Norway court judges Breivik sane |
- Norway court judges Breivik sane
- Armstrong 'stripped' of Tour wins
- Deadly shooting near Empire State
- Syrian refugees rise to 200,000
- Greek PM: Give us breathing space
- China bridge collapse kills three
- US staff hurt in Mexico shooting
- Gambia 'must stop execution plan'
- Pakistan drone strike 'kills 16'
- Paralympic torch relay launched
- SA pool hippo dies before rescue
- Rembrandt lost in post by gallery
- VIDEO: 'I am a robot footballer'
- VIDEO: No charges over Russian 'slave' factory
- VIDEO: Richard the Third buried in car park?
- VIDEO: Breivik: 'I cannot legitimise court'
- VIDEO: Ant-enna: Radio tags aid ant study
- VIDEO: Syrian refugees soar due to violence
- VIDEO: Iraq's wheelchair users pick up tennis
- Apple and Samsung get S Korea ban
- Recession less deep than thought
- File-sharer told to pay $675,000
- Super Hi-Vision 8K TV approved
- Galliano stripped of French award
- Murdoch: No aim to replace Rupert
- 'Pop-up' idea in cause of tsunami
- Test predicts hair and eye colour
- Super-fertility miscarriage clue
- Nanofibres 'may pose health risk'
- Rain thwarts England and S Africa
- Transfer business done - Ferguson
- Fish play video game at Princeton
- Kenya sackings over school fire
- Oil slick near Sri Lanka resorts
- Mafia boss shot on Italian beach
- Haiti braced for tropical storm
- Sunni cleric shot dead in Lebanon
- Aurora suspect 'had campus ban'
- Family killer cleared of murder
- Two arrested over teenager rape
- Philip to miss Paralympic opening
- Heads demand urgent GCSE inquiry
- Week in pictures: 18-24 August 2012
- The unlikely cycling boom in Rwanda
- The Gu Kailai body double debate
- Carried by soldiers, no score-keepers at 1960 Paralympics
- In pictures: Fighting over Syria grips Lebanon
- Wake-up call for South Africa's ANC
- Day in pictures: 24 August 2012
- Profile: Breivik's prison
- Quiz of the week's news
- Egypt and Iran: Old enemies become new friends?
| 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 |
| Posted: 24 Aug 2012 11:25 AM PDT The prison where Norway will keep mass killer Breivik |
| 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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