Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Pakistan 'to reopen Nato lines'

Pakistan 'to reopen Nato lines'


Pakistan 'to reopen Nato lines'

Posted: 03 Jul 2012 11:22 AM PDT

Pakistan is expected to reopen supply routes to Nato-led forces in Afghanistan, as Washington apologises for killing 24 of its soldiers in November.

French police search Sarkozy home

Posted: 03 Jul 2012 10:00 AM PDT

French police search the home and office of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy over allegations of wrongdoing relating to campaign financing.

Assad 'regrets' downing of plane

Posted: 03 Jul 2012 06:28 AM PDT

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad regrets "100%" that a Turkish F-4 jet was shot down after entering Syrian airspace, he tells a Turkish newspaper.

'Many dead' in Iraq bomb attacks

Posted: 03 Jul 2012 07:30 AM PDT

At least 25 people are killed by a truck bomb in the Iraqi town of Diwaniya, with more killed in blasts in Karbala and Taji.

F1 test driver in airfield crash

Posted: 03 Jul 2012 07:53 AM PDT

Formula 1 test driver Maria de Villota regains consciousness after suffering life-threatening injuries in a crash during testing in Cambridgeshire.

Barclays reveals Bank call memo

Posted: 03 Jul 2012 10:20 AM PDT

Barclays reveals how executives became embroiled in the Libor scandal, after a phone call between Bob Diamond and the Bank of England's deputy governor.

France to tackle 'crushing debt'

Posted: 03 Jul 2012 09:02 AM PDT

French PM Jean-Marc Ayrault calls on the French people to rally behind efforts to tackle a "crushing" debt crisis in a speech to parliament.

US recovery is tepid, says IMF

Posted: 03 Jul 2012 08:02 AM PDT

The US recovery "remains tepid", the International Monetary Fund says as it cuts its growth forecast for this year and next.

RAF aircraft crash in Moray Firth

Posted: 03 Jul 2012 11:15 AM PDT

Two people have been picked up by helicopter and two others are missing, after two RAF jets crash in the Moray Firth.

Costa Concordia data 'missing'

Posted: 03 Jul 2012 08:12 AM PDT

Reports from the probe into the sinking of Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia raise doubts about whether the data recorder was working at the time.

Hikers in deadly Swiss Alps fall

Posted: 03 Jul 2012 10:09 AM PDT

Five foreigners fall to their deaths while climbing in the Swiss Alps, police say, adding it was not clear what caused the accident.

US denies evidence of mermaids

Posted: 03 Jul 2012 06:36 AM PDT

Science has found no evidence that mermaids exist, a US government scientific agency says, in response to public inquiries.

VIDEO: Jet Pack Man takes Olympic torch

Posted: 03 Jul 2012 04:22 AM PDT

On day 46 of its 70-day journey, the Olympic torch has been carried into the air by Jet Pack Man at Leicester's National Space Centre.

VIDEO: F1 test driver seriously injured

Posted: 03 Jul 2012 10:08 AM PDT

Marussia F1 team test driver Maria de Villota is in hospital with life-threatening injuries after her car crashed at Duxford Airfield.

VIDEO: A look inside the vertical ship

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 02:34 PM PDT

The US Navy is marking the 50th birthday of FLIP, or Floating Instrument Platform, a 355 ft ship which flips from horizontal to a vertical position.

VIDEO: Hong Kong smog exceeds WHO levels

Posted: 03 Jul 2012 06:28 AM PDT

The World Health Organisation says the city's air pollution now regularly exceeds recommended levels.

VIDEO: Bollywood star on new show

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 04:13 PM PDT

Bollywood actor, director and producer Aamir Khan has made his television debut with an issues-based chat show that is creating a stir in India.

VIDEO: Rights chief plea on Syria arms

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 07:39 PM PDT

UN human rights chief Navi Pillay has made an appeal for "further militarisation" of the conflict in Syria to be avoided "at all costs".

VIDEO: Argentine Banksy tells her story

Posted: 03 Jul 2012 12:04 AM PDT

Pum Pum, an Argentinian street artist who prefers to hide her identity, explains that she would rather be known for her work than her face.

Boeing predicts strong demand

Posted: 03 Jul 2012 07:51 AM PDT

Boeing predicts $4.5tn (£2.8tn) of new planes will be bought over the next 20 years, driven by demand in China, India and other emerging markets.

Spain jobless level falls sharply

Posted: 03 Jul 2012 02:02 AM PDT

The number of people looking for work in Spain fell by almost 100,000 in June, a record for the month, to 4.62 million.

Facebook to fix email phone bug

Posted: 03 Jul 2012 03:41 AM PDT

The social network promises to fix a bug that deleted email contact details in some users' phones replacing them with @facebook.com ones.

Google tackles competition case

Posted: 03 Jul 2012 03:25 AM PDT

The search giant has offered to address the four areas of market monopoly currently being investigated by the European Commission.

