Thursday, January 10, 2013

Pakistan explosions 'kill dozens'

Pakistan explosions 'kill dozens'


Pakistan explosions 'kill dozens'

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 11:18 AM PST

Twin blasts at a snooker hall in the south-western Pakistani city of Quetta kill at least 56, police say, after 11 died in an earlier market bombing.

Kurdish activists killed in Paris

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 07:48 AM PST

Three Kurdish activists - among them a co-founder of the militant PKK group - are shot dead in Paris, but no motive has yet been established.

Silver Linings surprise at Oscars

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 08:45 AM PST

The comedy Silver Linings Playbook becomes the first film to be shortlisted in all four Oscars acting categories since 1981, while Steven Spielberg's drama Lincoln takes 12 nominations.

Klaus Kinski 'was child abuser'

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 08:55 AM PST

The elder daughter of the late German film star Klaus Kinski, Pola, accuses her father of sexually abusing her between the ages of five and 19.

Fourth death in Kashmir clashes

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 07:48 AM PST

A Pakistani soldier is killed by Indian troops near the dividing line in the disputed territory of Kashmir, Pakistan's military says.

Concern as mercury emissions grow

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 08:29 AM PST

An increase in small-scale mining means developing nations face growing health and environmental risks from mercury exposure, a UN report warns.

Officer guilty of offering NoW leak

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 10:09 AM PST

A senior London police detective is found guilty of offering to sell the News of the World inside information on the UK phone-hacking inquiry.

Shooting at Californian school

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 11:22 AM PST

Two people have been shot at a high school in the California town of Taft, police in the US state say.

Somali pirate 'Big Mouth' quits

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 06:29 AM PST

A man named by the UN as a pirate kingpin and known by his nickname "Big Mouth" renounces crime, a community leader in Somalia confirms to the BBC.

Greece unemployment hits EU high

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 04:09 AM PST

The latest unemployment rate for Greece rises to 26.8%, the highest figure recorded in the European Union.

Pro-Chavez rally marks inauguration

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 06:56 AM PST

Crowds of supporters of Venezuela's Hugo Chavez rally outside the presidential palace in Caracas showing their support for the cancer-stricken leader on the day he was due to be inaugurated for another term.

Whales freed from Canada ice trap

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 08:46 AM PST

A dozen killer whales trapped under sea ice with only a single breathing hole reach safety in Canada's Hudson Bay, local villagers have reported.

Aquarium's fish thief sentenced

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 05:17 AM PST

A man who stole a fish from an aquarium in Guernsey and used it to win a fishing competition gets 100 hours of community work.

Snake on a plane fails to survive

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 07:42 AM PST

For excitement it may not have matched the Samuel L Jackson film, Snakes On A Plane, but passengers on a Qantas flight watched with fascination as one snake fought out its own drama.

VIDEO: S Africa struggles with rape 'epidemic'

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 08:44 AM PST

Police are searching for four suspects accused of raping a student near Pretoria, on Thursday.

VIDEO: Poaching fears rise in Kenya

Posted: 09 Jan 2013 06:12 AM PST

Kenya's Wildlife Service is hunting poachers who killed a family of 11 elephants.

VIDEO: Seven injured in US crane collapse

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 02:04 AM PST

Seven people have been injured in Queens, New York, following the collapse of a construction crane.

VIDEO: Bollywood star on why rape sparked outcry

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 11:02 AM PST

Indian film star and women's rights campaigner Shabana Azmi talks to Newsnight about why the gang rape and murder of a young woman who was attacked on a Delhi bus has prompted such outrage and soul searching about the place of women in a country where violence against women goes far beyond this one case.

VIDEO: Four die as Lebanon hit by snow

Posted: 09 Jan 2013 04:13 AM PST

Four people in Lebanon have died as a snow storm and heavy rains hit parts of the country. Officials say the country is facing the worst weather conditions in a decade.

VIDEO: Protests don't deter CES 'booth babes'

Posted: 09 Jan 2013 06:27 AM PST

One year after the BBC produced a video examining the use of so-called "booth babes" at CES, controversy is rising against the marketing tactic.

VIDEO: Spinning boat spotted from air

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 02:33 AM PST

A man has been rescued from the water after losing control of his boat off the coast of Perth, Australia.

Carmaker Ford doubles dividend

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 10:08 AM PST

US carmaker Ford doubles its quarterly dividend to 10 cents per share, citing a strong balance sheet, and sending its share price higher.

RBS braced for hefty Libor fines

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 04:50 AM PST

The Royal Bank of Scotland is in negotiations with UK and US regulators over fines to be paid for its Libor transgressions, the BBC has learned.

Amazon offers free copies of CDs

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 09:06 AM PST

Free digital copies of 50,000 CDs are being offered to Amazon customers via a service that stores the music in the cloud.

