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News and Media RSS FeedsSyria move at UN General Assembly - The UN General Assembly is becoming the focus of attempts to apply pressure on Syria's government over its continued crackdown on dissent....Feed Source: www.bbc.co.uk Strike to mark Egypt anniversary - Activists in Egypt call for a day of strikes and civil disobedience to mark the anniversary of President Hosni Mubarak's overthrow.... Greek cabinet approves new cuts - Greece's cabinet approves a draft bill committing to austerity reforms required to get new bailout funds, amid warnings of "chaos" if parliament fails to ratify it.... 'Peace pact' signed by two Sudans - Sudan and South Sudan sign a non-aggression pact and agree to respect each other's sovereignty, says the chief mediator at crisis talks.... Burmese protest leader monk freed - Burmese monk Shin Gambira, one of the leaders of anti-government protests in 2007, is released by authorities after a brief detention.... Argentina in UK 'nuclear' claim - Argentina accuses the UK of sending a nuclear-armed submarine to the South Atlantic, and makes an official complaint to the UN over the Falklands.... Notorious kidnapper pleads guilty - Ann Pettway, the US woman who stole a newborn baby from a New York City hospital in 1987 and raised her as her own, admits kidnapping.... New Saudi clash leaves one dead - A man is shot dead by security forces at a demonstration in eastern Saudi Arabia, the second such incident in two days, activists say.... Gaddafi son warns of Libya revolt - One of the sons of late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi threatens to lead a revolt against Libya's transitional government.... Quote fix will 'scar' King statue - Work to correct a quotation on the new Martin Luther King memorial in Washington DC will end up "scarring it for life", the architect warns.... Hackers claim attack on CIA site - Hackers claim responsibility for disabling the CIA website in an announcement on a Twitter feed under the banner of the Anonymous collective.... Uzbek pleads guilty to Obama plot - A 22-year-old Uzbek man admits at a federal court in Birmingham, Alabama plotting to kill US President Barack Obama.... VIDEO: Dozens killed as blasts rock Syria - At least 28 people have been killed and 235 wounded in two bombs targeting security compounds in Syria's second city of Aleppo, according to state media.... VIDEO: Europe's cold spell continues - Sub-zero temperatures and heavy snow continue to affect most of Europe, and more is expected.... VIDEO: Greek cabinet agree austerity plan - The Prime Minister of Greece, Lucas Papademos, has insisted his country must do "whatever it takes" to avoid bankruptcy and catastrophe.... VIDEO: One-minute World News - Watch the latest news summary from BBC World News. International news updated 24 hours a day.... VIDEO: Argentina accuses UK of "militarisation" of Falklands - UN chief Ban Ki-moon has called on Argentina and the UK to avoid an "escalation" in tensions over the disputed Falkland Islands.... VIDEO: Caught out on live TV - it's Odd Box - The toddler who's great at table tennis, the runaway rhino and the presenter not quite ready for her live broadcast - the week's weird and wonderful video stories in Newsbeat's Odd Box with Dominic Byrne.... VIDEO: Highlights of the 2012 Design Awards - Origami dresses, the London 2012 Olympic torch and a wind-propelled landmine detonator are among the nominations for the 2012 Designs of the Year Awards.... VIDEO: Afghanistan's first cartoon animation - Afghanistan has produced its first educational cartoon animation, using local talent.... Imports increase US trade deficit - Record imports contributed to a 3.7% increase in the US trade deficit in December, official figures show.... Barclays' profits fall to £5.9bn - Barclays reports a 3% fall in annual profits to £5.9bn, and cuts the bonus pool at its investment banking division by 32%.... Germany delays Acta signing - Germany delays ratifying a controversial international accord designed to combat piracy... Video game sales slump in January - US video games suffer a 34% annual drop for January, according to analysts at NPD. The figures come less than a fortnight before the PlayStation Vita launches.... HBO attacked over death of horses - Animal rights group Peta calls for TV and film safety rules to be tightened after two horses were put down during filming for HBO racing drama Luck, starring Dustin Hoffman.... Joyce children's book sparks feud - A children's story by James Joyce is published for the first time in Dublin to the dismay of the Zurich James Joyce Foundation.... Vega rocket set for maiden voyage - After more than 10 years of development work, Europe's new small satellite launcher is ready for its first flight.... Overfishing 'costing EU £2.7bn' - Overfishing of EU fisheries is costing the European economy £2.7bn a year and 100,000 jobs, a report by a UK think-tank finds.... Dementia plaque 'rapidly cleared' - Destructive plaques found in the brains of Alzheimer's patients have been rapidly cleared by researchers testing a cancer drug on mice.... Cannabis users double crash risk - Drivers who use cannabis before driving double their chances of causing a collision, research suggests.... Forget about Euro 2012 - Shearer - The new England manager should forget about winning Euro 2012 and look ahead to the World Cup in 2014, says Alan Shearer.... Robshaw ready for improving Italy - Chris Robshaw vows England will