Friday, January 20, 2012

Congress halts anti-piracy bills

Congress halts anti-piracy bills


Congress halts anti-piracy bills

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 09:38 AM PST

The US House of Representatives and Senate postpone two anti-online piracy bills, Pipa and Sopa, days after widespread web protests.

Multiple blasts in Nigeria's Kano

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 11:13 AM PST

A series of explosions hits Kano, the main city in the north of Nigeria, a BBC correspondent says.

Soul star Etta James dies aged 73

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 10:38 AM PST

Soul and blues singer Etta James, best known for the tracks At Last and for I'd Rather Go Blind, has died aged 73.

Cruise ship firm faces US lawsuit

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 10:42 AM PST

Passengers from the cruise ship that sank off the coast of Italy are launching a class-action lawsuit in the US against the vessel's owners, the BBC learns.

French shot dead in Afghanistan

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 08:54 AM PST

France suspends its military training operations in Afghanistan after four French troops are shot dead in an incident involving a soldier from the Afghan army.

Shivers guilty of soldier murders

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 10:26 AM PST

Brian Shivers, one of the men accused of murdering two soldiers at Massereene Barracks, is found guilty on all charges, while Colin Duffy is acquitted.

Rushdie withdraws from festival

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 01:41 AM PST

Author Salman Rushdie withdraws from India's biggest literary festival, saying he feared assassination after protests by Muslim clerics.

A380 wings to have crack checks

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 04:53 AM PST

Some 20 Airbus A380s are to undergo checks for cracks in their wings, the European air safety authority has ordered.

Gingrich fury at 'vicious' media

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 07:42 PM PST

US Republican presidential contender Newt Gingrich angrily denies claims by an ex-wife in a key final debate before the South Carolina primary.

Somalia forces attack al-Shabab

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 08:26 AM PST

African Union forces advance out of the Somali capital, Mogadishu, for the first time, seizing territory from al-Shabab Islamist militants.

Call for Syria detainees' release

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 08:22 AM PST

Anti-government protesters take to the streets of Syria in support of thousands of people detained by the government in the 10-month uprising.

Libya had chemical weapon cache

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 03:52 AM PST

Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi had an undeclared stockpile of chemical weapons, the body that oversees a global ban on such weapons says.

VIDEO: Megaupload shut down

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 03:06 AM PST

Four people from the Megaupload file-sharing website have been detained in New Zealand, after an extradition request from the United States, which has closed down the site on grounds of piracy.

VIDEO: Safety on board the Costa Serena

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 05:54 AM PST

A BBC journalist travelled on board the Costa Concordia's sister ship, the Costa Serena, to get a sense of how things are done during a cruise.

VIDEO: Obama bursts into song

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 05:47 AM PST

Barack Obama surprised supporters at a fundraiser for his 2012 presidential campaign when he sang to soul legend the Reverend Al Green.

AUDIO: Simon Cowell on his 'big bottom lip'

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 08:24 AM PST

Simon Cowell, who has returned to Britain's Got Talent, told Radio 5 live's Colin Paterson why 2011 was a tough year.

VIDEO: Video from inside Fukushima reactor

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 02:53 AM PST

Video from inside one of the Fukushima nuclear reactors shows the deterioration caused by months of exposure to heat and humidity.

VIDEO: Footage shows divers inside Costa Concordia

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 03:58 AM PST

Footage has been released of divers searching inside the stricken ship Costa Concordia off the coast of Giglio.

VIDEO: Exhibition of 1930s crime photos

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 02:36 AM PST

An exhibition of photos taken by one of the top crime photographers in New York in the 1930s and 1940s opens in the city today.

Vodafone not liable for India tax

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 03:20 AM PST

India's highest court says that Vodafone is not liable for taxes and penalties of up to $4.4bn (£2.8bn), ending a long running legal battle.

Ikea sales up on emerging markets

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 03:34 AM PST

Swedish flat-pack furniture firm Ikea reports a 10% rise in full-year profits as emerging markets boost demand against a tough UK market.

