Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Obama vow after killing in Libya

Obama vow after killing in Libya

Obama vow after killing in Libya

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 10:53 AM PDT

US President Barack Obama vows to bring to justice the killers of the US ambassador to Libya during protests against a film that mocked Islam.

Karachi factory fire toll soars

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 08:37 AM PDT

At least 289 people are known to have died in one of Pakistan's worst fires, at a garment factory in the southern city of Karachi, officials say.

Deaf 'hear again' with stem cells

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 10:00 AM PDT

Researchers say they have taken a huge step forward in treating deafness after stem cells were used to restore hearing in animals for the first time.

German court backs bailout fund

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 05:31 AM PDT

Germany's top court rejects calls to block the permanent eurozone rescue fund, but imposes limits on Germany's contribution.

Alps death family 'heartbroken'

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 09:34 AM PDT

The relatives of a British man and his family killed in the French Alps last week say they are "heartbroken" by the "shocking crime".

SA military put on 'high alert'

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 08:21 AM PDT

The South African military is on high alert as firebrand politician Julius Malema addresses disgruntled soldiers in the Johannesburg area.

Apple unveils 4G-enabled iPhone 5

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 10:50 AM PDT

Apple reveals the iPhone 5, replacing a line-up that accounted for more than half of its sales.

Cameron apology over Hillsborough

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 10:13 AM PDT

The prime minister says he is "profoundly sorry" for what he called the double injustice of the Hillsborough disaster.

Euro dominates tight Dutch vote

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 08:22 AM PDT

A close race is expected as voters in the Netherlands go to the polls after a campaign dominated by concerns about the eurozone crisis.

BAE and EADS in talks over merger

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 09:09 AM PDT

UK defence contractor BAE Systems says it is in talks with European aerospace firm EADS over a possible merger.

Czech bootleg alcohol 'kills 16'

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 10:00 AM PDT

At least 16 people in the Czech Republic die and a further 22 people are in hospital with alcohol poisoning after drinking bootleg spirits.

DNA tests on 'Richard III' bones

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 06:35 AM PDT

Archaeologists searching for the grave of Richard III say there is "strong evidence" human remains found in Leicester could belong to the king.

VIDEO: World's first colour film found

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 10:01 AM PDT

The world's first colour moving pictures dating from 1902 have been found by the National Media Museum in Bradford in a remarkable discovery.

VIDEO: EU chief Barroso on the future of Europe

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 08:15 AM PDT

EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has said that the EU will remain "highly relevant" to the people of Europe for years to come.

VIDEO: Royal couple continue Jubilee tour

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 11:07 PM PDT

The Duchess of Cambridge has fitted the last of 24 fan blades to a Trent 900 engine at a Rolls-Royce jet engine factory.

VIDEO: Karachi factory fire death toll soars

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 11:04 AM PDT

Nearly 300 people have died in a huge fire at a clothing factory in Pakistan's largest city, Karachi.

VIDEO: Robot 'AlphaDog' joins US military

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 11:26 PM PDT

The US military has unveiled a robotic dog which obeys commands through a touchscreen device.

VIDEO: 'Blasphemy girl' family tell of threats

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 03:30 PM PDT

The family of a young Pakistani Christian girl accused of blasphemy has said that their Muslim neighbours threatened to burn them alive inside their home.

VIDEO: Tax fraud banker gets $104m award

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 06:22 AM PDT

The US Internal Revenue Service awards $104m (£65m) to a convicted former banker who informed US tax authorities about overseas tax cheats.

Platinum firm shuts S Africa mine

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 08:33 AM PDT

UK-listed miner Anglo American suspends operations at a platinum mine in South Africa to "protect the safety of its employees".

EU's Barroso seeks 'federation'

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 02:48 AM PDT

The EU must move towards a "federation of nation-states", European Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso says in his annual EU Parliament speech.

Invisible codes to combat fraud

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 05:02 AM PDT

Quick Response codes, currently limited to the advertising industry, could have a new security role to play, researchers suggest.

Microsoft's 3D projected games

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 04:38 AM PDT

A patent from Microsoft reveals an idea for a system that projects graphics across the walls of a player's room.

Plan B, Maccabees up for Mercury

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 10:37 AM PDT

Plan B, Alt-J and Maccabees are on the shortlist for this year's Mercury Prize, which has just been announced in London.

