Thursday, June 28, 2012

US healthcare reform law upheld

US healthcare reform law upheld


US healthcare reform law upheld

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 10:42 AM PDT

A key component of US President Barack Obama's landmark healthcare reform act, called the "individual mandate", is upheld, the Supreme Court rules.

EU seeks new strategy for euro

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 11:08 AM PDT

EU leaders look set to agree on a growth package for the struggling eurozone, but Italy and Spain sound the alarm over their borrowing costs.

'Serious questions' for Barclays

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 08:48 AM PDT

Prime Minister David Cameron says Barclays' management face "serious questions" about their role in allegations that bank lending rates were manipulated for financial gain.

Blasts rock main Damascus court

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 09:10 AM PDT

Explosions rock the main court in Syria's capital, Damascus, in what appears to be a symbolic strike at the heart of the authority of President Assad.

Karadzic fails in acquittal bid

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 06:52 AM PDT

Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic fails in his bid at The Hague war crimes tribunal to be cleared of all charges against him.

Assange given extradition notice

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 06:04 AM PDT

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been served with an extradition notice by the Metropolitan Police

Homes destroyed in Colorado fire

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 09:17 AM PDT

Hundreds of homes are destroyed by wildfire in Colorado's second biggest city, after 32,000 people flee the flames.

News Corp's board confirms split

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 10:53 AM PDT

The board of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation says the media giant will be split into two publicly traded companies.

India spy returns from Pakistan

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 05:25 AM PDT

Indian citizen Surjeet Singh returns after more than 30 years in a Pakistani jail, and admits to spying for his country.

Kenya runner in stabbing charge

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 09:12 AM PDT

Kenyan police charge the world's 3,000m steeplechase champion, Ezekiel Kemboi, with assault after a woman said he stabbed her on Wednesday night.

Hamas man 'assassinated' in Syria

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 07:03 AM PDT

Palestinian Islamist militant group Hamas says one of its members has been assassinated in the Syrian capital Damascus.

Beckham left out of Olympic squad

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 06:16 AM PDT

Former England captain David Beckham is not selected for the Great Britain football squad for London 2012.

VIDEO: Faces revealed: Do you know these murdered teenagers?

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 12:57 PM PDT

A forensic artist has recreated the faces of two unidentified teenagers whose bodies were found 33 years ago in California. Do you recognise them?

VIDEO: Google's budget tablet challenge

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 08:29 AM PDT

Richard Taylor gets a first look at Google's new tablet, the Nexus 7.

VIDEO: Pakistan's fat cops battle the bulge

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 09:20 AM PDT

Officers in Pakistan's Punjab police force are busy exercising after they were told that anyone with a waist over 40 inches will be tied down to a desk job from 1 July.

VIDEO: Police restore order after migrant riots

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 11:21 PM PDT

Police are guarding government buildings in a town in southern China after two nights of rioting by migrant workers.

VIDEO: Many die in Bangladesh floods

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 05:53 PM PDT

More than 80 people have died in flash floods and landslides in south-eastern Bangladesh.

VIDEO: Korean violinist is hit with Man Utd

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 06:48 PM PDT

Jenny Bae is one of the finest violinists of her generation. Bae is a Manchester United fan and admirer of fellow Korean Park Ji-sung who plays for the team.

VIDEO: Florida drenched by Tropical Storm

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 02:55 AM PDT

Householder Don Shemwell describes ''Biblical flood type of rain'' after Tropical Storm Debby drenches the US state of Florida.

German unemployment rises in June

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 04:34 AM PDT

The number of people out of work in Germany rises by 7,000 in June to give a jobless rate of 6.8%, according to official figures.

Veolia's £1.2bn UK water arm sale

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 03:47 AM PDT

French utility Veolia Environnement sold its regulated UK water business for £1.24bn ($1.92bn) in a deal aimed at reducing its debts.

New navigation system rivals GPS

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 09:49 AM PDT

A new positioning system that works without using navigation satellites could complement or even replace current technologies such as GPS.

Apprentice loser secures funding

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 10:37 AM PDT

A runner-up in TV show The Apprentice has secured funding for his food shopping website, despite it being turned down by Lord Sugar.

