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Samsung loses Japan iPhone battle

Thu, 2013-02-28 10:25
Samsung has failed in its latest patent challenge against Apple, but is being aided by a former UK judge in a separate battle.
Categories: International News, National / International News

Viewpoints: EU banker bonus cap

Thu, 2013-02-28 10:20
What politicians, bankers and economists think of the EU move
Categories: International News, National / International News

Pope Benedict XVI leaves Vatican

Thu, 2013-02-28 09:52
Benedict XVI leaves the Vatican on his final day as Pope, saying he "will simply be a pilgrim" starting his last journey on earth.
Categories: International News, National / International News

Video games 'help dyslexic pupils'

Thu, 2013-02-28 09:38
Playing video games may help children with dyslexia improve their reading skills, research suggests.
Categories: International News, National / International News

Minister plays down barrage prospect

Thu, 2013-02-28 09:30
An energy minister plays down the prospects of the proposed £30bn Severn barrage getting the go-ahead and says the government needs more information.
Categories: International News, National / International News

Runaway Tube train operators fined

Thu, 2013-02-28 09:30
Three transport companies are fined £100,000 each after a runaway train came within 600m of crashing into a packed tube train.
Categories: International News, National / International News

EU banker bonus cap 'self-defeating'

Thu, 2013-02-28 09:29
The EU's proposed cap on banker bonuses will drive business away from London, says Boris Johnson, the mayor of Europe's biggest financial centre.
Categories: International News, National / International News

Boiling water murder pair guilty

Thu, 2013-02-28 09:15
Two men are found guilty of the murder of a 70-year-old man whom they tortured with boiling water while trying to steal money from him.
Categories: International News, National / International News

Holyrood chief in media document row

Thu, 2013-02-28 09:04
The Scottish Parliament's presiding officer Tricia Marwick has become involved in a row with the government over policy announcements made in the media.
Categories: International News, National / International News

Israel Ethiopian birth control probe

Thu, 2013-02-28 08:57
Israel's health ministry is to investigate why contraceptive injections were widely given to Ethiopian immigrant women.
Categories: International News, National / International News

Balloon survivor's tribute to wife

Thu, 2013-02-28 08:56
A British survivor of the Egypt hot air balloon tragedy - who remains stable in hospital - pays tribute to his wife who was killed in the crash.
Categories: International News, National / International News

Frustration forces Western shift on Syria

Thu, 2013-02-28 08:51
Frustration forces Western shift on Syria, says Jonathan Marcus
Categories: International News, National / International News

Death crash footballer sent to jail

Thu, 2013-02-28 08:47
A Manchester City footballer who admitted causing the death of two people by careless driving is jailed for 16 months.
Categories: International News, National / International News

Bangladesh Islamist sentenced to die

Thu, 2013-02-28 08:40
Senior Islamist leader Delwar Hossain Sayeedi is sentenced to death for crimes committed during Bangladesh's 1971 war of independence.
Categories: International News, National / International News

'Put disabled down' councillor quits

Thu, 2013-02-28 08:15
A councillor at the centre of a row over his remark that "disabled children should be put down" resigns.
Categories: International News, National / International News

VIDEO: Environment Committee

Thu, 2013-02-28 08:11
The Environment Committee takes evidence on the bovine TB vaccination.
Categories: International News, National / International News

Peace concert for Kenya election

Thu, 2013-02-28 08:05
A concert is held in the Kenyan capital with musicians calling for a peaceful election a day after a report revealed campaign attacks, hate speech and cases of ethnic intimidation.
Categories: International News, National / International News

Archbishop speaks of church's pain

Thu, 2013-02-28 07:56
The Archbishop temporarily replacing Cardinal Keith O'Brien speaks of the "painful and distressing times" affecting the Catholic Church.
Categories: International News, National / International News

CIA leaker starts 30-month sentence

Thu, 2013-02-28 07:38
John Kiriakou, a former CIA officer sentenced to 30 months in prison for leaking a covert officer's name, says he has made peace with his decision.
Categories: International News, National / International News

One rat brain 'talks' to another

Thu, 2013-02-28 07:33
Scientists have connected the brains of lab rats, allowing one to communicate directly to another through an electronic link.
Categories: International News, National / International News
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