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- Syrian city hit by deadly clashes
- Nato 'regrets' Libya loss of life
- Blame game as US shutdown looms
- One killed in UK submarine shooting
- Mid-May target for Portugal aid
- New York 'at risk' as seas rise
- Israel strikes 'kill nine Gazans'
- Kenyan deputy PM appears at ICC
- More bodies found in Ivory Coast
- Murdoch paper to admit hacking liability
- Medvedev denounces cyber-attack
- Cancer 'fuelled by extra drinks'
- Sarkozy 'threat to punch editor over Bruni'
- Virtual gaming goods market valued at $3bn
- Live - 2011 Masters day two
- Rooney ref pressurised - Ferguson
- Webber edges Button in practice
- Osborne downplays bailout impact
- Man jailed over £4.7m fake drugs
- Kerr suspects can be held longer
- Court rejects deportation appeal
- Man jailed for £1.2m violin theft
- 'Fantasist' skins thief sentenced
- Construction firm sheds 200 jobs
- Man arrested over woman's death
- Dissidents 'target more officers'
- KPMG partners' firm loses £2.8m
- MP's phone hacking inquiry call
- We don't relish cuts, says Clegg
- US criticises China rights record
- US developing activist technology
- Cuban dissidents arrive in Spain
- Zimbabwe's farmer Campbell dies
- Further delay in Nigeria election
- Call to end Ivory Coast sanctions
- BP gets time to save Rosneft deal
- Iraq forces attack Iranian exiles
- India anti-graft protests urged
- Mosque blast kills Kashmir cleric
- China omits Ai Weiwei references
- Oil prices highest for 32 months
- Banks face 'tougher' stress tests
- HSBC comes under US tax scrutiny
- BT escapes snooping prosecution
- Actors protest over art funding
- Bong to head debut director jury
- Ullman returning to London stage
- Strangely silent star system seen
- New warning on Arctic ice melt
- Monkeys 'harbour malaria threat'
- Hospital outbreak link to US lab
- Portuguese bail-out: Your views
- Live: Battle over US budget
- Quiz of the week's news
- Shacking up, princess camp and sweeties
- Without this ring, I thee wed
- VIDEO: Electric 'super bus' reaches 250km/h
- VIDEO: Cleric killed by bomb in Kashmir
- VIDEO: What does a star sound like?
- VIDEO: Confusion over Nato Libya strike
- VIDEO: Divided loyalties in Ivory Coast
- VIDEO: Toyota production returns to Japan
- VIDEO: Gunman opens fire in Rio school
- VIDEO: Giant pillow fight - it's Odd Box
- Survival strategies
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| Syrian city hit by deadly clashes Posted: 08 Apr 2011 10:45 AM PDT At least 23 demonstrators are reported killed in anti-government rallies in the Syrian city of Deraa, as renewed protests spread across the country. |
| Nato 'regrets' Libya loss of life Posted: 08 Apr 2011 07:36 AM PDT Nato says it strongly regrets the loss of life after a "friendly fire" attack, following an earlier refusal to apologise by a Nato commander. |
| Blame game as US shutdown looms Posted: 08 Apr 2011 10:43 AM PDT Republicans and Democrats offer starkly different reasons for an impasse in talks on US spending cuts as the clock ticks down towards a government shutdown. |
| One killed in UK submarine shooting Posted: 08 Apr 2011 10:19 AM PDT A Royal Navy crewman is killed and another is in a life-threatening condition after a shooting on board nuclear submarine HMS Astute. |
| Mid-May target for Portugal aid Posted: 08 Apr 2011 08:53 AM PDT The European Union believes it can complete the Portuguese bail-out, set to be worth 80bn euros, before elections in June. |
| New York 'at risk' as seas rise Posted: 08 Apr 2011 05:00 AM PDT New York is set to be a major loser as a result of future sea level rise, according to a new forecast model. |
| Israel strikes 'kill nine Gazans' Posted: 08 Apr 2011 10:00 AM PDT At least nine Palestinians are killed by Israeli air strikes in Gaza, amid fresh cross-border exchanges that threaten a truce declared by Hamas. |
| 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. |
