Friday, February 17, 2012

German president quits in scandal

German president quits in scandal

German president quits in scandal

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 02:53 AM PST

German President Christian Wulff announces his resignation, after prosecutors called for his immunity to be lifted amid a home loan scandal.

Syrian city shelled after UN vote

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 08:03 AM PST

Troops have resumed heavy shelling of the Syrian city of Homs, activists say, a day after the UN General Assembly called for an end to violence.

Robbery at Ancient Olympia museum

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 08:38 AM PST

Armed robbers steal dozens of priceless artefacts from a Greek museum in Olympia dedicated to the history of the ancient Olympic Games.

Experts delay H5N1 study decision

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 08:46 AM PST

Experts have delayed a decision about whether controversial research into the H5N1 bird flu virus should be published.

Dutch prince 'hit by avalanche'

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 09:32 AM PST

Dutch Prince Johan Friso is treated for serious injuries after being buried by an avalanche in the Austrian ski resort of Lech.

Murdoch to launch Sun on Sunday

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 09:51 AM PST

Rupert Murdoch is to launch new weekend tabloid the Sun on Sunday "very soon" and lifts all staff suspensions.

Clinton 'optimism' for Iran talks

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 09:57 AM PST

The US and the EU welcome indications from Iran that it is willing to return to nuclear talks, but say they are still studying a letter from Tehran.

Blast at Pakistan town 'kills 26'

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 06:52 AM PST

A suicide bomb attack on a market in a Shia Muslim area of north-west Pakistan kills 26 people and injures at least 50 others, officials say.

Libya marks uprising anniversary

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 08:58 AM PST

Libyans are marking the first anniversary of the uprising that led to the overthrow of Col Gaddafi, with celebrations across the country.

Fake bonds worth trillions seized

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 07:45 AM PST

Italian prosecutors have arrested eight people and seized $6 trillion in fake bonds found in a Swiss warehouse.

Iceland debt 'now safe to invest'

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 09:03 AM PST

Iceland is safe to invest in again, according to Fitch, which upgraded its credit rating three years after its economy spectacularly collapsed.

New York Times man dies in Syria

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 09:16 AM PST

New York Times correspondent Anthony Shadid, who twice won the Pulitzer Prize and was captured in Libya last year, dies on assignment in Syria.

VIDEO: Tour of a crowded Honduran prison

Posted: 16 Feb 2012 10:07 PM PST

Miguel Angel Manueles, an inmate at La Paz Penitentiary, shows the BBC how cramped the conditions are.

VIDEO: Syrian city shelled after UN vote

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 04:56 AM PST

Syrian troops are shelling intensively parts of the city of Homs, activists say, a day after the UN General Assembly called for an end to violence.

VIDEO: Fake bonds found after global hunt

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 10:23 AM PST

Italian prosecutors say they have broken up an organised crime ring that was hiding trillions of dollars of fake US bonds. The BBC's Alan Johnston reports.

VIDEO: Thai gold rush surges with river

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 07:23 AM PST

An annual gold rush at Thailand's Wang river is proving particularly profitable this year.

VIDEO: Australian budget airline grounded

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 07:07 AM PST

Budget airline Air Australia grounded all flights as it went into voluntary administration, a day after Australian flag carrier Qantas announced major cutbacks.

VIDEO: Robbery at Ancient Olympia museum

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 03:33 AM PST

Armed robbers have stolen dozens of artefacts from a Greek museum dedicated to the history of the Olympics.

VIDEO: Spying on a silent star

Posted: 16 Feb 2012 11:57 PM PST

The silent movie star, Charlie Chaplin, became the subject of a British intelligence investigation after America pressed for evidence linking him to communism, according to files released in the National Archives.

UK and France sign nuclear deal

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 04:28 AM PST

The UK signs a deal with France to strengthen co-operation on civil nuclear energy as a Franco-British summit is held in Paris.

US Congress backs payroll tax cut

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 10:16 AM PST

The Republican-led US House of Representatives passes a bill to renew the payroll tax cut, ending months of partisan debate on the issue.

Google cookies 'bypassed Safari'

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 10:28 AM PST

Newspaper reports say Google bypassed privacy protections on the Safari web browser.

Houston funeral guests confirmed

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 04:23 AM PST

Aretha Franklin and Stevie Wonder will sing at the funeral of singer Whitney Houston, to be held in Newark, New Jersey on Saturday.

Pattinson set for Berlin premiere

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 09:18 AM PST

Twilight actor Robert Pattinson is to walk the red carpet in Berlin later as the city's annual film festival draws to a close.

