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» 02 Sep 2010
Pakistan landlords diverted flood water

A senior Pakistani diplomat has called for an inquiry into allegations that rich landowners diverted water into unprotected villages during the floods to save their own crops.

» 02 Sep 2010
Deadly riots in Mozambique over rising prices

The southern Brazilian city of Dourados has been left with a power vacuum by the arrests of all local top officials, police say.

» 02 Sep 2010
South Sudan

Some 57,000 people have been forced from their homes because of dramatic floods in south-western Sudan over the past month, health officials say.

» 02 Sep 2010
Triple bomb blasts hit Lahore Shia procession

At least 25 people have been killed and 170 injured after three bombs exploded during a procession by Shia Muslims in the Pakistani city of Lahore.

» 01 Sep 2010
Asylum seekers stage breakout protest in Australia

Around 70 asylum seekers have broken out of a detention centre in the Australian city of Darwin to stage a protest.

» 01 Sep 2010
Four Israelis shot dead near West Bank settlement

Four Israelis have been shot dead in the West Bank, Israeli police say.

» 01 Sep 2010
Yemenis on US flight held over terror alert

Two Yemenis who arrived in Amsterdam on a flight from the US are being held on suspicion of conspiracy to commit a terrorist act, Dutch prosecutors say.

» 01 Sep 2010
South Korea offers aid to flooded North

South Korea has made its first offer of aid to North Korea since it accused Pyongyang of sinking one of its warships in March.

» 30 Aug 2010
Hong Kong protest over Manila hostage deaths

Thousands of people joined a rally in Hong Kong to express their anger at the Philippines' handling of last week's tourist coach hijacking.

» 30 Aug 2010
Pakistan town submerged amid fight to rebuild levees

Floodwater has submerged a town in the southern province of Sindh, and threatens another being used as a key staging post for flood relief workers.

» 30 Aug 2010
Belgian Cardinal Danneels condoned sex-abuse silence

The former head of the Catholic Church in Belgium tried to stop a victim of sex abuse from going public with their story, Church officials have confirmed.

» 30 Aug 2010
Thousands flee Indonesia volcano on Sumatra

Thousands of Indonesians have spent the night in emergency shelters after fleeing an erupting volcano on the island of Sumatra.

» 27 Aug 2010
Pakistan floods prompt mass evacuations in south

Hundreds of thousands of Pakistanis have been ordered to evacuate their homes as flood waters threaten several cities in the south of the country.

» 27 Aug 2010
Trapped Chile miners give video tour of confinement

A newly-released video appears to show that 33 miners trapped deep underground in Chile are in good spirits.

» 27 Aug 2010
Ex-US President Carter frees American from North Korea

Former US President Jimmy Carter has secured the release of an American citizen detained in North Korea.

» 27 Aug 2010
Holiday isle rapist tracked down like a dog

Dimitris Aspiotis went on the run in dense forests after raping four women – three of them British – in Corfu.

» 26 Aug 2010
Dozens killed in wave of bombings across Iraq

At least 50 people have been killed in a series of apparently co-ordinated bomb attacks across Iraq.

» 26 Aug 2010
Murdered bodies found in Mexico were migrants

Mexican officials investigating the death of 72 people found murdered at a ranch in the north of the country say they were migrants trying to reach the United States.

» 26 Aug 2010
UN was not told about DR Congo mass rapes

A UN envoy has said troops could not prevent the rape of more than 150 women and boys by rebels in DR Congo because they

» 26 Aug 2010
Fire service revamp costing taxpayers millions

Millions of pounds are being wasted on unused fire engines and unoccupied new control centres as part of a revamp of the fire service, the BBC has learned.

» 25 Aug 2010
Almost 500,000 new sex infections in UK last year

There were almost half a million new cases of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the UK last year, figures show.

» 25 Aug 2010
Holidays end for Sarkozy as he returns to work

The police, the Catholic Church and the state conspired to cover up a priest's suspected role in one of the worst atrocities of the Northern Ireland Troubles, an investigation has found.