| More bodies found in Ivory Coast Posted: 08 Apr 2011 11:30 AM PDT More than 100 bodies are found in Ivory Coast, the UN says, as incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo remains besieged by his rival's troops. |
| Murdoch paper to admit hacking liability Posted: 08 Apr 2011 09:53 AM PDT The owner of the News of the World says sorry over the phone hacking scandal and is to set up a compensation fund believed to be worth £20m. |
| Medvedev denounces cyber-attack Posted: 08 Apr 2011 03:06 AM PDT Russia's President Medvedev condemns as "outrageous and illegal" a cyber-attack on a social networking website that hosts his blog. |
| Cancer 'fuelled by extra drinks' Posted: 08 Apr 2011 01:55 AM PDT Drinking more than the recommended daily limit can substantially increase the risk of some cancers, research suggests. |
| Sarkozy 'threat to punch editor over Bruni' Posted: 08 Apr 2011 07:13 AM PDT France's President Sarkozy threatened to "smash the face" of an editor after an article implied that his wife Carla Bruni was a maneater, a new book alleges. |
| Virtual gaming goods market valued at $3bn Posted: 08 Apr 2011 04:19 AM PDT Playing online games to gather gear and cash for sale to Western players could aid development, a report suggests. |
| Posted: 08 Apr 2011 04:30 AM PDT Rory McIlroy leads the Masters by one shot ahead of KJ Choi with the second round in full swing at Augusta National. |
| Rooney ref pressurised - Ferguson Posted: 08 Apr 2011 04:07 AM PDT The referee whose post-match report led to Wayne Rooney's two-match ban for swearing was unfairly pressurised, claims Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson. |
| Webber edges Button in practice Posted: 08 Apr 2011 04:04 AM PDT Red Bull's Mark Webber heads the McLarens of Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton in Friday practice at the Malaysian Grand Prix. |
| Osborne downplays bailout impact Posted: 08 Apr 2011 10:03 AM PDT George Osborne says it is "very unlikely" the UK will suffer any financial loss as a result of potential moves to bail out the Portuguese economy. |
| Man jailed over £4.7m fake drugs Posted: 08 Apr 2011 10:44 AM PDT A man is jailed for eight years for his part in what was described as the most serious fake medicine scam in the EU. |
| Kerr suspects can be held longer Posted: 08 Apr 2011 09:57 AM PDT Police are given an extra five days to question two men over the murder of PSNI officer Ronan Kerr. |
| Court rejects deportation appeal Posted: 08 Apr 2011 07:58 AM PDT A government bid to deport a failed asylum seeker who killed a 12-year-old girl in a hit-and-run in Lancashire is rejected by the Court of Appeal. |
| Man jailed for £1.2m violin theft Posted: 08 Apr 2011 10:27 AM PDT A man is jailed for four-and-a-half years for stealing a £1.2m Stradivarius violin from a London railway station. |
| 'Fantasist' skins thief sentenced Posted: 08 Apr 2011 09:04 AM PDT A "James Bond fantasist" who stole rare bird skins from the Natural History Museum avoids being sent to prison. |
| Construction firm sheds 200 jobs Posted: 08 Apr 2011 05:14 AM PDT A total of 205 workers are made redundant at Dumfries building firm R&D Construction after administrators were brought in. |
| Man arrested over woman's death Posted: 08 Apr 2011 07:49 AM PDT A 43-year-old man is arrested and charged over the death of a mother-of-three in Dumfries and Galloway almost a year ago. |
| Dissidents 'target more officers' Posted: 08 Apr 2011 08:58 AM PDT Dissident republicans are continuing to target police officers, despite the widespread condemnation of the murder of Ronan Kerr last weekend, police sources tell the BBC. |
| KPMG partners' firm loses £2.8m Posted: 08 Apr 2011 10:01 AM PDT An investment company set up by four of Belfast's leading business advisers has run up a loss of almost £3m due to the property crash, the BBC learns. |
