Afghan Taliban suspend US talks |
- Afghan Taliban suspend US talks
- Iran cut off from global commerce
- Families visit Swiss crash scene
- Soldiers shot dead in French town
- Egypt charges over football riot
- Leading Chinese politician sacked
- Arrest in Italy synagogue 'plot'
- Rights groups urge Syria unity
- Ethiopia 'attacks Eritrea bases'
- Morocco protest over rape suicide
- Costa Concordia's bell 'missing'
- Anger at ribbons for HIV pupils
- Warnings over Anonymous OS code
- VIDEO: Syrian refugee exodus steps up
- VIDEO: Ancient skulls stun scientists
- VIDEO: Appeal to save Greek monuments
- VIDEO: Syrian forces 'pillage Homs homes'
- VIDEO: Italian mayor 'bans dying'
- VIDEO: 'Sleeping lion' volcano stirs
- VIDEO: Arctic islands newfound popularity
- IMF rubber stamps Greece bailout
- Islands lose VAT exemption case
- Laser 'unprinter' developed in UK
- Rural net firm runs out of cash
- Matilda chalks up 10 Olivier nods
- North Koreans perform in France
- Squid eye is sperm whale defence
- Europe still keen on Mars missions
- Study links womb to later obesity
- Eyesight 'clue' to mental decline
- Abidal to have liver transplant
- 'Ugliest dog in the world' dies
- Stolen detergent 'pays for drugs'
- BAE in Tanzania education payout
- Taliban Swiss hostages are free
- Spanish home sales see sharp fall
- Further Gaza clashes test truce
- Rod Blagojevich begins jail term
- Police 'blamed Hillsborough fans'
- PIPs: 7,000 more fitted pre-2001
- Rail firm fined £1m after deaths
- Police face annual fitness tests
- Your pictures: Sleep
- Why US black families are home-schooling
- Man or muppet? How to resign in style
- Syria's year of protest and insurrection
- The Kremlin's first modern art show
- Day in pictures: 15 March 2012
- Sweet success for Nepal sex shop
- 'Potato revolution' aids Greeks
- Europe's latest weather eye set for launch
- 'Assad emails' highlight private life
| Afghan Taliban suspend US talks Posted: 15 Mar 2012 09:47 AM PDT The Taliban in Afghanistan suspend preliminary peace talks with the US, as President Hamid Karzai tells Nato forces to move out of Afghan villages. |
| Iran cut off from global commerce Posted: 15 Mar 2012 10:55 AM PDT The body that handles global banking transactions says it will cut Iran's banks out of the system on Saturday to enforce EU sanctions. |
| Families visit Swiss crash scene Posted: 15 Mar 2012 08:55 AM PDT Families of the children killed in a coach crash in Switzerland visit the scene as investigations into what happened continue. |
| Soldiers shot dead in French town Posted: 15 Mar 2012 11:02 AM PDT Two soldiers are shot dead and a third is wounded after an attacker on a scooter opens fire near a military base in south-west France. |
| Egypt charges over football riot Posted: 15 Mar 2012 05:10 AM PDT Egypt charges 75 people with murder or negligence over a riot which left at least 74 people dead following a football match in Port Said. |
| Leading Chinese politician sacked Posted: 15 Mar 2012 04:26 AM PDT One of China's best-known politicians and likely leadership candidates Bo Xilai is removed from his post as a party chief, the state news agency reports, following a scandal. |
| Arrest in Italy synagogue 'plot' Posted: 15 Mar 2012 07:20 AM PDT A man aged 20 has been arrested in northern Italy on suspicion of plotting an attack on a synagogue in Milan. |
| Rights groups urge Syria unity Posted: 15 Mar 2012 10:44 AM PDT A coalition of 200 rights and aid groups urge Russia and China to back UN action against Syria, on the anniversary of the start of the uprising there. |
| Ethiopia 'attacks Eritrea bases' Posted: 15 Mar 2012 10:16 AM PDT Ethiopian forces launch a military attack on three camps inside its long-time rival Eritrea, Ethiopian officials say. |
| Morocco protest over rape suicide Posted: 15 Mar 2012 04:50 AM PDT Moroccan women's rights activists step up pressure to scrap laws that allow rapists to marry their victims - after a 16-year-old girl kills herself. |
