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News and Media RSS FeedsSpending cuts 'to hit north harder' - Industrial towns in the north east of England may be least able to cope with deep cuts in public spending, BBC-commissioned research suggests....Feed Source: www.bbc.co.uk Vitamin B 'puts off Alzheimer's' - High doses of B vitamins may slow the rate of brain shrinkage in older people experiencing warning signs of Alzheimer's disease, a study says.... Cameron tribute to 'amazing dad' - David Cameron pays tribute to his late father, describing him as a "amazing man" who had "touched a lot of lives".... Fees rise 'best' for universities - Vice chancellors are expected to be told raising student tuition fees is the best way to ensure future funding for higher education.... MPs set to debate phone hacking - Parliament is to debate allegations that MPs had their mobile phones hacked into by News of the World journalists.... British hostage freed in Pakistan - A British journalist held captive by suspected militants in north-west Pakistan since March is released.... Planes in 'near-miss' over London - A business jet and a passenger plane carrying 232 people came close to a mid-air collision over London in 2009, a report reveals.... Goldman Sachs fined £17.5m by FSA - Wall Street banking giant Goldman Sachs is fined £17.5m by the UK's financial watchdog.... Clegg seeks to calm cuts anxiety - Nick Clegg has sought to calm fears over the impact of spending cuts, insisting they will be spread over four years not implemented immediately.... Erdogan raps rivals ahead of poll - Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticises the tactics of his opponents, in a BBC interview ahead of Sunday's constitutional referendum.... Vitamin 'may help prevent' spina bifida - Scientists begin a study to determine if an everyday vitamin supplement could help prevent a common birth defect.... Prize budgies killed and stolen before show - Police in Cornwall are investigating after three budgerigars were stamped to death and 21 others were stolen from a leading breeder's house.... Explosive EastEnders plot could signal end of Peggy - An explosive EastEnders storyline which could see the end of Peggy Mitchell, played by Barbara Windsor, begins on Thursday.... Toshack poised to quit Wales job - John Toshack is set to announce his resignation as Wales manager at a media conference on Thursday.... Adkins set for Southampton role - Scunthorpe give boss Nigel Adkins permission to talk to Southampton over the vacant manager's job at St Mary's.... Brilliant Federer beats Soderling - Five-time champion Roger Federer produces a stunning display to beat Robin Soderling and reach the semi-finals of the US Open.... Live - County Championship - Nottinghamshire look to hold off the chasing pack of Somerset, Yorkshire and Lancashire, while Kent and Hampshire battle against relegation.... Higgins cleared of fixing claims - John Higgins is cleared of all match-fixing allegations but admits bringing snooker into disrepute, resulting in a £75,000 fine and a ban until November.... Woman charged after son stabbed - A woman is charged with the attempted murder of her 12-year-old son at her home in Liverpool.... Family in appeal to missing girl - The mother and cousin of a 14-year-old Bristol girl who went missing with her young child appeal for her to come home.... Boundary move 'gives Tories hope' - Boundary changes for the next Scottish Parliament elections suggest a possible boost to the Conservatives, according to experts.... Signs of an increase in marriages - The number of marriages in Scotland rises in the spring after falling for more than a year, figures show.... McGuinness 'forgot deathbed talk' - Martin McGuinness says he forgot a deathbed conversation he had with the priest suspected of being involved in the 1972 Claudy bombing.... Woman pulled from house fire - Firefighters revive a woman found slumped in her living room after she was overcome by smoke in her north Belfast home.... Rural Wales waits for funding axe - Some of the largest conservation bodies in Wales fear they will have to find massive savings following the UK Government spending review.... Plaid will 'change not manage' - Plaid Cymru's conference opens with a pledge to transform, not simply manage, Wales.... South Sudan vote is 'time bomb' - The referendum on independence for Southern Sudan is a "ticking time bomb", US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says.... UN seeks to placate Rwanda leader - The UN's secretary general urges Rwanda not to withdraw its peacekeepers from Sudan over a leaked report saying its troops may have committed genocide.... Police may have shot HK hostages - Investigators in the Philippines say police may have accidentally shot some of the hostages on a bus hijacked last month.... Japan-China boat spat escalates - China warns Japan that their wider relationship will suffer if Tokyo mishandles a dispute about a Chinese fishing boat seized in disputed waters.... Big toll in Russian market bomb - At least 11 people are killed and more than 60 wounded in a bomb attack in the southern Russian city of Vladikavkaz, local officials say.... Euro MPs demand EU help for Roma - Euro MPs say the EU must act urgently to help the Roma (Gypsies), as France defends its deportations.... Mexico crime 'like an insurgency' - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says Mexican drug violence is looking increasingly like an insurgency, a comment strongly rejected by Mexico.... Honduras massacre 'gang rivalry' - A mass shooting in a shoe factory in Honduras is blamed on rival street gangs linked to Mexican drug cartels.... Iran opposition lawyer detained - A prominent human rights lawyer in Iran, Nasrin Sotoudeh, is detained by the authorities on security charges.... Second Iraqi TV presenter killed - Gunmen in Iraq have killed an Iraqi TV journalist - the second in as many days - while four other people were killed in two attacks in the capital Baghdad.... Taliban chief says victory close - Taliban leader Mullah Omar says his fighters are on the verge of victory in Afghanistan and the Nato-led campaign has been "a complete failure".... Huge protest over India CCTV plan - Students from different political affiliations