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News and Media RSS FeedsRussian envoy in crisis-hit Syria - Russia's foreign minister is greeted by pro-government crowds as he arrives in Syria to meet President Assad, amid rising violence in the country....Feed Source: www.bbc.co.uk Maldives leader quits amid unrest - Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed resigns after weeks of demonstrations and a mutiny by some police officers.... Chinese workers 'freed' in Sudan - A group of Chinese workers kidnapped by rebels in Sudan has been freed and flown to Kenya, a statement from Sudan's foreign ministry says.... Prince leads Dickens celebrations - The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall are leading global celebrations marking the 200th anniversary of Charles Dickens's birth.... Trendnet flaw hits home net cams - Thousands of Trendnet security camera webfeeds have been breached and shared on the internet, including live video from children's rooms.... Euro 'could survive Greece exit' - EU Commissioner Neelie Kroes piles pressure on Greece to agree tough reforms, saying a euro exit would be "no man overboard".... Iranians 'detained for BBC links' - Reports from Iran say several people have been detained for alleged links to the BBC's Persian Service, which is banned in the country.... US to deport Liberia ex-warlord - Former Liberian rebel leader George Boley is to be deported from the US for his role in the civil war of the 1990s, a judge rules.... Obama to give back campaign funds - US President Barack Obama's election campaign is to return some $200,000 of funding linked to the family of a Mexican fugitive.... Frozen Italy tackles 'gas crisis' - Italy imposes emergency measures on businesses to conserve gas as freezing weather continues to grip the country and much of Europe.... 'Lone wolf' terror threat warning - The UK could face a growing threat from "lone wolf" terrorists returning from fighting overseas in the next few years, a think tank warns.... Glencore-Xstrata in $90bn merger - Anglo-Swiss mining group Xstrata announces a $90bn merger with Glencore, the world's largest commodity trader.... VIDEO: Syria artillery onslaught on Homs - Residents in the restive Syrian city of Homs are suffering one of the fiercest assaults from government troops since the uprising began.... VIDEO: Skydiver to jump from space - An Austrian adventurer is making the final preparations to jump from the very point where the atmosphere ends and space begins.... VIDEO: Medical system for Libyan's 'abused' - A system for sending wounded people from the Libyan conflict abroad for treatment has been suspended after it came to light that it has been abused.... VIDEO: One-minute World News - Watch the latest news summary from BBC World News. International news updated 24 hours a day.... VIDEO: Big freeze tightens grip on Europe - The Arctic conditions sweeping Europe have tightened their grip, with more deaths reported in Poland and Ukraine, taking the toll to well over 200.... VIDEO: How plants warn each other of danger - Professor Iain Smith shows how researchers have captured the process by which plants alert each other to potential threat.... VIDEO: Prince to mark Dickens anniversary - On the 200th anniversary of Charles Dickens's birth, the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall will attend a special service at Westminster Abbey.... VIDEO: Breivik appears in Oslo court - Anders Breivik, who killed 77 people in a bombing and mass shooting in Norway, has appeared in court in Oslo.... UBS profits down on weak business - Profits at Swiss bank UBS slump by three-quarters and the outlook remains tough as the eurozone crisis saps business.... BP ups dividend as profits rise - BP announces sharply higher profits and increases its dividend to shareholders for the first time since the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil disaster.... Ofcom wants Openreach price cut - Telecoms regulator Ofcom tells BT Group to cut the wholesale prices it charges for use of its lines... Transplant jaw made by 3D printer - An 83-year-old woman is fitted with a jaw made by a 3D printer in what doctors say is the first operation of its kind.... Jubilee gig line-up is announced - Dame Shirley Bassey, Sir Elton John and Sir Paul McCartney are among the artists who will play at The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Concert in London in June.... Madonna announces next world tour - Madonna announces the dates for her latest world tour, which will start in Israel in March.... 'Invader' drives ladybird decline - Fast declines in some UK and European ladybirds are being caused by the spread of the invasive harlequin species, scientists show.... Jurassic cricket's song recreated - The "love song" of a 165-million-year-old insect is recreated from a tiny and remarkably intact fossil, say scientists.... 