Canada 'muzzling its scientists'

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 09:09 AM PST

The Canadian government is accused of "muzzling" its scientists, but the government says it views science communication as a priority.

Fracking contamination downplayed

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 08:20 AM PST

A report claims groundwater contamination concerns around fracking - hydraulic fracturing of shale formations to extract natural gas - are overstated.

Body clock 'alters' immune system

Posted: 16 Feb 2012 05:43 PM PST

The time of the day could be an important factor in the risk of getting an infection, according to researchers in the US.

Over 2,800 PIP patients go to NHS

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 02:58 AM PST

More than 2,800 women with privately-fitted PIP breast implants have been referred to the NHS in England, the Department of Health reveals.

Sportsday Live - breaking sports news

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 12:00 AM PST

All the latest sports stories, featuring cycling's Track World Cup, the rugby league World Club Challenge between Leeds and Manly, and two quarter-finals at the Welsh Open snooker.

Chisora slaps Vitali at weigh-in

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 09:57 AM PST

British boxer Dereck Chisora slaps Vitali Klitschko at the weigh-in ahead of their WBC heavyweight title fight.

Stonehenge 'inspired by sounds'

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 01:51 AM PST

Music could have had a big influence on the design of Stonehenge, according to an American researcher reporting at an annual science meeting in Canada.

'Pot plane' in Obama's airspace

Posted: 16 Feb 2012 06:13 PM PST

A small plane grounded by the US Air Force after it violated presidential airspace above Los Angeles was found to be carrying 18kg (40lb) of marijuana, reports say.

EU lifts more Zimbabwe sanctions

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 05:02 AM PST

The European Union lifts some more of its sanctions against top officials and institutions in Zimbabwe, but retains those on President Mugabe.

Thais seek two new blast suspects

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 12:41 AM PST

Police in Thailand say they are seeking two more suspects in connection with a bomb plot believed to be targeting Israeli diplomats.

Vatican to lose tax-exempt status

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 02:47 AM PST

Italy's Catholic Church faces an annual multi-million euro bill over government plans to strip it of its tax-exempt status.

Palestinians rally for prisoner

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 09:50 AM PST

Thousands have rallied in Gaza and the West Bank in support of a Palestinian on the 62nd day of a hunger strike in protest at his detention by Israel.

Xi Jinping on last leg of US trip

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 06:59 AM PST

China's Vice-President Xi Jinping is in California, on the last leg of his US visit, for business talks and perhaps a basketball game.

May to visit Jordan over cleric

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 06:55 AM PST

Home Secretary Theresa May is to travel to Jordan in an effort to strike a deal over the deportation of radical preacher Abu Qatada.

Major blaze at recycling centre

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 08:40 AM PST

Three hundred people are evacuated as 100 tonnes of waste in the yard of a Perth recycling plant catches fire.

Spot-bet scam cricketer is jailed

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 08:53 AM PST

A former Essex county cricketer has been jailed for four months after admitting a corruption charge relating to a 40-over game against Durham.

Grandmother and boy dead in lake

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 09:34 AM PST

The bodies of a 71-year-old woman and her six-year-old grandson are found in a Lincolnshire lake.

Week in pictures: 11-17 February 2012

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 10:13 AM PST

News photos from around the world: 11-17 February 2012

Day in pictures: 17 February 2012

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 10:15 AM PST

24 hours of news photos: 17 February 2012

In pictures: Track World Cup

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 07:26 AM PST

UCI Track Cycling World Cup

Glaciers in the heart of Africa

Posted: 16 Feb 2012 04:36 PM PST

Photographing the thinning ice of the Rwenzori mountains

Quiz of the week's news

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 12:03 AM PST

Which political leader's wife is getting a controversial statue?

Greeks losing belief in the state

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 05:49 AM PST

Struggling Greeks losing belief in the state

VIDEO: Restoring Frank Lloyd Wright's last hotel

Posted: 16 Feb 2012 05:45 PM PST

Frank Lloyd Wright's only surviving hotel returns to its former glory

Dangers lurk as Libyans celebrate

Posted: 16 Feb 2012 08:23 PM PST

Libyans celebrate revolution's anniversary but dangers remain

Jail tragedy repeats itself in Honduras

Posted: 16 Feb 2012 09:36 PM PST

BBC goes inside the crumbling Honduran prison system

Portuguese find the good life in Mozambique

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 04:22 AM PST

Jobless find the good life in booming Mozambique

VIDEO: Secret life of India's life models

Posted: 16 Feb 2012 05:38 PM PST

Life-drawing classes struggle to find models

Spaniards fight housing evictions

Posted: 16 Feb 2012 06:02 PM PST

Spaniards fight back against housing evictions
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