go toe-to-toe with Italy.... Steve Jobs' FBI files made public - The FBI releases its files on Apple founder Steve Jobs, revealing a man who commanded respect but was questioned on his honesty and morality.... Lost $9m jewels found in drawer - Jewellery worth $9m (£5.9m), thought stolen from the wife of the US ambassador to the Netherlands in 2006, is found in the Hague.... Renard seeks vindication in final - Herve Renard believes reaching the final of the Africa Cup of Nations has vindicated the decision to reappoint him as Zambia's national coach.... Maldives leader rejects poll call - New Maldives President Mohammed Waheed Hassan Manik rejects calls by his predecessor for snap elections as a way of resolving a political stand-off.... Russian 'sold CIA missile data' - A senior officer at Russia's Plesetsk space station is jailed for 13 years after being convicted of selling missile test data to the CIA.... Mexico seizes 'largest meth haul' - Mexican soldiers secure 15 tonnes of methamphetamine in the western state of Jalisco, believed to be the largest seizure of the drug yet.... Malaysia detains Saudi for tweet - Malaysian police detain a Saudi journalist who left his country after being accused of insulting the Prophet Muhammad in a tweet.... Obama changes contraception rule - US President Barack Obama says insurers - and not religious institutions - will provide contraception to women free of charge, amid a row with religious leaders.... Tax change 'to cost families £4k' - Low income families with parents in part time work could lose about £4,000 a year because of a change in tax credits, Labour says.... Grant stands by phone hack claim - Actor Hugh Grant stands by his claim Associated Newspapers obtained information about him through phone hacking.... Richards Twitter exit over racism - Manchester City defender Micah Richards leaves Twitter after being the victim of racist abuse, reports suggest.... Man held after Glasgow siege ends - A man is being held after armed police stormed an Italian restaurant in Glasgow city centre, ending a siege that lasted nearly eight hours.... Day in Pictures: 10 February 2012 - 24 hours of news photos: 10 February 2012... World Press Photo winner 2011 - A selection of the winning photographs... Your pictures: Grubby - Readers' pictures on the theme grubby.... In Pictures: Yayoi Kusama retrospective - Retrospective at the Tate Modern... Day in pictures: 9 February 2012 - 24 hours of news photos: 9 February 2012... In pictures: Maldives 'coup' inflames tensions - Protests lead to the resignation of President... Day in pictures: 8 February 2012 - 24 hours of news photos: 8 February 2012... In pictures: Snowy Sunday - Much of UK with several inches of snow... The runner whose shorts were 'too revealing' - The runner who risked her life for her shorts... N Korean A-ha accordionists 'will be stars' - Norway welcomes North Korean YouTube stars... Week in pictures: 4-10 February 2012 - News photos from around the world this week... Three royal treasures that shed light on the monarchy - What precious objects tell us about the British monarchy.... Malabo Blues: A poet's challenge to preserve a city - The young poet trying to build his country's first book shop... Why Borgen's all the buzz at Westminster - Why Danish drama is required viewing for UK political class... Egyptians fear for the future - A year since Mubarak's fall, Egyptians fear the future... The toughest place to be a train driver - Toughest place in the world to be a train driver?... Bombers strike Syrian city of Aleppo as offensive continues in Homs -
The Obama administration and its allies see few, if any, viable options to end the carnage in Syria as President Bashar al-Assad?s forces continue their offensive against the opposition to his rule in what has become the uprising?s most violent month.
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... Turkish diplomat: Iran is ready to cut a deal -
Turkey?s top diplomat said Friday that Iran is ready to negotiate an end to the standoff with Western powers over its nuclear program, suggesting that the controversy could be resolved quickly if the deep distrust between the two sides could be overcome.
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... Awlaki directed Christmas ?underwear bomber? plot, Justice Department memo says -
The radical Yemeni American cleric who was killed in a CIA drone strike in Yemen in September personally directed the plot to take down a plane over Detroit on Christmas Day 2009, according to a Justice Department memo.
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... In Egypt?s bread, signs of economic weakness -
There is no more potent symbol of Egypt?s economic fragility than the pocket bread that is a staple of life here.
Every day, the Egyptian government allocates 25-pound bags of subsidized flour to designated bakeries to produce the Frisbee-shaped loaves, which Egypt?s impoverished and working poor buy for about eight cents per 10 loaves. But sometimes, there is not enough to go around.
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... India-E.U. trade pact could boost AIDS treatment costs, health workers say -
NEW DELHI ? Hundreds of people marched in New Delhi on Friday to protest an ambitious free-trade agreement being negotiated between India and the European Union that patient groups and health activists say could severely curtail India?s production and export of affordable drugs for millions living with HIV in developing countries.
