Saturday, February 18, 2012

Syrian troops 'fire on mourners'

Syrian troops 'fire on mourners'

Syrian troops 'fire on mourners'

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 06:43 AM PST

Syrian troops fire on a crowd of mourners in Damascus, reportedly killing one, as a visiting Chinese envoy urges all sides to refrain from violence.

Hague fears over Iran 'Cold War'

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 05:56 AM PST

Iran's nuclear ambitions could plunge the Middle East into "a new Cold War", warns UK Foreign Secretary William Hague.

VIDEO: Whitney Houston funeral in Newark

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 08:14 AM PST

Live video coverage as family and friends take part in an emotional funeral service for singer Whitney Houston, who died last week aged 48.

Digital tools 'to save languages'

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 07:18 AM PST

Facebook, YouTube and even texting will be the salvation of many of the world's endangered languages, scientists believe.

Lucan's 'secret life in Africa'

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 04:14 AM PST

Evidence that missing aristocrat Lord Lucan was smuggled from the UK to a secret life abroad after he disappeared in 1974 is provided by witnesses.

Akihito heart surgery 'a success'

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 05:12 AM PST

Japanese Emperor Akihito's heart bypass operation at a Tokyo hospital has ended successfully, the palace says.

Police to question Strauss-Kahn

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 09:35 AM PST

Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss is to be questioned next week by police in France investigating an alleged prostitution ring in the northern French city of Lille, officials say.

Pope recognises 22 new cardinals

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 03:34 AM PST

Pope Benedict XVI formally welcomes 22 new cardinals into the elite circle which will elect the 84-year-old's successor.

FBI in US Capitol 'terror' arrest

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 07:59 PM PST

The FBI and US police arrest a man they say was aiming to carry out a suicide attack near the Capitol in Washington DC, officials tell US media.

Latvia votes on Russian language

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 11:11 PM PST

Latvia votes on whether to make Russian the country's second official language, in a referendum that has exposed deep divisions.

Deportation for tortoise eaters

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 06:29 AM PST

Four Chinese nationals face deportation from Zimbabwe after they are arrested for killing and eating rare tortoises, officials say.

VIDEO: Behind the scenes of a Greek tragedy

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 03:53 PM PST

As the European Union and International Monetary Fund continue to demand austerity measures, Newsnight's Economics editor Paul Mason reports on how struggling Greeks are turning their backs on the state and the political class.

VIDEO: Home town's tributes to Houston

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 09:18 PM PST

Residents of Newark, the town where Whitney Houston's body is resting before a funeral service on Saturday, pay their respects with flowers, candles and songs.

VIDEO: Olympic gymnasts join the circus

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 02:35 AM PST

Former Olympic gymnasts and world athletes are being given a new lease of life with the Cirque du Soleil.

VIDEO: Refugees in Niger plead for aid

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 04:40 AM PST

Thousands of refugees have fled across the border from fighting in northern Mali into neighbouring Niger, Mauritania, and Burkina Faso.

VIDEO: Dutch prince injured in avalanche

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 06:08 PM PST

Dutch Prince Johan Friso is seriously injured in an avalanche while on a skiing holiday in the Austrian resort of Lech.

VIDEO: Glenn relives space first 50 years on

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 02:57 PM PST

John Glenn has found himself in the spotlight once again, 50 years after he became the first American to orbit the Earth.

VIDEO: Denzel Washington on 'waterboarding'

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 12:36 AM PST

Denzel Washington has said he went through the extreme interrogation technique of "waterboarding" in preparation for his latest film role.

More charges in Megaupload case

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 02:56 PM PST

New details emerge in the US case against Megaupload, including five additional counts of wire fraud and three of copyright infringement.

'Abyss Box' to keep deep animals

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 07:26 AM PST

The public are going to get the chance to see live creatures pulled up from the deep ocean in what is thought to be the first permanent display of its kind.

'Mobile marine reserves' needed

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 04:07 PM PST

Marine reserves need to be more flexible to reflect the changing behaviour of the creatures they are trying to protect, say scientists.

England cruise to series victory

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 10:20 AM PST

Kevin Pietersen hits 111 not out as England seal the one-day international series against Pakistan with a nine-wicket win in Dubai.

Live - Saturday football

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 03:45 AM PST

UN warning over Malian refugees

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 09:33 PM PST

The UN says the number of Malian refugees fleeing fighting between Tuareg rebels and the military has doubled over the past 10 days.

Murders down in Mexico's Juarez

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 05:35 PM PST

The murder rate in the northern Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez dropped by 45% between 2010 and 2011, says President Felipe Calderon.

Iran warships enter Mediterranean

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 02:35 AM PST

Iranian warships enter the Mediterranean Sea via the Suez Canal for only the second time since the country's revolution in 1979.

Vicar murder police name suspect

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 08:47 AM PST

Police name a 47-year-old man wanted for the murder of the Reverend John Suddards, found stabbed in his vicarage near Bristol.

Fans see crisis-hit Rangers lose

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 10:14 AM PST

Fans who turned out to show their support at Rangers' first match since going into administration witness a disappointing defeat.

'No critics' at PM's NHS meeting

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 05:57 AM PST

Some of the fiercest critics of planned NHS reforms say they have not been invited to a meeting about the changes with David Cameron.

Dame Judi tells of eyesight loss

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 10:17 AM PST

Oscar-winning actress Dame Judi Dench reveals in an interview that she has been diagnosed with a condition that can lead to blindness.

Day in pictures: 14 February 2012

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 04:46 AM PST

24 hours of news photos: 14 February

Inside the high-end housing market

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 05:12 PM PST

How the super rich buy their homes

The gun settles disputes in the new Libya

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 04:10 AM PST

Why firepower is the settler of disputes in the new Libya

Pain and redemption of WWII interned Japanese-Americans

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 12:11 AM PST

Life inside the US WWII internment camps

Dutch gripped by 'shop a migrant' website

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 04:05 PM PST

Dutch gripped by a website inviting complaints about East Europeans

Anger over corruption in Russia city

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 08:05 PM PST

Siberia dirty tricks fuel anti-Moscow backlash

Bahrain struggles to police the protests

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 05:01 AM PST

Bahrain struggles to police ongoing protests

Cubans set for taxing times

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 01:11 AM PST

Paperwork challenge for Cuba's private businesses
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