Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Oakland gunman 'targeted staff'

Oakland gunman 'targeted staff'


Oakland gunman 'targeted staff'

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 10:06 AM PDT

The man who allegedly shot and killed seven people at a university in Oakland, California, was targeting a female school administrator, police say.

James Murdoch leaves BSkyB job

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 09:17 AM PDT

James Murdoch steps down as chairman of BSkyB to try to distance the broadcaster from the phone-hacking scandal at his father's UK newspapers.

Turkey criticises UN over Syria

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 09:12 AM PDT

Turkey PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan accuses the UN Security Council of indirectly supporting the oppression of the Syrian people by failing to adopt a united stance.

French suspects on terror charges

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 09:03 AM PDT

Some 13 suspected Islamic militants detained in raids on Friday are to face terror charges in France, the Paris prosecutor says.

Evidence of 'earliest fire use'

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 06:52 AM PDT

An international team of scientists says they have new evidence that our ancestors were using fire as early as a million years ago.

Doping expert quits on 'muzzling'

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 04:49 AM PDT

A leading scientist tells the BBC he is resigning from an expert body on the athlete's biological passport because he is being "muzzled".

Romney aims for primary hat-trick

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 06:33 AM PDT

Mitt Romney aims for a hat-trick of primary wins as voters in Wisconsin, Maryland and Washington DC pick a Republican presidential candidate.

UN seeks Lebanon maid death probe

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 07:01 AM PDT

The UN special rapporteur on slavery urges the Lebanese government to carry out a full investigation into the death of an Ethiopian domestic worker.

Spanish jobless level hits record

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 04:51 AM PDT

The number of Spanish people claiming unemployment benefits rises for the eighth month in a row to a record 4.75 million in March.

Ai Weiwei under self-surveillance

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 08:03 AM PDT

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei sets up four live webcams in his Beijing home and studio, referring to his constant surveillance by the state.

MIT designs 'self-sculpting' sand

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 10:46 AM PDT

MIT researchers are trying to build tiny robots that can join together to create usable tools.

TomTom hit by GPS 'leap year bug'

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 10:39 AM PDT

Some TomTom navigation devices have stopped working, with the firm blaming a problem with its GPS firmware.

VIDEO: Latest New York City taxi arrives

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 01:23 AM PDT

New York City's new taxi model has arrived in the city, ahead of its official debut. New features will include charging ports for passengers' electronics, increased leg room, and a large panoramic sunroof.

VIDEO: US shooting: 'People hid behind desks'

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 02:51 AM PDT

Oakland police chief Howard Jordan has said the first officers to enter the Californian college where a gunman killed seven people found students and teachers hiding behind desks in locked rooms.

VIDEO: The robot with a human skeleton

Posted: 02 Apr 2012 10:18 PM PDT

The world's first anthropomimetic robot, which moves and thinks like human, has been built by Professor Owen Holland.

VIDEO: Syrian violence goes on despite talks

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 09:50 AM PDT

Kofi Annan's spokesman says a UN team are due to arrive in Damascus within the next 48 hours as violence continues across Syria.

VIDEO: Palestinian women saddle up

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 08:38 AM PDT

A team of 30 Palestinian horse riders are hoping to form the first female national team.

VIDEO: Damaged yacht arrives at US port

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 05:07 AM PDT

The Australian yacht struck by a huge wave during the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race injuring the sailors onboard has docked at the Port of Oakland.

VIDEO: How to paint a plane

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 01:46 AM PDT

British Airways repaints the first of nine planes with a dove design to mark the London 2012 Olympics.

EU probes Motorola over patents

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 04:47 AM PDT

The European Commission orders two investigations into Motorola Mobility's patent lawsuits after complaints by Apple and Microsoft.

Dutch boy tries to save the euro

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 08:31 AM PDT

An 11-year-old boy's plan to save the eurozone has been commended in a major competition that has attracted some of the world's top economists.

Kony 2012 video follow-up planned

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 07:45 AM PDT

US activist group Invisible Children is to release a sequel to its video highlighting the activities of Joseph Kony.

Craig: 'I'll keep going as Bond'

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 09:00 AM PDT

James Bond star Daniel Craig says he will continue to play the British spy 'until they tell me to stop'.

