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News and Media RSS FeedsUK soldiers push to clear Taliban - Hundreds of UK soldiers launch an operation to clear Taliban insurgents from a key stronghold in southern Afghanistan....Feed Source: www.bbc.co.uk Points failure caused rail crash - A points failure caused the Potters Bar train crash which killed seven people, an inquest jury decides.... Prescott Iraq intelligence doubts - The intelligence on Iraq's weapons threat was "not very substantial", former deputy prime minister Lord Prescott says.... French mother 'relieved by truth' - A French mother who admitted killing eight of her newborn babies is relieved that her secret is finally out in the open, her lawyer says.... Strikes and ash extend BA losses - BA reveals a steep quarterly loss of £164m after being hit by cabin crew strikes and disruption caused by the volcanic ash cloud.... Fugitive tycoon Nadir given bail - Fugitive Polly Peck tycoon Asil Nadir, who fled to northern Cyprus in 1993, is granted bail.... Expenses four in appeals defeat - Three ex Labour MPs and an ex-Tory peer lose appeals over a ruling that they are not protected from prosecution over expenses fraud allegations. ... Benefits face 'radical' shake-up - Merging all tax credits and benefits into a single payment is one option being considered by Iain Duncan Smith in a "radical" welfare shake-up.... Gove defends academy schools list - The Education Secretary insists there no is rush for schools in England to become academies, after criticism over the number of schools coming forward.... Police officer in murder arrest - A 26-year-old quizzed over the death of a man at a Merseyside pub was an off-duty police officer, it has emerged.... Suspect mail at US Paris embassy - Two employees at the US embassy in France are taken for medical check-ups after a suspect package is identified at the building's post room.... Life on Mars? Rocks may contain remains of life - Researchers identify rocks that they say could contain the fossilised remains of life on early Mars. ... Rare million pound car clamped outside Harrods - A luxury car worth £1.2m is clamped outside Harrods in central London after being illegally parked.... Live - England v Pakistan - James Anderson and Steven Finn tear through the Pakistan top order after England collapse to 354 all out.... Vettel heads Alonso in practice - Red Bull appear to be in total control as McLaren struggle during second practice for Sunday's Hungarian Grand Prix.... Redknapp defends Parker pursuit - Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp defends the club's pursuit of West Ham's Scott Parker insisting the Hammers are guilty of unsettling the midfielder.... Ennis makes strong start at Euros - Britain's Jessica Ennis gets her bid for European heptathlon gold off to a strong start by winning the 100m hurdles and the high jump events in Barcelona.... Garrido leaves Man City for Lazio - Lazio complete the signing of left-back Javier Garrido from Manchester City for an undisclosed fee.... Scarlett case 'may help tourists' - The mother of teenager Scarlett Keeling says she hopes the trial into her death in Goa will improve the region for tourists.... Man held over 'motiveless' murder - Police make an arrest in connection with the murder of a man who was shot in an apparently random attack in west London.... Man arrested over gangland murder - A 28-year-old man is arrested in connection with the murder of Kevin "Gerbil" Carroll in Glasgow.... Drink theft clue in murder probe - Police say a man who was murdered in Glasgow had been attacked by several people who tried to steal his alcohol.... Widow's relief as remains found - The widow of a man believed to have been killed by the IRA in 1981 said she felt sad but relieved that her husband's remains appeared to have been found.... PSNI release riot suspect images - Pictures of 14 suspected rioters are released by police investigating trouble in the Ardoyne area of north Belfast. ... Family funeral tribute to soldier - The family of a soldier killed in Afghanistan pay tribute ahead of his funeral, calling him "brave, courageous and loyal".... Ex-BBC executive inquiry dropped - Prosecutors say former BBC Wales head of operations Toby Grosvenor will not face criminal charges after a theft inquiry.... Four fined over SA 'racist video' - Four white South Africans are fined $2,700 (£1,700) each after making a video humiliating black university workers.... Saudi warned on expelling Somalis - The UN refugee agency urges Saudi Arabia to stop deporting Somalis, saying 2,000 have recently been sent to Mogadishu.... Sale of EDF's UK networks agreed - A consortium headed by Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-Shing agrees to buy the UK networks of French power group EDF for £5.8bn ($9.1bn).... China river hunt for toxic drums - Search teams in north-east China are still searching for thousands of barrels of toxic