Taiwan. |
| Posted: 07 Apr 2011 04:29 AM PDT Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy is setting the early pace as the 75th Masters gets in full swing at Augusta National. |
| Rooney banned for Cup semi-final Posted: 07 Apr 2011 07:54 AM PDT Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney says he is "gutted" he will miss the FA Cup semi-final against Manchester City after the Football Association upholds a two-match ban for swearing. |
| Horner defends Red Bull legality Posted: 07 Apr 2011 07:55 AM PDT Christian Horner defends the legality of the Red Bull cars with which his team have made such an impressive start to the season. |
| Ex-minister admits expenses fraud Posted: 07 Apr 2011 09:07 AM PDT Ex-Labour minister Elliot Morley admits dishonestly claiming more than £30,000, making him Parliament's biggest expenses cheat. |
| Debt crisis 'shows cuts needed' Posted: 07 Apr 2011 09:19 AM PDT George Osborne says the Portuguese bail-out shows the UK was right to prioritise debt reduction - but Labour accuses him of "desperate scaremongering". |
| Kerr bomb 'was threat to others' Posted: 07 Apr 2011 10:54 AM PDT Police believe a bomb which killed a PSNI officer had already been planted under his car while runners taking part in a half-marathon ran past it. |
| Photographers 'harass Middletons' Posted: 07 Apr 2011 07:15 AM PDT Kate Middleton's family have contacted the Press Complaints Commission to raise their concerns about alleged "harassment" by photographers. |
| Shopkeeper denies murdering wife Posted: 07 Apr 2011 09:58 AM PDT A shopkeeper accused of murdering his wife tells a court he found her body after being confronted by a robber with a gun. |
| Sunderland sued over 'stray shot' Posted: 07 Apr 2011 07:43 AM PDT Sunderland are being sued by a fan who was knocked out by a football while watching the team train, Niall Quinn reveals. |
| Edinburgh Zoo panda man suspended Posted: 07 Apr 2011 09:45 AM PDT The man behind an agreement to bring two giant pandas to Scotland from China is suspended from his job at Edinburgh Zoo. |
| £30m to be spent on new air park Posted: 07 Apr 2011 11:00 AM PDT A Warwickshire development company says it will spend £30m to create a new business park at Inverness Airport. |
| Dates set for Queen's Irish visit Posted: 07 Apr 2011 10:00 AM PDT The Queen will be in Ireland from 17 to 20 May on the first state visit by a British monarch since independence, Buckingham Palace says. |
| School in child protection alert Posted: 07 Apr 2011 04:34 AM PDT A Fermanagh school sends letters to parents after reports that a man believed to be a convicted sex offender was seen outside. |
| Pilot cleared of drugs smuggling Posted: 07 Apr 2011 09:21 AM PDT A 65-year-old former RAF pilot is cleared of drugs smuggling charges after spending seven weeks on trial. |
| 20 years' jail sought for killer Posted: 07 Apr 2011 10:38 AM PDT The brother of Lavern Ritch, the Welsh tourist fatally stabbed in America, says his killer should willingly go to jail for the rest of his life, as prosecutors seek a 20-year jail term. |
| GE to build solar panel factory Posted: 07 Apr 2011 09:06 AM PDT US manufacturing giant General Electric (GE) announces plans to build the largest solar panel factory in the US. |
| US rebuffs letter sent by Gaddafi Posted: 06 Apr 2011 05:52 PM PDT The US rejects a personal appeal from Muammar Gaddafi, repeating that he must resign, as new fighting is reported in Libya. |
| Spain to welcome Cuba dissidents Posted: 07 Apr 2011 10:10 AM PDT Some 37 former Cuban political prisoners and members of their families are expected to arrive in Madrid on Friday, Spanish officials say. |
| Bodies found as Mexicans protest Posted: 07 Apr 2011 12:30 AM PDT As Mexicans march in protest at the drug violence sweeping the nation, at least 59 bodies are found in a mass grave near the US border. |
| UK 'not liable' for Kenya abuses Posted: 07 Apr 2011 10:09 AM PDT The government cannot be held legally liable for abuses during the Mau Mau rebellion against British colonial rule in Kenya, the High Court in London hears. |
| Junta in Niger hands over power Posted: 07 Apr 2011 07:07 AM PDT Niger's junta officially hands over to newly elected President Mahamadou Issoufou - 14 months after seizing power. |
| Iranian asylum man burns to death Posted: 07 Apr 2011 06:43 AM PDT An Iranian asylum seeker dies after setting himself alight in a central Amsterdam square, police say. |
| Europe 'losing' superbugs battle Posted: 06 Apr 2011 07:57 PM PDT Antibiotic resistant infections have reached unprecedented levels and now outstrip our ability to fight them with drugs, European health experts warn. |
| Syria grants key Kurdish demand Posted: 07 Apr 2011 05:24 AM PDT Kurds in the eastern Syrian region of Hasaka are to be granted a key demand - the right to Syrian nationality - via a decree by President Assad. |
| Researchers find India water bug Posted: 07 Apr 2011 07:08 AM PDT A team of Cardiff University-led scientists calls for urgent action worldwide after it discovers new strains of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in drinking water in India. |
| Indian freed from Pakistani jail Posted: 07 Apr 2011 05:21 AM PDT An Indian man is freed from prison in Pakistan after serving 27 years behind bars on spying charges. |
| Indonesia bans people smuggling Posted: 07 Apr 2011 06:03 AM PDT Indonesia has passed a law against people-smuggling - a move that will be welcomed by neighbour Australia. |
