Sunday, April 10, 2011

Mubarak summoned for questioning

Mubarak summoned for questioning


Mubarak summoned for questioning

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 11:13 AM PDT

Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is summoned by the state prosecutor for questioning over alleged corruption and the killings of protesters.

Truce bid as Libya fighting rages

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 10:28 AM PDT

An African team arrives in Libya in a bid to forge a truce between the rebels and government as Nato bombs tanks on the ground.

UN and French hit Gbagbo building

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 11:17 AM PDT

UN and French helicopters in Ivory Coast have fired on the residence of incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo.

Tokyo plans bid for 2020 Olympics

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 08:09 AM PDT

Tokyo intends to bid for the 2020 Olympics as part of Japan's recovery from March's devastating earthquake and tsunami.

UK and Netherlands to sue Iceland

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 06:30 AM PDT

The UK and Netherlands are to sue Iceland to recover 4bn euros (£3.5bn) lost in its banking collapse, after Icelanders reject a repayment deal.

Israel 'ready for Gaza ceasefire'

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 08:36 AM PDT

Israel gives its first indication - after days of violence - that it will observe a ceasefire in Gaza if Palestinian militants there end rocket attacks.

Nigeria ruling party faces losses

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 07:18 AM PDT

Early results from Nigeria's election suggest a weakening of the parliamentary majority held by President Goodluck Jonathan's People's Democratic Party.

'Four shot dead' in Syrian port

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 10:18 AM PDT

Four people including a security forces officer are said to have been shot dead in the Syrian port of Baniyas two days after deadly clashes in the south.

Tight battle for Peru presidency

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 11:04 AM PDT

Peru votes for a new president in one of its most unpredictable and tightly-contested elections for decades.

Divided Poland recalls air crash

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 06:04 AM PDT

Official ceremonies to commemorate the plane crash a year ago that killed Poland's President Lech Kaczynski are boycotted by his twin brother.

Hollywood pays tribute to Lumet

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 03:38 AM PDT

Hollywood stars including Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese and Al Pacino pay tribute to film director Sidney Lumet following his death at the age of 86.

Bob Dylan makes Vietnam debut

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 09:14 AM PDT

Legendary folk singer Bob Dylan, whose songs became anthems of the 1960s anti-Vietnam War movement, plays his first concert in the communist country.

Pub's buried circus elephant dig starts

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 06:59 AM PDT

Archaeologists are digging up a pub beer garden in search of a legendary Victorian circus elephant.

Live - 2011 Masters day four

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 07:21 AM PDT

Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy leads the Masters by four strokes going into the final round at Augusta National.

Blackpool 1-3 Arsenal

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 07:22 AM PDT

Arsenal keep their slim title hopes alive with a win that leaves Blackpool just a point above the relegation zone.

Vettel beats Button in Malaysia

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 05:45 AM PDT

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel wins an eventful Malaysian Grand Prix, as McLaren's Jenson Button comes through to take second.

Clegg ally 'could quit' over NHS

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 08:48 AM PDT

One of Nick Clegg's closest advisers threatens to quit unless ministers make changes to a proposed overhaul of the NHS.

Families '£910 worse off' this year

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 08:14 AM PDT

The average household will be more than £900 worse off this year as higher bills and inflation eat into spending power, says report.

BNP candidate 'Koran burn' charge

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 07:33 AM PDT

A BNP candidate for next month's Welsh assembly elections is charged with a public order offence, over a video appearing to show him burning a copy of the Koran.

Sentencing plans 'offend victims'

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 08:56 AM PDT

Government plans to reduce criminals' sentences by up to a half if they plead guilty in court will offend many people, the Victims Commissioner says.

Stab baby 'critical but stable'

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 09:50 AM PDT

A two-month-old baby is in a critical but stable condition following surgery after being repeatedly stabbed in Birmingham.

Warning as tide traps 93 people

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 09:46 AM PDT

The Martime and Coastguard warns people to check tide times after 93 people are rescued in the North West.

Party leaders clash over justice

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 07:58 AM PDT

Scotland's four main party leaders clash on justice issues, as they go head-to-head on the BBC's Politics Show.

Man, 22, found wounded in street

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 06:24 AM PDT

A 22-year-old man is in hospital after being found in a Glasgow street with a life-threatening wound to his back.

Omagh rally a 'message for peace'

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 09:16 AM PDT

Thousands of people gather in Omagh in County Tyrone to mark the death of Northern Ireland police officer Ronan Kerr.

