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News and Media RSS FeedsBlasts rock Syria's second city - At least 25 people have been killed by bomb attacks targeting security forces compounds in Syria's second city of Aleppo, state media report....Feed Source: www.bbc.co.uk Athens clashes over spending cuts - Greek protesters clash with police in Athens amid a strike against swingeing budget cuts approved as part of the latest Eurozone bailout deal.... 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.... China's exports and imports fall - China's exports and imports fell in January, raising fresh concerns about the impact of a global economic slowdown on its economy.... Suspect in Serbia PM killing held - A man suspected of involvement in the 2003 killing of Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic is arrested in Spain, police say.... Rio police vote for strike action - Police in Rio de Janeiro are to strike for better pay, just a week before the annual carnival in the Brazilian city.... 'Cruel' Sydney abattoir shut down - An abattoir in the Australian city of Sydney, has been closed down after a video showing animal cruelty surfaces, local media report.... Defiant Nasheed leads Male rally - Defiant former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed leads a street rally in Male, just days after what he says was a coup that forced him to resign.... 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.... Court rejects Pakistan PM appeal - Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani will appear before the Supreme Court next week after it dismisses his appeal against contempt charges.... Burmese monk Gambira 'taken away' - Burmese monk Shin Gambira, one of the leaders of the 2007 protests, is taken away by the authorities, eyewitnesses tell BBC Burmese.... VIDEO: Tibetans set selves on fire in protest - In the past year, at least 19 people have publicly set themselves on fire - five in the past week alone - in a campaign calling for more freedom for Tibetans.... VIDEO: Crew rescued from ice-bound ships - Emergency services from Ukraine had to come to the rescue of crew members trapped on ships in the Kersh Strait, which separates Russia and Ukraine.... 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: One-minute World News - Watch the latest news summary from BBC World News. International news updated 24 hours a day.... AUDIO: Former Maldives president 'forced to go' - The former president of the Maldives has told the BBC that he was forced to resign.... VIDEO: Mexico army seizes 15 tonnes of drugs - The Mexican army has seized 15 tonnes of drugs in the western state of Jalisco.... VIDEO: Northern Lights captured from space - The first 'moving' images of the Northern lights, or Aurora Borealis, as seen from Space have been released by NASA, after they harnessed a new time-lapse photographic technique.... 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.... 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%.... Shock loss for India's Tata Steel - Tata Steel, the largest producer in India, unexpectedly reports a loss of 6.03bn rupees ($122m; £77m), hit by weak demand.... AA sat-nav car insurance policy - The AA is set to launch its first insurance policy using satellite navigation to track driver behaviour.... App makers' address-book apology - The makers of Path and Hipster iPhone apps apologise for accessing phone contacts without explicit permission.... 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.... Laser radar spots quake changes - An earthquake fault zone in Mexico is imaged with unprecedented precision, thanks to improvements in Light Detection and Ranging - laser radar.... Why zebras evolved their stripes - A zebra's unmistakeable stripes may have evolved to make the animals unattractive to blood-sucking flies, say scientists.... 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.... England talk 'flatters' Redknapp - Harry Redknapp says he is flattered to be put forward for the England manager's role and admits it is the "ultimate job for an Englishman".... 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.... Somalia's al-Shabab join al-Qaeda - Islamist militant group al-Shabab, which controls much of Somalia, releases a joint video with al-Qaeda, formally announcing the two groups have merged.... China dissident jailed over poem - A court in eastern China has sentenced dissident writer Zhu Yufu to seven years in jail for inciting subversion, rights groups say.... Frankfurt shooting verdict due - A verdict is expected in the case of the alleged Islamist radical accused of killing two US airmen at Frankfurt airport a year ago.... 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.... North Africa gets giant car plant - The biggest car factory in North Africa, run by French firm Renault, is officially opened near the Moroccan city of Tangiers.... US eases rules on women in combat - The US military announces plans to relax curbs on women serving in combat roles, but an advocacy group says the policy does not go far enough.... Council's prayers ruled unlawful - The High Court rules a Devon town council which held prayers before meetings was acting unlawfully - in a case which could affect councils across England and Wales.... Prescott seeks commissioner role - The former deputy prime minister Lord Prescott says he wants to stand as Police and Crime Commissioner for Humberside Police.... 25 years jail for soldier murders - A terminally-ill man convicted of murdering two soldiers at Massereene Barracks in Antrim must serve a minimum of 25 years in prison.... Murder suspect found dead in cell - A lodger accused of murdering his landlady and her mother in Southport is found hanged in prison.... Day in Pictures: 10 February 2012 - 24 hours of news photos: 10 February 2012... 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... Super Bowl photos - New York Giants beat New England Patriots... The toughest place to be a train driver - Is this the toughest place in the world to be a train driver?... Quiz of the week's news - Why do zebras have black and white stripes?... World Press Photo winner 2011 - Winning images from the World Press Photo competition... Egyptians fear for the future - One year since Hosni Mubarak's fall, Egyptians fear for the future... FBI files of the rich and famous - What famous people did the FBI keep tabs on, and why?... Story of the most famous seven words in US journalism - The story of the most famous seven words in US journalism... China lock-down seals off Tibetan unrest - China seals off Tibetan protest communities... 'Lifeline' US-Somalia remittances on hold - Somalis suffer as US cuts remittances amid terror fears... Afghanistan's army recruitment mess - How 'rogue soldiers' get into the Afghan army... Pentagon to ease restrictions on women in some combat roles -
The Pentagon will maintain bans on women serving in most ground combat units, defense officials said Thursday, despite pressure from lawmakers and female veterans who called the restrictions outdated after a decade of war.
