Sunday, July 24, 2011

Norwegian attacker 'acted alone'

Norwegian attacker 'acted alone'


Norwegian attacker 'acted alone'

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 10:40 AM PDT

The main suspect in Norway's twin terror attacks tells police he acted alone, as grief-stricken mourners attend memorial services.

Geithner confident of US debt deal

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 06:23 AM PDT

The US treasury secretary says he is confident the White House and Congress will be able to agree a deal to reduce the US debt.

Winehouse family 'bereft' at loss

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 10:49 AM PDT

Amy Winehouse's family issue a statement about the singer's death saying she leaves a "gaping hole" in their lives.

US invites North Korea to talks

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 09:24 AM PDT

Washington invites a North Korean envoy to New York for exploratory talks on resuming international nuclear negotiations.

US lab sees 'hints' of elusive particle

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 07:57 AM PDT

A US particle machine has also seen possible hints of the Higgs boson, it emerges, following reports of similar glimpses at the Large Hadron Collider.

Aid reaches Somalia Islamist area

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 04:03 AM PDT

The Red Cross delivers food into one of Somalia's worst hit drought areas, controlled by the Islamist militant group al-Shabab.

Car bomb blast kills Yemen troops

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 01:24 AM PDT

A car bomb blast has killed at least five Yemeni soldiers in the coastal city of Aden, officials say.

UK 'to assess terrorism defences'

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 04:23 AM PDT

The government is to reassess how it would respond to possible new terror threats to the UK after Friday's attacks in Norway, William Hague says.

Tamil party wins in ex-war zone

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 04:42 AM PDT

Sri Lanka's biggest Tamil party wins local elections in the former war zone in the north and east, in a rare electoral setback for the government.

Sudan brings in a new currency

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 08:37 AM PDT

Sudan launches a new currency, a week after South Sudan brings in its own money, opening up the potential for currency competition

Rock guitarist's Ferrari sold at auction

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 05:10 AM PDT

A yellow Ferrari previously owned by British rock guitarist Eric Clapton and radio presenter Chris Evans has fetched £66,500 at auction.

David Cameron tells of his big brother experience

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 05:14 AM PDT

David Cameron lived in his brother's shadow while he was growing up, he writes in a column for a magazine.

Live - England v India

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 02:38 AM PDT

India lose their first wicket at Lord's after England declare on 269-6, a lead of 457, following Matt Prior's unbeaten century.

Sportsday Live - breaking news as it happens

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 11:59 PM PDT

Lewis Hamilton wins the German Grand Prix, Mark Cavendish wins the green jersey and day four of Lord's Test between England v India - plus more.

Cavendish takes Tour green jersey

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 08:48 AM PDT

Mark Cavendish becomes Britain's first green-jersey winner with victory in the final stage of the Tour de France, while Cadel Evans is the overall winner.

Milly officer removed over 'leak'

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 07:44 AM PDT

Surrey Police removed an officer from the inquiry into Milly Dowler's murder over claims he leaked confidential information about the case, it emerges.

Hamilton beats Alonso in thriller at German GP

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 08:37 AM PDT

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton wins the German Grand Prix from Ferrari's Fernando Alonso and Red Bull's Mark Webber with a feisty drive to move third in the championship.

Thai tourist murder video 'claim'

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 10:17 AM PDT

Thai police are asked to investigate a man named on a Youtube video as a possible suspect in the murder of a Welsh backpacker 11 years ago.

Jail corrupt policemen, says Orde

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 04:47 AM PDT

Corrupt police officers should be locked up and the key "thrown away", says the president of the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo).

Mum and baby missing after attack

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 07:46 AM PDT

Police are concerned for the safety of a teenage mother and her baby who have not been seen since a "violent" assault on her father at the caravan site where they live in Stokesley.

Dead woman suffered head injuries

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 08:24 AM PDT

A 28-year-old mother, whose body was found in a Nottingham alleyway died of head injuries, police confirm.

Sibling deaths treated as murder

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 09:46 AM PDT

The deaths in a flat fire of a 21-year-old man and his eight-year-old sister are being treated as murder, police confirm.

Church service for Norway victims

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 08:49 AM PDT

Prayers are said in Shetland for those killed in the bombing and shooting attacks in Norway.

