Wednesday, June 20, 2012

New Greece leader offers 'hope'

New Greece leader offers 'hope'


New Greece leader offers 'hope'

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 09:15 AM PDT

Antonis Samaras is sworn in as Greece's new PM, vowing to "give hope" to Greek people after political turmoil threatened to spill over to the eurozone.

Egyptian election result delayed

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 12:43 PM PDT

The announcement of the result of Egypt's presidential election is delayed to investigate complaints, with no new timetable set.

'Slow' progress on Earth problems

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 09:27 AM PDT

The UN sustainable development summit in Rio formally opens with a warning from UN head Ban Ki-moon that progress on the issue is too slow.

Syria 'truce' to evacuate Homs

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 10:21 AM PDT

The Red Cross says the Syrian government and rebel fighters have agreed a temporary truce to allow civilians to be evacuated from the city of Homs.

Toulouse hostage gunman arrested

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 09:35 AM PDT

French police detain a gunman who held four people hostage at a bank in the southern city of Toulouse for almost seven hours.

US economy growth forecast is cut

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 11:52 AM PDT

The US central bank cuts its forecast for economic growth in 2012 and takes steps to reduce long-term borrowing costs.

First test tube baby mother dies

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 09:45 AM PDT

The woman who gave birth to the world's first test tube baby in 1978 after pioneering treatment has died, it is announced.

Assange faces arrest, say police

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 09:02 AM PDT

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, who is seeking asylum at Ecuador's London embassy, faces arrest for breaching his bail, police say.

Afghan suicide attack kills many

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 08:41 AM PDT

A suicide bomber kills at least 21 people, including three Nato soldiers and a local interpreter, in the eastern Afghan city of Khost, officials say.

Turkey hits Kurdish sites in Iraq

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 10:04 AM PDT

The Turkish military said it has carried out strikes on Kurdish rebel targets in Iraq, a day after 18 people died in fighting in south-east Turkey.

No charge for US killer of rapist

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 06:09 AM PDT

A father who found his five-year-old daughter being raped in rural Texas, then beat the attacker to death will not be charged, prosecutors say.

New window into earliest Universe

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 10:54 AM PDT

Researchers suggest a way to get a look at the Universe in its infancy, thanks to a quirk of light from those early days caused by dark matter.

VIDEO: Vigilantes threaten to 'kneecap criminals'

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 06:23 AM PDT

A group of armed vigilantes in Northern Ireland is persuading parents to hand over their children to be shot as a punishment, if they have been involved in drug-dealing or anti-social behaviour.

VIDEO: Meet Emily - the robot lifeguard

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 12:51 AM PDT

Machines have been replacing people for years - but could a robot really replace a lifeguard?

VIDEO: US teen survives spear gun accident

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 12:12 AM PDT

Yasser Lopez, 16, is recovering after he was accidentally shot with a spear gun by a friend during a fishing trip in Florida.

VIDEO: Sydney's secret undersea scrapheap

Posted: 19 Jun 2012 08:57 PM PDT

Sydney's seafront and harbour is well-known for its pristine tidiness, but delve under the water and it is a different picture.

VIDEO: Mass protest by South Korea taxi drivers

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 02:18 AM PDT

Tens of thousands of taxi drivers in South Korea stage a rare one day strike across the country, to protest against rising fuel prices.

VIDEO: Three killed by Iraq car bomb

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 03:19 AM PDT

Three civilians are killed and nine wounded in a car bomb attack in Iraq's northern city of Kirkuk.

VIDEO: The lost caves of the Amazon

Posted: 19 Jun 2012 01:56 AM PDT

Beneath the Amazon rainforest, scientists have recently discovered hundreds of massive caverns in the rich deposits of iron ore.

P&G issues second profits warning

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 08:02 AM PDT

Procter and Gamble, the maker of Pampers nappies and Duracell batteries, has cut its sales and profit forecasts for the second time in two months.

Bond yields fall after G20 summit

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 07:39 AM PDT

Spanish and Italian bond yields fall, on hopes that the G20 summit saw eurozone nations move closer to a deal on lowering euro-area borrowing costs.

Windows Phone 8 system announced

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 11:55 AM PDT

Microsoft details new features it will include in the next version of its smartphone operating system.

