Thursday, September 6, 2012

Draghi in ECB euro rescue plan

Draghi in ECB euro rescue plan

Draghi in ECB euro rescue plan

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 11:04 AM PDT

European Central Bank plans for a new bond-buying scheme aimed at easing the eurozone debt crisis push down borrowing costs for Spain and Italy.

France gun victims shot in head

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 11:06 AM PDT

Three of the four people killed in or near a British-registered car in France were shot in the head, while two young girls are being treated in hospital, officials say.

Nokia apologises for 'faked' ad

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 04:48 AM PDT

Nokia issues an apology after it emerges that video footage showing off its new handset was filmed with another device.

Migrants drown off Turkish coast

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 08:37 AM PDT

A boat carrying migrants capsizes off the coast of western Turkey killing at least 60 people, about half of them said to be children.

Burmese judges forced out by MPs

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 10:02 AM PDT

MPs in Burma force out all nine judges on the constitutional court, in the culmination of a long-running row between government and parliament.

Pakistan expels aid agency staff

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 06:06 AM PDT

Save the Children's foreign staff are told to leave Pakistan amid claims, denied by the charity, that the CIA used it as cover in its hunt for Bin Laden.

Obama speech to seek re-election

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 10:15 AM PDT

In a highly anticipated address, President Obama is to make a prime-time pitch for a second term, on the final day of the Democratic convention.

Turkish arms depot blast kills 25

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 02:21 AM PDT

An explosion in western Turkey at an ammunition store for hand grenades kills 25 soldiers and wounds four others, the army says.

Colombia's Farc 'wants ceasefire'

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 10:50 AM PDT

Colombian Farc rebels say they will ask for a ceasefire when peace talks begin next month, but the government insists military operations will go on.

Nigeria's phone masts attacked

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 08:12 AM PDT

At least 24 mobile phone masts are attacked across northern Nigeria, industry officials say, following threats by militant group Boko Haram.

Nato 'concerned' by Safarov case

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 04:02 AM PDT

Nato's secretary-general says he is concerned over Azerbaijan's pardoning of an army officer convicted of the brutal murder of an Armenian.

Cheetah robot 'beats Usain Bolt'

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 05:18 AM PDT

A robot called Cheetah achieves a speed faster than world record holder Usain Bolt.

VIDEO: Indian woman 'gave away daughters'

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 10:23 AM PDT

Three sisters in India rescued after their mother tried to sell them for the equivalent of $3 are now back with her, in a safe house.

VIDEO: Action man Putin takes to the skies

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 02:13 AM PDT

After swimming in freezing waters, barechested horse riding and boxing, Russia's President Vladimir Putin has found time in his schedule to take to the skies.

VIDEO: Bridge over River Kwai revisited

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 12:41 AM PDT

The Bridge over the River Kwai, part of Japan's "Death Railway" built by PoWs is still in use and popular with visitors.

VIDEO: Tide turns against tourists in Venice

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 12:02 AM PDT

It is estimated that every year around 20 million visitors come to Venice, but some say that is too many.

VIDEO: Migrants drown off Turkish coast

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 08:29 AM PDT

A boat carrying migrants has capsized off the coast of western Turkey, with the loss of at least 58 lives.

VIDEO: Genome 'more active than thought'

Posted: 05 Sep 2012 10:51 AM PDT

The most detailed study yet of the human genome, involving the work of more than 400 scientists in 32 laboratories across five countries, has been published.

Qantas and Emirates form alliance

Posted: 05 Sep 2012 07:32 PM PDT

Qantas Airways agrees to form an 10-year alliance with Emirates as it looks to turn around its loss-making international operations.

Lufthansa cancels Friday flights

Posted: 05 Sep 2012 05:35 PM PDT

Lufthansa cancels hundreds of flights for Friday as cabin staff stage another strike at Germany's three busiest airports.

Raspberry Pi being made in the UK

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 08:25 AM PDT

Raspberry Pi bare-bones computers are being made in the UK for the first time, rather than overseas in Chinese factories.

Steep take-offs may cut fuel use

Posted: 05 Sep 2012 04:04 PM PDT

Airbus suggests steeper take-offs and landings will make planes more fuel efficient, less noisy and make shorter runways possible.

Judy Blume recovering from cancer

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 02:20 AM PDT

The author of the seminal teen novel Are You There God, It's Me, Margaret, reveals she has undergone a mastectomy.