Hackers retaliate over Megaupload

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 07:32 AM PST

Hackers launch attacks on a variety of US government and copyright enforcement websites after the Megaupload site was closed.

Google revenue misses estimates

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 01:21 AM PST

Google reports a 27% increase in revenue, but even that is not good enough to meet Wall Street estimates, sending shares tumbling.

Musician Johnny Otis dies aged 90

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 02:00 AM PST

Bandleader Johnny Otis, dubbed the "godfather of rhythm and blues", dies aged 90.

Simon Cowell: 'I got too cocky'

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 09:26 AM PST

Simon Cowell says his ego has been 'put in check' after a year of falling ratings and controversy surrounding his TV shows

UK nuclear subsidies 'unlawful'

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 05:25 AM PST

Green energy campaigners send a formal complaint to the European Commission over UK "subsidies" for nuclear power.

Elusive monkeys caught on camera

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 01:19 AM PST

One of the world's most endangered primates has been caught on camera by scientists in Borneo.

Arsenal can win league - Rooney

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 09:41 AM PST

Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney says Sunday's opponents Arsenal could still win the Premier League.

Sportsday Live - breaking sports news

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 11:57 PM PST

Sportsday Live featuring the latest news from the Australian Open, football transfer news plus more.

Arrest over Saddam 'buttock' sale

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 09:23 AM PST

A company director is arrested on suspicion of illegally keeping part of a statue of Saddam Hussein taken from Iraq in 2003.

South Sudan halts oil production

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 09:58 AM PST

Oil production is suspended in South Sudan amid a dispute over how to share revenues with the government in Khartoum.

Pakistan man 'posed as general'

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 07:43 AM PST

Police in the Pakistani city of Karachi arrest an alleged confidence trickster who spent three years posing as an army general.

Turkey asks France to reject bill

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 10:02 AM PST

The Turkish foreign minister asks France's Senate to reject a bill criminalising genocide denial, as it moves closer to becoming law.

Britain pushes Latin America ties

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 06:15 PM PST

The UK is launching its strongest diplomatic offensive in Latin America for two centuries, Foreign Secretary William Hague says, on a visit to Brazil.

Bahrain Shia cleric warns troops

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 08:40 AM PST

The leading Shia Muslim cleric in Bahrain tells his followers in a sermon to retaliate if women are attacked.

Afghan helicopter crash kills six

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 05:41 AM PST

Six foreign soldiers are killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan, the worst such incident since last August, Nato says.

Baby unit infection source sought

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 09:55 AM PST

Staff at the Royal Hospital neo-natal unit in Belfast are trying to find the source of the bacterial infection linked to the deaths of three babies.

Three men guilty in gay hate case

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 09:09 AM PST

Three men are found guilty of a gay hate crime after they handed out leaflets calling for homosexuals to be given the death penalty.

Benefits cap 'not a punishment'

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 09:38 AM PST

Iain Duncan Smith tells the BBC a planned benefits cap is not "about punishing people" and says people are "not suffering" from his reforms.

December retail sales rise 0.6%

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 02:36 AM PST

UK retail sales volumes rose by 0.6% in December, official figures show, after heavy discounting by stores attracted shoppers.

Week in pictures: 14-20 January 2012

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 08:07 AM PST

Photos from around the world this week

VIDEO: Saving jazz legend Coltrane's house

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 05:43 PM PST

My favourite things - saving the home of jazz legend John Coltrane

Quiz of the week's news

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 05:31 PM PST

Muhammad Ali, Cassius Clay - what was his other name?

Libya power struggle tears apart Assabia

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 06:49 AM PST

How rival militias are tearing Libyan town apart

Day in pictures: 20 January 2012

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 04:51 AM PST

Twenty-four hours of news photos from around the world

France grapples with job conundrum

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 08:37 AM PST

France grapples with its growing unemployment problem

VIDEO: The colourful Cup

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 11:38 AM PST

Guide to the best teams and fans at Africa's football championships

What was life like in Scott's base camp?

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 07:22 PM PST

What was life like inside Captain Scott's Antarctic hut?

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