Friday, August 24, 2012

Norway court judges Breivik sane

Norway court judges Breivik sane


Norway court judges Breivik sane

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 09:32 AM PDT

Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people in two attacks in Norway last year, is found to be sane and is sentenced to 21 years in jail by a court.

Armstrong 'stripped' of Tour wins

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 10:28 AM PDT

Lance Armstrong is stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and banned by the United States Anti-Doping Agency.

Deadly shooting near Empire State

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 11:27 AM PDT

A fired women's apparel designer shot dead a former colleague near the Empire State Building in New York City before he was killed by police.

Syrian refugees rise to 200,000

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 08:49 AM PDT

More than 200,000 Syrian refugees have fled to neighbouring countries as the conflict has intensified, the UN refugee agency says.

Greek PM: Give us breathing space

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 05:36 AM PDT

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras asks Germany's Angela Merkel to give his country "breathing space" after the two leaders met in Berlin.

China bridge collapse kills three

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 11:59 PM PDT

A section of a multi-million dollar bridge in China that opened in November has collapsed, leaving three people dead, state media say.

US staff hurt in Mexico shooting

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 11:20 AM PDT

Two US government employees are wounded as gunmen fire on their embassy vehicle south of Mexico City.

Gambia 'must stop execution plan'

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 05:23 AM PDT

The African Union asks Gambia's leader to renounce plans to execute all death row prisoners next month - announced in a speech to celebrate Eid.

Pakistan drone strike 'kills 16'

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 03:17 AM PDT

A US drone kills at least 16 suspected militants in Pakistan's north-west, officials say, a day after the government protested against such strikes.

Paralympic torch relay launched

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 01:49 AM PDT

The first of four ceremonial cauldrons around the UK is lit in London to launch the 24-hour Paralympic torch relay which begins next week.

SA pool hippo dies before rescue

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 03:48 AM PDT

A hippopotamus which had been stuck in a swimming pool of a game reserve lodge in northern South Africa for four days dies.

Rembrandt lost in post by gallery

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 01:35 AM PDT

A Norwegian gallery admits losing a Rembrandt etching worth up to £5,400 in the post after trying to save money on couriers and insurance.

VIDEO: 'I am a robot footballer'

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 04:08 PM PDT

Meet the robots competing in the RoboWorld Cup 2012

VIDEO: No charges over Russian 'slave' factory

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 09:39 AM PDT

Russian police have decided not to press criminal charges against owners of a factory where Vietnamese illegal immigrants were forced to live and work in 'slave-like conditions'.

VIDEO: Richard the Third buried in car park?

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 09:14 AM PDT

It's not the most fitting resting place for a King, but archaeologists looking for the lost grave of Richard the Third are about to start digging up a 1960s car park.

VIDEO: Breivik: 'I cannot legitimise court'

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 09:17 AM PDT

Anders Breivik rejects the prison sentence handed to him by a Norwegian court for terrorism and premeditated murder, but says he will not appeal against the decision.

VIDEO: Ant-enna: Radio tags aid ant study

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 11:19 PM PDT

Scientists investigating the behaviour of the UK's largest ant are to tag around 1,000 of the insects in the first study of its kind.

VIDEO: Syrian refugees soar due to violence

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 07:08 AM PDT

The BBC's Barbara Plett said the growing numbers of refugees had become a big political issue.

VIDEO: Iraq's wheelchair users pick up tennis

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 06:02 AM PDT

Iraq's national wheelchair tennis team is giving hope to young men and women learning to live with the physical and emotional trauma of years of fighting in their country.

Apple and Samsung get S Korea ban

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 10:08 PM PDT

A South Korean court rules that Apple and Samsung both infringed each other's patents on mobile devices and bans the sale of some products in South Korea.

Recession less deep than thought

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 04:00 AM PDT

The UK economy shrank by 0.5% between April and June, less than previously thought, revised official figures show.

File-sharer told to pay $675,000

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 08:36 AM PDT

Joel Tenenbaum loses his retrial request in his fight against copyright infringement charges brought by US record labels.

Super Hi-Vision 8K TV approved

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 10:20 AM PDT

A new television format offering pictures with 16 times the resolution of HD broadcasts is approved.

Galliano stripped of French award

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 08:26 AM PDT

British fashion designer John Galliano, convicted last year of making anti-Semitic remarks, is stripped of France's prestigious Legion d'Honneur.

