Sunday, October 7, 2012

Venezuelans vote for president

Venezuelans vote for president

Venezuelans vote for president

Posted: 07 Oct 2012 09:59 AM PDT

Voters in Venezuela are going to the polls in what is predicted to be the country's most tightly contested presidential election in a decade.

Libyan PM forced to stand down

Posted: 07 Oct 2012 11:34 AM PDT

Libya's PM-elect Mustafa Abu Shagur is dismissed from his post, after failing for a second time to win parliamentary approval for a new government.

Philippine rebels in peace deal

Posted: 07 Oct 2012 02:01 AM PDT

The Philippine president announces a framework deal that he says can lead to "final and enduring" peace with the country's largest Muslim rebel group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front.

Samuels inspires Windies to glory

Posted: 07 Oct 2012 10:03 AM PDT

A Marlon Samuels-inspired West Indies recover from an awful start to beat Sri Lanka and win the World Twenty20.

Turkey responds to Syrian fire

Posted: 07 Oct 2012 07:18 AM PDT

Turkish artillery return fire for a fifth day after a Syrian mortar lands in a border village where five people were killed last week.

Atlantic cause for rainy summers

Posted: 07 Oct 2012 10:26 AM PDT

Recent warming in the Atlantic Ocean is the main cause of wet summers in northern Europe, according to a new study.

Militants hit in Gaza air strike

Posted: 07 Oct 2012 11:33 AM PDT

Two Palestinian militants are among a number of people wounded in an Israeli air strike on the Gaza Strip, officials say.

Sudanese military plane crashes

Posted: 07 Oct 2012 06:48 AM PDT

A Sudanese military plane on its way from Khartoum to Darfur crashes, killing some 13 people and injuring nine others.

Cameron 'would veto' EU budget

Posted: 07 Oct 2012 03:53 AM PDT

UK Prime Minister David Cameron says he would use Britain's veto to block a new European Union budget "if necessary".

Iraq executes 11 despite outcry

Posted: 07 Oct 2012 07:12 AM PDT

Iraq executes 11 people in a single day, despite widespread international condemnation of Baghdad's use of the death penalty.

France boosts synagogue security

Posted: 07 Oct 2012 05:19 AM PDT

French President Francois Hollande promises the Jewish community a major increase in security after police shot dead a man suspected of targeting a kosher shop.

Iran in subsidy reform rethink

Posted: 07 Oct 2012 06:27 AM PDT

Iran's parliament votes to consider suspending further reform of food and fuel subsidies, days after protests over the sharp drop of Iran's currency, the rial.

VIDEO: Doctor made cellar into war hospital

Posted: 07 Oct 2012 06:51 AM PDT

Steve Rosenberg meets Dr Khassan Baiev, a Chechen surgeon who turned the cellar of his home into a makeshift war hospital, treating both the Chechen and Russian wounded.

VIDEO: Youth tribute as Putin turns 60

Posted: 07 Oct 2012 10:40 AM PDT

Russian President Vladimir Putin is celebrating his 60th birthday, as pro-Kremlin youth activists stage re-enactments of his most famous stunts.

VIDEO: Can prosthetics be art?

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 06:41 AM PDT

The rock musician, actor and performance artist Mat Fraser looks at how prosthetics have been used to improve, adapt and augment human performance.

VIDEO: Venezuelans vote for president

Posted: 07 Oct 2012 10:26 AM PDT

Voters in Venezuela are going to the polls in what is predicted to be the country's most tightly-contested presidential election in a decade.

VIDEO: Serbia mourners at prince's reburial

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 09:14 PM PDT

In Serbia, hundreds of mourners have attended the reburial of one of the last rulers of the old Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

VIDEO: Philippines rebels agree peace deal

Posted: 07 Oct 2012 07:23 AM PDT

The Philippine government has reached a framework peace agreement with the country's largest Muslim rebel group, according to President Benigno Aquino.

VIDEO: Art lovers celebrate 'White Night'

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 09:18 PM PDT

Visitors have been flocking to Paris overnight to participate in La Nuit Blanche, where free access is granted to many galleries, museums and monuments.

Hammond warns on BAE-EADS merger

Posted: 07 Oct 2012 07:55 AM PDT

France and Germany must reduce their stakes in EADS if the UK is to allow a proposed merger with BAE Systems, the defence secretary says.

Barcode reaches patent birthday

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 04:22 PM PDT

The barcode was patented on 7 October 1952, but it was two decades before it was first used in a US supermarket.

Glastonbury sells in record time

Posted: 07 Oct 2012 04:32 AM PDT

Glastonbury tickets sell out in a record time of just 1 hour and 40 minutes after thousands of fans flood the website and phone lines.

'Lost' Blackadder script revealed

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 05:20 PM PDT

A draft script for a Christmas episode of Blackadder comes to light during research for a new book about the history of the BBC comedy classic.

Vettel wins as Alonso taken out

Posted: 07 Oct 2012 12:36 AM PDT

Sebastian Vettel takes a dominant victory in the Japanese GP to put himself in a strong position to win the world title.

AU and Somali troops secure town

Posted: 07 Oct 2012 07:39 AM PDT

AU and Somali troops secure the town of Wanla Weyn, as they continue to advance into territory formerly controlled by al-Shabab.

Khan protest stops at tribal belt

Posted: 07 Oct 2012 04:54 AM PDT

A motorcade protest against US drone strikes in Pakistan, led by former cricket star Imran Khan, is stopped from entering the restive tribal regions.

Frenchman Peslier wins fourth Arc

Posted: 07 Oct 2012 08:18 AM PDT

Olivier Peslier, riding 33-1 shot Solemia, wins his fourth Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp, pipping Orfevre at the post.

Peru rebels burn down helicopters

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 07:55 PM PDT

Three helicopters are burned down on an airfield in the Peruvian jungle, in an attack the military blames on left-wing Shining Path rebels.

PM signals further welfare cuts

Posted: 07 Oct 2012 09:01 AM PDT

David Cameron warns further benefit cuts may be needed but promises the rich will also pay more, at the start of the Tory conference.

100 police in April Jones search

Posted: 07 Oct 2012 09:48 AM PDT

Police double efforts with 100 specialist officers becoming involved in the hunt for missing five-year-old April Jones in and around her mid Wales home town of Machynlleth.

Rothko at Tate Modern 'defaced'

Posted: 07 Oct 2012 11:26 AM PDT

A painting by artist Mark Rothko on display at the Tate Modern has been defaced, a spokeswoman for the gallery confirms.

Boy killed in hit-and-run crash

Posted: 07 Oct 2012 08:38 AM PDT

A 12-year-old boy dies after being hit on a pedestrian crossing by a car that had been stopped by police in Bradford.

Campaigning for the rights of cats

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 04:27 PM PDT

Animal rights in a country where cats are eaten

Seven of the week's best reads

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 04:30 PM PDT

Seven of the week's best reads from around the web

Why Spain's greatest football match matters to Palestinians

Posted: 07 Oct 2012 12:51 AM PDT

Why Barcelona and El Clasico matter to Palestinians

Afghanistan's 'green on blue' crisis

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 04:41 PM PDT

The collapse of trust between troops in Afghanistan

Pope butler scandal may continue

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 12:17 PM PDT

How trial of Pope's butler may not end scandal

Chart attack: The Beatles' rivals in 1962

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 05:39 PM PDT

Who else was in the charts when the Beatles made their debut?

Is Britain experiencing a golden age of engineering?

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 06:01 PM PDT

Is Britain experiencing a golden age of engineering?
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