Honduras jail fire kills hundreds |
- Honduras jail fire kills hundreds
- Eurozone states 'want Greece out'
- Iran unveils 'nuclear advances'
- Syria plans vote on constitution
- 500m children 'stunted by hunger'
- Xi calls for 'deep' US-China ties
- Berlusconi case: Jail term urged
- Zoellick to leave World Bank role
- Missing Appel artworks recovered
- Iranians arrested over Thai bombs
- Adele plays down 'hiatus' remark
- Nazi sci-fi causes buzz in Berlin
- VIDEO: 'Bio-hackers' create New York lab
- VIDEO: Ahmedinejad on Iran's nuclear progress
- VIDEO: Homes buried in Romanian snow
- VIDEO: Kim Jong-un's new style in North Korea
- VIDEO: Nazis from space Berlin premiere
- VIDEO: Rare look inside Burma's capital
- VIDEO: Massive safety drill in Delhi
- Europe struck by growth slowdown
- Unemployment continues to edge up
- Challenge to Microsoft Skype deal
- Police close down UK music site
- Sony sorry for Houston price hike
- Singer-composer Dory Previn dies
- Nations get tough on tiger trade
- Tiny lizards found in Madagascar
- Bacteria stop sleeping sickness
- Bone gives 'some' heart healing
- Live - England v Pakistan
- Live - Champions League
- Giant Kim Jong-il statue unveiled
- Libyans 'not keen on democracy'
- China's Xi defends rights record
- PM promises to tackle drink abuse
- MPs visit Falklands amid tensions
- Iran denies ending EU oil exports
- Congress nears payroll tax deal
- Knives found after girl stabbed
- Man arrested over vicar's death
- Murder accused denies infatuation
- Mulcaire granted evidence appeal
- In pictures: Honduras prison fire
- In pictures: Bahrain clashes
- How did we forget about mutually assured destruction?
- Whitney Houston and the art of melisma
- Jolie film opens old wounds
- The man who hears colour
- Day in pictures: 15 February 2012
- Tiny songbird traverses the world
- Picasso's Guernica in a car showroom
- Kenya's legal same-sex marriages
| Honduras jail fire kills hundreds Posted: 15 Feb 2012 08:53 AM PST A huge fire at a prison in Honduras kills at least 300 inmates, officials say, as victims' relatives desperate for news try to storm the building. |
| Eurozone states 'want Greece out' Posted: 15 Feb 2012 09:06 AM PST Some eurozone countries want Greece to leave, the country's finance minister says, as he scrambles to finalise an EU bailout deal. |
| Iran unveils 'nuclear advances' Posted: 15 Feb 2012 06:34 AM PST Iran says it has for the first time used domestically-made nuclear fuel rods in one of its reactors. |
| Syria plans vote on constitution Posted: 15 Feb 2012 05:19 AM PST Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has decreed that a referendum on the new draft constitution will be held on 26 February, state media report. |
| 500m children 'stunted by hunger' Posted: 15 Feb 2012 02:27 AM PST Half a billion children could grow up physically or mentally stunted in the next 15 years due to insufficient food, a children's charity says. |
| Xi calls for 'deep' US-China ties Posted: 15 Feb 2012 10:22 AM PST Chinese Vice-President Xi Jinping calls for deeper "strategic trust" in a speech to business leaders in Washington, on the second full day of his US visit. |
| Berlusconi case: Jail term urged Posted: 15 Feb 2012 05:38 AM PST Italian prosecutors ask for former PM Silvio Berlusconi to be jailed for five years on bribery charges. |
| Zoellick to leave World Bank role Posted: 15 Feb 2012 10:26 AM PST World Bank president Robert Zoellick is to step down from his role at the institution when his five-year term comes to an end on 30 June. |
| Missing Appel artworks recovered Posted: 15 Feb 2012 04:44 AM PST More than 400 works of art by Dutch artist Karel Appel are recovered after being discovered in a British warehouse, a decade after they disappeared. |
| Iranians arrested over Thai bombs Posted: 15 Feb 2012 08:31 AM PST Four suspects, all believed to be Iranian, are connected to explosions in Bangkok on Tuesday and one is still at large, Thai police say. |