| Costa Concordia's bell 'missing' Posted: 15 Mar 2012 08:41 AM PDT An investigation is launched after the ship's bell of the sunken cruise liner Costa Concordia reportedly goes missing. |
| Anger at ribbons for HIV pupils Posted: 15 Mar 2012 04:33 AM PDT Campaigners in Tanzania criticise some schools in a north-west region for making HIV-positive pupils wear a red ribbon on their uniforms. |
| Warnings over Anonymous OS code Posted: 15 Mar 2012 07:28 AM PDT More than 26,000 people download an operating system which members of the Anonymous hacker group claim to have created. |
| VIDEO: Syrian refugee exodus steps up Posted: 15 Mar 2012 05:06 AM PDT In the past 12 months, the UN says 8,000 people have been killed in Syria and more than 200,000 have been forced to flee their homes. |
| VIDEO: Ancient skulls stun scientists Posted: 15 Mar 2012 02:26 AM PDT Researchers have discovered human skulls and bones from southern China which were of people that looked look quite different to us. |
| VIDEO: Appeal to save Greek monuments Posted: 15 Mar 2012 09:35 AM PDT An international appeal has been launched by archaeologists to protect Greek monuments and museums against further budget cuts. |
| VIDEO: Syrian forces 'pillage Homs homes' Posted: 15 Mar 2012 05:57 AM PDT Video filmed by a Syrian activist purports to show security forces helping themselves to property from homes in Homs. |
| VIDEO: Italian mayor 'bans dying' Posted: 15 Mar 2012 12:57 AM PDT The mayor of a town in southern Italy has banned dying because his town has run out of burial space. |
| VIDEO: 'Sleeping lion' volcano stirs Posted: 15 Mar 2012 08:33 AM PDT Plumes of smoke and ash from Colombia's Nevado del Ruiz volcano are worrying nearby villagers, but authorities say the activity falls within acceptable and safe boundaries. |
| VIDEO: Arctic islands newfound popularity Posted: 15 Mar 2012 05:02 AM PDT A group of islands in the Norwegian Arctic called Svalbard is becoming a surprisingly popular destination for international politicians. |
| IMF rubber stamps Greece bailout Posted: 15 Mar 2012 10:17 AM PDT The IMF has agreed to pay 28bn euros towards Greece's second bailout of 130bn euros after last week's private debt swap. |
| Islands lose VAT exemption case Posted: 15 Mar 2012 10:54 AM PDT Legal challenges against the scrapping of a tax loophole that allowed the Channel Islands to sell low value goods VAT-free fail. |
| Laser 'unprinter' developed in UK Posted: 15 Mar 2012 08:46 AM PDT A technique to vaporise photocopied ink from paper has been developed by engineers at the University of Cambridge. |
| Rural net firm runs out of cash Posted: 15 Mar 2012 10:01 AM PDT Web users in some rural parts of the UK are left without a net connection as a community broadband firm shuts down. |
| Matilda chalks up 10 Olivier nods Posted: 15 Mar 2012 10:23 AM PDT Matilda the Musical leads the race at this year's Olivier theatre awards with a maximum possible 10 nominations. |
| North Koreans perform in France Posted: 15 Mar 2012 03:43 AM PDT A North Korean and a French orchestra perform together in a concert in Paris, led by renowned South Korean conductor Chung Myung-Whun. |
| Squid eye is sperm whale defence Posted: 15 Mar 2012 10:21 AM PDT The vast eyes of giant and colossal squid have evolved to give them early warning of sperm whales, their only predator, scientists show. |
| Europe still keen on Mars missions Posted: 15 Mar 2012 10:26 AM PDT Member state delegations to the European Space Agency reiterated their desire to press ahead with missions to Mars in 2016 and 2018. |
| Study links womb to later obesity Posted: 14 Mar 2012 04:07 PM PDT New evidence links the environment in the womb with increased body weight in later life. |
