Saturday, July 23, 2011

Norway mourns twin attack victims

Norway mourns twin attack victims


Norway mourns twin attack victims

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 10:05 AM PDT

Norwegians mourn victims of Friday's massacre at an island youth camp and bombing in Oslo, in which at least 92 people are now known to have died.

Amy Winehouse found dead, aged 27

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 09:41 AM PDT

Troubled singer Amy Winehouse, who has battled drink and drug problems, is found dead at her London home at the age of 27.

Fifa hands life ban to Bin Hammam

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 10:45 AM PDT

Football's world governing body Fifa bans Mohamed Bin Hammam for life over claims he tried to buy presidential votes.

Iran nuclear scientist 'killed'

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 08:40 AM PDT

An Iranian nuclear scientist is shot dead outside his home in Tehran, Iranian media sources say.

Belgium's veil ban now in force

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 08:14 AM PDT

A law comes into force in Belgium banning women from wearing the full Islamic veil in public, with offenders facing fines and up to a week in jail.

Bullet trains collision in China

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 11:16 AM PDT

Two high-speed trains collide in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang, killing 16 and injuring at least 89, state media say.

Sunday Mirror phone-hacking claim

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 02:01 AM PDT

Evidence of possible phone hacking at the Sunday Mirror newspaper has been found by the BBC's Newsnight.

Canada returns Chinese fugitive

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 06:46 AM PDT

One of China's most-wanted fugitives, Lai Changxing, is deported home from Canada after a lengthy legal battle.

South Sudan rebel leader killed

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 05:23 AM PDT

South Sudan rebel leader Col Gatluak Gai is killed, a week after he agreed to a ceasefire with the newly independent government.

Anger over swimming race 'hot water'

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 04:39 AM PDT

Swimming's governing body is criticised for allowing open water races at the World Championships to go ahead, despite the water being "too hot and dangerous".

Higgs boson results cause flurry

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 07:39 AM PDT

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has picked up tantalising fluctuations which might - or might not - be hints of the sought-after Higgs boson particle.

UK's oldest cemetery discovered

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 07:48 AM PDT

The "oldest open air cemetery in the UK" has been found at a sand quarry in Somerset, according to the county council.

Sportsday Live - breaking news as it happens

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 11:58 PM PDT

England v India, day three, at Lord's, Mark Webber takes pole for German Grand Prix, Cadel Evans takes the yellow jersey - plus more.

England pacemen run through India

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 11:07 AM PDT

England open up a big lead over India despite a century from Rahul Dravid on the third day of the first Test at Lord's.

Evans closes in on Tour victory

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 08:18 AM PDT

Cadel Evans is all but certain to become Australia's first Tour de France winner after a stunning time trial victory in the suburbs of Grenoble.

Nurse in court after five deaths

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 08:19 AM PDT

A nurse is remanded in custody after the deaths of five patients at Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport which police have linked to contaminated saline solution.

Queen 'saddened' by Norway attack

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 06:18 AM PDT

The Queen has written to the King of Norway to express sympathy at the attacks in his country, Buckingham Palace says.

Man charged after explosives find

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 06:28 AM PDT

A 41-year-old north Belfast man is charged with having explosives and a gun, at Belfast Magistrates' court

Thousands in march for train jobs

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 07:02 AM PDT

Thousands of people march through Derby in support of train maker Bombardier and to call for it to be awarded a £1.4bn contract.

Rescue bid for Bali crash victim

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 05:51 AM PDT

A specialist doctor is to fly to Bali to assess a Kent man seriously injured in a motorbike accident in the hope that he can be flown home.

Man, 44, held over two stabbings

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 09:22 AM PDT

A man is arrested on suspicion of murder after a 22-year-old woman was stabbed to death and a man, 25, seriously injured on Merseyside.

Shetland mourns Norway atrocity

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 06:02 AM PDT

Islanders on Shetland are in mourning over the shooting and bombing of at least 92 people in Norway.