| Adele plays down 'hiatus' remark Posted: 15 Feb 2012 02:47 AM PST Chart-topping singer Adele acts to quieten speculation she is to take a five-year break from the music business. |
| Nazi sci-fi causes buzz in Berlin Posted: 15 Feb 2012 07:00 AM PST A Finnish comedy about Nazi forces invading Earth from a base on the moon has become the surprise hit of the Berlin Film Festival. |
| VIDEO: 'Bio-hackers' create New York lab Posted: 14 Feb 2012 07:26 PM PST A group of scientists have created the first community-run biology laboratory in New York City in an effort to promote creativity in science. |
| VIDEO: Ahmedinejad on Iran's nuclear progress Posted: 15 Feb 2012 07:34 AM PST Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says the country has added 3,000 more centrifuges to its effort to enrich uranium, in a speech made after he visited a new nuclear facility. |
| VIDEO: Homes buried in Romanian snow Posted: 14 Feb 2012 05:28 PM PST Romanian rescue teams have been struggling to evacuate people whose homes have been smothered by heavy snow. |
| VIDEO: Kim Jong-un's new style in North Korea Posted: 14 Feb 2012 07:11 PM PST How do the leadership styles of the late Kim Jong-il and his son Kim Jong-un compare and what does this mean for North Korea? |
| VIDEO: Nazis from space Berlin premiere Posted: 15 Feb 2012 05:52 AM PST Iron Sky, a Finnish sci-fi spoof depicting a Nazi attack on Earth from space, has had its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival. |
| VIDEO: Rare look inside Burma's capital Posted: 14 Feb 2012 03:34 PM PST The BBC's Rachel Harvey has been granted rare access to film inside Burma's parliament in the Burmese capital city Naypyidaw, where she walked a virtually unused 20-lane highway. |
| VIDEO: Massive safety drill in Delhi Posted: 15 Feb 2012 04:26 AM PST For the first time ever, disaster management agencies in the Indian capital Delhi have carried out a massive drill to test their level of preparedness in the event of an earthquake |
| Europe struck by growth slowdown Posted: 15 Feb 2012 03:02 AM PST Italy and the Netherlands fall into recession and Germany contracts, but France shows surprise fourth quarter growth. |
| Unemployment continues to edge up Posted: 15 Feb 2012 09:46 AM PST UK unemployment rose by 48,000 to 2.67 million in the three months to December, the smallest increase for almost a year. |
| Challenge to Microsoft Skype deal Posted: 15 Feb 2012 10:48 AM PST Microsoft's takeover of video calling service Skype is to be challenged by Cisco at the European Commission. |
| Police close down UK music site Posted: 15 Feb 2012 06:19 AM PST Man arrested as police shut down popular music site RnBXclusive, warning that users could face jail and unlimited fines. |
| Sony sorry for Houston price hike Posted: 15 Feb 2012 03:15 AM PST Record label Sony apologises for increasing the price of two Whitney Houston albums, hours after her death on Saturday. |
| Singer-composer Dory Previn dies Posted: 15 Feb 2012 05:00 AM PST Dory Previn, the US singer and composer who collaborated with former husband Andre on two Oscar-nominated songs, has died in Massachusetts at the age of 86. |
| Nations get tough on tiger trade Posted: 15 Feb 2012 05:36 AM PST Crime chiefs from nations where tigers are still found in the wild agree to improve co-operation in an effort to stop the illegal trade in tiger parts. |
| Tiny lizards found in Madagascar Posted: 14 Feb 2012 11:56 PM PST One of the world's tiniest lizards has been discovered by keen-eyed researchers in Madagascar. |
| Bacteria stop sleeping sickness Posted: 14 Feb 2012 04:02 PM PST Scientists believe they have found a way to beat sleeping sickness by using a bacterium against the host that spreads the disease to humans - the tsetse fly. |
