Rebel bid to break out of Misrata |
- Rebel bid to break out of Misrata
- Hundreds flee north Syria unrest
- Elephants rampage in Indian city
- F1 boss rules out Bahrain GP
- Worst of German E. coli 'is over'
- China confirms aircraft carrier plan
- Oil demand high as prices surge
- Facebook sorry over tags launch
- Al-Qaeda's al-Zawahiri warns US
- 'Ten years' for Fukushima lessons
- Tea Obreht wins Orange literary prize
- Hearts made to repair themselves
- Japan invents toy ears to 'match your mood'
- A most unusual case: 'Thief' hides inside luggage
- Amir admits playing while banned
- Blackburn's Jones set for Man Utd
- Live - Nadal v Ebden
- New crime agency plan outlined
- Rethink on prison sentence plan
- Golden glow for London 2012 torch
- Southern Cross to cut 3,000 jobs
- Man murdered on birthday for £12
- Shot mother had further injuries
- Daily Record announces job cuts
- Nat Fraser to wait to learn fate
- Ten farm workers 'escape tornado'
- Man in court over Bangor murder
- Methadone rubbed into baby's gums
- Murder resort 'cut guard numbers'
- Afghanistan faces '2014 crisis'
- US jury out in Mumbai terror case
- Gunmen kill 11 at Mexico clinic
- Peru's Humala sets out priorities
- Tunisia announces election delay
- Hedge funds 'grab' Africa's land
- Greece 'needs further assistance'
- Italian police mount mafia sweep
- Yemeni parties start broad talks
- Syria ambassador denies resigning
- Nepal police are accused of graft
- US drone 'kills 15' in Pakistan
- Indonesia cattle abuse row grows
- Verdict in Mongolian herder case
- Japan economy to shrink, says IMF
- No India promise on Lagarde bid
- China ends wind power subsidies
- Web giants promote new IP system
- Facebook shame bin aids recycling
- Cat Who author Braun dies aged 97
- Smith signs up for new Who series
- Wimbledon finals set for BBC 3D
- New elements for periodic table
- UK public 'opposes badger cull'
- Cow methane proof 'is in the pat'
- Yemen: Living with uncertainty
- Arizona wildfires: Your stories
- How can gardeners cope with the 'drought'?
- Fitness flip-flops: What's behind this sandal fad?
- VIDEO: Submarines take part in Nato rescue drill
- VIDEO: Was Gaddafi's golf buggy Nato target?
- VIDEO: China floods force thousands to flee
- VIDEO: London 2012 Olympic torch unveiled
- VIDEO: Astronauts to grow cucumbers in space
- VIDEO: Linda McCartney's photographs on show
- Space embrace
- Rising power
- Question of faith
- Real-life tragedy
- Day in pictures
- Bilderberg mystery
- Fears for the future
- Tea, biscuit and a bailout
| Rebel bid to break out of Misrata Posted: 08 Jun 2011 10:26 AM PDT Libyan rebels suffer casualties as they try to move out of their western enclave of Misrata, as Nato urges the UN to plan for the post-Gaddafi era. |
| Hundreds flee north Syria unrest Posted: 08 Jun 2011 06:13 AM PDT Hundreds of Syrians flee across the Turkish border, as the UK and France submit a Security Council resolution condemning the clampdown. |
| Elephants rampage in Indian city Posted: 08 Jun 2011 07:30 AM PDT Two wild elephants have gone on a rampage in Mysore in southern India, killing at least one person, officials say. |
| Posted: 08 Jun 2011 02:27 AM PDT Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone says Bahrain, scene of civil unrest, cannot stage Grand Prix as planned in October. |
| Worst of German E. coli 'is over' Posted: 08 Jun 2011 08:14 AM PDT Germany's health minister says the number of new E. coli infections from a deadly outbreak is dropping significantly. |
| China confirms aircraft carrier plan Posted: 08 Jun 2011 05:06 AM PDT A top Chinese military official confirms that Beijing is building an aircraft carrier, in the first official acknowledgement of the ship's existence. |
| Oil demand high as prices surge Posted: 08 Jun 2011 09:18 AM PDT New evidence of rising global oil consumption emerges as Opec members' failure to increase quotas sends prices up again. |
