Sunday, June 3, 2012

Plane crashes into Lagos building

Plane crashes into Lagos building


Plane crashes into Lagos building

Posted: 03 Jun 2012 11:17 AM PDT

A passenger plane believed to be carrying about 150 people crashes into a building in Nigeria's main city of Lagos.

Queen's pageant cheered by crowds

Posted: 03 Jun 2012 11:04 AM PDT

Britain's Queen Elizabeth takes to the River Thames in a special barge as part of a 1,000-boat flotilla celebrating her 60-year reign.

Egypt candidate attacks Islamist

Posted: 03 Jun 2012 09:39 AM PDT

Presidential hopeful Ahmed Shafiq, a former PM under ex-president Mubarak, hits out at his Islamist rival amid protests at the Mubarak trial verdicts.

Japan 'doomsday cult member' held

Posted: 03 Jun 2012 07:20 AM PDT

A woman who may be a Japanese cult member wanted for the 1995 gas attacks on the Tokyo subway has been arrested, Japanese media say.

Assad denies Houla massacre role

Posted: 03 Jun 2012 03:32 AM PDT

Syria's President Assad denies any government role in the Houla massacre and calls it an "ugly crime", in his first public comments since the killings.

Cyprus 'may seek bailout funds'

Posted: 03 Jun 2012 09:55 AM PDT

Cyprus edges closer to a bailout, with the central bank governor adding to speculation that the country may need European Union aid.

Deadly blast hits Nigeria church

Posted: 03 Jun 2012 06:48 AM PDT

A suicide bomber kills at least nine other people near a church in the Nigerian city of Bauchi, amid rising violence by Islamic sect Boko Haram.

Grenade attacker hits Serbia club

Posted: 03 Jun 2012 06:54 AM PDT

A man kills three people - reportedly including himself - with a hand grenade after being refused entry to a village nightclub in Serbia.

Mongolia ex-leader condemns trial

Posted: 02 Jun 2012 11:06 PM PDT

Mongolian ex-President Nambar Enkhbayar tells the BBC the authorities in his country are waging a politically motivated campaign against him.

Fatal shooting at Toronto mall

Posted: 02 Jun 2012 07:51 PM PDT

Canadian police say one person has been killed and seven more injured in a shooting at Toronto's main central shopping centre.

TV star Richard Dawson dies at 79

Posted: 03 Jun 2012 08:45 AM PDT

Richard Dawson, the English-born actor and TV host who found fame in the US at the helm of game show Family Feud and in sitcom Hogan's Heroes, dies.

VIDEO: Russians return to Georgia

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 02:52 AM PDT

Russians are now holidaying in Georgia again - four years after the conflict between the two countries.

VIDEO: Fatal shooting at Canadian mall

Posted: 03 Jun 2012 04:05 AM PDT

One person has been killed and seven others injured in a shooting at Toronto's main central shopping centre, Canadian police have said.

VIDEO: Hunting with real-life Crocodile Dundee

Posted: 02 Jun 2012 10:22 PM PDT

Saltwater crocodiles in Australia are a real threat to the humans, so conservationists seek to protect both humans and crocodiles, but it is a dangerous business as a BBC film crew discovers.

VIDEO: Assad denies Houla massacre role

Posted: 03 Jun 2012 08:04 AM PDT

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad denies his government's forces had any role in the Houla massacre, in which more than 100 people were killed.

VIDEO: Mubarak verdicts fuel Egypt anger

Posted: 03 Jun 2012 01:43 AM PDT

Thousands of Egyptians have spent the night protesting in squares across the country, a day after former President Hosni Mubarak was jailed for life.

VIDEO: 'I developed camel shampoo'

Posted: 02 Jun 2012 10:41 PM PDT

With her German partners,Birgit Maria Kemphues has helped to develop an organic camel shampoo made from German pine trees.

