Monday, October 3, 2011

Kercher family's pain over appeal

Kercher family's pain over appeal


Kercher family's pain over appeal

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 08:50 AM PDT

The family of murdered British student Meredith Kercher say they will always find it difficult to forgive her killers.

New offensive on pro-Gaddafi city

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 05:59 AM PDT

Forces of the Libyan transitional government launch what a front-line commander says is their final assault on the pro-Gaddafi stronghold of Sirte.

Late Nobel laureate to keep award

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 10:55 AM PDT

The Nobel Foundation says scientist Ralph Steinman will keep his Nobel prize for medicine after his death on Friday cast doubt on the award.

Haqqanis deny killing Afghan aide

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 03:09 AM PDT

Siraj Haqqani, a key leader of Afghanistan's militant Haqqani network, tells the BBC the group did not kill government peace envoy Burhanuddin Rabbani.

'Highest telescope' begins quest

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 02:30 AM PDT

The Alma radio telescope, one of the 21st Century's grand scientific undertakings, begins its quest to study the earliest stars.

Shares fall on Greek deficit fear

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 08:58 AM PDT

European stock markets fall on news that Greece is likely to miss targets to cut its budget deficit.

Nine deaths in Iraq police siege

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 07:47 AM PDT

An attack by insurgents on a local government compound in western Iraq leaves at least nine people dead, including three hostages.

Syrian grand mufti's son mourned

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 05:32 AM PDT

The funeral is held for the son of the grand mufti of Syria, who was shot dead along with a professor near the city of Aleppo.

Megrahi - 'Truth will come out'

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 06:11 AM PDT

The man convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing tells the Reuters news agency the truth will emerge soon.

Pakistan-row CIA worker arrested

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 03:28 AM PDT

A CIA contractor whose murder acquittal in Pakistan sparked a furore is arrested near his US home after a fight over a parking space.

Somali pirate gets life in jail

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 10:45 AM PDT

A Somali pirate is sentenced to life in a US jail for his role in the hijacking of a yacht, during which all four Americans on board were shot dead.

Beatles attend Harrison premiere

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 01:57 AM PDT

Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr are among the guests at the London premiere of Martin Scorsese's George Harrison documentary.

London 2012 athletics track ready

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 04:07 AM PDT

The athletics track at the London 2012 Olympic stadium is set to be unveiled at a ceremony.

Vast shark sanctuary for Pacific

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 05:07 PM PDT

The Marshall Islands creates the world's biggest shark sanctuary, covering nearly two million sq km of ocean, with a ban on commercial shark fishing.

Guscott condemns England conduct

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 09:58 AM PDT

Jeremy Guscott tells BBC Sport some England players "lack respect" as their off-field activities threaten to overshadow their World Cup campaign in New Zealand.

Sportsday Live - latest updates

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 12:03 AM PDT

Sportsday Live - breaking sports news, featuring the latest from the Rugby World Cup, and more.

Dixon doubts Arsenal European bid

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 04:52 AM PDT

Former Arsenal right-back Lee Dixon believes the Gunners' current form could mean they have problems finishing in the Premier League's top-eight places this season.

No temporary tax cuts - Osborne

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 06:33 AM PDT

Chancellor George Osborne rejects calls for temporary tax cuts to boost growth in a speech to the Conservative Party conference.

Body in suitcase murderer jailed

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 08:52 AM PDT

A man who killed a singer and left her body in a suitcase at Heathrow Airport is jailed for a minimum of 24 years.

Eight hurt in factory explosion

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 10:30 AM PDT

Eight people are injured, four seriously, as an explosion and fire destroys a factory on a Surrey industrial estate.

Passports to get same-sex option

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 07:04 AM PDT

UK passport forms are being updated to include options for same-sex parents alongside "mother" and "father".

Video shows shooting of robbers

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 10:22 AM PDT

Footage of the moment two robbers were shot dead by police marksmen as they raided a bank cash van in Hampshire, is shown to an inquest jury.

Council secures Dale Farm ruling

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 05:41 AM PDT

A judge rules Basildon Council can remove caravans from 49 out of 54 of plots at the Dale Farm travellers' site once other legal issues are resolved.