Fire rips through leisure centre

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 08:38 AM PDT

Firefighters tackled a blaze which ripped through a leisure centre in Whitburn, West Lothian.

Cyclist is airlifted after fall

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 10:29 AM PDT

A 58-year-old cyclist is airlifted to hospital with head injuries and a broken hip after falling off her bike on Rathlin Island.

North Belfast violence overnight

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 06:09 AM PDT

Houses and cars are damaged in an interface area of north Belfast as about 30 youths take part in trouble overnight.

City Norwegian Church condolences

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 10:34 AM PDT

Flowers and messages of condolence are left at the Norwegian Church in Cardiff after the massacre and bombing Norway which killed at least 92 people.

Saved kayaker 'lucky to survive'

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 04:54 AM PDT

A kayaker dressed in T-shirt and shorts rescued more than three miles off the coast was lucky to survive, say a lifeboat crew.

White House debt talks collapse

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 06:10 PM PDT

Republican House Speaker John Boehner exits crunch debt default talks at the White House with President Barack Obama, and each side blames the other.

Chavez ends first chemotherapy

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 02:25 PM PDT

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says the first phase of his treatment for cancer has ended successfully in Cuba.

Jailed American appeals in Cuba

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 12:12 PM PDT

US contractor Alan Gross, sentenced in Cuba to 15 years in prison for crimes against the state, appeals to the Supreme Court in Havana for his release.

Polls held in northern Sri Lanka

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 07:20 AM PDT

Sri Lankans vote in local elections - many in the northern former war zone, where the government is keen to do well - but there have been accusations of pre-election violence.

Norway attack: Eyewitness accounts

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 08:05 AM PDT

At least 84 people died when a gunman opened fire at a Norwegian island youth camp. Survivors give their account of the terrifying attack.

VIDEO: Who is Norway shooting suspect?

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 09:55 AM PDT

Who is Norway shooting suspect Anders Behring Breivik?

VIDEO: Killer dressed as policeman to trick victims

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 07:09 AM PDT

An eyewitness describes how victims of an armed gunman on a Norwegian island believed at first that he was a policeman who had come to help them.

VIDEO: People in swimming trunks cowered in fear

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 06:45 AM PDT

At least 85 people died when a gunman opened fire at an island youth camp in Norway, hours after a bombing in the capital Oslo killed seven.

VIDEO: Oslo bombing: 'It was absolute chaos'

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 02:48 AM PDT

A witness to Friday's bombing in Oslo has described the scene following the blast as "absolute chaos".

VIDEO: Swimming away 'best chance to survive'

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 05:58 PM PDT

Norwegian MP Stine Renate Haheim describes how she escaped from Utoeya island with other attendees at the Labour Party youth camp attacked by a gunman on Friday.

VIDEO: How Norway's day of terror unfolded

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 09:24 PM PDT

At least 85 people died when a gunman opened fire at an island youth camp in Norway, hours after a deadly bombing in the capital Oslo that killed seven, police say.

VIDEO: PM: Norway must be free, not afraid

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 07:04 AM PDT

Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg has said he hopes Norway remains an open and free society "without being afraid", after Friday's twin attacks that left at least 92 people dead.

VIDEO: Gaddafi loyalists on the streets of Tripoli

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 11:06 PM PDT

After more than four months of Nato bombing raids in Libya there in no end in sight in the conflict between Col Gaddafi's forces and those opposed to his rule.

Rise of a titan

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 02:40 AM PDT

How did Rupert Murdoch become a global media mogul?

Sirte stronghold

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 07:33 AM PDT

Gaddafi loyalists show their support in hometown

Wild man

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 04:29 AM PDT

Exploits of the Bolivian-jungle puma wrestler

The fabulous Freuds

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 01:22 AM PDT

What makes one family so successful in so many fields?

The forgotten story

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 04:57 PM PDT

Did the West stoke the scourge of sex selection in Asia?

Tall tales

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 05:31 PM PDT

Why our height says a lot about who we are

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