| Bone gives 'some' heart healing Posted: 14 Feb 2012 04:10 PM PST Bone marrow stem cell therapy offers "moderate improvement" to heart attack patients, according to a large review of clinical trials. |
| Posted: 15 Feb 2012 07:07 AM PST England beat Pakistan by 20 runs in the second one-day international in Abu Dhabi. |
| Posted: 15 Feb 2012 08:30 AM PST AC Milan take on Arsenal after Zenit St Petersburg beat Benfica in Wednesday's Champions League last-16 first leg ties. |
| Giant Kim Jong-il statue unveiled Posted: 14 Feb 2012 07:30 PM PST A giant statue of the late North Korean leader Kim Jong-il is unveiled ahead of Thursday's celebrations of the 70th anniversary of his birthday. |
| Libyans 'not keen on democracy' Posted: 15 Feb 2012 07:18 AM PST Many Libyans prefer strong leaders rather than a more democratic model of government despite decades of authoritarian rule, a survey says. |
| China's Xi defends rights record Posted: 14 Feb 2012 06:13 PM PST China's leader-in-waiting, Xi Jinping, defends his country's record on human rights, at the start of a week-long visit to the United States. |
| PM promises to tackle drink abuse Posted: 15 Feb 2012 09:14 AM PST The prime minister calls for bars, supermarkets and the drinks industry in England to do more to help tackle the "scandal" of alcohol abuse. |
| MPs visit Falklands amid tensions Posted: 15 Feb 2012 02:15 AM PST The Commons defence committee says its visit to the Falklands was agreed in late 2011, but is not a response to a recent escalation of tensions with Argentina over the islands' future. |
| Iran denies ending EU oil exports Posted: 15 Feb 2012 06:55 AM PST Iran's oil ministry denies state media reports saying it had stopped oil exports to six European countries in retaliation for the EU's oil embargo. |
| Congress nears payroll tax deal Posted: 15 Feb 2012 10:08 AM PST A joint House-Senate panel comes to a tentative agreement to pass a year-long extension of the payroll tax cut, ending weeks of uncertainty. |
| Knives found after girl stabbed Posted: 15 Feb 2012 08:21 AM PST Police investigating the fatal stabbing of a Doncaster teenager say they have recovered knives which may have been used in the attack. |
| Man arrested over vicar's death Posted: 15 Feb 2012 10:03 AM PST A 43-year-old man is arrested on suspicion of murder after a vicar was found dead near Bristol. |
| Murder accused denies infatuation Posted: 15 Feb 2012 09:28 AM PST A man accused of raping and murdering a pregnant teenager tells a jury he was not infatuated by her. |
| Mulcaire granted evidence appeal Posted: 15 Feb 2012 03:45 AM PST The Supreme Court rules that it will decide whether private investigator Glenn Mulcaire must reveal which journalists asked him to hack phones. |
| In pictures: Honduras prison fire Posted: 15 Feb 2012 09:57 AM PST Aftermath of a fire at a jail in central Honduras |
| Posted: 14 Feb 2012 03:07 PM PST Clashes between protesters and police |
| How did we forget about mutually assured destruction? Posted: 15 Feb 2012 04:13 AM PST How did people lose their fear of nuclear war? |
| Whitney Houston and the art of melisma Posted: 15 Feb 2012 02:29 AM PST Just what is the art of 'melisma'? |
| Posted: 15 Feb 2012 10:27 AM PST Angelina Jolie takes her Bosnian War film to Sarajevo |
| Posted: 15 Feb 2012 07:37 AM PST The cyborg artist who can hear colours |
| Day in pictures: 15 February 2012 Posted: 15 Feb 2012 04:41 AM PST 24 hours of news photos from around the world |
| Tiny songbird traverses the world Posted: 14 Feb 2012 04:50 PM PST Scientists track tiny round-the-world songbird |
| Picasso's Guernica in a car showroom Posted: 14 Feb 2012 05:05 PM PST How Picasso's Guernica came to be nailed to a car showroom wall |
| Kenya's legal same-sex marriages Posted: 15 Feb 2012 01:12 AM PST Same-sex marriages in Kenya where homosexuality is banned |
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