are staging a huge protest at one of India's top universities over plans to introduce CCTV.... Obama defiant on tax cut stance - President Obama defends his opposition to extending Bush-era tax cuts for wealthier people and criticises what he calls Republican obstruction.... Rig firms hit back at BP report - Contractors who worked for BP on the ill-fated Deepwater Horizon oil rig criticise the company's report into the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.... World Cup knocks trading at HMV - Music, computer games and book retailer HMV says that its sales were disrupted this summer by the football World Cup.... Morrisons to test online shopping - The UK's fourth biggest grocer, Morrisons, says it hopes to trial online shopping and convenience stores next year.... Bank new ratio 'to be set at 7%' - Central bank governors and senior regulators are to impose tighter restrictions on the level of assets banks must hold, the BBC has learnt.... Hague: Axing embassies 'unlikely' - Closing dozens of small embassies to save money would be a "false economy" as they do not cost much, says William Hague.... MPs to probe Cameron-Clegg deal - MPs are to examine how the coalition was formed after the election and issues arising from the negotiations between the two parties.... Labour MPs to pick shadow cabinet - Labour MPs have rejected a move to allow the new party leader to choose who serves in the shadow cabinet.... Outbreak probe at industry sites - There are now 12 cases linked to a Legionnaires' outbreak, as health officials focus on south Wales industrial sites in the search for the cause.... More obesity ops 'will save cash' - Millions of pounds are lost in England by the failure of the NHS to provide more obesity operations, a study says.... Inquiry to hear from HIV victims - The injury into contaminated NHS blood products in the 1980s will hear from the victims who contracted HIV and Hepatitis.... Vocational courses to face review - Education Secretary Michael Gove is to announce an independent review of vocational qualifications for students aged 14 to 19 in England.... Two-tier university warning given - Vice-chancellors warn that the traditional university experience could become the preserve of an elite.... Scots teachers spend 60% in class - Teachers in Scotland spend 60% of their time in the classroom which is higher than their counterparts anywhere in the western world, says a survey.... Google unveils 'instant' searches - Google speeds up its internet search engine by launching a new product called Instant that displays results as soon as users type in queries.... Broadband speed gets laser boost - A kind of "auto-tune for data" developed by a European team may help increase the capacities of long-haul fibre optic cables.... One in four gives fake net names - A survey shows a majority of web users have suffered cybercrime, but many respondents were themselves less than honest.... New evidence for rare black hole - Researchers say they may have found further evidence for the existence of an unusual type of black hole.... Dino clue to 'earliest feathers' - Palaeontologists uncover a new dinosaur with what may be the earliest evidence of feathers.... Cable's plan to cut science funds - Business Secretary Vince Cable has unveiled plans for a squeeze on public funding for scientific research.... Tinie Tempah leads way for Mobos - Rapper Tinie Tempah leads the way in the nominations for this year's Mobo Awards in Liverpool with four nods.... Spears sued for sexual harassment - A former bodyguard for Britney Spears files a sexual harassment lawsuit against the pop star.... Morgan to replace host Larry King - Former newspaper editor and Britain's Got Talent judge Piers will replace US TV presenter Larry King on the US network CNN, it is announced.... Did the Blitz really unify Britain? - Seventy years ago Britain endured eight months of nightly German bombing. Does this tale of national unity tell the whole story?... Beware the 'don't know' brigade - In his regular column, Michael Blastland looks at why the people ignored by surveys could be those with the strongest opinions.... The blackmarket in cutting agents - Street cocaine has long been diluted, but now the cutting agents themselves have spawned a black market.... Live: Environment questions - Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman is taking questions from MPs on farm animal welfare, flood defences, farming regulations and food labelling standards.... Google revamps search system - Google revamps search system with launch of 'Instant'... Colorado fire destroys homes - A forest fire in the US state of Colorado has destroyed at least 136 homes, according to officials.... Merlin series takes 'darker tone' - Newsbeat visits the cast of Merlin on location in a soggy Puzzlewood and speaks to the actors who play Merlin and Morgana.... Lion lunges at Las Vegas trainer - A lion lunged at a trainer as stunned onlookers watched in horror, at Las Vegas's MGM Grand Hotel and Casino.... Plus size debut at NY Fashion Week - For the first time at New York Fashion Week there will be a runway show featuring plus size models.... Fat orang-utan goes on a diet - An overweight orang-utan, who was Britain's fattest primate, has been put on a strict new diet.... Mexico rejects drug 'insurgency' analogy - Mexico has rejected remarks from the US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, that drug-related violence in Mexico increasingly has the hallmarks of an insurgency.... Business basics: Interest rates - The BBC's Declan Curry looks at why interest rates matter... 'Real women' - Plus-size models make New York Fashion Week debut... Low pay and squalor - The plight of Commonwealth Games workers in Delhi... Off the dial - What happened to Mercury, as in Mercury music prize?... Your pictures - A selection of your images on the theme of going back to work... World of difference - Is it bad taste to have a 'shortest man' record?... Amid Kabul Bank meltdown, Afghans question U.S.-style capitalism -
KABUL - Kabul Bank became the pride of Afghanistan's financial system by offering the conveniences and thrills of 21st-century capitalism: branches in far-flung provinces, plentiful ATMs, and lottery prizes of cash and houses.