» 25 Aug 2010
China plane crash black box found after 42 killed

The black box of a plane that crashed in northern China has been found, the state news agency Xinhua said.

» 25 Aug 2010
Pakistan cricketers donate bonuses to floods relief

Pakistan's top cricketers have dug into their pockets to help the flood relief effort in the country.

» 24 Aug 2010
Somali MPs killed in hotel raid

Somali fighters have stormed a hotel close to the presidential palace and killed several MPs, witnesses have told the BBC.

» 24 Aug 2010
Pakistan PM to chair flood health crisis talks‎

Pakistan's prime minister is convening an urgent meeting of health officials to address concerns of a growing health crisis in the flood-hit country.

» 24 Aug 2010
Ex-President Carter set for North Korea trip

Former US President Jimmy Carter may be heading to North Korea to negotiate the release of a US man jailed there, according to US media reports.

» 24 Aug 2010
US court halts plans to increase stem cell research

A US district court has issued a temporary injunction blocking plans by the Obama administration to increase funding for stem cell research.

» 23 Aug 2010
Sacked policeman seizes Manila bus in hostage drama

An ex-policeman armed with an assault rifle has seized a bus in the Philippines, police say.

» 23 Aug 2010
Flood warnings as heavy rain hits England and Wales

Torrential rain and gale-force winds hit parts of England and Wales overnight after the Met Office issued a series of severe weather warnings.

» 23 Aug 2010
Iceland

When the volcano erupted in March, air passengers faced chaos as their planes were grounded amid fears that the ash, thrown high into the atmosphere, would damage aircraft.

» 23 Aug 2010
Miners trapped in Chile mine for 17 days are alive

Thirty-three miners who have been trapped underground in a Chilean mine for the past 17 days are all alive, President Sebastian Pinera has said.

» 20 Aug 2010
BP oil spill: Undersea oil remains in Gulf of Mexico

A study of the effects of the Deepwater Horizon spill has confirmed the presence of a toxic chemical residue one kilometre below the sea surface.

» 20 Aug 2010
Don

The UK government has urged Libya not to celebrate the first anniversary of the release of the Lockerbie bomber.

» 20 Aug 2010
Flood aid builds up for Pakistan after UN appeals

Donors have pledged more money for flood-stricken Pakistan following appeals at an emergency meeting of the UN General Assembly.

» 20 Aug 2010
Intel in $7.68bn McAfee takeover

The world's biggest chip maker, Intel, has agreed to buy the security technology firm, McAfee.

» 19 Aug 2010
Last full U.S. combat brigade leaves Iraq

IRAQ-KUWAIT BORDER — The last U.S. combat troops crossed the border into Kuwait on Thursday morning, bringing to a close the active combat phase of a 7½-year war that overthrew the dictatorial regime of Saddam Hussein.

» 19 Aug 2010
France will begin expelling Roma in police crackdown

France is to begin deporting Roma (Gypsies) as part of a crackdown on illegal camps in the country.

» 19 Aug 2010
Indian peacekeepers killed in DR Congo

Rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo killed three Indian peacekeepers in an apparent ambush.

» 19 Aug 2010
Australia judge orders witness to remove niqab in court

An Australian judge has ruled that a Muslim woman must remove her full veil while giving evidence before a jury in a fraud case.

» 18 Aug 2010
Police: Texas gunman had explosives in trailer

McKINNEY, Texas – A 29-year-old man towed a trailer full of explosives into a suburban Dallas police station's parking lot.

» 18 Aug 2010
Fort Hood rampage gunman Nidal Malik began day in Arab dress

A US Army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 people at a Texas military base bought breakfast in traditional Arab dress hours before the shooting spree.

» 18 Aug 2010
Gracetown surf beaches closed after shark attack kills Nicholas Edwards

GRACETOWN shark victim Nicholas Edwards had an earlier close call with a shark on the Gold Coast, but said if he died in the surf it would be "doing something I love.

