Sunday, October 21, 2012

Clashes follow Lebanon funeral

Clashes follow Lebanon funeral

Clashes follow Lebanon funeral

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 08:58 AM PDT

Police in Beirut fire warning shots and tear gas as protesters try to storm the PM's office after the funeral of security chief Wissam al-Hassan.

UN envoy meets Syria president

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 05:04 AM PDT

Peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi meets Syria's President Assad to discuss a temporary ceasefire, amid reports of several people killed in a bomb attack.

Nixon's challenger McGovern dies

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 10:25 AM PDT

Former US Senator George McGovern, who stood as the Democratic presidential candidate against Richard Nixon in 1972, dies, aged 90.

Deadly clashes in Gaddafi bastion

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 08:22 AM PDT

At least 22 people are killed in several days of fighting in Libya's town of Bani Walid - former leader Col Gaddafi's last stronghold - reports say.

Jordan 'uncovers al-Qaeda plot'

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 11:14 AM PDT

The authorities in Jordan say they have arrested 11 militants alleged to have planned attacks on Western diplomats and shopping centres.

Pope names Native American saint

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 06:28 AM PDT

A Native American and six others are named as saints by Pope Benedict XVI at the start of a new drive to deepen the faith of believers.

Spanish PM Rajoy faces key vote

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 12:24 AM PDT

Elections are taking place in the Spanish Basque Country and Galicia, where PM Mariano Rajoy's handling the economic crisis will be tested.

Iran dismisses US talks report

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 05:52 AM PDT

Iran dismisses a report in the New York Times saying that it agreed to one-on-one talks over its controversial nuclear programme with the US.

'Mass shooting' in Wisconsin spa

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 10:50 AM PDT

A number of people are feared to have been shot at a spa in Brookfield, Wisconsin, US media report.

HK moves to weaken local currency

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 03:44 AM PDT

Hong Kong moves to weaken its currency for the first time in three years as demand from investors fleeing Western markets has caused a sharp increase in its value.

Bollywood legend Yash Chopra dies

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 09:40 AM PDT

One of India's veteran film-makers, Yash Chopra, dies aged 80, days after being admitted to hospital with dengue fever.

VIDEO: Boy rescued from gap in wall

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 08:12 AM PDT

Chinese state media said the boy, from Jinhau City in Zheijan province, was pulled out after rescuers chiselled through one of the brick walls.

VIDEO: The sounds of Egypt's blind orchestra

Posted: 20 Oct 2012 05:21 PM PDT

Cairo's Egyptian Blind Girls Chamber Orchestra has been called "a thing of light and hope."

VIDEO: 'Brazilian Gaudi' house in Sao Paulo

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 01:00 AM PDT

A once modest house in Sao Paulo's has been transformed into an extraordinary work of art. The house has earned its creator, Estevao Conceicao, the nickname of the 'Brazilian Gaudi' with clear similarities between his work and that of the legendary Spanish-Catalan architect.

VIDEO: Star Trek 'superfans' in London

Posted: 20 Oct 2012 04:10 PM PDT

For the first time in Europe, all five Star Trek captains have gathered for a convention. BBC News went to meet William Shatner and some of the biggest fans at the event.

VIDEO: French floods hit Lourdes shrine

Posted: 20 Oct 2012 05:14 PM PDT

Hundreds of Roman Catholic pilgrims have been evacuated from the sanctuary of Lourdes in France after heavy flooding in the area.

VIDEO: Disabled crew set for sea voyage

Posted: 20 Oct 2012 07:55 AM PDT

A tall ship is preparing to become the first vessel of its kind to sail around the world with a crew of disabled sailors.

EBay 'pays only £1.2m in UK tax'

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 07:36 AM PDT

US auction site eBay paid only £1.2m in tax back in 2010 in the UK, where it generated sales of about £800m, according to an investigation by the Sunday Times.

Burton honoured at London awards

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 03:57 AM PDT

Director Tim Burton receives a BFI fellowship at this year's London Film Festival awards ceremony, along with his actress partner Helena Bonham Carter.

Peru doctors 'to suspend strike'

Posted: 20 Oct 2012 09:13 PM PDT

Thousands of doctors in Peru say they will suspend a strike that has left many poor people without medical care for more than a month.

Sunderland 1-1 Newcastle

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 08:03 AM PDT

Demba Ba's late own goal rescues Sunderland a draw against 10-man Newcastle in the Tyne-Wear derby.

Pedrosa wins in rain-hit Malaysia

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 02:50 AM PDT

Dani Pedrosa keeps his MotoGP title hopes alive with a win ahead of championship leader Jorge Lorenzo in a rain-affected race.

'Six die' in Guinea-Bissau attack

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 06:53 AM PDT

At least six people are killed in a firefight after gunmen attack an army barracks in Guinea-Bissau, military sources say.

Burma's leader woos home media

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 10:01 AM PDT

Burma's President Thein Sein holds his first local news conference, in what is seen as another sign of attempts to reform in the country.

Pilgrims evacuated from Lourdes

Posted: 20 Oct 2012 01:27 PM PDT

Hundreds of Roman Catholic pilgrims are evacuated from the sanctuary of Lourdes in southern France after heavy flooding in the area.

Colombian soldiers killed by Farc

Posted: 20 Oct 2012 06:12 PM PDT

The Colombian army says five soldiers have been killed by Farc rebels, in their first major attack since peace talks were launched in Oslo.

US rejects Iranian talks report

Posted: 20 Oct 2012 06:43 PM PDT

The White House denies a New York Times report saying Iran has agreed to one-on-one negotiations with the US over its nuclear programme.

Gun suppliers face crackdown

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 08:34 AM PDT

A new offence of supplying a firearm will be introduced to tackle people who hire out weapons to gangs, Home Secretary Theresa May says.

Tribute held for hit-and-run mum

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 10:58 AM PDT

Hundreds of people gather to pay tribute to a mother killed in a series of hit-and-runs in Cardiff, which also left 13 people injured.

Baby is fourth flat fire victim

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 11:12 AM PDT

A 15-month-old baby boy becomes the third child to die after a fire in Denbighshire, the fire service says.

Arrest in keeper Kirkland attack

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 07:05 AM PDT

A 21-year-old man is arrested on suspicion of assault after a goalkeeper was attacked during a championship football match.

China history quiz: Mandarins and murderers

Posted: 20 Oct 2012 04:31 PM PDT

What did Emperor Qin Shi Huang do to 460 scholars?

The economist who saves lives

Posted: 20 Oct 2012 04:37 PM PDT

How this year's prize-winning economists save lives

Trek captains boldly go to London

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 03:03 AM PDT

Star Trek event brings five captains together

In pictures: Lourdes under water

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 08:03 AM PDT

Images from the French pilgrim town hit by floods

Monkeying around in the boardroom

Posted: 21 Oct 2012 09:19 AM PDT

Learning about your workplace from a zoo

Spain's Rajoy tested in Galicia election

Posted: 20 Oct 2012 05:50 PM PDT

Will voters in Galicia side with Spain's locally-born PM?

Why rural sexual violence remains rife in India

Posted: 20 Oct 2012 05:43 PM PDT

Why social attitudes mean it still remains rife in rural areas

What kind of superpower could China be?

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 10:13 AM PDT

What kind of superpower could China be?

Campaign style or lack of substance?

Posted: 20 Oct 2012 08:22 AM PDT

What's behind President Obama's lack of a manifesto?
Posted by Harshad at 11:21 AM

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