Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Clashes mark Bahrain anniversary

Clashes mark Bahrain anniversary

Clashes mark Bahrain anniversary

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 11:28 AM PST

Police seal off large parts of Bahrain's capital on the anniversary of pro-democracy protests, as clashes in outlying villages continue for a second day.

Eurozone Greece talks 'cancelled'

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 10:35 AM PST

The head of the Eurozone countries downgrades an EU finance ministers meeting on Wednesday, saying Greece has not yet given the necessary assurances about its austerity plan.

Obama hosts China's heir apparent

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 10:36 AM PST

US President Barack Obama presses China's leader-in-waiting, Xi Jinping, on trade and human rights, as he welcomes him to the White House.

'Iranian' bomber in Thai blasts

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 10:11 AM PST

A suspected Iranian bomber has his legs blown off in one of three explosions, while attempting to attack police, in the Thai capital, Bangkok.

Huge cyclone batters Madagascar

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 08:04 AM PST

A powerful cyclone bearing winds of up to 194km/h strikes the island of Madagascar, killing at least two people as it rips up trees and electricity pylons.

LHC energy boost aids Higgs hunt

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 03:02 AM PST

The Large Hadron Collider will boost the energy of its collisions, with scientists hoping to find "new physics" and end debate about the Higgs boson.

US carrier in Strait of Hormuz

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 06:23 AM PST

A US aircraft carrier passes through the Strait of Hormuz for the second time in recent weeks, amid heightened tension with Iran.

Houston funeral details confirmed

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 08:13 AM PST

The funeral of singer Whitney Houston is to be held on 18 February in the New Jersey church where she sang as a child.

Rome 2020 Olympics bid scuppered

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 09:29 AM PST

Italy will not fund Rome's bid to host the 2020 Olympics because it would be "irresponsible" in the current financial climate, PM Mario Monti announces.

Gaza's only power station closes

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 05:05 AM PST

The authorities in Gaza say the Palestinian territory's only power station has had to shut down because of a lack of fuel.

Dead priests 'hired own killers'

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 10:35 AM PST

Two Colombian priests shot dead in Bogota a year ago hired the assassins who killed them after one was diagnosed with Aids, prosecutors say.

Rangers FC enters administration

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 09:45 AM PST

Rangers Football Club enters administration - meaning the club will be docked an immediate 10 points in the Scottish Premier League.

VIDEO: Xi Jinping: China's next leader?

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 03:14 PM PST

Damien Grammaticas looks at Chinese vice president Xi Jinping, who has just arrived in the US where he will meet President Obama.

VIDEO: Space... Sweden's final frontier?

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 04:07 PM PST

Dan Simmons examines Sweden's prospects of being the European home to commercial space travel.

VIDEO: And for lunch... roasted rat

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 07:25 AM PST

Rat-catchers in Thailand are taking advantage of a rise in demand for rodent meat.

VIDEO: Whitney Houston's body flown home

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 11:12 PM PST

The body of Whitney Houston has been flown from California to her home state of New Jersey, ahead of a funeral expected later this week.

VIDEO: Syria 'emboldened by UN inaction'

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 02:01 PM PST

The UN's human rights chief has called on the international community to act to protect civilians in Syria from continuing "ruthless repression".

VIDEO: Illegal immigrants detained in Libya

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 10:54 PM PST

A small Libyan town is pleading for help to deal with a growing influx of illegal immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa.

VIDEO: Uggie is top dog in film awards

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 01:51 AM PST

The canine star of The Artist, Uggie, receives the first annual Golden Collar award for best performance by a dog in a film.

Downgrade hit to Spain and Italy

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 05:51 AM PST

Italy, Spain and Portugal are among six eurozone nations to have their credit ratings cut by Moody's, while the UK and France are put on "negative outlook".

China vows eurozone co-operation

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 07:25 AM PST

China vows to help resolve the eurozone debt crisis, during talks with the EU in Beijing, but falls short of pledging investment in a bailout fund.

Apple in China iPad name dispute

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 04:37 AM PST

A dispute over the ownership of the iPad name could have repercussions for sales beyond China.