» 18 Aug 2010
Pakistan aid will not fall to extremists

Pakistan has sought to reassure international donors that funds to help victims of its devastating flooding will not fall into extremists' hands.

» 17 Aug 2010
Miracle in Colombia jet crash: 1 dies, 130 live

A Boeing 737 jetliner filled with vacationers crashed in a thunderstorm and broke apart as it slid onto the runway on a Caribbean island Monday. Only one of the 131 people on board died, and the island's governor called it a miracle.

» 17 Aug 2010
Reid against plan to build mosque near ground zero

The Senate's top Democrat on Monday came out against plans to build a mosque near the site of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, moving away from President Barack Obama on the controversial election-year issue.

» 17 Aug 2010
Baghdad suicide bomb hits army recruits, kills 51

A suicide bomber blew himself up Tuesday among dozens of Iraqi army recruits who had gathered near a military headquarters in downtown Baghdad in a devastating strike that officials said killed 51 people and wounded 119.

» 17 Aug 2010
Australia

After a series of tourism campaigns focusing on bikinis and beaches, Australia is taking a new tack with a "Ramadan lounge" concept designed to appeal to travelling Muslims.

» 16 Aug 2010
Off-road racer rolls truck into crowd, killing 8

Hundreds of thrill-seeking fans watched in horror Saturday night as one racer took a jump at high speed, hit his brakes on landing and rolled his truck sideways into spectators, sending bodies flying on a section of track that had no guardrails or anything else to keep the crowd back.

» 16 Aug 2010
Mexico TV station Televisa hit by blasts

Officials from Mexico's largest television network Televisa say an explosive device went off in front of their station in the northern city of Monterrey.

» 16 Aug 2010
The angry housewives setting Kashmir ablaze

Whenever there are protests demanding "freedom from India" in her crowded neighbourhood in Srinagar, Firdousi Farooq makes a point of participating, her four-year-old son in tow.

» 16 Aug 2010
Japan GDP figures show sharp slowing of economic growth

Economic growth in Japan weakened significantly in the last financial quarter, official figures show.

» 16 Aug 2010
UB40 in Mauritius

Ali Campbell (Alistair Ian Campbell), chanteur et compositeur britannique a été l'un des membres fondateur du groupe de reggae UB40 en 1978.

» 13 Aug 2010
Hundreds trapped as rains spread to Sichaun, China

The toll is rising in northern and western China after a landslide in Gansu killed more than 1,100 people and rains in Sichaun have killed five.

» 13 Aug 2010
Malaysia men guilty in Allah row church attack

Two Malaysian men have been found guilty of settting fire to a church in January this year in a row over the non-Muslim use of the word 'Allah'

» 13 Aug 2010
German economy sees record growth of 2.2%

The German economy grew by 2.2% in the three months to the end of June, its fastest quarterly growth in more than 20 years, official figures show.

» 13 Aug 2010
Uganda arrests masterminds of World Cup bombings

Investigators in Uganda have arrested four men who they say masterminded twin bomb attacks that killed more than 70 people last month.

» 12 Aug 2010
Desperation as Pakistan flood misery grows

The overflowing Indus river is wreaking havoc in Punjab and Sindh provinces Stricken communities caught in Pakistan's devastating floods are growing increasingly desperate, local officials say

» 12 Aug 2010
US on target to end Iraq combat operations

The US says it is on target to end combat operations in Iraq by the end of August and meet its deadline for removing all troops by the end of 2011.

» 12 Aug 2010
Bin Laden chef sentenced to 14 years in jail

Osama Bin Laden's former cook and driver has been sentenced to 14 years in prison by a Guantanamo Bay tribunal.

» 12 Aug 2010
Uganda LRA rebels

The Lord's Resistance Army, a rebel group operating across a large stretch of central Africa, has been accused of a campaign of enforced recruitment

» 11 Aug 2010
NATO: Roadside bomb kills 3 Afghan civilians

KABUL, Afghanistan – A roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan killed three Afghan civilians, NATO forces said Wednesday.