| Facebook sorry over tags launch Posted: 08 Jun 2011 04:58 AM PDT A new feature on the social network which recognises faces in photographs and suggests who they may be has sparked controversy. |
| Al-Qaeda's al-Zawahiri warns US Posted: 08 Jun 2011 08:55 AM PDT Ayman al-Zawahiri, al Qaeda's number two, warns in a newly-posted video that Osama Bin Laden will continue to "terrify" the US from beyond the grave. |
| 'Ten years' for Fukushima lessons Posted: 08 Jun 2011 07:46 AM PDT Learning all the lessons from Japan's worst nuclear accident may take a decade, regulators tell a Paris conference. |
| Tea Obreht wins Orange literary prize Posted: 08 Jun 2011 11:16 AM PDT Serbian-American author Tea Obreht has won the 2011 Orange Prize for Fiction for her debut novel, The Tiger's Wife. |
| Hearts made to repair themselves Posted: 08 Jun 2011 10:00 AM PDT A drug has been used to make hearts repair themselves in research on mice. |
| Japan invents toy ears to 'match your mood' Posted: 08 Jun 2011 04:58 AM PDT Japanese inventors devise a gadget that measures brainwaves to give wearers furry cat's ears that match their mood. |
| A most unusual case: 'Thief' hides inside luggage Posted: 08 Jun 2011 04:47 AM PDT Spanish police arrest a man said to have smuggled himself inside a case on to Barcelona airport coaches in order to burgle the luggage compartments. |
| Amir admits playing while banned Posted: 08 Jun 2011 05:06 AM PDT Banned Pakistan bowler Mohammad Amir admits to playing for a village team but says he thought it was a friendly and did not contravene his suspension. |
| Blackburn's Jones set for Man Utd Posted: 08 Jun 2011 07:25 AM PDT Blackburn defender Phil Jones is set to join Manchester United in a deal worth up to £17m, BBC Sport understands. |
| Posted: 08 Jun 2011 07:37 AM PDT French Open champion Rafael Nadal opens his campaign at Queen's with a second-round match against Australia's Matthew Ebden |
| New crime agency plan outlined Posted: 08 Jun 2011 11:05 AM PDT A new National Crime Agency will have the authority to step in and instruct police and other agencies on organised crime and border control, the home secretary reveals. |
| Rethink on prison sentence plan Posted: 08 Jun 2011 09:14 AM PDT Plans to offer sentence discounts of up to 50% for an early guilty plea could be shelved - as Labour says crime policy is in "a total mess". |
| Golden glow for London 2012 torch Posted: 08 Jun 2011 08:52 AM PDT The London 2012 Olympic torch has been unveiled as a slim three-sided form of perforated golden metal, light enough for young torchbearers to carry. |
| Southern Cross to cut 3,000 jobs Posted: 08 Jun 2011 10:19 AM PDT Troubled care home provider Southern Cross announces proposals to cut 3,000 of its 44,000 staff as it tries to avoid bankruptcy. |
| Man murdered on birthday for £12 Posted: 08 Jun 2011 06:10 AM PDT A man is stabbed to death on his birthday in west London by robbers who made off with £12. |
| Shot mother had further injuries Posted: 08 Jun 2011 02:14 AM PDT A woman found dead at her Essex home along with her young daughter had suffered other injuries before being shot, tests reveal. |
| Daily Record announces job cuts Posted: 08 Jun 2011 10:01 AM PDT Almost half the jobs at two of Scotland's biggest selling newspapers, The Daily Record and Sunday Mail, are to go. |
| Nat Fraser to wait to learn fate Posted: 08 Jun 2011 08:44 AM PDT Nat Fraser will have to wait until at least the end of next week to find out if he is to face a retrial for the murder of his estranged wife Arlene. |
| Ten farm workers 'escape tornado' Posted: 08 Jun 2011 10:43 AM PDT Ten people working at a farm in County Londonderry had a lucky escape after what they described as a tornado struck it on Wednesday afternoon. |
| Man in court over Bangor murder Posted: 08 Jun 2011 04:14 AM PDT A 35-year-old man appears in court charged with murdering Duncan Morrison in County Down last month. |
| Methadone rubbed into baby's gums Posted: 08 Jun 2011 07:38 AM PDT A trial is told the father of a baby girl, born addicted to methadone, rubbed the heroin-substitute into her gums just hours after she was born. |
