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Yahoo! News: World News: Bombers hit Somali airport, killing 9 others (AP)

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:20:37 -0400

AP - A suicide car bomber exploded at the gate to Mogadishu's airport Thursday, and suicide bombers in a second vehicle rushed toward the terminal before exploding themselves short of their goal, officials said. Up to 14 people were killed, including five attackers.

Yahoo! News: World News: Google chief on German charm offensive (AFP)

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:20:14 -0400

AFP - The head of Google Eric Schmidt said on Thursday he understood why Germans were uneasy about the company's Street View service for historical reasons, as he began a charm offensive aimed at assuaging their concerns.

BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition: Social worker 'did nothing wrong'

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:17:36 -0400

A social worker involved in a County Fermanagh child sex abuse case did not do anything wrong, her employer says.

Yahoo! News: World News: 4 al-Qaida prisoners escape US custody in Iraq (AP)

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:16:35 -0400

AP - Four prisoners with links to al-Qaida being guarded by American troops escaped from a maximum-security prison in Baghdad and are still at large, U.S. and Iraqi officials said Thursday.

BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition: Live text - Wawrinka v Youzhny

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:14:34 -0400

Stanislas Wawrinka and Mikhail Youzhny battle for a US Open semi-final spot, with Rafael Nadal and Fernando Verdasco in action later.

BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition: Two seriously hurt in plane crash

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:12:47 -0400

Two men are seriously injured when they become trapped when their light aircraft crashes into a garden in Hampshire.

Yahoo! News: World News: Iran to free 1 of 3 Americans in holiday clemency (AP)

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:11:49 -0400

AP - Iran said Thursday it will free one of three Americans jailed for more than 13 months as an act of clemency to mark the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.

Yahoo! News: World News: Four escape U.S. custody at Iraq prison that held Saddam (McClatchy Newspapers)

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:05:00 -0400

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — Four prisoners escaped a maximum-security U.S. military facility housing al Qaida in Iraq suspects and former members of Saddam Hussein's regime, officials said Thursday, in an embarrassing development for American forces as they hand over security operations in Iraq.

BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition: Explosive end for EastEnders star

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:04:56 -0400

An explosive EastEnders storyline which will lead to the departure of Peggy Mitchell, played by Barbara Windsor, has begun.

BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition: Reprieve for US stem cell funding

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:02:49 -0400

A court says federal funding for US stem cell research can continue until a final legal decision on the matter.

NYT > Home Page: Deaths in Florida Challenge Beach-Driving Tradition

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:59:31 -0400

Many are questioning the practice of driving on the beaches near Daytona after two children were run over and killed this year.

BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition: Belgium church raids are illegal

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:56:19 -0400

Belgium's court rules that recent raids by police probing alleged child sex abuse by Catholic priests were illegal, throwing the investigation into doubt.

Yahoo! News: World News: Pakistan's Riaz faces police in spot-fix row (AFP)

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:50:38 -0400

AFP - Pakistan fast bowler Wahab Riaz will stay in Britain to be interviewed by police over the alleged spot-fixing scandal, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ijaz Butt said on Thursday.

NYT > Home Page: Visiting Ground Zero, Asking Allah for Comfort

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:50:02 -0400

Hadidjatou Karamoko Traoré is a 9/11 widow who has had to balance an overnight job, three children and her Muslim faith.

NYT > Home Page: Appeals Court Allows Stem Cell Funding for Now

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:45:07 -0400

A federal court permitted federal funding of research until the court rules on the Obama administration’s case.

BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition: MPs back new phone hacking probe

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:44:16 -0400

MPs back calls for a fresh parliamentary investigation into phone hacking claims after criticism of News of the World journalists.

Yahoo! News: World News: Has Pakistan's Military Lost Ground to the Floods? (Time.com)

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:40:00 -0400

Time.com - For Pakistan's powerful military, the unprecedented floods have been a mixed blessing

Yahoo! News: World News: China makes major breakthrough in quantum teleportation (Time.com)

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:40:00 -0400

Time.com - While China has been showing off its new hardware, a potentially more important military advancement has gone largely unnoticed -- a major breakthrough in quantum teleportation

NYT > Home Page: Iran to Release One of the Detained U.S. Hikers

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:38:59 -0400

Iran announced that one of the three Americans jailed for more than a year will be released Saturday to mark the end of Islamic holy month of Ramadan.