» 11 Aug 2010
Huge ice island could threaten shipping lanes

This combination of two satellite images provided by NASA and taken on July 28, left, and Aug. 5, right, shows the Petermann Glacier in northern Greenland. A giant ice island, seen in image at right, has broken off the Petermann Glacier.

» 11 Aug 2010
Fires Rage Across Russia Amid Record Heat

Forest fires raged across Russia on Friday, destroying villages, surrounding one southern city and killing at least 25 people, including three firefighters. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin consoled survivors at one smoldering village and urged officials to redouble their efforts against the blazes.

» 11 Aug 2010
U.S. aid reaches flood-ravaged Pakistan

U.S. Army choppers carrying emergency food and water buzzed over the swollen river and washed-out bridges, landing in the valley once controlled by the Taliban.

» 10 Aug 2010
1,100 missing in China as Asian flood misery rises

ZHOUQU, China – Rescuers in three countries across Asia struggled Tuesday to reach survivors from massive flooding that has afflicted millions of people, as the death toll climbed in a remote Chinese town where hundreds died and more than 1,100 were missing from landslides.

» 10 Aug 2010
Massive ice island breaks off glacier

Polar explorer and expert in glacier travel Eric Philips looks down into one of the cracks in the Petermann Glacier, where it is crossed by a ravine, in this handout photo.

» 10 Aug 2010
Gulf relief well down to final, tricky 100 feet

NEW ORLEANS – The relief well being drilled to ensure crude never again spills into the ocean from BP's paralyzed well in the Gulf of Mexico has been dubbed the ultimate solution to the drama that's unfolded over the past three months.

» 10 Aug 2010
Almost nil oil spill now from stricken ship off Mumbai

MUMBAI (AFP) – Indian coastguards on Monday said that leaking oil from a stricken container ship that collided with another vessel off Mumbai had reduced to a trickle, but fears about its impact on the coastline remained.

» 09 Aug 2010
Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir in terror arrest.

Indonesian police have arrested the radical Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir on terror charges.

» 09 Aug 2010
BP oil spill costs pass $6bn mark

The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico caused by the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion has so far cost BP a total of $6.1bn ($3.8bn), the company has said.

» 09 Aug 2010
Polls open in Rwanda

Rwandans are voting to elect their president, with incumbent Paul Kagame expected to win by a landslide

» 09 Aug 2010
Rescuers sent to landslide victims in north-west China

China has sent thousands of rescue workers to help search for survivors of deadly landslides that swept through a county in the northwest of the country.

» 07 Aug 2010
Pakistan issues flooding red alert for Sindh province

Pakistan issued a red alert as floods that have devastated the north-west swept south into Sindh province.

» 07 Aug 2010
Huge ice sheet breaks from Greenland glacier

A giant sheet of ice measuring 260 sq km (100 sq miles) has broken off a glacier in Greenland, according to researchers at a US university.

» 07 Aug 2010
Hewlett-Packard chief Mark Hurd resigns after sex probe

Mr Hurd stepped down from his positions as president and CEO after an investigation into claims made against him by a former HP contractor.

» 07 Aug 2010
Mum Accused Of Killing Her Three Kids

The mother of three young children found dead in their Edinburgh home has been charged with their murders.

» 05 Aug 2010
As BP plugs leak, report says most of oil is gone

BP claimed a key milestone Wednesday in the effort to plug its blown-out well as a government report said much of the spilled oil is gone, heartening officials who have taken heat during the tricky cleanup but leaving some Gulf Coast residents still skeptical.

» 05 Aug 2010
US billionaires pledge 50% of their wealth to charity

Thirty-eight US billionaires have pledged at least 50% of their wealth to charity through a campaign started by investor Warren Buffet and Microsoft founder Bill Gates.

» 05 Aug 2010
iPhone at risk from security flaw

Security firms are warning of a vulnerability in Apple's iOS for iPhone, iPad and iPod.