NBC defends 9/11 silence omission

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 01:58 AM PDT

US TV network NBC defends its decision not to observe a moment of silence on Tuesday marking the 9/11 anniversary and run a piece on a reality TV star instead.

Test fixed for land speed rocket

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 03:47 AM PDT

The firing of the biggest rocket in the UK for some 20 years will take place next month - a major test for the team aiming to break the land speed record.

Virgin snake births found in wild

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 04:45 PM PDT

Virgin births are discovered in wild vertebrates for the first time in an analysis of North American pit vipers.

England-South Africa T20 delayed

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 10:51 AM PDT

Shipwrecked teen 'drifted in bin'

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 12:38 PM PDT

A teenage Alaska fisherman cast adrift when his boat sank floats for 26 hours in a plastic fish bin before his rescue by the US Coast Guard.

Bomb targets Somali head's hotel

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 10:43 AM PDT

A suicide attack at the gates of a Mogadishu hotel where the new Somali leader is staying kills two bombers and a number of guards.

India cartoonist freed from jail

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 01:21 AM PDT

Indian anti-corruption cartoonist Aseem Trivedi is freed from prison on bail after being arrested on sedition charges.

Medvedev backs Pussy Riot release

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 10:16 AM PDT

Russian PM Dmitry Medvedev suggests that three activists from punk band Pussy Riot, jailed for two years, should be freed.

Mexico 'gang boss' Pozos detained

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 10:47 AM PDT

Federal police in Mexico detain an alleged gang leader they blame for much of the gang-on-gang violence in the state of Jalisco over the past two years.

Obama 'unable to meet' Israeli PM

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 06:51 PM PDT

The White House denies President Barack Obama refused to meet Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu in New York this month, amid tensions over Iran.

US envoy killed in Libya attack

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 08:14 AM PDT

The US ambassador to Libya dies after militiamen attack the consulate in Benghazi in protest at a US-made film said to insult the Prophet Muhammad.

Banker fined over HBOS collapse

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 10:55 AM PDT

A former HBOS executive is fined £500,000 by the UK financial regulator over his role in the bank's collapse.

Gove attacks Welsh GCSE regrade

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 05:31 AM PDT

Education Secretary Michael Gove has attacked his Welsh counterpart as "irresponsible and mistaken" for ordering disputed GCSEs to be regraded.

Ex-security man on hacking charge

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 10:56 AM PDT

A former security guard for News International is charged with conspiracy to pervert the course of justice in connection the Met Police's phone hacking investigation.

UK unemployment falls by 7,000

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 03:45 AM PDT

The number of people out of work fell by 7,000 to 2.59 million in the three months to July, according to the Office for National Statistics.

In pictures: The Shaft

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 12:36 AM PDT

Clean up at Dounreay nuclear complex

In pictures: Protests in North Africa over US film

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 07:36 AM PDT

N Africa protests against a US-produced film

Israel's ultra-Orthodox fight military service

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 04:49 PM PDT

Israel divided by campaign to call up ultra-Orthodox students

VIDEO: African migrants who call America's whitest state home

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 04:42 PM PDT

How an African community is fitting in to America's whitest state

Kabul's fallen skateboard fanatics

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 10:49 AM PDT

The young Kabul skate fanatics killed by a teen bomber

Witch-hunt in Iraq

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 06:58 PM PDT

BBC finds evidence of police persecution of gays in Iraq

Day in pictures: 12 September 2012

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 02:51 AM PDT

24 hours of news photos from around the world

Dutch vent frustrations at euro

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 04:46 AM PDT

Dutch vent frustrations at single currency

Picturing mental health

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 05:43 PM PDT

Photographic students explore the world of mental health

Economics drives support for Catalan independence

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 09:39 PM PDT

Spain's debt crisis is galvanising support for Catalan independence

Malema, Marikana and Mugabe

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 05:29 PM PDT

Can Malema ride to power on the back of mining unrest?

Good week for the euro - but also a warning

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 05:30 AM PDT

Good week for the euro, says Stephanie Flanders

Q&A: Bin Laden raid doctor Shakil Afridi speaks out

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 11:41 AM PDT

M Ilyas Khan assesses why the jailed 'Bin Laden doctor' spoke out
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