| Eyesight 'clue' to mental decline Posted: 15 Mar 2012 02:50 AM PDT Looking at the back of the eye may offer an insight into the health of someone's brain, according to the US researchers. |
| Abidal to have liver transplant Posted: 15 Mar 2012 07:16 AM PDT Barcelona confirm that their French international defender Eric Abidal is to undergo a liver transplant. |
| 'Ugliest dog in the world' dies Posted: 15 Mar 2012 04:07 AM PDT Yoda, a dog which shot to fame after being crowned the world's ugliest in a competition in California, has died, her owner has announced. |
| Stolen detergent 'pays for drugs' Posted: 14 Mar 2012 05:26 PM PDT US thieves stealing bottles of Tide detergent from stores are using their bounty to trade for drugs, police say, as a man is held on a $1m bail in California. |
| BAE in Tanzania education payout Posted: 15 Mar 2012 07:46 AM PDT BAE Systems is to pay at least £29.5m towards educational projects in Tanzania following an agreement with the Serious Fraud Office. |
| Taliban Swiss hostages are free Posted: 15 Mar 2012 11:08 AM PDT A Swiss couple held hostage by the Pakistani Taliban are free after an eight-month ordeal, the army says. |
| Spanish home sales see sharp fall Posted: 15 Mar 2012 05:02 AM PDT Spanish home sales fall in the fourth quarter to their lowest level since 2007 as the nation continues to struggle with recession. |
| Further Gaza clashes test truce Posted: 15 Mar 2012 03:39 AM PDT The truce in Gaza may be fraying as the Israel carries out air strikes and Palestinian militants continue to fire rockets into Israel. |
| Rod Blagojevich begins jail term Posted: 15 Mar 2012 08:41 AM PDT Disgraced former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich begins his 14-year prison term for corruption, telling a media pack that his conscience is clear. |
| Police 'blamed Hillsborough fans' Posted: 15 Mar 2012 11:07 AM PDT Former PM Margaret Thatcher was told a senior Merseyside police officer blamed "drunken Liverpool fans" for causing the Hillsborough disaster, confidential government documents reveal. |
| PIPs: 7,000 more fitted pre-2001 Posted: 15 Mar 2012 08:59 AM PDT Around 7,000 more women in the UK have been fitted with banned PIP breast implants than previously thought, according to the government. |
| Rail firm fined £1m after deaths Posted: 15 Mar 2012 11:03 AM PDT Network Rail is fined £1m for health and safety breaches over the deaths of two teenage girls at a level crossing in Essex in 2005. |
| Police face annual fitness tests Posted: 15 Mar 2012 08:58 AM PDT Police officers' fitness could be checked annually with disciplinary procedures facing any officer who fails the test three times. |
| Posted: 15 Mar 2012 09:20 AM PDT Readers pictures on the theme of sleep |
| Why US black families are home-schooling Posted: 14 Mar 2012 06:29 PM PDT Why more black US families are opting for home schooling |
| Man or muppet? How to resign in style Posted: 15 Mar 2012 04:23 AM PDT How to resign in style - and dream that things will change |
| Syria's year of protest and insurrection Posted: 15 Mar 2012 08:54 AM PDT Syria's Bashar al-Assad survives at great cost |
| The Kremlin's first modern art show Posted: 15 Mar 2012 05:27 AM PDT Kremlin drops modern art ban to embrace 'degenerate' Henry Moore |
| Day in pictures: 15 March 2012 Posted: 15 Mar 2012 07:05 AM PDT 24 hours of news images from around the world |
| Sweet success for Nepal sex shop Posted: 14 Mar 2012 07:08 PM PDT Nepal's first sex shop does a flourishing trade |
| 'Potato revolution' aids Greeks Posted: 14 Mar 2012 05:59 PM PDT Greeks struggle to cope with falling wages and rising prices |
| Europe's latest weather eye set for launch Posted: 14 Mar 2012 06:30 PM PDT Will new European weather satellite improve the forecast? |
| 'Assad emails' highlight private life Posted: 15 Mar 2012 08:38 AM PDT What do 'intercepted emails' say about Syrian's first couple |
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