» 05 Aug 2010
Iran President Survives Grenade Attack

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has survived a grenade attack on his convoy.

» 04 Aug 2010
Pakistan President Slated Over Deadly Floods

More than 1,400 people have been killed by floods in Pakistan leading to calls for its president to cancel his trip to Britain.

» 04 Aug 2010
Scientists Learning What to Expect in Space

Civilians may soon be able to take space trips, with companies like Virgin Galactic and Armadillo Aerospace developing spacecraft that would offer brief tours just shy of Earth orbit.

» 04 Aug 2010
BP leaves many damage claims waiting in limbo

BP appears to be delaying decisions about the validity of many claims for damages from the Gulf oil spill, leaving claimants frustrated by bureaucratic obstacles and confusing requests for more documentation.

» 04 Aug 2010
New Korea For Shamed World Cup Coach

North Korea's football coach has reportedly been punished for the team's poor performance at the World Cup by being forced to work as a builder.

» 03 Aug 2010
New ID theft targets kids SS numbers

The latest form of identity theft doesn't depend on stealing your Social Security number. Now thieves are targeting your kid's number long before the little one even has a bank account.

» 03 Aug 2010
US says it is committed to cutting greenhouse gases

The United States assured international negotiators Monday it remains committed to reducing carbon emissions over the next 10 years, despite the collapse of efforts to legislate a climate bill.

» 03 Aug 2010
UAE says BlackBerry ban will affect visitors too

The Emirates' looming crackdown on BlackBerry services will extend to foreign visitors, its telecom regulator said Monday, putting the government's concerns over the handheld devices in direct conflict with its aim to become a business and tourism haven.

» 03 Aug 2010
Obama: US to leave Iraq as promised, on schedule

President Barack Obama declared Monday that the Iraq war was nearing an end "as promised and on schedule," touting what he called a success of his administration though it comes amid persistent instability and uncertainty in Iraq.

» 02 Aug 2010
Rhino Horn Poison Plan To Stop Poachers

The owner of a South African game reserve is planning to inject the horns of his rhinos with poison.

» 02 Aug 2010
Chelsea Clinton Marries Childhood Sweetheart

Bill and Hillary Clinton's daughter has married investment banker Marc Mezvinsky in what has been dubbed America's royal wedding.

» 02 Aug 2010
More Than 1,000 Dead After Pakistan Floods

The death toll from Pakistan's worst floods in 80 years continues to rise as rescue workers struggle to reach tens of thousands of people cut off in the country's northwest.

» 02 Aug 2010
Scores Of Bombs Seized In Afghan Offensive

British forces have said they are making very good progress on day three of the biggest offensive in Afghanistan this summer.

» 30 Jul 2010
False alarm: Google search still working in China

Google Inc. triggered a false alarm Thursday by posting a notice that its search engine and several other services had been cut off from mainland China - ..

» 30 Jul 2010
Scientists say global warming is continuing

Scientists from around the world are providing even more evidence of global warming, one day after President Barack Obama renewed his call for climate legislation.

» 30 Jul 2010
French Baby Killer: Daughters In Shock

The two daughters of a Frenchwoman who confessed to suffocating eight of her newborn babies and hiding their bodies have said they are "in shock" and "didn't notice anything".

» 30 Jul 2010
Lord Prescott Appearing At Iraq Inquiry

The inner workings of Tony Blair’s government will be examined in detail later this morning with the appearance of Lord Prescott at the Iraq Inquiry.

» 29 Jul 2010
Gulf oil spill reaches 100-day mark

The Gulf of Mexico oil disaster reached the 100-day mark Wednesday with hopes high that BP is finally on the verge of permanently sealing its ruptured Macondo well.

» 29 Jul 2010
Cameron Angers Pakistan With Terror Comment

David Cameron has angered Pakistan after warning it should not be allowed "to promote the export of terror".

» 29 Jul 2010
Bodies Of Eight Newborn Babies Are Found

A couple have been arrested after the bodies of eight newborn babies were found in northern France.