NYT > Home Page: Agents Bet on Future at the Juniors Tournament

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:38:40 -0400

Junior players audition for agents and sponsorship dollars at the Open.

BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition: £10,000 reward on teenager murder

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:29:28 -0400

Police are offering a £10,000 reward in their search for a man wanted in connection with the murder of a teenager in Cardiff.

BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition: Obama condemns Koran burning plan

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:20:11 -0400

President Obama calls a small church's plan to burn the Koran a "recruitment bonanza" for al-Qaeda, while Interpol warns a violent response is likely.

Los Angeles Times - Top News: Metrolink train hits 3 pedestrians, killing 2

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:16:00 -0400

A section of railroad tracks in south Orange County where two people were struck and killed by a Metrolink train Thursday is near a park that is frequented by teenagers and young adults drinking and taking drugs, a neighbor said.

Los Angeles Times - Top News: Obama urges Florida pastor to drop plan to burn Koran on 9/11 anniversary

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:13:00 -0400

The president says the protest would be a 'recruitment bonanza for Al Qaeda.' The White House looks at ways to stop the burning, and the State Department warns overseas travelers to be careful.

President Obama on Thursday joined the growing chorus of top U.S. officials calling on a Florida pastor to abandon his plans to stage a Koran burning on the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition: MSPs' allowances hit record high

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:01:14 -0400

MSPs claimed a record amount of expenses last year, with payments totalling almost £11.7m.

BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition: Wife murdered by cheating husband

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:56:25 -0400

A man who texted two lovers with messages of affection on the day he killed his wife of nearly 26 years is jailed for life.

NYT > Home Page: Richard Chai Gets the Week Off to a Slick Start

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:49:13 -0400

Fashion Week opened on Thursday with a show by one of New York’s rising stars.

Yahoo! News: World News: Suicide attack in Russia kills 17, wounds over 130 (AP)

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:49:01 -0400

AP - A suicide car bomber hit a central market in southern Russia on Thursday, killing at least 17 people and wounding more than 130 in one of the North Caucasus region's worst attacks in years, officials said.

NYT > Home Page: Lobbyists Rush to Hire G.O.P. Staff Ahead of Midterm Vote

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:48:54 -0400

With Democrats in danger of losing control of Congress, some lobbying shops, trade groups and contractors are moving to hire more Republicans.

BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition: Victim would not meet McGuinness

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:42:24 -0400

The son of a man killed in the Claudy bombings in 1972 says he does not believe Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness has told the whole truth.

BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition: Redknapp eyes England manager job

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:42:18 -0400

Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp would find it "hard to turn down" the England job if asked to replace manager Fabio Capello.

Yahoo! News: World News: Afghans protest Quran burning plan, torch US flag (AP)

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:36:25 -0400

AP - Hundreds of angry Afghans burned a U.S. flag and chanted "Death to the Christians" on Thursday to protest plans by a small American church to torch copies of the Muslim holy book on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks.

BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition: MPs vote to stay in Afghanistan

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:33:28 -0400

MPs overwhelmingly back keeping UK troops in Afghanistan - the first time they have voted on the issue.

Yahoo! News: World News: Canada export weakness a concern: Flaherty (Reuters)

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:31:09 -0400

Reuters - Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Thursday he is concerned by the record high trade deficit Canada had in July and he called on the private sector to step up investment to improve productivity and help support economic growth.

BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition: US marines recapture pirated ship

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:24:07 -0400

US Marines have boarded and seized a vessel hijacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia, navy officials say.

BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition: Welfare bill 'to be cut by £4bn'

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:08:12 -0400

The government is planning to reduce the annual welfare bill by a further £4bn, Chancellor George Osborne tells the BBC.

Los Angeles Times - Top News: Iran to release one of 3 imprisoned American hikers, official says

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:08:00 -0400

It's not clear who will be let go, but observers say it's likely to be Sarah Shourd. She, Joshua Fattal and Shane Bauer were arrested in July 2009 after possibly straying into Iranian territory while hiking.