Redford to produce Watergate doc

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 03:57 AM PDT

Hollywood star Robert Redford is to produce a documentary about Watergate, more than 30 years after he appeared in a film about the US political scandal.

Warning over defence science cuts

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 04:51 AM PDT

The Ministry of Defence must invest in science and technology now or suffer the consequences in coming years, a meeting in London hears.

New UK attempt to capture carbon

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 06:29 AM PDT

BBC science editor David Shukman reports on renewed attempts by the UK government to develop ways of making power stations greener.

US obesity 'higher than thought'

Posted: 02 Apr 2012 04:44 PM PDT

The obesity problem in the US may be much worse than previously thought, according to researchers.

Breast cancer screens criticised

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 12:14 AM PDT

Up to one-in-four breast cancers detected by screening would never have gone on to be fatal or cause any symptoms, US researchers say.

Eyes fail before 576,000-mile car

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 09:55 AM PDT

A 93-year-old woman in Florida, Rachel Veitch, gives up driving after completing 576,000 miles in her beloved 1964 Mercury Comet Caliente.

Zoo pandas put together to mate

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 10:52 AM PDT

The giant pandas at Edinburgh Zoo have been brought together to mate five times but so far have been unsuccessful.

Fears for Timbuktu's ancient city

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 10:01 AM PDT

The UN warns fighting in Mali could damage the World Heritage Site of Timbuktu as the Africa Union joins West African nations in imposing sanctions following the coup.

US bounty for Pakistan hardliner

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 04:03 AM PDT

The US offers a $10m bounty for Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, the founder of Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba - blamed for the 2008 Mumbai attacks.

Ice theory in Russian plane crash

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 06:52 AM PDT

Russian investigators rule out engine failure as the cause of an air crash in Siberia, amid reports that the plane may have iced over.

At least 14 dead in Libya clashes

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 11:05 AM PDT

At least 14 people have been killed and many more injured in clashes between different ethnic groups in western Libya, officials say.

Obama takes aim at Supreme Court

Posted: 02 Apr 2012 06:59 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama warns that a rejection of his healthcare reform by the US Supreme Court would amount to "judicial activism".

Clegg: Web plan 'will be debated'

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 10:41 AM PDT

The government will not "ram legislation through Parliament" to increase monitoring of emails and web usage, the deputy prime minister says.

Snow and ice return to Scotland

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 09:30 AM PDT

Wintry weather returns to much of Scotland - with about six inches of snow in many parts of Aberdeenshire.

Signs of UK economy 'improving'

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 03:16 AM PDT

The UK economy has shown a few signs of improvement in the first three months of 2012 but is still weak, the British Chambers of Commerce says.

'University A-levels' challenged

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 07:23 AM PDT

Plans to let universities dictate the content of A-level papers are welcomed by the exam regulator - but accused of being a "quick-fix gimmick" by teachers.

Falklands anniversary: In pictures

Posted: 02 Apr 2012 01:17 PM PDT

30 years since the start of the conflict

Why do we know Timbuktu?

Posted: 02 Apr 2012 04:02 PM PDT

Why do some people not realise Timbuktu is real?

Booming bamboo: The next super-material?

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 02:10 AM PDT

The fast-growing grass hailed as the timber of the 21st Century

Uganda's nodding disease: 'I've lost hope'

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 12:16 AM PDT

Ugandan families tell of struggles with incurable nodding disease

Day in pictures: 3 April 2012

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 05:08 AM PDT

24 hours of news photos from around the world

When WNBA stars met a KGB spy: Spartak Vidnoje's story

Posted: 02 Apr 2012 04:17 PM PDT

When American WNBA stars met a wealthy former Russian spy...

Is artificial intelligence possible?

Posted: 02 Apr 2012 04:03 PM PDT

Will robots ever have true artificial intelligence?

Audio slideshow: Giant cosmic eyes of the Atacama

Posted: 02 Apr 2012 04:56 PM PDT

Audio slideshow of telescopes of the Atacama desert

Confronting the people-traffickers

Posted: 02 Apr 2012 04:07 PM PDT

Confronting Argentina's people-traffickers

Kachin plight reveals Burma's patchy progress

Posted: 02 Apr 2012 04:05 PM PDT

Plight of the Kachin reveals Burma's patchy progress

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