Constable's The Lock to be sold

Posted: 03 Jul 2012 08:48 AM PDT

The Lock, John Constable's depiction of Suffolk rural life, is expected to become one of the most expensive British paintings ever sold at auction later.

US TV actor Andy Griffith dies

Posted: 03 Jul 2012 09:32 AM PDT

Andy Griffith, who portrayed a small-town sheriff on US 1960s sitcom The Andy Griffith Show, dies, aged 86.

Shrews ‘warm up’ before cold dives

Posted: 03 Jul 2012 12:45 AM PDT

Thumb-sized shrews "warm up" their bodies before taking the plunge into cold water, according to researchers.

Whale sanctuary bid falls short

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 02:19 PM PDT

A proposal to declare almost all of the southern Atlantic Ocean a whale sanctuary is defeated at the International Whaling Commission's annual meeting.

Embryo genetic testing 'is safe'

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 11:45 PM PDT

Taking an eighth of a developing embryo to test for genetic diseases is "completely safe", according to the largest study of babies born through the technique.

Murray into last eight after rain

Posted: 03 Jul 2012 06:18 AM PDT

Andy Murray books his place in the Wimbledon quarter-finals with victory over Marin Cilic in a match heavily disrupted by rain.

'Mines planted' around Mali town

Posted: 03 Jul 2012 09:40 AM PDT

Islamist fighters in northern Mali have planted anti-personnel mines around Gao to counter a potential attack by Tuareg-led rebels, residents tell the BBC.

Protest halts China factory plan

Posted: 03 Jul 2012 02:30 AM PDT

Chinese officials halt the construction of a copper alloy plant in Shifang city, Sichuan province, following violent protests by residents.

Ukraine arrest 'violated rights'

Posted: 03 Jul 2012 09:06 AM PDT

The arrest and detention of former Ukrainian Interior Minister Yuri Lutsenko is condemned by the European Court of Human Rights.

Losing Mexico candidate defiant

Posted: 03 Jul 2012 01:54 AM PDT

Mexican presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador refuses to concede an election "rife with irregularities" as he lags six points behind his rival.

Syria 'regime torture widespread'

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 10:00 PM PDT

A detailed Human Rights Watch report accuses the Syrian government of a state policy of torture which it says amounts to a crime against humanity.

US power outages persist for 1.4m

Posted: 03 Jul 2012 07:39 AM PDT

Some 1.4m storm-struck households in the eastern US are without electricity for a fourth day amid high temperatures and several heat-related deaths.

Three dead UK soldiers are named

Posted: 03 Jul 2012 09:40 AM PDT

Three British soldiers killed by a policeman in Afghanistan on Sunday are named by the Ministry of Defence.

Moors Murderer Brady has seizure

Posted: 03 Jul 2012 11:20 AM PDT

Moors Murderer Ian Brady, jailed for life in 1966 for murdering three children, is taken to hospital after having a seizure.

Clarke: UK losing war on drugs

Posted: 03 Jul 2012 08:48 AM PDT

Justice Secretary Ken Clarke MPs the UK is "plainly losing the war on drugs", with little progress over the last 30 years.

G20 Tomlinson PC 'sobs in court'

Posted: 03 Jul 2012 09:46 AM PDT

A police officer accused of killing Ian Tomlinson sobs in court - after accepting he was wrong to hit and push the newspaper seller.

New London 2012 aerial pictures

Posted: 03 Jul 2012 01:34 AM PDT

Olympic venues from the air

In pictures: Sergio Pininfarina

Posted: 03 Jul 2012 07:04 AM PDT

The life and work of car designer Pininfarina

In pictures: Spain celebrates

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 02:31 PM PDT

Celebrations after Euro 2012 victory

Why make art no-one can see?

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 08:40 AM PDT

Why make art - and then promptly bury it?

Will being big on Twitter get you a job?

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 05:33 PM PDT

Will being big on Twitter help you land a good job?

Whales, gas and climate: A gray tale

Posted: 03 Jul 2012 08:55 AM PDT

Tricky counting gray whales - even trickier protecting them

Day in pictures: 3 July 2012

Posted: 03 Jul 2012 04:33 AM PDT

24 hours of news photos from around the world

Austria celebrates 'model' law on Islam

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 05:20 PM PDT

Austria's Muslims thank old empire for equal status

Animal colour through animal eyes

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 05:41 PM PDT

The colours of the world from their perspective

Why are athletes wearing coloured tape?

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 07:23 PM PDT

Why are athletes wearing coloured tape?

Angola's Chinese-built ghost town

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 04:23 PM PDT

Why no-one lives in Angola's Chinese-built 'ghost towns'

Clash of Pakistan's governing titans

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 05:23 PM PDT

Are early polls the only way out of Pakistan's political stalemate?

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