... Secretary of State Clinton compares Mexico's drug violence to Colombia's -
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday that the surging drug violence in Mexico now resembles war-torn Colombia a generation ago, with criminal cartels looking like "insurgencies" battling for control of territory.
... South Korea imposes independent sanctions on Iran -
SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea said it will ban many financial dealings with Iran and impose other penalties as part of a U.S.-led campaign to enforce sanctions against the country over its disputed nuclear enrichment program.
... Karzai seeks to limit role of U.S. corruption investigators -
Afghan President Hamid Karzai plans to impose rules restricting international involvement in anti-corruption investigations, a move that U.S. officials fear will hobble efforts to address the endemic graft that threatens support for his administration in Afghanistan and the United States.
... Egypt pushes back against Senate resolution on elections, human rights -
A Senate resolution condemning Egypt's record on human rights and free elections has sparked an aggressive Washington lobbying campaign by the longtime U.S. ally, which argues that the measure could harm the Middle East peace process and its relationship with the United States.
... Activists in Egypt test waters for President Hosni Mubarak's son to succeed him -
CAIRO - A previously unknown group of activists in Egypt is putting up posters and collecting signatures urging Gamal Mubarak, the son and presumed successor of the country's leader, to run for president in next year's election.
... U.S. appeals court dismisses suit against firm in 'extraordinary rendition' case -
A closely divided federal appeals court has dismissed a lawsuit seeking damages from a company that worked with the CIA as part of its "extraordinary rendition" program.
United States - ... RNC's Steele visits U.S. territories, prompting talk of a reelection bid -
For a man hoping to lead his party to major congressional victories in November, Republican National Committee Chairman Michael S. Steele has packed his travel schedule with some unusual destinations in recent weeks: Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
... N. Koreans may be frustrated with government and likely rise of Kim Jong Eun -
SEOUL - Almost every night, seeking to gather opinion from a country where opinion is often punishable, Kim Eun Ho calls North Korea. He talks mostly to people in Hoeryong city in Hamgyong-bukto province, and the conversations never last long. Hoeryong city employs 14 men who monitor the region's
... Clinton declares 'new American moment' in foreign policy speech -
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton declared Wednesday that "a new American moment" has arrived in international relations, "a moment when our global leadership is essential, even if we must often lead in new ways."
... Signs U.S.-China military exchanges may resume -
Senior U.S. officials concluded a three-day visit to Beijing on Wednesday with both sides declaring that the talks have helped to steady the recently rocky U.S.-China relationship.
Business - ... WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange entangled in Swedish criminal inquiries -
STOCKHOLM - Until a few weeks ago, Julian Assange was riding high.
... Afghan police beat back mob of government workers at Kabul Bank branch -
KABUL - Fears over the future of ailing Kabul Bank grew violent Wednesday as state police beat back crowds of frustrated Afghan government workers attempting to withdraw their salaries on the final day before a four-day national holiday.
... As China finds bigger place in world affairs, its wealth breeds hostility -
BISHKEK, KYRGYZSTAN - In a spasm of violence this spring, an angry mob toppled the Kyrgyzstan president, torched his office and ransacked other buildings associated with his hated authoritarian regime. The crowd then turned on a less obvious target: a popular Chinese-owned shopping mall stuffed
... Karzai's brother financed Dubai property purchases through embattled Kabul Bank -
DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - The brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai made nearly $1 million on a Dubai property deal financed with money from Kabul Bank, according to a person familiar with the transaction and a property sales registry.
... NATO chief: Karzai must crack down on graft -
Reports about endemic corruption in Afghanistan are undermining public support for the war among NATO allies, the military alliance's leader warned Tuesday.
... Israel turns back clock for Yom Kippur, sparking debate -
IN TEL AVIV Gil Leibowitz was heading down to the beach on a recent evening to "clear his head," as he put it, with a walk, a run and a sunset swim - the software engineer's after-work summer ritual.
Yom Kipp... Iraqi soldier kills 2 U.S. troops -
BAGHDAD - Two U.S. service members were killed and nine others were wounded when a Kurdish Iraqi soldier sprayed them with gunfire inside an Iraqi army commando base north of Baghdad on Tuesday afternoon, Iraqi and U.S. military officials said.
... Petraeus condemns Fla. church's plan to burn Korans -
KABUL - Gen. David H. Petraeus on Tuesday denounced plans by a Florida church to burn copies of the Koran this weekend, saying the demonstration could "endanger troops" and damage the U.S. war effort in Afghanistan.
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