Saturday, August 18, 2012

Anger over S Africa miners' fate

Anger over S Africa miners' fate

Anger over S Africa miners' fate

Posted: 18 Aug 2012 07:55 AM PDT

Angry relatives of missing mine workers in South Africa complain the authorities have failed to produce a central register of the 34 people shot dead on Thursday.

Defiant Japanese head for islands

Posted: 18 Aug 2012 09:11 AM PDT

Japanese politicians set sail for a group of disputed islands, in the teeth of protests by China which claims them for its own.

'Al-Qaeda' attack in Yemeni city

Posted: 18 Aug 2012 06:55 AM PDT

Suspected al-Qaeda militants attack the intelligence HQ in Yemen's southern city of Aden, killing at least 14 people, security officials say.

Pernod trailblazer Ricard dies

Posted: 18 Aug 2012 10:30 AM PDT

Patrick Ricard, the French head of the global spirits firm Pernod Ricard - whose father founded the firm in 1932 - dies at the age of 67.

Czechs arrest 'Breivik imitator'

Posted: 18 Aug 2012 05:28 AM PDT

A man suspected of planning attacks similar to those carried out in Norway by Anders Breivik is arrested in the Czech Republic, police say.

Brahimi welcomed as Syria envoy

Posted: 18 Aug 2012 05:23 AM PDT

The US, Russia, Syria and others welcome the appointment of a veteran Algerian diplomat as the new envoy to Damascus.

Mars rover prepares to zap rocks

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 06:07 PM PDT

Nasa's newly landed Curiosity rover on Mars is getting ready to deploy its laser instrument, which can decipher the chemistry of rocks at a distance.

Limbless man completes swim quest

Posted: 18 Aug 2012 03:53 AM PDT

A French swimmer who lost all his limbs in an electrocution accident completes a swim to link five continents, by crossing part of the Bering Strait.

Teenager killed in Bahrain riot

Posted: 18 Aug 2012 07:50 AM PDT

Police in the Gulf state of Bahrain claim self-defence after a youth of 16 is killed during a riot but the opposition say he was kicked on the ground.

Philippine official in air crash

Posted: 18 Aug 2012 09:12 AM PDT

Philippine Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo is missing after a light aircraft he was travelling in crashed into the sea, officials say.

Pakistan suicide blast kills five

Posted: 18 Aug 2012 01:16 AM PDT

Five Pakistani security personnel are killed in a suicide bombing at a checkpoint in the volatile southwest, officials say.

Man survives pole through head

Posted: 18 Aug 2012 08:06 AM PDT

A Brazilian construction worker has a 2m steel rod that pierced his head removed after five hours of surgery, and appears to suffer no adverse consequences.

VIDEO: Man survives pole through head

Posted: 18 Aug 2012 09:10 AM PDT

A Brazilian construction worker has a 2m steel rod that pierced his head removed after five hours of surgery, with no adverse consequences.

VIDEO: New family of spiders discovered

Posted: 18 Aug 2012 05:44 AM PDT

Scientists in the United States say they have found a new family of spiders in the caves of California and Oregon - the first such discovery in North America for more than 140 years.

VIDEO: Beard row halts Fort Hood trial

Posted: 18 Aug 2012 05:08 AM PDT

The trial of a US army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 people in a shooting spree at a Texas army base in 2009 has been suspended while a court decides whether his beard should be removed.

VIDEO: Limbless man 'swims five continents'

Posted: 18 Aug 2012 06:51 AM PDT

Using tailor-made flippers, Philippe Croizon has swum the icy waters of the Bering Strait to complete the fifth and final stretch of his landmark swim.

AUDIO: Will Israel launch an attack on Iran?

Posted: 18 Aug 2012 03:02 AM PDT

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called Israel "an insult to humankind". It follows a week in which Israel has been carrying out an increasingly public debate about whether to attack Iran's nuclear facilities. It has been suggested that an attack is more likely to happen before America's presidential election, because it would be harder for President Obama to stop it. Newsnight's diplomatic editor, Mark Urban and the BBC's North America editor, Mark Mardell discuss the issues involved.