| Australian rats scurry to desert Posted: 06 Apr 2011 08:54 PM PDT A mass migration of rats is under way into the deserts of Australia after a run of high rainfall seasons, scientists say. |
| Food prices down from record high Posted: 07 Apr 2011 03:48 AM PDT Global food prices have fallen for the first time in eight months after peaking at a record high, according to the UN. |
| Bank of Japan warns of 'pressure' Posted: 06 Apr 2011 11:16 PM PDT Japan's economy is "under strong downward pressure" due to the damage caused by earthquake and tsunami, the Bank of Japan says. |
| Retailers cut profits estimates Posted: 07 Apr 2011 12:53 AM PDT UK retailers Halfords and Carpetright both cut their profit predictions as consumer spending remains tight. |
| Cursor controlled just by thought Posted: 07 Apr 2011 05:10 AM PDT A technique that harnesses brain waves directly has been used to control a mouse pointer, heralding mind-controlled "apps" for the severely disabled. |
| Apple wins $625m patents appeal Posted: 07 Apr 2011 01:13 AM PDT A ruling that Apple infringed patents owned by technology firm Mirror Worlds has been overturned. |
| Classic Commodore 64 lives again Posted: 07 Apr 2011 03:10 AM PDT One of the 1980s most popular computers is going on sale again, but with modern technology under the bonnet. |
| Grammy ceremony set for overhaul Posted: 07 Apr 2011 12:42 AM PDT Several changes are to be made to next year's Grammy Awards, with the number of categories reduced by more than 30, organisers say. |
| Villazon up for two Classic Brits Posted: 07 Apr 2011 08:09 AM PDT Tenor Rolando Villazon is nominated for two prizes at next month's Classic Brit Awards, while choirgirl Isabel Suckling is a contender for best album. |
| Virgin staff in X Factor bet scam Posted: 07 Apr 2011 09:51 AM PDT Three Virgin Media employees are sacked after using internal data on X Factor voting patterns to bet on the show. |
| US and Europe mull one Mars rover Posted: 07 Apr 2011 10:08 AM PDT America and Europe are looking now at flying just one rover to Mars in 2018 and not the two currently being planned. |
| Accelerator hints at new particle Posted: 07 Apr 2011 10:48 AM PDT Results from the Tevatron particle accelerator in the US show compelling hints of a completely new particle in what could be a radical change to physics. |
| Thunderstorm numbers calculated Posted: 06 Apr 2011 04:43 PM PDT A global network of monitoring stations shows that the Earth sees only 760 thunderstorms per hour, the European Geosciences Union meeting is told. |
| Gene clue to how cancer spreads Posted: 07 Apr 2011 03:41 AM PDT A genetic change that makes lung cancer more likely to spread around the body has been pinpointed by US scientists. |
| Money woe 'fuels depression rise' Posted: 07 Apr 2011 12:04 AM PDT Economic problems may be fuelling a rise in depression in England, where use of anti-depressants is up by more than 40% since 2007. |
| Posted: 06 Apr 2011 09:08 PM PDT The UK is building a massive new aircraft carrier in what is a huge exercise in logistics and construction. |
| VIDEO: Buildings shake as new quake hits Japan Posted: 07 Apr 2011 08:33 AM PDT A tsunami warning has now been lifted in north-eastern Japan after an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 struck off the east coast of Honshu triggering the alert. |
| VIDEO: Japan's ambassador rescued in Abidjan Posted: 07 Apr 2011 03:07 AM PDT French forces have snatched the Japanese ambassador to safety from near the besieged presidential residence in Ivory Coast's main city, Abidjan. |
| VIDEO: Doctor's anger at 'Nato air strike' Posted: 07 Apr 2011 05:42 AM PDT Rebels in eastern Libya say their forces have been mistakenly hit in a Nato air raid, sparking angry scenes at a hospital in Ajdabiya. |
| VIDEO: How to be a British royal Posted: 06 Apr 2011 10:32 PM PDT Here are some dos and don'ts for being a member of the British Royal Family. |
| VIDEO: Libya: 'Hell on earth is an understatement' Posted: 06 Apr 2011 07:29 PM PDT As the battle for Misrata continues, one of the opposition leaders told the BBC's Tim Wilcox that Col Gaddafi's forces "are obliterating everything... and Nato is allowing him to do that". |
| VIDEO: Is this the unluckiest honeymoon couple? Posted: 07 Apr 2011 08:37 AM PDT When Stefan and Erika Svanstrom and their baby girl Elinor left Sweden for a four-month honeymoon they did not expect to encounter a host of natural disasters. |
| VIDEO: NY serial killer search continues Posted: 06 Apr 2011 11:48 PM PDT Police in New York continue to comb a section of coastline near New York as they search for more possible victims of a serial killer who appears to have been targeting prostitutes. |
| VIDEO: Astronaut's trip to the ISS Posted: 06 Apr 2011 11:19 AM PDT Nasa astronaut Sunita Williams talks about training for her 2006 trip to the International Space Station, where she lived for six months. |
| Posted: 07 Apr 2011 08:33 AM PDT Did UN troops in Ivory Coast overstep their mandate? |
| Posted: 07 Apr 2011 08:20 AM PDT Unrest in Middle East and North African bypasses al-Qaeda |
| Posted: 07 Apr 2011 09:45 AM PDT Some of the most striking images from around the world |
| Posted: 06 Apr 2011 07:34 PM PDT What services will get the chop in a US government shutdown? |
| Posted: 07 Apr 2011 04:03 AM PDT Is Britain responsible for many of the world's problems? |
| Posted: 07 Apr 2011 02:27 AM PDT How 400 people were saved from Rwanda's genocide |
| Posted: 07 Apr 2011 01:09 AM PDT Painful dilemma for relatives of the Air France dead |
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