Two jailed over sex trafficking

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 06:31 AM PDT

A man and woman from Scotland are jailed for a total of almost five years for trafficking men and women into prostitution across the UK.

Scots universities set fee rates

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 07:04 AM PDT

Scottish universities finish setting tuition fees for students from other parts of the UK, with some charging £36,000 for a four-year degree.

Prescription charges could return

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 10:04 AM PDT

The health minister has told the BBC that bringing back prescription charges could help pay for life-saving drugs, including those which treat rheumatoid arthritis.

Liam Adams to be extradited to NI

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 10:34 AM PDT

The brother of Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams will be extradited to Northern Ireland to face 18 charges of sexually assaulting his daughter, a Dublin court rules.

Uni to stop validating degrees

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 08:48 AM PDT

The University of Wales is to stop validating degrees at all other institutions, following criticism of the policy.

Teenager murder jury discharged

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 08:45 AM PDT

The jury in the trial of two men accused of murdering Cardiff teenager Aamir Siddiqi is discharged.

I did not kill, Knox tells court

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 07:41 AM PDT

Amanda Knox makes a courtroom appeal against her conviction for the murder of UK student Meredith Kercher, saying she was "paying with her life".

Republican contender in race row

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 10:35 AM PDT

Republican presidential contender Rick Perry is put on the defensive after it emerged a hunting camp used by his family had a racially offensive name.

Chavez foe to be buried at home

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 06:54 AM PDT

The body of Venezuela's ex-president Carlos Andres Perez is due to be repatriated from the US, after a long family feud over his final resting place was settled.

Zambia president nulls bank sale

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 10:10 AM PDT

The new president of Zambia, Michael Sata, cancels the sale of a bank to a South African buyer amid a major political shake-up.

ICC to probe Ivory Coast killings

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 02:53 AM PDT

An International Criminal Court prosecutor is to open an investigation into Ivory Coast's post-election violence that left thousands dead.

Cyprus president blamed for blast

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 04:46 AM PDT

The president of Cyprus is blamed by an official investigator for negligence leading to a huge explosion that killed 13 people in July.

Abramovich 'intimidated' oligarch

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 06:34 AM PDT

Roman Abramovich "intimidated" fellow Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky into selling him shares in an oil company at a large discount, a court hears.

Bahrain jails 14 over same murder

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 05:20 AM PDT

A special security court in Bahrain sentences 14 people to 25 years in jail each for the killing of a Pakistani man during unrest.

Arson attack on mosque in Israel

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 03:52 AM PDT

A mosque in northern Israel is torched and sprayed with graffiti in a suspected attack by Jewish extremists, triggering protests.

Charges in Bangladesh war crimes

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 04:22 AM PDT

A senior leader of Bangladesh's largest Islamic party is the first suspect charged by a tribunal investigating war crimes during the 1971 independence struggle.

Cairn makes strike in Sri Lanka

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 01:42 AM PDT

Edinburgh explorer Cairn Energy makes its first ever gas strike in Sri Lanka through its Indian subsidiary.

Suu Kyi cautious on Burma reform

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 07:44 AM PDT

Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi says change is taking place in Burma but warns it is not clear how far reform will go.

Tuvalu declares water emergency

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 12:18 AM PDT

The tiny Pacific island nation of Tuvalu declares an emergency due to a lack of water in the capital, Funafuti, and a number of outer islands.

Eurozone manufacturing contracts

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 02:11 AM PDT

Manufacturing in the eurozone shrank at its fastest pace in two years last month, a business survey shows.

Dexia shares slump on Greece woes

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 02:00 AM PDT

Shares in Franco-Belgian bank Dexia fall as much as 14% after ratings agency Moody's warns about its exposure to Greece.

US factories 'see slight pick-up'

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 08:13 AM PDT

Manufacturing in the US registered a small but unexpected pick-up in activity in September, a widely watched survey suggests.

BT suffers huge broadband failure

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 10:14 AM PDT

BT has confirmed a "power failure" has been causing problems for many of its broadband customers across the UK.