'Birth defect risk' for diabetics - The risk of birth defects increases four-fold if the pregnant mother has diabetes, a study of 400,000 pregnancies in England suggests.... Campaign to cut smoking in cars - A campaign to stop people smoking in cars when carrying children - and which could pave the way for a ban - is launched by the Welsh government.... Terry not ready to quit England - John Terry still wants to play for England despite being stripped of the captaincy for the second time, BBC Sport understands.... Five killer whales 'sue' SeaWorld - Five killer whales are named as plaintiffs in a lawsuit which argues that they deserve the same constitutional protection from slavery as humans.... SA 'resurrected singer' detained - A South African man who claims to be a famous Zulu musician who apparently died in 2009 is in custody until DNA tests determine his identity, police say.... Charity quits after Mali attacks - Medical charity Doctors of the World pulls out of northern Mali following a recent outbreak of fighting by Tuareg rebels - some of whom used to fight for Col Gaddafi in Libya.... Search on for Philippine missing - Search and rescue teams look for survivors of a 6.7 magnitude quake that shook the central Philippines on Monday, leaving dozens dead or missing.... Abu Qatada 'may yet be deported' - The government is still working with Jordan to try to reach assurances that will allow radical cleric Abu Qatada to be deported, the attorney general says.... Venezuela holds Colombia fugitive - Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos says one of the country's most wanted paramilitary leaders, known as Martin Llanos, has been captured in Venezuela.... Israel condemns Fatah-Hamas move - Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu condemns a unity deal between the Palestinian Authority and Hamas, saying it damages prospects for peace.... US tightens Iran bank sanctions - US President Barack Obama places new sanctions on Iran, blocking government assets held in the US, including the Iranian Central Bank.... Police failed over hack warnings - The Met Police should have warned people they were the victims of phone hacking by the News of the World, a judicial review rules.... Stores offer warranty concessions - Dixons, Comet and Argos have pledged to improve the way extended warranties for electrical goods are sold, the Office for Fair Trading says.... Press watchdog 'made a scapegoat' - The Press Complaints Commission was made a scapegoat over phone-hacking at the News of the World, its former chairman tells the Leveson Inquiry.... Court hears social care challenge - The Supreme Court is to hear a case challenging the way councils in England can consider their finances when assessing people for social care.... In pictures: Snowy Sunday - Much of UK with several inches of snow... Super Bowl photos - New York Giants beat New England Patriots... In pictures: Making charcoal from Liberian rubber trees - Making make use of old rubber trees in Liberia... Week in pictures: 28 January-3 February - News photos from around the world: 28 January-3 February... The Queen: 60 photographs for 60 years - Sixty photographs for 60 years on the throne... In pictures: Venice in Solitude - Haunting views of Venice's waterways... Where the Titanic was born - Drawing offices where Titanic was designed... Day in pictures: 3 February 2012 - 24 hours of news photos: 3 February 2012... When did the middle finger become offensive? - When did the middle finger become offensive?... Why spend 15 hours a week cutting coupons? - Why spend 15 hours a week cutting up newspapers?... Did Dickens really save poor children and clean up the slums? - Did Dickens save poor children and clean up the slums?... Gabon: Surfing hippos, lacking tourists - So why has Gabon failed to become tourist hot-spot?... Road warriors struggle to get connected - Road warriors struggle to get connected... Moving from penguins to profiles - How do we keep our web-savvy children safe online?... Climate consensus cracking open - or not... - Why climate sceptics claim they've cracked the consensus... Working with Lucian Freud - Lucian Freud as seen by his assistant, model and friend... U.S. closes embassy, pulls diplomats from Syria as violence intensifies -
DAMASCUS, SYRIA ? The United States closed its embassy in Damascus on Monday amid escalating violence in Syria and an increasingly urgent effort by the Obama administration and like-minded governments to raise pressure on President Bashar al-Assad to leave power.
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... Egypt?s plan to charge 19 Americans highlights tense relationship with activists -
CAIRO ? Julie Hughes, a veteran pro-democracy worker, was crushed when she missed out on Egypt?s revolt last year. In a Facebook posting at the time, she said, ?It?s like having your next door neighbor throw an incredibly joyous party and you don?t get an invitation.?
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... 3 Mexican presidential hopefuls vie to lead a nation weary of politics -
MEXICO CITY ? With a decisive primary victory Sunday night, Josefina Vazquez Mota became the first woman to represent a major party in the Mexican presidential election, which backers hope will excite voters weary of the drug violence and political gridlock of her party?s leader, President Felipe Calderon.
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... Fatah, Hamas choose Abbas to head new joint government -
JERUSALEM ? The rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas announced Monday they had agreed that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas will head an interim unity government that will prepare for new elections, ending a prolonged stalemate over how to mend their bitter rift.
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... Web site strives to fight corruption in Kenya -
NAIROBI ? Everyone in Kenya knows the phrase ?kitu kidogo.?
It means ?something small? in Swahili, and it refers to the bribes Kenyans pay minor bureaucrats, such as policemen and utility company employees, to make life easier. For decades, Kenyans had only their relatives and friends to complain to. Until now, that is.