chemicals washed into a major river by flooding.... Greek hauliers defy strike order - Greek lorry drivers continue a strike in Athens, in defiance of an emergency order imposed by the government.... Berlusconi plays down party split - Italy's PM Silvio Berlusconi insists that his ruling right-wing coalition will survive despite a split with his party's co-founder Gianfranco Fini.... Military kills Mexico drug lord - The Mexican government says security forces have killed leading drug trafficker Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel.... Cuban hunger striker returns home - Cuban dissident Guillermo Farinas, who was on hunger strike for more than 130 days, is released from hospital.... Syria and Saudi leaders in Beirut - Syria's president is in Lebanon after years of tension between the two countries, on a visit with the Saudi king to try to avert a looming political crisis.... Arab League endorses direct talks - The Arab League backs direct Palestinian peace talks with the Israelis, but leaves the timing to the Palestinians, officials say.... South Asia floods kill hundreds - Floods caused by heavy monsoon rain kill hundreds of people in Pakistan and Afghanistan, washing away whole villages, roads and bridges. ... US has deadliest Afghan war month - US forces suffered the deadliest month of their nine-year Afghan campaign, with 63 service members killed in July.... US closes its consulate in Juarez - The US consulate in the border city of Ciudad Juarez has been closed indefinitely while a security review is carried out.... Canada weighs pig killer retrial - The Canadian Supreme Court decides whether to grant a new trial to a pig farmer convicted of killing six women.... US economic growth slows to 2.4% - US economic growth slowed between April and June, with GDP growing by an annualised rate of 2.4%, the US Commerce Department says.... Disney sells Miramax film studios - Walt Disney announces the sale of its Miramax film division for about $660m to a group of private equity investors.... Deadline for tax credits renewal - Families face missing out on financial assistance if they miss Saturday's deadline to renew tax credits.... MoD 'to pay for Trident renewal' - The MoD is facing further pressure on its budget after the chancellor says it will have to pay for new nuclear submarines, and not the Treasury as before.... Public to veto council tax rises - The public will be able to veto their council tax bills in England if charges are above an agreed limit, ministers will announce.... Coalition deal 'untruths' claim - Labour's Ed Miliband claims the coalition government was "built on a series of untruths" after revelations in a BBC documentary. ... Calcium pills 'raise' heart risk - Calcium supplements taken by many older people could be increasing their risk of a heart attack, research shows.... Pregnant women rights questioned - The right of women to choose whether they have home births is being questioned by a leading medical journal.... Drug prescribed after web search - A father persuades the NHS to give his sick daughter a "miracle" drug he found on the internet.... Maths fears over A-level reforms - Plans to reform A-levels could put students off maths and lead to university department closures, an academic body warns.... 150 schools ask to be academies - More than 150 top schools in England have applied to become academies, government documents show.... Dramatic fall in pupil expulsion - There has been a dramatic fall in the number of pupils excluded from schools in England in the past year, official figures show. ... Call to check on mobile security - Owners of mobile phones are being asked to test the security of their network to see if enough is being done to stop eavesdropping.... UK troops use iPad app for fire mission training - Newsbeat's had an exclusive look at new training being given to UK soldiers at the Royal School of Artillery in Wiltshire.... Facebook data hoarder speaks out - Security researcher Ron Bowes tells BBC News why he collected and published the personal details of 100m Facebook users.... Galapagos off Unesco danger list - A UN panel votes to remove the Galapagos Islands from a "red list" of endangered heritage sites, to protests from a leading conservation group.... X Prize for oil spill solutions - The X Prize foundation, best known for launching the private spaceflight industry, launches a $1.4 million oil clean-up challenge. ... Plankton declining across oceans - The amount of plankton in the oceans has declined markedly over the last century, with warming identified as a cause.... DeGeneres leaving American Idol - Comedienne and chat show host Ellen DeGeneres is leaving American Idol after one season on the judging panel.... Ben Shephard says goodbye to GMTV - Ben Shephard bids farewell to GMTV after 10 years telling viewers: "I'm going to miss all of you, every single one of you."