Habbo unmutes to hear from users

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 09:17 AM PDT

Troubled social network Habbo Hotel is creating a new temporary website to allow users to post views about its future.

Johnny Depp announces separation

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 02:18 AM PDT

The Hollywood actor splits from partner Vanessa Paradis after 14 years together.

National delays Monte Cristo play

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 03:57 AM PDT

Scripting problems are blamed for the cancellation of the National Theatre's Christmas production of The Count of Monte Cristo, due to be written by Richard Bean.

Turtles fossilised in sex embrace

Posted: 19 Jun 2012 06:20 PM PDT

Scientists reporting in Biology Letters describe turtles killed and fossilised 47 million years ago - caught in the act of copulation.

Telescope to probe dark universe

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 01:00 AM PDT

Europe has given the go-ahead to a space mission to investigate the two great cosmic unknowns - dark matter and dark energy.

Odd drink 'no developmental risk'

Posted: 19 Jun 2012 06:03 PM PDT

Drinking a low or moderate level of alcohol in early pregnancy is not linked to developmental problems in five-year-old children, researchers say.

FA is fined for fans' behaviour

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 10:36 AM PDT

The Football Association is fined 5,000 euros by Uefa for England fans' attempted pitch invasion in the Euro 2012 win over Sweden.

Alonso & Vettel ‘could co-exist’

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 08:29 AM PDT

Ferrari boss Stefano Domenicali believes Fernando Alonso and Sebastian Vettel could drive for the same team without problems.

Pope calls for peace in Nigeria

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 04:35 AM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI calls for peace in Nigeria as reprisal attacks between Muslims and Christians continue.

Pakistan meeting on new PM ends

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 08:07 AM PDT

A Pakistan People's Party meeting to discuss a new PM ends without any announcement, a day after Yousuf Raza Gilani was disqualified by the top court.

Ministers to boycott England game

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 06:31 AM PDT

UK ministers will not attend England's Euro 2012 quarter-final against Italy because of continuing concerns about selective justice in Ukraine.

El Salvador gang truce 'working'

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 07:41 AM PDT

Murders in El Salvador drop from an average of 14 a day to five, police figures show, as a street gang truce passes three months.

Egypt's Mubarak 'health worsens'

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 05:27 AM PDT

Egypt's jailed ex-President Hosni Mubarak remains in a critical condition in an army hospital following a sudden deterioration of his health.

Obama seals Fast and Furious file

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 11:29 AM PDT

President Obama takes the rare step of claiming executive privilege to withhold documents sought by lawmakers probing a botched sting operation.

Last-ditch plea over NHS action

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 09:07 AM PDT

Ministers and NHS leaders make last-ditch pleas to persuade doctors to call off a day of industrial action.

Carr 'morally wrong' on tax - PM

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 11:25 AM PDT

Prime Minister David Cameron says the legal but aggressive tax avoidance scheme reportedly used by comedian Jimmy Carr is "not morally right".

UK unemployment falls by 51,000

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 03:24 AM PDT

Unemployment in the UK fell by 51,000 to 2.61 million in the three months to April, official figures show.

Row over UK's new European judge

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 07:26 AM PDT

The UK is to get a new judge at the European Court of Human Rights, but some Tory MPs are unhappy with the candidates put forward.

How those annoying online security tests evolved

Posted: 19 Jun 2012 04:43 PM PDT

How those annoying online security tests evolved

Not the President's Men

Posted: 19 Jun 2012 09:14 AM PDT

Women, Watergate and changing times

Mubarak in hospital: Voices from Cairo

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 08:58 AM PDT

Egyptians' muted response to 'ailing' Mubarak

Day in pictures: 20 June 2012

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 05:08 AM PDT

24 hours of news photos from around the world

Rio+20: What's changed since the Earth Summit?

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 02:41 AM PDT

How has the world changed since the Earth Summit of 1992?

Assange's ties with Ecuador

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 03:08 AM PDT

Warm words between Wikileaks founder and Ecuador's leader

If Obamacare falls, what then?

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 08:57 AM PDT

Mardell: What if Supreme Court pulls plug on Obama's health law?

MIT + Harvard = edX

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 10:42 AM PDT

Is this the formula for a university revolution?

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