Facebook adds phishing safety net

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 06:10 AM PDT

In an attempt to cut down malicious attacks, Facebook users will soon be given direct warnings if they are about to visit a dangerous website.

Samsung hobbles tablet to end row

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 02:25 AM PDT

Some touch screen features on Samsung's Galaxy Tab are set to be removed as the firm tries to overturn a sales ban in Australia

Mo Mowlam drama up for two Emmys

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 08:42 AM PDT

Channel 4's Mo Mowlam biopic earns a pair of International Emmy nods - for best TV movie/mini-series and best actress, for Julie Walters.

Dolphin beats Lion at box office

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 01:12 AM PDT

Family film Dolphin Tale climbs to number one at the US box office, knocking The Lion King 3D off the top spot.

Polanski's 'regret' over sex case

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 03:11 AM PDT

Film director Roman Polanski says he "regrets" having unlawful sex with an under-age girl in his first TV interview since his time in a Swiss prison.

UK invests in graphene technology

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 09:11 AM PDT

The UK government pledges £50m to develop spin-off technologies from the super-strong material graphene.

Men 'are more prone to diabetes'

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 03:25 AM PDT

Researchers say they have discovered why men may be more likely than women to develop type 2 diabetes - it is because they are biologically more susceptible.

Beta blockers 'may halt cancer'

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 04:04 PM PDT

Cancer experts are to carry out a major study to see if commonly used blood pressure drugs cut the risk of breast cancer spreading.

Lunchboxes 'lack fruit and veg'

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 04:07 PM PDT

Parents are failing to put enough fruit and veg into their children's packed lunches, health experts warn.

School leaving age 'should be 14'

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 09:02 PM PDT

The school leaving age should be cut to 14, former schools chief inspector Sir Chris Woodhead says.

Somali pirates face hard time in US prison

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 08:40 AM PDT

Two Somali pirates are expected to be sentenced to life in US prison on Monday, joining nine who have just begun long sentences for their roles in deadly hijacking attempts. What's in store for them as they enter the alien, unforgiving world of US federal prison?

VIDEO: World's most powerful radio telescope

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 02:29 AM PDT

The world's most powerful radio telescope begins scientific operation in Chile's Atacama desert.

VIDEO: Saving sea turtles in Indonesia

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 10:48 AM PDT

National park near Jakarta hopes to boost sea turtle numbers in the Java sea.

VIDEO: Lockerbie bomber: New facts to be revealed

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 06:24 AM PDT

The man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing has claimed that "the truth will become clear one day".

VIDEO: Filipinos trapped by floods

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 04:53 AM PDT

Rescuers battle to reach areas affected by floods in the Philippines, which have left people are trapped on rooftops.

VIDEO: Beijing hosts annual twins festival

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 10:18 AM PDT

Hundreds of twins, triplets and quadruplets have gathered in Beijing for the city's eighth annual twins festival.

AUDIO: Greek government 'must stop fooling around'

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 01:50 AM PDT

Stefanos Manos, former Greek finance minister, tells us why Greece shouldn't leave the euro ahead of today's meeting of Europe's finance ministers.

VIDEO: Olympic athletics track completed

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 06:22 AM PDT

With 298 days to spare before London's Olympic games are underway, the athletics track has been completed.

VIDEO: Daredevil balances over cliff edge

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 08:48 PM PDT

An extreme balancing artist has put on a breath-taking performance on a mountain edge in eastern China.

In the Afghan villages where Taliban still rule

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 08:45 AM PDT

The Afghan villages where the Taliban still rule

Should we solve Everest's mystery?

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 04:38 AM PDT

The men who tackled Everest in wool jackets

Day in pictures

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 07:45 AM PDT

Striking images from around the world

Analysis: Pakistani links to the Haqqani group

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 09:40 AM PDT

Why feared Afghan group is playing down Pakistan ties

Ready for the robot revolution?

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 04:00 PM PDT

Robots that change our lives? It's about to happen...

Mixed Britannia - marrying an alien

Posted: 02 Oct 2011 04:50 PM PDT

Why a British woman gave up her nationality to marry an immigrant

Is Syria unrest heading to civil war?

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 04:47 AM PDT

Opposition to Syrian regime seems to become more violent

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