Go-ahead for Google Motorola bid

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 02:51 PM PST

US regulators approve Google's $12.5bn (£7.9bn) bid for phone maker Motorola Mobility, hours after it wins clearance from European authorities.

Grammys see huge US ratings boost

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 02:01 AM PST

Nearly 40 million Americans watched this year's Grammys Awards, figures show.

Dancer Bethune killed in accident

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 05:26 AM PST

Police in Los Angeles are investigating the death of Zina Bethune, a dancer who devoted her later life to charity work.

Cosmic carbon monoxide pictured

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 09:13 AM PST

The Planck space telescope makes the first-ever all-sky image of carbon monoxide concentration, giving hints about where stars are forming.

Nasa budget slashes Mars funding

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 11:30 AM PST

Barack Obama's 2013 budget request for Nasa would cut spending on Mars exploration and shift funds to human spaceflight and space technology.

Cells 'heal' heart attack scars

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 04:52 PM PST

Damage caused by a heart attack has been healed using stem cells gathered from the patient's own heart, according to doctors in the US.

Live - Tuesday football

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 10:44 AM PST

Barcelona resume the defence of their Champions League title against Bayer Leverkusen, West Ham meet Southampton in a top-of-the-table Championship clash and there is a full Football League programme.

Rangers given 10-point deduction

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 09:08 AM PST

Rangers are deducted 10 points after entering administration to fall 14 points behind Celtic in SPL title race.

India woman protests over toilet

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 01:37 AM PST

A newlywed woman in a Madhya Pradesh village leaves home because of the lack of a toilet - and does not return until her husband builds one.

Uganda minister raids gay meeting

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 10:19 AM PST

A cabinet minister in Uganda, where homosexual acts are illegal, raids a workshop for gay activists and tries to arrest the organiser.

India hunts diplomat car bomber

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 12:21 AM PST

Home Minister P Chidambaram says India is hunting the "well-trained person" who carried out Monday's attack on an Israeli diplomat in Delhi.

Appeal against Kercher acquittals

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 08:37 AM PST

Italian prosecutors launch an appeal against the acquittals of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito for the 2007 murder of Briton Meredith Kercher.

Rio strike ends before carnival

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 09:23 PM PST

Rio de Janeiro police and firefighters vote to end their pay strike, ahead of the annual carnival in the Brazilian city.

'No Chinese protection' for Syria

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 04:35 AM PST

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao says his country will "absolutely not protect any party" in the conflict in Syria, despite the veto of a UN resolution.

UK inflation slows on VAT effect

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 09:51 AM PST

Prices rose at an annual rate of 3.6% in January, official figures show, slower than the 4.2% rate recorded the month earlier.

Crowds greet duchess at hospital

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 09:24 AM PST

The Duchess of Cambridge takes her first public walkabout without her husband, Prince William, on a visit to a children's hospital in Liverpool.

'Slave girl' spoken to at border

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 10:49 AM PST

A woman who, as a girl, was allegedly kept in a cellar, raped and treated as a slave in the UK tells a court she could not understand passport officials when she arrived.

UK and Jordan in Abu Qatada talks

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 08:38 AM PST

Home Office minister James Brokenshire is in Jordan for talks about Abu Qatada, who the UK wants to deport, the BBC understands.

In pictures: Equatorial Guinea's oil makeover

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 05:10 PM PST

Rare photographs from Equatorial Guinea

VIDEO: Web comic traces Iranian activism

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 04:48 PM PST

Iranian exile tells opposition story in comic

When Dickens fell out with America

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 07:28 PM PST

How Charles Dickens fell out with America

A forgotten hero of World War II

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 04:31 PM PST

How a secret mission to the USSR ended in tragedy

Who is Xi Jinping?

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 05:41 AM PST

What do we know about the man set to be China's next president?

Love gifts in the animal kingdom

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 02:39 AM PST

Exploring the weird presents animals give to potential mates

Day in pictures: 14 February 2012

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 04:46 AM PST

24 hours of news photos from around the world

BYOD: End of the road for the work PC?

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 09:00 PM PST

How long till you can kiss your work PC goodbye?

Space, Scotland's final frontier?

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 04:10 PM PST

Ex-RAF base eyed for commercial space travel in Europe
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