| MP's phone hacking inquiry call Posted: 08 Apr 2011 10:34 AM PDT A Welsh MP who believes he was a victim of phone hacking by the News of the World renews his call for a judicial review as the paper's owner apologises over the scandal. |
| We don't relish cuts, says Clegg Posted: 08 Apr 2011 09:35 AM PDT Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg says his party does not relish cutting spending as he hits the election trail in Wales. |
| US criticises China rights record Posted: 08 Apr 2011 11:24 AM PDT The US criticises China for what it calls a worsening human rights record as the state department publishes its annual report. |
| US developing activist technology Posted: 08 Apr 2011 03:15 AM PDT The US government is spending millions of dollars developing technology to help pro-democracy activists.. |
| Cuban dissidents arrive in Spain Posted: 08 Apr 2011 12:21 AM PDT A plane carrying 37 recently freed Cuban political prisoners and their families has landed in Madrid, officials say. |
| Zimbabwe's farmer Campbell dies Posted: 08 Apr 2011 09:08 AM PDT Mike Campbell - the white Zimbabwean farmer who took President Robert Mugabe to court in 2007 over his programme of land seizures -dies. |
| Further delay in Nigeria election Posted: 08 Apr 2011 08:00 AM PDT Legislative elections, initially due last Saturday, are to be delayed for a third time in some parts of Nigeria, the election chief announces. |
| Call to end Ivory Coast sanctions Posted: 07 Apr 2011 05:47 PM PDT Ivory Coast's internationally recognised President Alassane Ouattara urges the EU to lift sanctions, amid warnings of a deepening humanitarian crisis. |
| BP gets time to save Rosneft deal Posted: 08 Apr 2011 04:43 AM PDT BP is given more time to find a way to salvage its $16bn share exchange with Russian state-owned counterpart Rosneft. |
| Iraq forces attack Iranian exiles Posted: 08 Apr 2011 06:32 AM PDT Iraqi forces attack a camp housing an Iranian exile group north of Baghdad, officials said, amid reports of fatalities. |
| India anti-graft protests urged Posted: 08 Apr 2011 11:00 AM PDT Indian social activist Anna Hazare, who is on hunger strike against corruption, calls for mass protests by his supporters. |
| Mosque blast kills Kashmir cleric Posted: 08 Apr 2011 04:28 AM PDT A religious leader in Indian-administered Kashmir is killed by a bomb outside a mosque in Srinagar, officials say. |
| China omits Ai Weiwei references Posted: 08 Apr 2011 07:05 AM PDT China's foreign ministry removes all references to the detained artist Ai Weiwei from an official transcript of a government news conference. |
| Oil prices highest for 32 months Posted: 08 Apr 2011 08:57 AM PDT Oil and other commodity prices rise to new highs on worries about supply from oil producing nations and a weaker dollar. |
| Banks face 'tougher' stress tests Posted: 08 Apr 2011 08:30 AM PDT Europe's banking regulator says banks will be subject to tougher rules in the latest test of the strength of their finances. |
| HSBC comes under US tax scrutiny Posted: 08 Apr 2011 12:15 AM PDT US authorities begin an investigation into HSBC's alleged role in enabling tax evasion by Indians living in the US. |
| BT escapes snooping prosecution Posted: 08 Apr 2011 07:37 AM PDT BT will not be prosecuted for snooping on the web browsing habits of its customers. |
| Actors protest over art funding Posted: 08 Apr 2011 03:24 AM PDT Actors including Sir Patrick Stewart and Maxine Peake hand over a petition at Downing Street protesting against cuts in arts funding. |
| Bong to head debut director jury Posted: 08 Apr 2011 12:38 AM PDT South Korean director Bong Joon-ho will preside over the jury that awards the Camera d'Or prize to the best first-time filmmaker. |
| Ullman returning to London stage Posted: 08 Apr 2011 05:08 AM PDT Comedian Tracey Ullman returns to the London stage for the first time in 20 years to star in Stephen Poliakoff's new play at the Almeida Theatre. |
| Strangely silent star system seen Posted: 08 Apr 2011 10:13 AM PDT A trio of stars orbiting each other surprises astronomers because it does not have the same deep rumbling "songs" found in hundreds of other stars. |