Murdoch: No aim to replace Rupert

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 05:20 AM PDT

Elisabeth Murdoch says she has "absolutely no ambition" to succeed her father Rupert at the head of media giant News Corporation.

'Pop-up' idea in cause of tsunami

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 10:47 AM PDT

Researchers propose a mechanism that may cause the largest tsunami - a "popping up" of wedges of sediment, even from comparatively small earthquakes.

Test predicts hair and eye colour

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 05:42 AM PDT

Scientists have developed a forensic test that can predict both the hair and eye colour of a possible suspect using DNA left at a crime scene.

Super-fertility miscarriage clue

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 07:26 PM PDT

"Super-fertility" that means some women's wombs are too good at letting embryos implant may be the reason for multiple miscarriages, doctors say.

Nanofibres 'may pose health risk'

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 07:27 PM PDT

Breathing in incredibly small fibres developed by the nanotechnology industry has the potential to be as damaging as asbestos, say researchers.

Rain thwarts England and S Africa

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 08:38 AM PDT

Transfer business done - Ferguson

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 03:21 AM PDT

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson says Chilean striker Angelo Henriquez will be the club's final summer signing.

Fish play video game at Princeton

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 05:37 AM PDT

University researchers develop a "video game" to observe fish targeting their prey.

Kenya sackings over school fire

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 08:35 AM PDT

Kenya's education minister sacks two top education officers after eight girls died in a dormitory fire at a private junior school near Kisumu.

Oil slick near Sri Lanka resorts

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 07:35 AM PDT

Sri Lanka mobilises armed forces to deal with an oil slick heading toward tourist resorts on the west coast after a cargo ship sank.

Mafia boss shot on Italian beach

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 08:21 AM PDT

Police in Italy are hunting the killers of a Camorra mafia boss who was gunned down on a beach south of Rome in front of terrified bathers.

Haiti braced for tropical storm

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 09:37 PM PDT

Haiti and the Dominican Republic brace themselves for a battering as Tropical Storm Isaac is fast approaching the island of Hispaniola.

Sunni cleric shot dead in Lebanon

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 07:54 AM PDT

Three people, including a Sunni cleric, have been killed in the Lebanese city of Tripoli amid new sectarian clashes fuelled by the conflict in Syria.

Aurora suspect 'had campus ban'

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 06:37 PM PDT

The suspect in the Aurora movie theatre shootings made threats and was banned from his university campus after failing a key exam, prosecutors say.

Family killer cleared of murder

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 08:18 AM PDT

A man who killed six people in Jersey, including his wife and children, is found not guilty of murder.

Two arrested over teenager rape

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 10:09 AM PDT

Two men are arrested on suspicion of raping a teenage boy in a Manchester department store.

Philip to miss Paralympic opening

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 07:44 AM PDT

Prince Philip will not attend the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games as he continues to recover from a bladder infection, Buckingham Palace says.

Heads demand urgent GCSE inquiry

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 09:05 AM PDT

Heads teachers leaders are demanding an independent inquiry into this year's GCSE results.

Week in pictures: 18-24 August 2012

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 08:56 AM PDT

News photos: 18-24 August 2012

The unlikely cycling boom in Rwanda

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 05:27 AM PDT

The unlikely cycling boom happening in Rwanda

The Gu Kailai body double debate

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 04:34 PM PDT

What Gu 'body double' story says about China

Carried by soldiers, no score-keepers at 1960 Paralympics

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 05:00 AM PDT

Carried by soldiers, no score-keepers at 1960 Games

In pictures: Fighting over Syria grips Lebanon

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 09:58 AM PDT

Fighting over Syria spills over into Lebanon

Wake-up call for South Africa's ANC

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 11:02 AM PDT

Mine killings sound a wake-up call for South Africa's ANC

Day in pictures: 24 August 2012

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 05:00 AM PDT

24 hours of news photos from around the world

Profile: Breivik's prison

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 11:25 AM PDT

The prison where Norway will keep mass killer Breivik

Quiz of the week's news

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 04:36 PM PDT

What was the name of the 'restored' masterpiece?

Egypt and Iran: Old enemies become new friends?

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 12:52 AM PDT

Egyptian leader's visit to Iran raises questions about Cairo's aim

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