» 29 Jul 2010
Ship lost for more than 150 years is recovered

Canadian archeologists have found a ship abandoned more than 150 years ago in the quest for the fabled Northwest Passage and which was lost in the search for the doomed expedition of Sir John Franklin, the head of the team said Wednesday.

» 28 Jul 2010
New Titanic expedition will create 3D map of wreck

A team of scientists will launch an expedition to the Titanic next month to assess the deteriorating condition of the world's most famous shipwreck..

» 28 Jul 2010
Iran to pay for new babies to boost population

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad inaugurated a new policy on Tuesday to encourage population growth, dismissing Iran's decades of internationally-acclaimed family planning as ungodly and a Western import.

» 28 Jul 2010
France declares war against al-Qaida

France has declared war on al-Qaida, and matched its fighting words with a first attack on a base camp of the terror network's North African branch, after the terror network killed a French aid worker it took hostage in April.

» 28 Jul 2010
US braces for blowback over Afghan war disclosures

Operatives inside Afghanistan and Pakistan who have worked for the U.S. against the Taliban or al-Qaida may be at risk following the disclosure of thousands of once-secret U.S...

» 27 Jul 2010
WikiLeaks: More US documents coming on Afghan war

The release of some 91,000 secret U.S. military documents on the Afghanistan war is just the beginning, ...

» 27 Jul 2010
Internet warriors hone skills at Black Hat - DefCon

Internet warriors are gathering this week to explore chinks in the armors of computers, bank teller machines, mobile phones, power grids, and other "smart" devices intrinsic to modern life.

» 27 Jul 2010
Full face transplant Spaniard displays new look

A Spanish man who underwent the world's first full face transplant appeared before TV cameras Monday for the first time since his surgery, thanking his doctors and the family of the donor.

» 27 Jul 2010
Festival Stampede Mourners Turn On Mayor

The mayor of a German city where 19 people were killed by a stampede at a music festival has been chased away from the scene by angry mourners.

» 23 Jul 2010
Typhoon Brings China More Flood Devastation

Typhoon Chanthu has slammed into China threatening to aggravate floods that have already left more than 1,000 people dead or missing.

» 23 Jul 2010
How One Jellyfish Stung 100 People

How can one jellyfish sting up to 100 people? With lots of stinger-equipped tentacles, the largest jellyfish in the world is apparently up to the job.

» 23 Jul 2010
Checks are coming: Obama signs unemployment bill

Federal checks could begin flowing again as early as next week to millions of jobless people who lost up to seven weeks of unemployment benefits in a congressional standoff.

» 23 Jul 2010
Whale watchers recount bizarre yacht jump

South African couple Paloma Werner and Ralph Mothes went on NBC's "Today" show Thursday morning to discuss the amazing pictures that have spread all over the world of a 40-ton whale landing on the deck of their yacht.

» 22 Jul 2010
Obama Signs Sweeping Financial Bill Into Law

President Barack Obama has signed into law a sweeping overhaul of US financial regulations in an attempt to prevent a repeat of the credit crisis and resulting world recession.

» 22 Jul 2010
Scientists find most massive star ever discovered

A huge ball of brightly burning gas drifting through a neighboring galaxy may be the heaviest star ever discovered — hundreds of times more massive than the sun, scientists said Wednesday after working out its weight for the first time.

» 22 Jul 2010
Hundreds of dead penguins dot Brazil

Hundreds of penguins that apparently starved to death are washing up on the beaches of Brazil, worrying scientists who are still investigating what's causing them to die.

» 22 Jul 2010
Facebook Notches Up 500 Million Members

More than 500 million people have now joined social networking site Facebook, just six years after it started in a Harvard University dorm room.

» 21 Jul 2010
China rushes to keep oil from international waters

China rushed to keep an oil spill from reaching international waters, while an environmental group tried to assess if the country's largest reported spill was worse than has been disclosed.