Genesis honoured at prog awards

Posted: 05 Sep 2012 11:07 PM PDT

Veteran rock band Genesis are honoured at the first Progressive Music Awards, alongside other bands including Pink Floyd and Rush.

Team clocks shortest laser pulse

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 02:16 AM PDT

Researchers smash the record for the shortest-ever laser pulses, creating flashes of light just billionths of a billionth of a second long.

Nudge tactics 'no magic bullet'

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 08:40 AM PDT

Tactics that use insights from behavioural sciences to change society's ways should not be regarded as a get out of jail free card by governments, says Prof Lord John Krebs.

Sleep 'may predict Alzheimer's'

Posted: 05 Sep 2012 06:35 PM PDT

Problems sleeping may be an early sign of Alzheimer's disease if a study in mice also applies to people, US researchers say.

My future is undecided - Hamilton

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 07:02 AM PDT

McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton says he does not know which team he will be driving for next season.

Storey storms to landmark victory

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 08:59 AM PDT

Sarah Storey equals the British record for modern Paralympic victories as she secures the 11th gold medal of her career.

UK 'linked to Ethiopian abuses'

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 08:52 AM PDT

An Ethiopian farmer threatens to sue the British government after claiming a link between UK aid and human rights abuses in the country.

Protest over Tajik market blaze

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 05:53 AM PDT

Hundreds of people take to the streets in the Tajik capital Dushanbe after a huge market fire on Wednesday night in the south of the city.

Bank keeps interest rates on hold

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 04:49 AM PDT

The Bank of England keeps interest rates on hold at 0.5% and holds off from more stimulus measures.

Major rebel killed in Peru clash

Posted: 05 Sep 2012 01:43 PM PDT

Peruvian President Ollanta Humala says a senior Shining Path rebel and sharpshooter has been killed in a clash with the security forces.

'Six militants' killed in Gaza

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 08:46 AM PDT

At least six Palestinians have been killed in two Israeli strikes in Gaza against what Israel says were militants preparing rocket and bomb attacks.

Human torso found near Toronto

Posted: 05 Sep 2012 05:38 PM PDT

A suitcase containing a badly decomposed human torso is found in Lake Ontario near the Toronto shore, Canadian police say.

Planning rules set to be relaxed

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 09:24 AM PDT

House extensions up to 8m long will be allowed without planning permission, as part of proposals intended to boost the economy.

Storey wins 11th Paralympics gold

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 08:27 AM PDT

Sarah Storey wins an 11th Paralympic gold medal in the road race while GB makes it 100 medals overall with more success in the pool.

Burglary 'courage' judge probed

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 09:14 AM PDT

A judge who described a drug-addicted serial thief as "courageous" is to be investigated by the judicial watchdog.

UK growth forecast cut by OECD

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 04:08 AM PDT

The OECD predicts the UK economy will contract by 0.7% this year, worse than its earlier forecast of 0.5% growth.

Your pictures: Music

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 01:15 AM PDT

Readers' pictures on the theme of music

In pictures: Cecil Beaton's war

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 12:47 AM PDT

World War II for the Ministry of Information

In pictures: Musicians jam aboard the Africa Express

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 01:45 AM PDT

80 leading musicians touring the UK for a week

VIDEO: Ex-bomb disarmer lives on in fear

Posted: 05 Sep 2012 09:51 PM PDT

A former bomb disarmer tries to defuse his own problems

Fifteen years holed up in an embassy

Posted: 05 Sep 2012 04:05 PM PDT

The cardinal who spent 15 years in a US embassy

Desperate plight of Syrian civilians

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 01:52 AM PDT

Desperate plight of civilians who fled to Damascus for safety

Day in pictures: 6 September 2012

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 04:31 AM PDT

24 hours of news photos from around the world

Democrats' headache over Jerusalem

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 05:46 AM PDT

How vital is the issue of Jerusalem in courting the US Jewish vote?

Venezuela: Unknown tourist paradise?

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 02:57 AM PDT

So why aren't tourists flocking to Venezuela?

So remote, it could pass for Mars

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 01:22 AM PDT

Base offers glimpse of what life may be like on distant planet

Asia's growing thirst for beer

Posted: 05 Sep 2012 04:06 PM PDT

How Asia became a continent of beer-drinkers

Desperate Indian mother who gave away daughters

Posted: 05 Sep 2012 04:13 PM PDT

Why one Indian mother gave away her daughters
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