Thursday, April 5, 2012

Ceasefire pressure grows on Syria

Ceasefire pressure grows on Syria


Ceasefire pressure grows on Syria

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 09:07 AM PDT

The UN Security Council urges Syria to implement a peace plan "urgently and visibly", as Secretary General Ban Ki-moon warns the crisis is getting worse.

Sarkozy unveils economic plans

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 07:39 AM PDT

Nicolas Sarkozy has unveiled his economic manifesto for re-election as president of France, with the first round of voting on 22 April.

Chinese sites 'hit by Anonymous'

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 04:08 AM PDT

Almost 500 websites in China have been defaced in a large-scale attack staged by the Anonymous hacking group.

Gaddafi son 'attacked in custody'

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 10:15 AM PDT

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi is being kept in isolation and has been beaten, his representatives at the International Criminal Court allege.

Kony 2012 group releases new film

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 10:35 AM PDT

US activist group Invisible Children releases a sequel to its video highlighting the activities of LRA rebel leader Joseph Kony.

Malawi leader has cardiac arrest

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 09:49 AM PDT

President Bingu wa Mutharika of Malawi is unconscious in intensive care after suffering a cardiac arrest.

Italian populist leader resigns

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 09:45 AM PDT

Leading Italian populist politician Umberto Bossi resigns as head of the Northern League after a financial scandal engulfs the party.

Fire at nuclear reactor in France

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 09:39 AM PDT

Fire crews rush to a nuclear reactor in northern France after an escape of smoke but the energy company EDF says the site is secure.

Thousands of Macs 'hit by Trojan'

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 05:54 AM PDT

More than half a million Apple computers have been infected with the Flashback Trojan, malware designed to steal personal information.

Titanic wreck gets UN protection

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 08:29 AM PDT

The wreck of the Titanic, 4,000m under water off the coast of Canada, is to come under Unesco protection to prevent pillaging.

US to sink tsunami 'ghost ship'

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 08:39 AM PDT

The US Coast Guard is preparing to sink a derelict Japanese fishing boat that has drifted across the Pacific to the Alaskan coast since the March 2011 tsunami.

Drawing game is 'fastest growing'

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 03:35 AM PDT

Mobile game Draw Something notches up 50 million downloads in 50 days making it the fastest growing mobile game ever, its owner says.

VIDEO: Kachin still face 'serious abuses'

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 12:20 AM PDT

There are continuing allegations of "serious abuses" against the Kachin people, one of the ethnic groups who live on Burma's eastern border.

VIDEO: Libyans flock to Gaddafi beaches

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 08:33 AM PDT

After the revolution which ended Gaddafi's 42 years of rule, Libyans are returning to the country's beach resorts which previously had almost exclusively been used by members of Gaddafi's family.

VIDEO: Snake hitches ride in cockpit

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 07:36 AM PDT

Australian pilot Braden Blennerhassett was forced to turn his plane around after finding a snake in the cockpit.

VIDEO: Kabul's 'lend me your leg' exhibition

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 10:45 AM PDT

An exhibition in Kabul is aiming to raise awareness of the remaining minefields in Afghanistan and their victims.

VIDEO: Saeed mocks bounty at news briefing

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 03:45 PM PDT

Despite a huge bounty on his head, the man who the US blames for masterminding the 2008 attacks on Mumbai, has appeared in public in Pakistan.

VIDEO: Greek slump 'threatens Olympic team'

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 03:40 PM PDT

The Greek athletics federation has suspended all domestic sporting activities saying there is no money to pay coaches and staff.

VIDEO: Close-up look at US drone

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 01:54 PM PDT

More pilots are being trained to fly American unmanned aircraft than fighter planes, and most of them are put through their paces at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico.

Battle for World Bank job hots up

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 08:22 AM PDT

Ex-World Bank officials say Nigeria's Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala should be its next head, as the battle for the job intensifies.

YouTube copyright lawsuit back on

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 09:04 AM PDT

A lawsuit by media giant Viacom against Google over copyrighted videos on YouTube can be heard in court again.

Google augmented glasses unveiled

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 12:50 PM PDT

Google shows off concept designs for augmented reality glasses that it is developing, confirming rumours about the project.

Free new Mass Effect finale offer

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 09:12 AM PDT

The developer of the Mass Effect 3 video game is to offer an altered ending and new content following complaints.