McIlroy extends lead at Masters

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 04:03 PM PDT

Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy moves to 12 under par and will take a four-shot lead into the final round of the Masters as he continues his quest to win a first major.

Night vote count call for north

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 04:28 AM PDT

The assembly's presiding office, Dafydd Elis Thomas, calls for counting in the Welsh election to be carried out overnight in north Wales.

Fire crews tackle mountain blaze

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 09:07 AM PDT

More than 40 firefighters are tackling a blaze on a mountain in Gwynedd.

Musician Gil Robbins dies at 80

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 07:35 AM PDT

Folk singer Gil Robbins, a member of the 1960s group the Highwaymen and father to actor Tim Robbins, dies aged 80.

Cuba anger at US militant verdict

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 04:32 PM PDT

Cuba and Venezuela condemn a US court decision to acquit the veteran anti-communist militant Luis Posada Carriles as a "shameful farce".

Kenyan deputy PM appears at ICC

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 08:46 AM PDT

Kenya's Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta and two other allies of President Kibaki appear at the International Criminal Court over 2007-8 post-election violence.

Dutch gunman faced weapons probe

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 02:06 AM PDT

The gunman who killed six people in the Netherlands before taking his own life had been investigated for illegal weapons possession.

NoW apology not enough - lawyers

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 06:16 AM PDT

Lawyers for two News of the World phone-hacking victims say the paper's apology and offer of compensation are not enough.

Gulf pressure on Yemen's leader

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 06:34 AM PDT

Gulf Arab mediators suggest Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh should resign and hand over to his deputy in return for guarantees of protection.

Hundreds hurt in Yemen protests

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 04:14 PM PDT

Hundreds of anti-government protesters are reported to have been hurt in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, a day after similar clashes in the city of Taiz.

China criticises US 'preaching'

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 08:47 PM PDT

China tells the US to stop preaching, after the state department's annual report on rights singles out China for criticism.

Japan frees yakuza boss Shinoda

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 02:19 PM PDT

The head of the Yamaguchi-gumi, Japan's biggest yakuza crime syndicate, is freed after spending almost six years in jail.

Ceop website form 'was insecure'

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 11:21 PM PDT

A web page set up to protect children online has been found to be insecure and is under investigation.

Taylor jewels to go up for sale

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 05:27 AM PDT

Actress Elizabeth Taylor's prized jewellery collection is to be sold at auction, Christie's announces.

VIDEO: Rebels 'losing ground' in Ajdabiya

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 10:21 AM PDT

Fierce fighting is continuing in Ajdabiya in eastern Libya, with Col Muammar Gaddafi's forces pushing back rebels.

VIDEO: 'World's tallest' Lego tower in Brazil

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 07:44 AM PDT

Thousands of children in Brazil have built what organisers say is the world's tallest Lego tower - with a bit of help from parents and a crane.

VIDEO: Rising from the rubble in Japan

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 10:52 AM PDT

The BBC's Damian Grammaticas reports from the north-eastern fishing village of Otsuchi, where he found people determined to rebuild their shattered community.

VIDEO: Row over 9/11 victim's remains

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 09:45 PM PDT

It comes just month's before the official opening of a memorial to those who died in the terror attack.

VIDEO: UK and Netherlands to sue Iceland

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 10:39 AM PDT

The UK and Dutch governments are preparing court action against Iceland to recover 4bn euros (£3.5bn) lost when the country's bank system collapsed.

VIDEO: Embassies attacked in Ivory Coast

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 08:20 PM PDT

The French military said its helicopters had been in action against supporters of Laurent Gbagbo, who refuses to step down as president.

VIDEO: 'Human tsunami' on Italian island

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 09:00 PM PDT

The Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, has warned Europe of what he called a "human tsunami" arriving on the island of Lampedusa.

VIDEO: Polls to open in Peru presidential vote

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 09:41 PM PDT

The vote is shaping up to one of the most unpredictable in decades, with none of the five main candidates expected to win outright.

Japan's struggle

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 04:53 PM PDT

Amongst the rubble one month on, in sound and pictures

Loving the troops

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 04:00 AM PDT

The volunteer army building homes for wounded US heroes

Information as weapon

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 05:33 PM PDT

Journalist Maziar Bahari on why Iran's rulers fear the internet and a free press

Obituary: Sidney Lumet

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 10:19 AM PDT

Director who focused on justice and integrity in films such as 12 Angry Men and Network

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