Congress halts anti-piracy bills |
- Congress halts anti-piracy bills
- Multiple blasts in Nigeria's Kano
- Soul star Etta James dies aged 73
- Cruise ship firm faces US lawsuit
- French shot dead in Afghanistan
- Shivers guilty of soldier murders
- Rushdie withdraws from festival
- A380 wings to have crack checks
- Gingrich fury at 'vicious' media
- Somalia forces attack al-Shabab
- Call for Syria detainees' release
- Libya had chemical weapon cache
- VIDEO: Megaupload shut down
- VIDEO: Safety on board the Costa Serena
- VIDEO: Obama bursts into song
- AUDIO: Simon Cowell on his 'big bottom lip'
- VIDEO: Video from inside Fukushima reactor
- VIDEO: Footage shows divers inside Costa Concordia
- VIDEO: Exhibition of 1930s crime photos
- Vodafone not liable for India tax
- Ikea sales up on emerging markets
- Hackers retaliate over Megaupload
- Google revenue misses estimates
- Musician Johnny Otis dies aged 90
- Simon Cowell: 'I got too cocky'
- UK nuclear subsidies 'unlawful'
- Elusive monkeys caught on camera
- Arsenal can win league - Rooney
- Sportsday Live - breaking sports news
- Arrest over Saddam 'buttock' sale
- South Sudan halts oil production
- Pakistan man 'posed as general'
- Turkey asks France to reject bill
- Britain pushes Latin America ties
- Bahrain Shia cleric warns troops
- Afghan helicopter crash kills six
- Baby unit infection source sought
- Three men guilty in gay hate case
- Benefits cap 'not a punishment'
- December retail sales rise 0.6%
- Week in pictures: 14-20 January 2012
- VIDEO: Saving jazz legend Coltrane's house
- Quiz of the week's news
- Libya power struggle tears apart Assabia
- Day in pictures: 20 January 2012
- France grapples with job conundrum
- VIDEO: The colourful Cup
- What was life like in Scott's base camp?
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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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