Missing teenager's body recovered

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 09:35 AM PDT

The body of a missing Londonderry teenager is recovered from Lough Swilly in County Donegal.

Man arrested in attempted murder

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 03:14 AM PDT

A man has been arrested on suspicion of an attempted murder in east Belfast.

Winehouse godchild in 'brave' gig

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 05:17 AM PDT

Amy Winehouse's goddaughter Dionne Bromfield plays a festival in Pontypridd, south Wales just two hours after news broke of the star's death.

Two killed in separate collisions

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 06:29 AM PDT

A motorcyclist and a cyclist have died in two separate incidents in Flintshire and Gwynedd, say police.

'Five killed' at US skating rink

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 10:13 PM PDT

At least five people are killed and three injured in a shooting during a family row at a Texas roller-skating rink birthday party, police say.

Chavez returns after chemotherapy

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 05:39 AM PDT

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez returns home after a first round of treatment for cancer in Cuba.

Senegal rally backs Wade campaign

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 06:26 PM PDT

Government supporters stage a massive rally in Senegal's capital Dakar to back a third term for President Abdoulaye Wade.

Egypt opposition vow to stay put

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 10:26 AM PDT

Opposition supporters in Egypt vow to continue their protests after two days of violent confrontations with the army and men in plain clothes.

Siachen fire kills India officers

Posted: 21 Jul 2011 11:36 PM PDT

Two Indian army officers burned to death when their shelter caught fire in the disputed Siachen glacier area of the Himalayas, the army says.

Music world mourns Winehouse loss

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 06:55 AM PDT

Tributes are being paid to singer Amy Winehouse, who was found dead at her London home at the age of 27.

Cable urges end to media moguls

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 07:43 AM PDT

Business Secretary Vince Cable tells the BBC there should be "clear" rules on how dominant media groups can be, in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal.

VIDEO: Extreme ideology that motivated killer

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 10:54 AM PDT

Anders Breivik, the man in police custody accused of the Norway massacre has admitted he carried out the bombing in Oslo and the island shootings.

VIDEO: Inside Japan's nuclear exclusion zone

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 09:58 AM PDT

Residents of the area surrounding the Fukushima nuclear plant are allowed to make a brief visit home, and the BBC's Roland Buerk joins one group.

VIDEO: Aid reaches Islamist area in Somalia

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 07:23 AM PDT

The Red Cross has managed to deliver food to 24,000 people to a town, north-west of Somalia's capital, Mogadishu.

VIDEO: Fans pay tribute to Amy Winehouse

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 06:41 AM PDT

The music world has been paying tribute to singer Amy Winehouse, 27, who has been found dead at her London home.

VIDEO: Norway remembers attack victims

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 03:46 AM PDT

Norway's King Harald V and Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg have attended a service at the main Lutheran cathedral in Oslo to remember those killed and injured in Friday's terror attacks.

VIDEO: 'He shot people in their tents'

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 01:13 AM PDT

A survivor of the Norwegian shootings on the island of Utoeya describes how the gunman methodically went about killing 85 people

VIDEO: China train crash kills dozens

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 06:02 PM PDT

At least 32 people die and more than 100 are hurt after two high-speed trains crash in eastern China, state media reports.

VIDEO: Egyptian troops clash with protesters

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 07:18 PM PDT

Egyptian troops fire in the air to disperse hundreds of demonstrators in Cairo trying to reach the defence ministry, where the ruling military council is based.

Rising pressure

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 08:56 AM PDT

Slow pace of reform raises suspicions in Egypt

Endurance rewarded

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 08:31 AM PDT

Australia's joy at Cadel Evans's victory in the Tour de France

Stars who die young

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 03:54 AM PDT

Amy Winehouse joins the music icons who died aged 27

Surf's up

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 09:10 AM PDT

The global surfing industry copes with choppy waters

Your pictures

Posted: 21 Jul 2011 01:57 AM PDT

Readers photos on the theme of mechanics

Cultivating rebellion

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 04:29 AM PDT

The guerrilla gardeners of Berlin's counter-culture

Revolutionary rap

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 09:43 PM PDT

Is hip hop driving the Arab Spring?

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