VIDEO: Tintin cover fetches record price

Posted: 02 Jun 2012 05:51 PM PDT

A rare 1932 cover drawing of a Tintin comic book has been sold for a record 1.3m euros (£1m; $1.6m) at auction in Paris.

Tintin cover fetches record price

Posted: 02 Jun 2012 12:23 PM PDT

A rare 1932 hand-drawn cover of a Tintin comic goes for 1.3m euros at auction in Paris - setting a new record for the genre.

Housewives actress Joosten dies

Posted: 03 Jun 2012 01:51 AM PDT

US TV actress Kathryn Joosten, best known for her roles in Desperate Housewives and The West Wing, dies at the age of 72.

Welsh pine marten sightings probe

Posted: 02 Jun 2012 03:10 AM PDT

Reported sightings of pine martens - a creature thought to be extinct in Wales - are being investigated.

Injured Cahill out of Euro 2012

Posted: 03 Jun 2012 07:38 AM PDT

Gary Cahill is ruled out of Euro 2012 with a double fracture of his jaw, with Liverpool's Martin Kelly called up.

Egypt activists maintain pressure

Posted: 03 Jun 2012 07:12 AM PDT

Egyptian protesters occupy Cairo's Tahrir Square in an effort to capitalise on popular anger following the trial of ex-President Hosni Mubarak.

Protest mayor remanded in Peru

Posted: 02 Jun 2012 01:43 PM PDT

A mayor at the centre of recent anti-mining protests in Peru is placed in detention for up to five months over claims he incited violence.

Lebanon sends troops to port city

Posted: 03 Jun 2012 12:35 AM PDT

The Lebanese authorities deploy extra troops to the port city of Tripoli to keep the peace after Syria-linked sectarian clashes erupt there.

Nicaragua ex-Contra leader dies

Posted: 02 Jun 2012 04:35 PM PDT

The former leader of the Contra rebels in Nicaragua, Adolfo Calero, who fought against the Sandinista government of the 1980s, dies aged 81.

Thousands cheer torch relay in NI

Posted: 03 Jun 2012 03:44 AM PDT

Crowds line the route of the Olympic torch relay between Belfast and Portrush.

Hunt 'acted wisely' says Cameron

Posted: 03 Jun 2012 10:03 AM PDT

The prime minister defends the Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt's handling of the BSkyB takeover bid saying he acted "wisely and fairly".

Soldier shot in Afghanistan named

Posted: 03 Jun 2012 01:06 AM PDT

A British soldier who died in southern Afghanistan on 1 June is named as Cpl Michael John Thacker, from 1st Battalion, The Royal Welsh.

PSNI bomb attack was 'murder bid'

Posted: 03 Jun 2012 09:40 AM PDT

The police describe a bomb attack on a PSNI vehicle in Londonderry as attempted murder.

In pictures: Diamond Jubilee river pageant

Posted: 03 Jun 2012 04:25 AM PDT

Spectacular regatta on the Thames

In Pictures: Jubilee Saturday

Posted: 02 Jun 2012 11:41 AM PDT

The Queen watches the Derby at Epsom

French to get an 'MP for London'

Posted: 02 Jun 2012 04:27 PM PDT

Why London will soon be represented in French parliament

New York's Republican enclave

Posted: 02 Jun 2012 04:48 PM PDT

New York's Republican seaside enclave

Big powers jockey in the Pacific

Posted: 03 Jun 2012 12:54 AM PDT

US and China's rivalry sends ripples across Asia-Pacific

Euro 2012: Stars who could shine

Posted: 02 Jun 2012 05:15 PM PDT

The players predicted to shine at Euro 2012 football tournament

On holiday with 'the enemy'

Posted: 02 Jun 2012 05:54 PM PDT

Russian tourists in Georgia despite 2008 conflict

Changing views of Afghan forces

Posted: 02 Jun 2012 05:43 PM PDT

The photo that won the hearts of Afghans

Murder plots detailed in Iraqi court

Posted: 02 Jun 2012 06:04 PM PDT

Emotional evidence at Iraq vice-president's trial

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