... Awards double for Valentine band - Welsh rock band Bullet For My Valentine scoop two prizes at this year's Kerrang! Awards, including best British group for the third year running.... Was croquet an Olympic sport? - Tug of war, croquet and cricket have all featured at the Olympics. See what else has been in and out over the years.... Child-free by choice - More women in the developed world are choosing not to have children. So why do others think it's OK to question this decision?... The big cheese - With thousands expected to flock to a major cheese fair, why are Britons taking this once-humble foodstuff so seriously?... Grim task of China oil clean-up - China is struggling with an arduous clean up after the country's worst oil spill, with grim conditions for those involved.... 'I survived grizzly bear attack' - A Canadian woman has said she played dead in order to escape from a bear during an attack in Montana that left one man dead.... Pakistan fighting Taliban on two fronts - The BBC's John Simpson visits the city of Peshawar in Pakistan to see how the country is dealing with fighting two Talibans.... Greek dolphin park welfare row - Animal welfare groups in Greece are calling for the closure of the country's first dolphinarium and urging schools not to visit the attraction.... A walk-in cow wash - it's Odd Box - The world of doggy ice cream, a huge waterfight in Russia and a walk-in cow wash. It's the week's weird and wonderful video stories in Newsbeat's Odd Box with Dominic Byrne.... Symphony to celebrate Yorkshire - Hundreds of amateur musicians have set the sights and sounds of Yorkshire to music.... Bollywood version of Austen's Emma - A modern Bollywood adaptation of Jane Austen's Emma is set to hit the big screen. Anna Holligan went to meet its stars.... London's cycle-hire scheme explained - Transport correspondent Richard Scott investigates how London's new cycle-hire scheme works.... Bad trip - Are family holidays worth all the hassle?... 7 days quiz - Who's the 'good lad'? Crisps boy, Massa or Dr Watson?... On your bike - Testing London's new hire bicycles... Pick up a Penguin - Colourful 75-year history of the famous book publisher... Rum ration - What did they do with the drunken sailor?... Speaking part - Delhi polishes up British accent in time for Games... Body of evidence - Was Dr Crippen innocent of his wife's murder?... Sex tourism boom - Brazil's uphill struggle curtailing lucrative trade in underage sex... Afghan war spending faces new scrutiny -
As part of its attempt to boost Afghanistan's economic and political development, the United States is paying thousands of Afghan contractors and subcontractors to perform much of the work that supports U.S. efforts there. But the "Afghan First" program could be achieving just the opposite of its
... Gunmen attack checkpoint in Baghdad, briefly raise flag of al-Qaeda in Iraq -
BAGHDAD -- Gunmen launched a rare, coordinated attack on Iraqi soldiers Thursday in a predominantly Sunni neighborhood of the capital and briefly erected the flag of the insurgent group al-Qaeda in Iraq near a smoldering army checkpoint.
... U.S. takes a tougher tone with China -
The Obama administration has adopted a tougher tone with China in recent weeks as part of a diplomatic balancing act in which the United States welcomes China's rise in some areas but also confronts Beijing when it butts up against American interests.
... Gen. Pace's somber Pentagon portrait evokes the struggles of warfare -
Hundreds of portraits of generals and admirals hang like wallpaper along the Pentagon's endless corridors.
... Oil leak called a threat to Lake Michigan -
Hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil that leaked into a Michigan river from a ruptured pipeline are heading downstream toward Lake Michigan, and the state's governor is warning of a "tragedy of historic proportions" should the oil get there.
... Environmentalists say pollution makes baptism at sacred spot in Jordan River unsafe -
QASR AL-YAHUD, WEST BANK -- Environmentalists claim that the hallowed spot along the Jordan River where Christians believe John the Baptist baptized Jesus Christ has become too filthy for human use.
Jordan ... Arab leaders back Palestinian Authority president on Israel talks -
MIDDLE EAST Arab nations on Thursday backed the Palestinian president's refusal to immediately restart direct talks with Israel despite heavy U.S. pressure.
Middle East - ... Body of Jarod Newlove, second missing U.S. sailor, found in Afghanistan -
KABUL -- A second U.S. sailor who disappeared in eastern Afghanistan last week has been found dead.
... Karzai calls WikiLeaks disclosures 'shocking' and dangerous to Afghan informants -
KABUL -- President Hamid Karzai said on Thursday that the disclosure of the names of Afghan informants in the trove of classified U.S. military documents posted online by the WikiLeaks Web site was "extremely irresponsible and shocking."
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