International News

Man jailed for solicitor murder

BBC - Tue, 2013-06-18 02:28
A bankrupt businessman who shot a solicitor in the head as he worked in his office is jailed for 28 years.

US reveals 'indefinite detainees'

BBC - Tue, 2013-06-18 02:06
The US reveals a list of 46 Guantanamo inmates who it says it does not have the evidence to try, but are too dangerous to release.

Ethiopia, Egypt vow to ease tension

BBC - Tue, 2013-06-18 01:57
Ethiopia and Egypt agree to hold further talks to quell rising tensions over the building of a new dam on the Blue Nile, their foreign ministers say, after meeting in Addis Ababa.

Hungary charges Nazi suspect, 98

BBC - Tue, 2013-06-18 01:53
A 98-year-old Nazi war crimes suspect, Laszlo Csatary, linked to the murder of Jews in World War II, is charged in Hungary.

Echoes reveal the shape of a room

BBC - Tue, 2013-06-18 01:50
The geometric shape of a room can be mapped using the echoes from a sound recorded by four microphones placed inside a room, research finds.

Closure risk museums are 'safe'

BBC - Tue, 2013-06-18 01:50
Museums in three northern cities which had faced questions over their future are "safe" from closure, the Culture Minister says.

Cecafa to begin amidst security fears

BBC - Tue, 2013-06-18 01:35
The Cecafa Kagame Club Championship is set to kick-off on Tuesday in Sudan's South Kordofan region despite ongoing security concerns.

The state of tennis

BBC - Tue, 2013-06-18 01:09
With Wimbledon around the corner, BBC Sport looks at the task facing British tennis at grassroots and elite level

I'm cleverer than critics - Kinnear

BBC - Tue, 2013-06-18 00:56
Joe Kinnear says he has "more intelligence" than any of the critics who have questioned his return to Newcastle.

'Standing man' leads Turkish protest

BBC - Tue, 2013-06-18 00:49
A Turkish protester dubbed the "standing man" leads a vigil on Istanbul's Taksim Square days after the authorities evicted demonstrators.

Ieuan Wyn Jones to stand down as AM

BBC - Tue, 2013-06-18 00:47
The former leader of Plaid Cymru, Ieuan Wyn Jones, confirms he is to stand down from his Ynys Mon seat, triggering a by-election.

Swinney upbeat on post-Yes pensions

BBC - Tue, 2013-06-18 00:40
Scotland's Finance Secretary John Swinney is set to tell a Glasgow conference that Scottish pensions would be "fully protected" after independence.

Schools reading contest: e-books win

BBC - Tue, 2013-06-18 00:11
Nearly half the titles read by children in a national reading competition were consumed online, according to the charity Booktrust.

VIDEO: Saatchi cautioned for Nigella assault

BBC - Tue, 2013-06-18 00:08
Art collector Charles Saatchi has been cautioned for assault after images of him grasping his wife Nigella Lawson by the neck appeared in a newspaper.

VIDEO: Brazil protests overnight in Brasilia and Rio

BBC - Tue, 2013-06-18 00:05
As many as 200,000 people have marched through the streets of Brazil's biggest cities, as protests over rising public transport costs and the expense of staging the 2014 World Cup have spread.

In pictures: On solid ground

BBC - Tue, 2013-06-18 00:00
Marking World Refugee Day

British tennis needs 'big summer'

BBC - Mon, 2013-06-17 23:49
Sport England warns the Lawn Tennis Association that it must drive up participation figures or face losing valuable funding.

Former archbishop to head university

BBC - Mon, 2013-06-17 23:30
Former Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams is to become chancellor of the largest university in Wales.

Family tribute to hit-and-run victim

BBC - Mon, 2013-06-17 23:30
The family of a County Down man killed in a hit-and-run accident in New York remember him as a "man of many talents" who touched people's lives.

China in carbon trading experiment

BBC - Mon, 2013-06-17 23:26
China, the world's biggest carbon emitter, is to launch its first carbon trading scheme as a pilot project in Shenzhen.
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