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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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... In Egypt?s bread, signs of economic weakness -
CAIRO ? 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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... Pakistan's high court rejects prime minister's appeal to block contempt charge -
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan ? Pakistan's Supreme Court on Friday rejected a last-ditch appeal by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to drop a contempt charge against him for refusing to obey its order to reopen old corruption cases against President Asif Ali Zardari.
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... U.S. updates travel warning for Mexico -
MEXICO CITY ? The State Department advised Americans this week to defer ?non-essential travel? to vast stretches of Mexico, warning that 14 of the country?s 31 states are so dangerous that visitors should avoid them if at all possible. For four other states, it counseled caution or extreme caution.
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... China confirms its official stayed one day at U.S. consulate -
BEIJING ? China?s Foreign Ministry confirmed Thursday that Wang Lijun, vice mayor of the sprawling southwestern city of Chongqing, spent one day at the U.S. Consulate in nearby Chengdu and that he is now under official investigation in a bizarre episode with potential bearing on China?s upcoming leadership transition.
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... China notes rifts with U.S. on global issues ahead of Xi Jinping visit -
BEIJING ? On the eve of an official visit to Washington by Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping, the country?s vice foreign minister in charge of U.S. affairs said the two countries suffer from a ?trust deficit? that the trip might help resolve.
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... Iran increasingly controls its Internet -
TEHRAN ? Whenever Maysam, a prominent Iranian blogger, connects to the Internet from his office in the bazaar, he switches on a special connection that for years would bypass the Islamic republic?s increasingly effective firewall.
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... 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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... Democrat balks over secrecy on Awlaki killing -
Five months after Yemeni-American cleric Anwar al-Awlaki was targeted in a CIA drone strike, a Democratic senator is lambasting the Obama administration for not providing Congress with the legal basis for the killing of the U.S. citizen.
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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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... Iran begins blocking access to Gmail, other sites -
When Thomas Erdbrink, The Washington Post?s correspondent in Tehran, logs on to the Internet in Iran, he never knows whether Gmail and Google Reader, The Post or Facebook will open for him. Increasingly, this is the error message he sees instead of the page he was trying to reach:
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... Saudi blogger?s tweets about prophet Muhammad stir Islamists to call for his execution -
Hamza Kashgari had no idea the firestorm sending out a few candid tweets about the prophet Muhammad would cause.
The Saudi blogger, reflecting last week on the upcoming anniversary of the prophet?s birth, wrote, in part: ?On your birthday, I will say that I have loved the rebel in you, that you?ve always been a source of inspiration to me, and that I do not like the halos of divinity around you. I shall not pray for you.?
Read full article &g... Mohamed Nasheed: Arrest warrant issued for deposed Maldives president -
A day after Maldives president Mohammed Nasheed was forced to resign his office, reportedly at gunpoint, an arrest warrant has been issued for the deposed leader. Fresh protests are expected to follow.
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... Joke about Chris Brown beating women appears in Times of India -
Who thinks a joke about violence against women is funny?
It appears the editors of the Delhi edition of the Times of India do. In the paper with the largest English-language circulation in the world, a joke appeared this morning about singer Chris Brown?s infamous assault charges:
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... Greek officials reach austerity deal that could pave way for bailout -
BERLIN ? Stuck between looming bankruptcy and a flatlined economy, Greek politicians agreed Thursday to make a sweeping series of cuts that they hope will secure an international bailout, layering more pain onto what is already a deep recession.
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