International News

End student visa loopholes - Labour

BBC - Thu, 2013-03-07 04:05
Student visa loopholes are allowing tens of thousands of people to enter the UK without any checks, shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper says.

Call to name 'horsemeat supplier'

BBC - Thu, 2013-03-07 04:05
The government is urged to name a meat producer involved in supplying food containing horsemeat to schools and the armed forces.

Authors make libel reform plea

BBC - Thu, 2013-03-07 04:05
Writers including Sir Salman Rushdie and Stephen Fry sign a letter urging the UK's major political parties not to abandon libel reforms.

Fears over missing Pakistan climbers

BBC - Thu, 2013-03-07 03:58
Hopes of finding two missing mountaineers in Pakistan alive are fading after they went missing while scaling a peak of more than 8,000m.

VIDEO: 'Monster' marlin landed by landlord

BBC - Thu, 2013-03-07 03:56
A pub landlord from Norfolk is celebrating after claiming to land a "monster" blue marlin fish with just a rod and a line.

Ill daughter's fund donated to boy

BBC - Thu, 2013-03-07 03:51
A couple who raised £22,500 to help their seriously ill daughter are giving the money to a boy they have never met because her condition is incurable.

French mother tried for 9/11 T-shirt

BBC - Thu, 2013-03-07 03:35
A French mother goes on trial for sending her son, named Jihad, to nursery school wearing a T-shirt reading "I am a bomb" and "Born on 11 September".

VIDEO: House of Commons

BBC - Thu, 2013-03-07 03:24
The government resists calls from Labour to name a firm that supplied beef containing horsemeat.

'13,000 EU migrants' report defended

BBC - Thu, 2013-03-07 03:17
The economist whose report led to expectations 13,000 people from new EU countries in 2004 would move to the UK, denies it was "spectacularly wrong".

Malaysia rejects Filipino ceasefire

BBC - Thu, 2013-03-07 03:16
Malaysia rejects a call for a ceasefire in Sabah state to end an incursion by a group of Filipinos who say the land belongs to them.

Syria unrest 'wrecks health system'

BBC - Thu, 2013-03-07 03:09
Syria's health system has collapsed after two years of conflict, the medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres says.

Pavey to miss World Championships

BBC - Thu, 2013-03-07 03:06
Great Britain's Jo Pavey will miss this summer's World Athletics Championships as she is expecting her second baby.

Frozen phones give up data secrets

BBC - Thu, 2013-03-07 02:59
Putting an Android phone in a freezer for an hour can help get at its confidential contents, find German security researchers.

Police lose football costs appeal

BBC - Thu, 2013-03-07 02:59
West Yorkshire Police loses appeal case over the costs policing of matches at Leeds United's Elland Road stadium.

John Lewis announces 17% staff bonus

BBC - Thu, 2013-03-07 02:40
Department store group John Lewis announces a 17% bonus for staff after reporting a rise in annual profits.

Vince Cable's plan B: a "matter of judgment"

BBC - Thu, 2013-03-07 02:35
Stephanie Flanders says Cable's plan B is a 'matter of judgment'

N Korea ramps up nuclear rhetoric

BBC - Thu, 2013-03-07 02:18
North Korea vows to exercise its "right to launch a pre-emptive nuclear strike" against the US, as the UN prepares to vote on fresh sanctions.

Italian bank director found dead

BBC - Thu, 2013-03-07 02:17
The communications director of the world's oldest bank, Italy's Monte dei Paschi di Siena, is found dead in an apparent suicide.

Hard to keep key players - Lennon

BBC - Thu, 2013-03-07 02:11
Manager Neil Lennon admits it will be difficult for Celtic to retain the key players who have impressed in Europe.

Care abuse story 'must be told'

BBC - Thu, 2013-03-07 02:05
The full story of alleged neglect and fraud at care homes in south Wales "needs to be told", an MP says.
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