UK still has 13,000 monochrome TVs

Posted: 09 Jan 2013 05:27 PM PST

More than 13,000 households across the UK are still using black-and-white television sets, according to the TV Licensing authority.

Sande gets four Brit nominations

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 11:02 AM PST

Singer Emeli Sande is up for best female, best album and has two tracks in the best single category at this year's Brit Awards.

Rattle to quit Berlin Philharmonic

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 08:57 AM PST

Sir Simon Rattle announces he will leave as chief conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra after his contract expires in 2018.

US firms target astronaut flights

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 05:04 AM PST

California's SpaceX company says it expects to start launching humans into orbit in its Dragon capsule in 2015.

'Mingus' is most distant supernova

Posted: 09 Jan 2013 09:14 PM PST

Astronomers report the most distant supernova ever seen - a 10-billion-year-old event that may help explain why the expansion of our Universe is speeding up.

'Drug holidays' beat cancer defence

Posted: 09 Jan 2013 05:24 PM PST

Introducing medication-free spells to cancer treatment may keep patients alive for longer, according to studies in mice with skin cancer.

Grown hearing-hairs 'beat' deafness

Posted: 09 Jan 2013 05:24 PM PST

Tiny hairs in the ear which detect sounds have been regenerated to reverse deafness for the first time, say US researchers in the journal Neuron.

Cook challenges fringe players

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 09:45 AM PST

Alastair Cook says the one-day series against India is a chance for fringe members of his squad to impress.

Laudrup praises 'bargain' Michu

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 09:03 AM PST

Swansea City manager Michael Laudrup claims Spanish striker Michu is "the bargain of the season".

Mali Islamists 'enter' key town

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 09:50 AM PST

Militant Islamists in Mali say they have entered the central town of Konna, after the fiercest fighting since April 2012.

China censor paper back on stands

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 01:08 AM PST

A Chinese newspaper that saw a stand-off over censorship publishes a new issue, as police remove demonstrators at its offices.

Russian sub 'safer than Kursk'

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 08:03 AM PST

The Russian navy gets a new nuclear missile submarine said to be safer than the ill-fated Kursk design.

Rio landmark artist Selaron dies

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 11:16 AM PST

Jorge Selaron, the Chilean artist who created Rio de Janeiro's brightly coloured Selaron stairs is found dead on the work of art he created.

Deadly storms sweep Middle East

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 05:06 AM PST

The worst storms to hit the Middle East in a decade claim several lives and leave parts of Israel and Jordan blanketed in snow.

Biden to make gun recommendations

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 10:30 AM PST

US Vice-President Joe Biden says his task force on gun control will make its recommendations to President Barack Obama as early as Tuesday.

Seven prison closures announced

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 07:47 AM PST

Seven prisons in England are to be closed, two more will be partially shut and plans for a new super prison are announced.

Men held in UK in Syria terror probe

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 06:47 AM PST

Detectives investigating the support of alleged terrorist activity in Syria have arrested four men - three of them in east London - police say.

Moira's body not found in grave

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 05:14 AM PST

Police confirm that a grave in North Lanarkshire does not contain the body of missing schoolgirl Moira Anderson, who disappeared in 1957.

IPCC to supervise Lawrence case

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 10:09 AM PST

The police watchdog will supervise an investigation into a complaint by the brother of Stephen Lawrence that officers stopped and searched him because he was black.

Your pictures: Hope

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 04:26 AM PST

Readers' photos on the theme of hope

The tourists beaten by Greek police

Posted: 09 Jan 2013 04:16 PM PST

The tourists mistaken for migrants and beaten by Greek police

If used-car salesmen ran Congress

Posted: 09 Jan 2013 04:59 PM PST

Could used car salesmen make US Congress more loved?

Hugo Chavez: Continuity or crisis?

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 12:15 AM PST

Venezuelans divided on whether inauguration delay matters

Should you smell food before throwing it away?

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 07:09 AM PST

Should you smell food before throwing it away?

The future of TV sets revealed

Posted: 09 Jan 2013 04:20 PM PST

Screens and sets revealed at the CES tech show

Day in pictures: 10 January 2013

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 04:28 AM PST

Twenty-four hours of news photos from around the world

Love and hate for Victorian Tube

Posted: 09 Jan 2013 04:07 PM PST

Victorians hated the soot, yet were fascinated by London's Tube

Qatar Direct: Old Doha

Posted: 09 Jan 2013 04:44 PM PST

How Qatar's past is being swept aside by rapid development

Will South Africans ever be shocked by rape?

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 05:04 AM PST

When will South Africans be shocked by rape, Andrew Harding asks

Climate confusion as bush burns

Posted: 09 Jan 2013 10:04 AM PST

Do extreme temperatures reflect climate change?

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