One of three Americans jailed in Iran last year after straying into Iranian territory during a hiking trip will be released from prison Saturday, an Iranian official said Thursday.

Yahoo! News: World News: U.S. Marines take back pirate-held ship off Somalia (AP)

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:04:44 -0400

AP - U.S. Marine commandos stormed a pirate-held cargo ship off the Somalia coast Thursday, reclaiming control and taking nine prisoners without firing a shot in the first such boarding raid by the international anti-piracy flotilla, U.S. Navy officials said.

BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition: Suicide raid hits Somalia airport

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:04:39 -0400

A carload of suspected Islamist suicide bombers attack Mogadishu airport, killing soldiers and civilians, officials say.

BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition: UK 'blind' to black female acts

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:00:35 -0400

The chair of the Mercury Prize claims that black British female artists are being ignored by the British public.

BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition: Hospital boss summoned to inquest

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:54:21 -0400

The chief executive of an NHS trust appears at an inquest into an elderly patient's death after she was summoned by the coroner.

BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition: Alonso faces team orders grilling

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:52:36 -0400

Fernando Alonso tries to put the team orders controversy behind Ferrari after the FIA decided against further punishment for the Italian team.

BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition: Second death linked to Legionnaires'

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:51:24 -0400

Health officials are investigating a second death which is being linked to a Legionnaires' disease outbreak in south Wales.

BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition: Iran 'set to release a US hiker'

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:32:44 -0400

Iran is set to release on Saturday one of three detained American hikers held since last July and accused of espionage, reports say.

Yahoo! News: World News: Strong earthquake strikes Chile's disaster area (AP)

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:15:36 -0400

AP - A magnitude-6.1 earthquake has hit the same part of Chile that suffered a catastrophic quake in February. The new temblor has caused alarm but no reported damage or injuries.

Yahoo! News: World News: World waits for unveiling of NKorean heir apparent (AP)

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:11:06 -0400

AP - North Korean children are already singing the praises of the young man in line to become the reclusive nation's next leader, analysts say, but the rest of the world doesn't even know the age, or, until recently, how to spell the name of Kim Jong Il's youngest son.

BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition: Apple lays App Store rules bare

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:06:28 -0400

Apple says that it will publish the guidelines it uses to determine which programs it sells in its App Store to appease critical developers.

BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition: Most expensive book up for sale

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:55:18 -0400

A rare copy of John James Audubon's Birds of America, billed as the world's most expensive book, is to go on sale at Sotheby's.

BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition: Coroner opposes closure of unit

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:45:00 -0400

A decision to shut a pathology department will lead to a delay in post-mortems and the downgrading of a general hospital, claims a coroner.

BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition: Smartphone chip battle heats up

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:37:35 -0400

Intel is to launch its first chip with built-in graphics, while established phone chipmaker ARM releases a fast new chip.

Los Angeles Times - Top News: Britney Spears denies child mistreatment allegations, saying L.A. County already investigated them

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:32:00 -0400

Britney Spears is denying allegations in a sexual-harassment lawsuit filed by a former bodyguard alleging that she mistreated her two children, saying L.A. County social workers investigated and found no wrongdoing.

BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition: North East 'least resilient' area

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:30:27 -0400

Industrial areas in the North East and Midlands are least resilient to economic shocks, BBC-commissioned research suggests.

BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition: Global economy slowing, says OECD

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:20:48 -0400

The global economic recovery is slowing faster than forecast, but a return to recession is unlikely, an economic group says.

BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition: Gove to change vocational courses

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:20:05 -0400

Education Secretary Michael Gove announces a review of vocational education in England, which he says "lost its way" under Labour.

NYT > Home Page: New Schools in South Africa Serve the Underserved

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:18:59 -0400

As many public schools have failed a post-apartheid generation of children, a budding movement is increasingly searching for alternatives.

BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition: Victoria Wood to star in Morecambe and Wise film

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:10:12 -0400

Comedians Victoria Wood and Vic Reeves sign up to star in a feature-length film about the comic duo Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise.

BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition: Alien 'killer' shrimp found in UK

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:03:07 -0400

An invasive species of predatory shrimp has been found in the UK for the first time.

BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition: Russia suicide bomber murders 16

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:58:20 -0400

A suicide bomber has killed at least 16 people and wounded one hundred others at a market in Vladikavkaz in southern Russia, officials say.

NYT > Home Page: War Games

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:57:10 -0400

What does it mean that the most popular cultural depictions of America’s current wars are video games?

BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition: Vulnerable to public sector cuts?

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:54:48 -0400

Find out how resilient areas of England might be

NYT > Home Page: Union Accuses China of Illegal Clean Energy Subsidies

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:54:40 -0400

The United Steelworkers union plans to file a legal case that accuses China of violating World Trade Organization rules.

NYT > Home Page: Chicago Journal: Considering Daley’s Exit, With Hope and With Fear

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:48:36 -0400

Chicago has felt conflicting emotions since Mayor Richard M. Daley said he’d leave the office he has had since 1989.

BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition: Parties unite over carriers fears

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:36:13 -0400

Scottish ministers and opposition politicians join forces in a bid to ensure the future of two Royal Navy aircraft carriers.

BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition: Committee to examine MP phone-hacking claims

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:30:51 -0400

MPs have decided to hold a new inquiry into allegations that some of their phones were hacked by journalists at the News of the World.

BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition: Living under fire in a US Army outpost

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:30:02 -0400

Captain Henry Hansen of the US Army's 101st Airborne shows Quentin Sommerville around their combat outpost near Afghanistan's border with Pakistan.

BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition: Saudi website for fatwas closes

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:26:27 -0400

The popular Islam Today website, run by the Saudi cleric Salman al-Awdah, has closed its section offering thousands of Islamic religious rulings.

BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition: Taliban chief says victory close

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:22:10 -0400

Taliban leader Mullah Omar says his fighters are on the verge of victory in Afghanistan and the Nato-led campaign has been "a complete failure".

BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition: Model politician

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:17:48 -0400

British-born ex-Miss Bolivia on why she has gone into politics

BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition: China U-turn on enforced blackout

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:15:29 -0400

Thousands of people in China are to have their electricity restored after the reversal of an order for enforced power cuts to meet energy-saving goals.

BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition: US exports near to two-year high

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:14:19 -0400

The US trade gap in July narrowed thanks to increased exports of large US-made items such as aircraft.

NYT > Home Page: Obama Speaks Out Against Pastor’s Plan to Burn Koran

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:13:55 -0400

President Obama said on Thursday that the Florida pastor’s plan endangers American troops and is “contrary to our values” of religious tolerance.

BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition: Castro doubts over Cuban system

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:12:52 -0400

Cuba's Fidel Castro says the Cuban model no longer works in the latest excerpt from an interview with a US journalist.

NYT > Home Page: Chinese Advocate’s Confinement Continues After Release From Prison

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:12:43 -0400

Chen Guangcheng, a blind lawyer, had been imprisoned after challenging government policies that exploited farmers, discriminated against the disabled and brutally enforced China’s one-child policy.

BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition: Riaz to face police questioning

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:11:49 -0400

Pakistan bowler Wahab Riaz will be questioned by Scotland Yard on 14 September in relation to allegations of corruption.

BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition: Indian caste census due in 2011

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:00:59 -0400

India's first caste-based census since 1931 will take place next year, the cabinet announces.

BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition: Defence firm BAE cuts 1,000 jobs

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 09:29:50 -0400

BAE Systems announces it is to axe almost 1,000 jobs across the UK, with 740 to go from five sites in England.

BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition: Door ajar on private universities

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 09:13:18 -0400

The Universities Minister suggests an increased role for private universities as he signals graduates will have to pay more for their degrees.

Los Angeles Times - Top News: Emanuel would be 'excellent' mayor of Chicago, Obama says

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 09:12:00 -0400

But the president predicts that his chief of staff won't make a decision about seeking the office until after the November congressional elections.

White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel would do a good job as Chicago mayor, President Obama said in an interview Thursday morning, but he predicted Emanuel's decision about whether to seek the office likely wouldn't come until after the November congressional elections.

BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition: University research focus 'wrong'

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 08:42:29 -0400

Science Minister David Willetts says the research-teaching balance in universities has 'gone wrong', after defending cuts to science research.

BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition: Media barons "have no predators"

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 08:35:06 -0400

The Labour MP for West Bromwich, Tom Watson, used the Commons debate on phone hacking to accuse fellow members of cowardice in the face of Britain's tabloid newspapers.

BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition: Toshack departs as Wales manager

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 08:34:21 -0400

John Toshack departs as Wales manager after a six-year reign with immediate effect by "mutual consent".

BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition: Meet the Strictly Stars

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 08:21:28 -0400

Meet the Strictly Come Dancing Stars of 2010.

BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition: Chote set to head Budget office

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 08:18:48 -0400

Economist and former journalist Robert Chote is to become the new head of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR).

NYT > Home Page: Court Dismisses a Case Asserting Torture by C.I.A.

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 08:12:16 -0400

A sharply divided appeals court dismissed a lawsuit involving the C.I.A.’s “extraordinary rendition” program.

Los Angeles Times - Top News: Suicide car bomber kills 15, injures 133 in Russia

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:54:00 -0400

The driver attacked a market in North Ossetia. No one immediately claimed responsibility.

A suicide car bomber hit the central market of a major city in Russia's North Caucasus on Thursday, killing at least 15 and wounding more than 130 people in one of the worst terror attacks in the volatile region in years, officials said.

BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition: Talk of The Town

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:48:17 -0400

Rebecca Hall is fast becoming one of Britain's leading actresses

BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition: Yemeni soldier killed in ambush

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:43:30 -0400

Gunmen open fire on soldiers in southern Yemen, killing at least one and wounding others.

Los Angeles Times - Top News: Obama calls on minister to cancel plan to burn Koran

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:41:00 -0400

He says the act would be a 'recruitment bonanza for Al Qaeda.'

President Obama exhorted a Florida minister Thursday to "listen to those better angels" and call off his plan to engage in a Koran-burning protest this weekend.

BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition: Critical mass

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:40:58 -0400

How does the Catholic church endorse Britain’s only gay Mass?

BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition: Euro MPs condemn France over Roma

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:38:43 -0400

Euro MPs call on France to suspend its deportations of Roma (Gypsies), as Paris seeks co-operation from Romania.

BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition: UK interest rates remain at 0.5%

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:28:49 -0400

The Bank of England keeps UK interest rates on hold at a record low of 0.5% for the 18th consecutive month.

BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition: Clegg seeks to calm cuts anxiety

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:13:51 -0400

Nick Clegg has sought to calm fears over the impact of spending cuts, insisting they will be spread over four years not implemented immediately.

BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition: Ed Miliband tops August donations

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:09:28 -0400

Leadership hopeful Ed Miliband raised the most money of any of the Labour contenders during August, Electoral Commission figures show.

BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition: NHS IT costs to be cut by £700m

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 06:56:13 -0400

The government has announced £700m of savings in the national IT programme for the NHS in England, cutting the overall cost to £11.4bn.

NYT > Home Page: Blair Memoir a Hit, Despite a Few Hard Knocks

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 06:54:40 -0400

Some people may dislike the former prime minister, but that is not stopping record sales of his book.

BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition: Rodney King tying the knot with his juror

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 06:53:38 -0400

Nineteen years after his brutal beating by four LA police officers, Rodney King is marrying a juror from the case.

BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition: Cameron tribute to 'amazing dad'

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 06:32:51 -0400

David Cameron and his family pay tribute to their late father, saying he had "touched a lot of lives".

BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition: Japan-China boat spat escalates

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 06:10:20 -0400

China warns Japan that their wider relationship will suffer if Tokyo mishandles a dispute about a Chinese fishing boat seized in disputed waters.

BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition: British hostage freed in Pakistan

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:56:08 -0400

A British journalist held captive by militants in north-west Pakistan since March is released.

BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition: Mexico crime 'like an insurgency'

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 04:59:37 -0400

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says Mexican drug violence is looking increasingly like an insurgency, a comment strongly rejected by Mexico.