| Murder resort 'cut guard numbers' Posted: 08 Jun 2011 10:00 AM PDT The owner of a security firm providing services for a Caribbean hotel where a Welsh honeymoon couple were murdered claim its staff numbers had been cut, a trial hears. |
| Afghanistan faces '2014 crisis' Posted: 08 Jun 2011 04:14 AM PDT Afghanistan faces a financial crisis when foreign troops leave in 2014, Democrats on the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee warn. |
| US jury out in Mumbai terror case Posted: 08 Jun 2011 06:53 AM PDT The jury is set to begin deliberations in the trial of Chicago businessman Tahawwur Rana, accused of a role in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks. |
| Gunmen kill 11 at Mexico clinic Posted: 08 Jun 2011 01:45 AM PDT Attackers open fire at a drugs rehabilitation clinic in northern Mexico, killing 11 people and injuring two others. |
| Peru's Humala sets out priorities Posted: 08 Jun 2011 02:28 AM PDT Peruvian president-elect Ollanta Humala says he wants to deepen Latin American integration and sees the US as a "strategic partner". |
| Tunisia announces election delay Posted: 08 Jun 2011 09:08 AM PDT Tunisia's interim government delays the country's first elections by three months, scheduling the vote for an assembly to rewrite the constitution for October. |
| Hedge funds 'grab' Africa's land Posted: 08 Jun 2011 11:57 AM PDT Foreign hedge funds are behind "land grabs" in Africa to boost their profits in the food and biofuel sectors, according to a US think-tank. |
| Greece 'needs further assistance' Posted: 08 Jun 2011 06:47 AM PDT German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble says the aid package for Greece is "insufficient" and there is risk of default if funds are not released. |
| Italian police mount mafia sweep Posted: 08 Jun 2011 10:28 AM PDT More than 1,000 Italian police officers mount dawn raids to arrest 150 mafia suspects across the country. |
| Yemeni parties start broad talks Posted: 08 Jun 2011 09:00 AM PDT Yemen's ruling party opens talks with the main opposition coalition following the departure of President Saleh to Saudi Arabia for medical treatment. |
| Syria ambassador denies resigning Posted: 08 Jun 2011 07:47 AM PDT Syria's ambassador in Paris attempts to clear up confusion over her status by appearing on French TV to deny that she has resigned. |
| Nepal police are accused of graft Posted: 08 Jun 2011 08:38 AM PDT Thirty-four Nepalese police officers are charged with stealing more than $4m in the procurement of armoured vehicles for a UN peacekeeping mission. |
| US drone 'kills 15' in Pakistan Posted: 08 Jun 2011 04:28 AM PDT At least 15 people are killed in a US drone strike in the Pakistani tribal area of North Waziristan, officials say. |
| Indonesia cattle abuse row grows Posted: 08 Jun 2011 03:21 AM PDT The Australian government suspends all live cattle exports to Indonesia in a growing row over alleged animal cruelty. |
| Verdict in Mongolian herder case Posted: 08 Jun 2011 07:04 AM PDT A Chinese coalmine worker is sentenced to death for killing an ethnic Mongolian herder, in a case that sparked Inner Mongolia's worst unrest in many years. |
| Japan economy to shrink, says IMF Posted: 08 Jun 2011 03:41 AM PDT The International Monetary Fund says it expects Japan's economy to shrink this year because of March's earthquake and tsunami. |
| No India promise on Lagarde bid Posted: 07 Jun 2011 09:38 PM PDT India's Finance Minister says there is "no assurance" on supporting French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde's bid to head the International Monetary Fund (IMF). |
| China ends wind power subsidies Posted: 07 Jun 2011 07:16 PM PDT China has agreed to halt subsidies to wind power manufacturers that violate World Trade Organization (WTO) rules. |
| Web giants promote new IP system Posted: 07 Jun 2011 04:03 PM PDT Google, Yahoo, Microsoft Bing and Facebook are among companies taking part in a trial of the IPv6 internet address system. |