» 21 Jul 2010
Air France attendant held for robbing passengers

French police have arrested an Air France stewardess on suspicion of stealing thousands of euros in cash, cards and jewelry as passengers slept on long haul flights, a newspaper reported on Tuesday.

» 21 Jul 2010
Cameron rebuffs US, says no new inquiry on bomber

WASHINGTON – Drawn into an old disaster, British Prime Minister David Cameron said Tuesday he would not order a fresh investigation into why a convicted bomber was set free or whether BP had a role in it.

» 21 Jul 2010
NATO says 4 dead in shooting at training range

KABUL, Afghanistan – Two American civilians and two Afghan soldiers were killed in a shooting on a northern Afghan military base, NATO said.

» 20 Jul 2010
Paris Hilton Denies Cannabis Bust In Corsica

Paris Hilton has denied reports she was arrested for carrying cannabis after arriving in Corsica.

» 20 Jul 2010
Cameron And Obama In BP And Lockerbie Talks

American anger with BP threatens to overshadow Prime Minister David Cameron’s first visit to the White House.

» 20 Jul 2010
Paralysed Man Seeks Right To End His Life

A man who is paralysed below the neck and unable to speak has begun legal action to end his life.

» 20 Jul 2010
AIDS breakthrough: Gel helps prevent infection

For the first time, a vaginal gel has proved capable of blocking the AIDS virus: It cut in half a woman's chances of getting HIV from an infected partner in a study in South Africa.

» 20 Jul 2010
Teen In Coma After Balcony Fall in Majorca

A British teenager remains in hospital in an induced coma after plunging seven floors at a holiday apartment block in Majorca.

» 19 Jul 2010
49 people killed as trains collide in east India

A speeding express train collided with a passenger train at a station in eastern India early Monday, mangling the carriages and killing at least 49 people, railway police said.

» 19 Jul 2010
BP, feds clash over reopening capped Gulf oil well

BP and the Obama administration offered significantly differing views Sunday on whether the capped Gulf of Mexico oil well will have to be reopened,...

» 19 Jul 2010
Test-tube kids and cancer? Method unlikely a cause

For the first time, a large study suggests a higher rate of childhood cancer among test-tube babies, but researchers say the reason probably has nothing to do with how the infants were conceived.

» 19 Jul 2010
Scientists Take Aim at Website Hackers

This Behind the Scenes article was provided to LiveScience in partnership with the National Science Foundation.

» 16 Jul 2010
BP says oil has stopped leaking from Gulf well

BP says it has temporarily stopped oil flowing into the Gulf of Mexico from its leaking well.

» 16 Jul 2010
CIA Kidnap Claim Scientist Returns To Iran

An Iranian nuclear scientist who says he was kidnapped by CIA agents has arrived back in Tehran amid claims and counter claims over what he had been doing in the US.

» 16 Jul 2010
Snatched Baby Found Safe Seven Years Later

Amber Nicklas: Taken from foster parents in 2003

» 16 Jul 2010
Celebrity photographer held in French heiress scandal

Four people have been arrested in a tax-evasion investigation into France's richest woman.

» 15 Jul 2010
Big hips impair women memory, a study finds

A woman's body shape may influence how good her memory is, according to US researchers.

» 15 Jul 2010
BP begins testing new cap over Gulf oil leak

BP allayed last-minute government fears of making the disaster worse and started trying to slowly choke off the flow of oil into the Gulf of Mexico Wednesday, in the hope of finally stopping the leak.

» 15 Jul 2010
Obama steps up rhetoric against al-Qaeda and al-Shabab

Terrorist groups like al-Qaeda and al-Shabab do not think African life is valuable, President Obama has said in response to the Uganda bombings.

» 15 Jul 2010
Human lineage split from monkeys later than thought: study

The last ancestor shared by monkeys and humans probably lived between 28 and 24 million years ago, several million later than previously thought, fossils unveiled Wednesday have revealed.

» 14 Jul 2010
Mandelson: Blair Thought Brown Was Mad

Tony Blair described Gordon Brown as "mad, bad, dangerous and beyond hope of redemption" as their relationship broke down over the Labour leadership, according to Peter Mandelson.