AUDIO: UFOs: Russian or Martian?

Posted: 18 Aug 2012 01:36 AM PDT

Speaking to the Today Programme on Friday, the head of UK Air Traffic Control Richard Deakin said that, typically, his staff would encounter one unidentified flying object per month. But what sort of objects could a UFO be? Nick Pope, UFO expert, told the Today programme's James Naughtie what he thinks.

VIDEO: Matronic uneasy with Pussy Riot verdict

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 05:54 PM PDT

Scissor Sister Ana Matronic says the sentences given to members of Russian punk band Pussy Riot could create a large problem for anyone who wants to speak their mind.

MPs urge bank changes over Libor

Posted: 18 Aug 2012 02:10 AM PDT

MPs on the Treasury Select Committee have demanded wide-ranging changes in the wake of the Libor rate-fixing scandal.

Tech giant names paid influencers

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 02:11 PM PDT

Oracle reveals financial ties to a blogger and professor, but Google names no-one after a judge raised concerns about coverage of a recent trial.

Finn strike keeps England hoping

Posted: 18 Aug 2012 10:39 AM PDT

Steven Finn struck late on day three to maintain England's hopes of winning the decisive final Test at Lord's.

Ebola virus outbreak in DR Congo

Posted: 18 Aug 2012 08:09 AM PDT

An outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus has claimed at least one life in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, officials say.

Air strikes kill Afghan Taliban

Posted: 18 Aug 2012 10:15 AM PDT

At least 13 Taliban militants are killed in Nato air strikes in the east Afghan province of Kunar, which borders Pakistan.

Pussy Riot jail terms condemned

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 04:08 PM PDT

The US, EU and rights groups condemn jail sentences imposed on three members of Russian punk band Pussy Riot over an anti-Vladimir Putin protest.

Americas to meet over Assange row

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 09:43 PM PDT

Foreign ministers from across the American continent will meet next Friday to discuss the row between the UK and Ecuador over Julian Assange.

Questions at US police car death

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 01:01 PM PDT

Relatives of a man who allegedly shot himself dead in a police car after being searched twice and handcuffed challenge that account of his death.

Moors Murder victim's mother dies

Posted: 18 Aug 2012 10:49 AM PDT

The mother of Moors Murder victim Keith Bennett dies without knowing where her son's body was buried.

UK soldier killed in Afghanistan

Posted: 18 Aug 2012 02:41 AM PDT

The MoD says a soldier from 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards dies during "enemy action" in Afghanistan.

Hottest UK day of 2012 recorded

Posted: 18 Aug 2012 10:18 AM PDT

Parts of the UK have experienced their hottest day of 2012 so far, with Cavendish in Suffolk reaching 32.4C

MoD compensates bayonet stab boy

Posted: 18 Aug 2012 06:37 AM PDT

The MoD compensates the family of an Afghan boy, stabbed by a British soldier with a bayonet in March 2010.

Seven of the week's best reads

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 09:23 AM PDT

Seven of the week's best reads from the web

Ramadan fasting dilemma when sun never sets

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 04:52 PM PDT

When do you eat if the sun never sets?

The refugees in South Sudan 'cut off from the world'

Posted: 18 Aug 2012 01:06 AM PDT

Rain and flooding add to crisis in South Sudan refugee camp

Syrian crisis boosts Kurdish hopes

Posted: 18 Aug 2012 04:12 AM PDT

Syrian conflict raises hopes of minority

Japanese boy band SMAP's 20 years at the top

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 04:50 PM PDT

How Japan's SMAP became more than just a pop group

Why Afghanistan's past is being 'rewritten'

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 04:48 PM PDT

New Afghan textbooks 'erase history'

Your guide to the new Premier League season

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 04:28 AM PDT

Guide to the English Premier League season

VIDEO: Bill Gates leads the search for a high-tech toilet

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 05:22 PM PDT

How Bill Gates is leading the search for a new loo
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