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... Obama may pick Lute for European command -
The Obama administration is considering nominating retired Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute as the next commander of the U.S. European Command, a move that could stir controversy among some senior military officials who have clashed with Lute over war policy.
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... In birthplace of Syria?s uprising, a fragile military control -
DARAA, Syria ? Nearly 11 months ago, protests against local authorities began in this small southern town and spread to become an uprising against the government of Bashar al-Assad that engulfed Syria.
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... Expats lured by Brazil?s booming economy -
SAO PAULO, Brazil ? It just made sense to be in South America?s economic heart, Jonathan Rosenthal reasoned, no matter that he had been working on Wall Street with some of the investment world?s most heady firms.
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... Petraeus, with plenty of practice, sticks to message -
In his first extended public appearance as CIA director, David H. Petraeus this week did more than display his well-known discipline for staying on message. He did his best to bring other government voices back on message as well.
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... Hackers release call between FBI, Scotland Yard -
As the FBI and Scotland Yard conducted a conference call last month on their investigation of an international group of hackers, the discussions were being secretly monitored -- by the hackers themselves.
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... Feinstein offers peek at U.S.-Israeli talks on Iran -
Open intelligence hearings on Capitol Hill are never completely open. Lawmakers and witnesses try to stick to what?s safe to say in public, without disclosing details on espionage operations or what?s happening behind the scenes in Washington.
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... Army officer who sparked controversy with remarks on Islam pulls out of West Point address -
A retired U.S. Army general with a history of making inflammatory remarks about Islam has canceled his plans to be the featured guest at an event at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, the academy said.
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... M.I.A. song ?Bad Girls,? lawsuits renew fight for Saudi women?s right to drive -
Days before M.I.A. flipped the bird at the Super Bowl, she was flipping the metaphorical bird at someone else: Saudi Arabia.
In her new music video for ?Bad Girls,? M.I.A. is shown prancing about as what are believed to be Saudi women go drag racing, and Saudi male onlookers cheer them on. While some Saudi women are upset with the Arab stereotypes M.I.A. used in the video; many others say they were glad she was ?pushing the boundaries? to get t... India censors Google, Facebook ? but other democracies are even worse -
The world?s largest democracy has begun censoring the web.
Google India and Facebook removed content Monday on the orders of the Indian government, which had issued a court order asking for censorship of pages offensive to Indian?s political and religious leaders, the Associated Press reports. The government also sought to censor content from YouTube and Blogspot, saying these sites had two weeks to start better policing their networks.
Read... Iran?s ninja army is made up of 3,500 women -
Somewhere in the eastern hemisphere, thousands of female ninjas are being trained for battle. And no, it?s not in Japan ? or in a new Quentin Tarantino project.
Some 3,500 women in Iran have registered as official ninjas-in-training, according to a recent video report by state-run Press TV. In the more than six-minute video, filmed at the Iran Ninjutsu Club in the ?heart of Iran,? the female warriors are shown practicing stances of attack, ste... Photo of the Day: What in the world? -
Update: The photo below is from Indonesia.
When Chinese merchants traveled through Asia centuries ago, they took their traditions and rituals with them. Thousands of years later, many countries in Asia celebrate the centuries-old traditions, adding their own twists.
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... U.S. closes Syrian embassy: How often does the U.S. shutter embassies? -
The U.S. State Department closed its embassy in Syria on Monday and pulled the remaining staff.
The decision came after the Syrian government refused to address U.S. security concerns amid the 10-month uprising against President Bashar al-Assad, State Department officials said. Ambassador Robert Ford and 16 other employees have left the country.
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... Europe turns up the pressure on Greece over debt plan -
European leaders pressed Greece on Monday to quickly resolve deadlocked talks over a new international bailout and are threatening to let the country default if Athens does not agree to new economic reforms.
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... Messages show conflict within NRC after Japan earthquake and tsunami -
In the confusion following the earthquake and tsunami last March that damaged Japan?s Fukushima nuclear complex, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said it was standing by to help.
But a trove of e-mails posted on the NRC?sWeb site shows an agency struggling to figure out how to respond and how to deal with the American public while cutting through what one official called ?the fog of information? coming out of Japan.
Read full article >>... Russians drill into previously untouched Lake Vostok below Antarctic glacier -
Russian scientists have drilled into the vast, dark and never-before-touched Lake Vostok 2.2 miles below the surface of Antarctica, the state-run Russian news agency RIA Novosti said Monday.
?Yesterday, our scientists stopped drilling at the depth of 3,768 meters and reached the surface of the subglacial lake,? the news agency quoted a source as saying. The team had ?finally managed to pierce? the ice sheet into Vostok, the source said.
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