Friday, April 8, 2011

Syrian city hit by deadly clashes

Syrian city hit by deadly clashes


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.

Live - 2011 Masters day two

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.

Live: Battle over US budget

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.

Quiz of the week's news

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.

Without this ring, I thee wed

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.

Survival strategies

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 09:25 AM PDT

Why besieged Ivory Coast strongman is not giving up hope

'Iron Dome'

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 10:01 AM PDT

Israel's missile defence system may be a game changer

It's quiz time!

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 04:11 PM PDT

Arnie said he'd be back - but what as?

Day in pictures

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 07:31 AM PDT

Striking images from around the world

LOL's triumph

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 02:25 AM PDT

How did a little web acronym spread so fast?

Driving on ice

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 04:16 PM PDT

No seatbelts allowed on Europe's longest road over frozen sea

Corruption crusade

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 08:45 AM PDT

The fasting activist who has awakened India's conscience

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