| Facebook shame bin aids recycling Posted: 08 Jun 2011 03:20 AM PDT Newcastle University is putting cameras in students' bins to try and change their attitudes towards recycling, and the strategy seems to be working. |
| Cat Who author Braun dies aged 97 Posted: 08 Jun 2011 01:30 AM PDT Lilian Jackson Braun, the author of 29 novels in the The Cat Who... series of mysteries, dies aged 97. |
| Smith signs up for new Who series Posted: 08 Jun 2011 03:10 AM PDT Doctor Who star Matt Smith has signed up to appear in 14 new episodes of the sci-fi series, the BBC confirms. |
| Wimbledon finals set for BBC 3D Posted: 07 Jun 2011 04:02 PM PDT The BBC announces that the men's and women's finals of this year's Wimbledon Championships will be its first-ever 3D broadcasts. |
| New elements for periodic table Posted: 08 Jun 2011 05:51 AM PDT Two new elements have been added to the periodic table after a three-year review by the governing bodies of chemistry and physics. |
| UK public 'opposes badger cull' Posted: 07 Jun 2011 09:01 PM PDT A majority of Britons in both town and country oppose killing badgers to curb cattle tuberculosis, an opinion poll for the BBC finds. |
| Cow methane proof 'is in the pat' Posted: 08 Jun 2011 03:55 AM PDT Researchers reveal a correlation between the methane production of cows and the quantity of a molecule called archaeol in their faeces. |
| Yemen: Living with uncertainty Posted: 08 Jun 2011 06:49 AM PDT Two people in Yemen of differing political opinions describe the current atmosphere in Sanaa |
| Arizona wildfires: Your stories Posted: 07 Jun 2011 09:13 PM PDT BBC News website readers affected by the Arizona wildfires share their stories. |
| How can gardeners cope with the 'drought'? Posted: 08 Jun 2011 01:59 AM PDT Gardeners in the UK are facing a difficult summer after the driest spring in over 100 years. But how can home horticulturists cope? |
| Fitness flip-flops: What's behind this sandal fad? Posted: 08 Jun 2011 07:11 AM PDT A craze for flip-flops that supposedly help people tone their legs has prompted M&S to launch their own. But is there evidence behind the fad? |
| VIDEO: Submarines take part in Nato rescue drill Posted: 07 Jun 2011 11:07 PM PDT The world's largest submarine rescue exercise involving 24 nations and 2,000 people, is under way off the coast of Spain. |
| VIDEO: Was Gaddafi's golf buggy Nato target? Posted: 08 Jun 2011 06:00 AM PDT Wyre Davies looks around a nature reserve outside Tripoli that has come under Nato attack. |
| VIDEO: China floods force thousands to flee Posted: 07 Jun 2011 06:08 PM PDT Tens of thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes in southwest China after days of flooding caused by heavy rains. |
| VIDEO: London 2012 Olympic torch unveiled Posted: 08 Jun 2011 02:17 AM PDT The design for the London 2012 Olympic torch has been revealed. |
| VIDEO: Astronauts to grow cucumbers in space Posted: 07 Jun 2011 10:39 PM PDT A Russian Soyuz rocket has blasted off from a launch pad in Kazakhstan, carrying a three-man crew from Japan, the US and Russia. |
| VIDEO: Linda McCartney's photographs on show Posted: 08 Jun 2011 09:09 AM PDT Pictures from Linda McCartney: Life in Photographs are on show at the Phillips de Pury Gallery in London. |
| Posted: 07 Jun 2011 05:21 PM PDT Historic first picture of shuttle docking at the ISS |
| Posted: 08 Jun 2011 03:27 AM PDT New aircraft carrier is symbol of China's naval ambition |
| Posted: 08 Jun 2011 04:34 AM PDT Is the US ready for its first Mormon president? |
| Posted: 07 Jun 2011 06:00 PM PDT Did a local accident inspire Shakespeare's story of Ophelia? |
| Posted: 08 Jun 2011 10:11 AM PDT Eye-catching images from around the world |
| Posted: 07 Jun 2011 06:44 PM PDT Why do people believe in secret cabals? |
| Posted: 07 Jun 2011 06:58 PM PDT Taliban threaten security transfer in Afghan north |
| Posted: 07 Jun 2011 06:47 PM PDT Ireland under the watchful eye of the IMF |
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