» 14 Jul 2010
Tiny shard bears oldest script found in Jerusalem

Archaeologists say a newly discovered clay fragment from the 14th century B.C. is the oldest example of writing ever found in antiquity-rich Jerusalem.

» 14 Jul 2010
Africa young change sex habits and lower HIV rates

The prevalence of HIV among young people in countries worst-affected by Aids, mainly in Africa, has fallen, new figures from the UN show.

» 14 Jul 2010
French MPs vote to ban Islamic full veil in public

France's lower house of parliament has overwhelmingly approved a bill that would ban wearing the Islamic full veil in public.

» 12 Jul 2010
World Cup Ref Webb Praised After Ugly Final

English World Cup referee Howard Webb has been praised after brandishing a record 13 yellow cards and one red in the final.

» 12 Jul 2010
Sports Brand Celebrates Its World Cup Win

The World Cup has put sports brand Adidas on course for record sales despite the widespread criticism of its specially designed tournament ball.

» 12 Jul 2010
Bombs Kill World Cup Fans In Ugandan Capital

Bombs exploded at two bars in Uganda's capital as people watched the World Cup final on TV, killing at least 64 people, including one American.

» 12 Jul 2010
Moats Brother: Death Was Public Execution

The brother of gunman Raoul Moat has spoken of his horror and helplessness at watching his loved one die on TV in an exclusive interview with Sky News.

» 09 Jul 2010
Can I be an Honorary Octopus ?

So it's Spain against Holland in the World Cup Final. I don't want to say I told you so, but I did tell you so.

» 09 Jul 2010
Lohan Nailed Over F-Word Court Message

Lindsay Lohan could be held in contempt of court after wearing nail varnish with F*** U written on her middle finger.

» 09 Jul 2010
French team performs face transplant with eyelids

A 35-year-old man with a genetic disorder has an entirely new face — including tear ducts that cry, and a chin that sprouts stubble...

» 09 Jul 2010
Spy Swap: Russian Agents To Be Deported

A major spy swap is in motion after all 10 Russians accused of being Moscow agents pleaded guilty in a New York court.

» 08 Jul 2010
Brazil footballer surrenders in missing woman case

The goalkeeper of Brazil's most popular football team has surrendered to the police in connection with the disappearance of his former lover.

» 08 Jul 2010
Humans early arrival in Britain

Researchers have discovered stone tools in Norfolk, UK, that suggest that early humans arrived in Britain nearly a million years ago - or even earlier.

» 08 Jul 2010
Russia Seeks Swap Deal Over Spying Suspects

Russia wants to swap a jailed scientist for one of the suspected spies arrested in the US, a lawyer says.

» 07 Jul 2010
Malaria: a major global killer

Malaria - the disease that singer Cheryl Cole has been admitted to hospital with - kills more than a million people a year and is second only to tuberculosis in its impact on world health.

» 07 Jul 2010
Vatican to issue long-awaited sex abuse document

Pope Benedict XVI will soon issue a document outlining the church's procedures for handling clerical sex abuse cases that will gather the norms now in use and make them permanent and legally binding, a Vatican official and canon lawyer said Tuesday.

» 07 Jul 2010
German psychic octopus predicts victory for Spain

A "psychic" octopus in Germany, which appears to have correctly predicted every World Cup game involving the national team so far, has picked Spain over Germany in the semi-final.

» 07 Jul 2010
Queen Hails UN As Real Force For Good

The Queen has hailed the United Nations as "a real force for good" in her first address to the organisation for 53 years.

» 06 Jul 2010
Dream Holidays? Beware Online Nightmares

Travellers who book online risk seeing their bargain "dream holidays" turn into nightmares because of fraudsters, it has been revealed.

» 05 Jul 2010
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The bulk of Islamism-related terrorism offences in the UK over the past decade involved home grown terrorists with links to al Qaeda, according to a new report.

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