Guitar amp pioneer Marshall dies

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 09:56 AM PDT

Guitar amp innovator Jim Marshall - dubbed "the Father of Loud" for creating kit used by some of the biggest names in music - dies aged 88.

Thailand bans Macbeth adaptation

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 01:05 PM PDT

The film censor in Thailand bans a new adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth on grounds it is "likely to cause divisions" among the Thai people.

LHC is back with big energy boost

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 03:46 AM PDT

The Large Hadron Collider is operating again after its winter break, and running at even high energies as it seeks new physics and a resolution to the hunt for the Higgs boson.

Dino is biggest feathered animal

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 12:39 PM PDT

A newly described relative of Tyrannosaurus rex is the largest known feathered animal - living or extinct.

Womb cancer deaths 'are rising'

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 06:07 PM PDT

The number of women dying from cancer of the womb - known as uterine cancer - has increased by more than 15% in the past decade, according to the charity Cancer Research UK.

Pietersen defends switch-hit shot

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 06:52 AM PDT

England batsman Kevin Pietersen defends his trademark switch-hit shot after a time-wasting row against Sri Lanka.

No cubs for city zoo giant pandas

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 03:19 AM PDT

The giant pandas at Edinburgh Zoo will not have cubs this year after they fail to mate during their only breeding season.

Russia Church in gold watch row

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 03:14 AM PDT

The Russian Orthodox Church apologises for showing a doctored photo of its leader Patriarch Kirill in which a luxury watch had been removed from his wrist.

Congo 'Terminator' troops defect

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 10:23 AM PDT

Hundreds of Congolese troops loyal to alleged war criminal Bosco Ntaganda have defected from the army, diplomats tell the BBC.

Troop movement report 'stupid'

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 03:21 AM PDT

India's army chief General VK Singh says a report that two key army units were moved towards the capital in January without informing the government is "absolutely stupid".

Greek tributes to dead pensioner

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 08:14 AM PDT

Greeks hold a vigil at the spot in the capital, Athens, where a pensioner shot himself on Wednesday, apparently in despair over austerity cuts.

Mexico 'casino attacker' killed

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 07:18 AM PDT

Mexican troops shoot dead one of the alleged masterminds behind an arson attack on a casino that killed 52 people last year, officials say.

Clashes as UN team visits Syria

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 07:21 AM PDT

Syrian troops launch fresh assaults on rebels, activists say, as a UN envoy travels to Damascus to discuss implementing a peace plan.

Drug gear found in Houston's room

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 06:46 PM PDT

A "white powdery substance" and drug paraphernalia were found in Whitney Houston's hotel bathroom on the day she died, says the full coroner's report.

Extradition detainee's trial plea

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 05:00 AM PDT

In an exclusive BBC interview a British man, held for a record seven years without trial while he fights extradition, appeals to be prosecuted in the UK.

Water firms enact hosepipe bans

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 09:33 AM PDT

Hosepipe bans affecting about 20 million customers have been introduced by seven water authorities in parts of southern and eastern England.

Sky News admits to email hacking

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 10:29 AM PDT

Sky News has said it illegally hacked emails on two occasions, including those belonging to John Darwin, who faked his own death in a canoe.

Riot death dad guilty over attack

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 06:31 AM PDT

A man who appealed for calm after his son died during the Birmingham riots is given a suspended sentence for attacking a man a month earlier.

Your pictures: Wood

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 02:07 AM PDT

Readers photos on the theme of wood

Five Titanic myths spread by films

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 04:27 PM PDT

Five false ideas spread by Titanic films

Who was the mysterious White Horse?

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 04:29 PM PDT

Who was the mysterious White Horse?

Day in pictures: 5 April 2012

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 04:52 AM PDT

24 hours of news photos from around the world

Hard-up Portugal seeks makeover

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 07:19 AM PDT

Ailing Portugal still exports shoes - but new approaches are needed

Alma telescope battles weather

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 04:05 PM PDT

Weather and altitude test giant Chilean desert telescope

How do you track a wolf pack?

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 08:16 PM PDT

How howling and spraying urine helps locate elusive wolves

In pictures: From elephant stampedes to hairdos in Zimbabwe art

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 04:48 PM PDT

Perils of rural Zimbabwe life depicted in art

Inside America's Drone HQ

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 04:02 PM PDT

Inside US desert base that trains pilots to fly unmanned planes

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