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... For transgender Pakistanis, newfound rights -
ISLAMABAD ? It?s never been easy being a sexual minority in Pakistan, but transgender citizens, known here as eunuchs or ?hijras,? are getting a surprising amount of judicial protection and newfound civil rights.
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... Pakistan's high court rejects prime minister's bid to block contempt charge -
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan ? Pakistan?s Supreme Court on Friday rejected a last-ditch appeal by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani against an imminent contempt charge, prompting fears of further political instability in the strategically vital country.
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... In Helmand, training Afghan Local Police is a challenge -
KHAR NIKAH, Afghanistan ? Inside a cold room surrounded by sand-filled Hesco barriers in the remote Gereshk Valley, British forces are teaching a group of young Afghan fighters how to protect their village from the Taliban.
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... Navy ship to be named for Gabrielle Giffords -
Gabrielle Giffords, the former Arizona congresswoman who survived an assassination attempt one year ago, is getting a Navy vessel named in her honor.
The Navy said Friday that its newest Littoral Combat Ship, a small, agile surface vessel, will be known as the USS Gabrielle Giffords. The ship?s ?sponsor? will be Roxanna Green, the mother of Christina-Taylor Green, the 9-year-old girl who was killed in the Tucson shooting that wounded Giffords in... A spy swap?s legacy persists, 50 years on -
On a bridge outside Berlin one gloomy morning 50 years ago Friday stood Francis Gary Powers, the pilot of a CIA spy plane that was shot down over the Russian Ural mountains. He had waited 21 months for this moment. He had survived a plane crash, weeks of harsh interrogation and the brutal conditions of a Soviet prison. He was on the threshold of freedom, and his heart was thumping heavily.
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... As al-Qaeda magazine goes quiet, intelligence analysts also lose a valuable resource -
Al-Qaeda?s glossy online magazine, Inspire, hasn?t been seen since its creators were killed in a U.S. drone strike last fall, but the terrorist group?s loyalists aren?t the only ones lamenting its demise.
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... House report criticizes Bush and Obama administrations on Guantanamo -
A report by House Republicans criticizes both the Bush and Obama administration for policies that led to the transfer of detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba who later reengaged in terrorism or the insurgencies in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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... Saudi Arabian protester, second in two days, reportedly shot dead by security forces -
For the second day in a row, a protester in Saudi Arabia has been shot dead by security forces during demonstrations, the Lede blog reports, citing activists.
Protester Zohair al-Saad died of gunshot wounds after security forces opened fire in a tiny town north of Qatif, according to an activist Facebook page for videographers, Revolution East.
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... Angela Merkel depicted as Nazi in Greece, as anti-German sentiment grows -
In Greece, old stereotypes about Germany are coming back with a vengeance.
A Greek newspaper upset over Angela Merkel?s handling of Greece?s debt crisis Thursday ran a Photoshopped image on its front page showing the chancellor in Nazi attire standing before a swastika.
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... Syria satellite images show government is using artillery and mortars against Homs -
In a note posted Thursday to his Facebook page, U.S. Ambassador Robert Ford shared satellite photos that showed the Syrian government is using artillery and mortars against residential neighborhoods in Homs.
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... Israeli Facebook page begs Netanyahu not to attack Iran until after Madonna show; sets off media firestorm -
A Madonna fan page from Tel Aviv has the world talking.
Artist Kobi Zvili created the page five days ago as an online plea to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, asking him to hold off on any plans to strike Iran until after Madonna performs in Tel Aviv on May 29.
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... North Korean super-sized hotel, tourism experiment may signal slight opening up to outsiders -
The death of Kim Jong Il and ascension of his son Kim Jong Eun put a spotlight on secretive North Korea as it mourned its Dear Leader and welcomed another.
The changes in the country highlighted something else: indications that the reclusive country may be becoming more open to outsiders.
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... Greece reels after leaders agree to harsh spending cuts -
BERLIN ? Greeks clashed on the streets of Athens and in the halls of government Friday, as protesters grew violent and one after another cabinet minister resigned, a day after the nation?s leaders accepted foreign lenders? demands for tough austerity cuts to try to stave off bankruptcy.
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... U.S. says it wants investment, but China remains wary -
BEIJING ? As China moves to invest billions in businesses around the world, one major industrial nation has so far soaked up very little of the cash: the United States.
The issue will be on the agenda next week during Vice President Xi Jinping?s official visit to the United States. The Obama administration has made seeking Chinese investment a priority, with an eye toward creating more American jobs. But the flow of funds dropped sharply last ye... Copyright © 2012, eStoreValue.com. All Rights Reserved. |