Erotic book passes million mark

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 01:50 AM PDT

Erotic book Fifty Shades of Grey has become the fastest adult paperback novel to sell one million print copies, smashing previous records.

BBC global audience rises by 14m

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 04:25 AM PDT

The BBC's global audience has risen by 6% in 12 months driven by coverage of the Arab Spring, according to the director of BBC global news

Oldest pottery cooking pot found

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 11:12 AM PDT

US archaeologists working in southern China find the oldest known sample of pottery, used to cook food or maybe to brew alcohol.

Big increase in renewables output

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 06:22 AM PDT

Scotland's renewable energy output in the first three months of this year was 45% higher than in the same period last year.

US approves new weight-loss pill

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 04:43 PM PDT

For the first time in 13 years, US health regulators approve a weight-loss pill, although the drug achieved only modest results in clinical trials.

Timbuktu on Unesco danger list

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 06:01 AM PDT

Mali's historical city of Timbuktu is put on the UN cultural agency's danger list as violence in the country's north escalates.

Australia votes down asylum bill

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 01:40 AM PDT

Australia's parliament votes down an asylum bill after fierce debate reignited by the sinking of two boats in the past week.

Turkey steps up Syria defences

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 06:00 AM PDT

Turkey deploys anti-aircraft guns along its border with Syria; meanwhile, explosions are reported outside court buildings in central Damascus.

Mexico election campaign wraps up

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 02:19 AM PDT

Campaigning officially ends in Mexico's presidential election, with candidates making their final push for support on Sunday.

Deadly car bombs strike Baghdad

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 08:11 AM PDT

At least 14 people are killed and dozens wounded in a series of car bomb attacks in and around the Iraqi capital Baghdad.

US state 'knew of chimp danger'

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 10:25 AM PDT

Lawyers for a US woman disfigured in a chimpanzee attack in 2009 file papers saying officials failed to seize the animal despite knowing it was dangerous.

Man killed amid flash flood chaos

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 10:58 AM PDT

A man dies after being swept away in flood water as heavy downpours bring chaos to an area of England stretching from the Midlands to the North East.

Queen unveils RAF bomber memorial

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 08:33 AM PDT

A £6m memorial to the 55,573 airmen of Bomber Command who died fighting the Axis powers during WWII has been unveiled by the Queen.

Assange dismisses police summons

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 10:51 AM PDT

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange tells the BBC he almost certainly will not attend a police station on Friday after being served with an extradition notice.

Officers in Milly voicemail probe

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 07:42 AM PDT

Surrey Police's deputy chief constable and another senior officer are investigated over claims that they knew murdered Milly Dowler's phone had been hacked.

Your pictures: Violet

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 01:10 AM PDT

Readers pictures on the theme violet

In pictures: Gabon burns illegal ivory

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 02:03 AM PDT

Gabon attempts to deter poaching

In pictures: Momentous handshakes

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 11:29 AM PDT

Turning points in international relations

In pictures: Colorado wildfires

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 09:35 AM PDT

Wildfires in the US state of Colorado

The rise and fall of the France-wide web

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 04:36 PM PDT

The rise and fall of the France-wide web

The gastric challenge of an Italian wedding

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 03:12 AM PDT

The ultimate gastric challenge of an Italian wedding

China shows force in Shaxi after worker riots

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 07:19 AM PDT

China restores order after riots but grievances remain

Sierra Leone seeks to move into 'slave tourism'

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 12:37 AM PDT

Sierra Leone seeks to profit from US 'slave tourism'

Day in pictures: 28 June 2012

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 04:10 AM PDT

24 hours of news photos from around the world

The Syrian civilians who became rebel fighters

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 07:11 AM PDT

The Syrians giving up their jobs to fight the government

Lonesome George: Dead but not quite gone

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 04:43 PM PDT

Does Lonesome George's death really matter?

A life trapped in care for Ukraine orphans

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 04:26 PM PDT

Young Ukrainians forced to live in homes for the elderly

Tory MP sold information to spies

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 10:04 PM PDT

The UK Conservative MP who sold information to communist spies

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