| New warning on Arctic ice melt Posted: 07 Apr 2011 06:27 PM PDT Scientists who predicted a few years ago that Arctic summers could be free of sea ice by 2013 now say summer ice will probably be gone within this decade. |
| Monkeys 'harbour malaria threat' Posted: 08 Apr 2011 04:45 AM PDT Scientists are warning that a species of malaria could switch from target ting monkeys to humans. |
| Hospital outbreak link to US lab Posted: 07 Apr 2011 05:47 PM PDT Health officials link an outbreak of bacterial infection found in nine hospital patients in Alabama who died to contamination at a laboratory. |
| Portuguese bail-out: Your views Posted: 08 Apr 2011 03:38 AM PDT Portuguese readers react to the country's request for financial assistance from the EU. |
| Posted: 30 Mar 2011 11:07 PM PDT Rolling coverage of deadline day; the final hours of negotiations over the US budget ahead of a looming government shutdown. |
| Posted: 07 Apr 2011 09:28 AM PDT The Magazine's weekly quiz of the news, 7 days 7 questions - plus the Weekly Bonus Question. |
| Shacking up, princess camp and sweeties Posted: 08 Apr 2011 10:54 AM PDT As the big day nears, the internet is abuzz with royal wedding stories. Keeping close tabs on them is our wedding fanatic. |
| Posted: 07 Apr 2011 07:45 PM PDT A generation or two ago, a British prince choosing not to wear a wedding ring would have barely drawn comment. But the headlines that followed that decision by Prince William show that rings for husbands are now the norm. |
| VIDEO: Electric 'super bus' reaches 250km/h Posted: 08 Apr 2011 04:43 AM PDT Netherlands develops and electric "super bus" that has a top speed of 250km/h. |
| VIDEO: Cleric killed by bomb in Kashmir Posted: 08 Apr 2011 10:34 AM PDT Political and religious leader Maulvi Showkat Ahmed Shah has been killed by a bomb outside a mosque in Indian-administered Kashmir. |
| VIDEO: What does a star sound like? Posted: 07 Apr 2011 11:41 PM PDT The sounds emitted by stars light years away from Earth have been captured by British astronomers using Nasa's Kepler space telescope. |
| VIDEO: Confusion over Nato Libya strike Posted: 08 Apr 2011 06:09 AM PDT Nato has said it will not apologise for a bomb attack on a rebel convoy of tanks on Thursday, in which at least four people died. |
| VIDEO: Divided loyalties in Ivory Coast Posted: 08 Apr 2011 11:22 AM PDT Representatives for Laurent Gbagbo and internationally recognised President Alassane Ouattara spoke to the BBC about the deadlock in Ivory Coast. |
| VIDEO: Toyota production returns to Japan Posted: 08 Apr 2011 09:13 AM PDT Toyota has announced it will restart production in its Japanese factories, after the earthquake and tsunami which hit the country in March. |
| VIDEO: Gunman opens fire in Rio school Posted: 07 Apr 2011 11:32 AM PDT A gunman has shot dead at least 12 children at a school in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro before killing himself, police say. |
| VIDEO: Giant pillow fight - it's Odd Box Posted: 07 Apr 2011 03:39 PM PDT A world-wide pillow fight, celebs getting slimed and a showjumping cow. It's the week's weird and wonderful video stories in Newsbeat's Odd Box with Dominic Byrne. |
| Posted: 08 Apr 2011 09:25 AM PDT Why besieged Ivory Coast strongman is not giving up hope |
| Posted: 08 Apr 2011 10:01 AM PDT Israel's missile defence system may be a game changer |
| Posted: 07 Apr 2011 04:11 PM PDT Arnie said he'd be back - but what as? |
| Posted: 08 Apr 2011 07:31 AM PDT Striking images from around the world |
| Posted: 08 Apr 2011 02:25 AM PDT How did a little web acronym spread so fast? |
| Posted: 07 Apr 2011 04:16 PM PDT No seatbelts allowed on Europe's longest road over frozen sea |
| Posted: 08 Apr 2011 08:45 AM PDT The fasting activist who has awakened India's conscience |
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