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Last Updated: November 20, 2009 05:01 pm


Match-fixing claims 'stun' football body

November 20, 2009 12:29 pm

About 200 football ties are under investigation in what one Uefa official calls Europe's biggest match-fixing scandal.

Drug resistant swine flu hits UK

November 20, 2009 12:14 pm

Health officials in Cardiff say a Tamiflu-resistant strain of swine flu has spread between hospital patients.

Re-start for 'Big Bang' machine

November 20, 2009 04:59 pm

The Large Hadron Collider experiment, designed to shed light on the cosmos, re-starts after 14 months of repairs.

New EU foreign head dismisses critics

November 20, 2009 06:57 am

The new EU foreign affairs chief rejects criticism of her lack of experience, saying she is the "the best person for the job".

Sears Towers plot leader jailed

November 20, 2009 04:59 pm

The leader of a plot to blow up the Sears Tower in Chicago is sentenced to 13 years in prison.

Easyjet sorry for Holocaust error

November 20, 2009 01:14 pm

Easyjet apologises after fashion photographs shot at the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin were published in its in-flight magazine.

Italian sex scandal woman 'dead'

November 20, 2009 09:35 am

A transsexual prostitute linked to a sex row involving an Italian politician is believed to have been burned to death, media report.

UK region hit by severe floods

November 20, 2009 08:50 am

Cumbrian police searching for an officer missing after a bridge collapsed during record rainfall find a body in police uniform.

UK navy fires on 'Spanish flag'

November 20, 2009 03:46 pm

The UK apologises to Spain after the Royal Navy uses a buoy with Spanish colours for target practice off Gibraltar.

Oprah to end daytime talk show in 2011

November 20, 2009 12:31 pm

A tearful Oprah Winfrey announces her talk show will end in September 2011 after 25 years on the air.

Galileo's fingers and a tooth found, Italian museum says

November 20, 2009 02:52 pm

Fingers and a tooth cut from the body of famed astronomer Galileo Galilei have been found, an Italian museum says.

France reject Irish replay hopes

November 20, 2009 03:51 pm

The French Football Federation turns down the Republic of Ireland's request for a replay of their controversial World Cup play-off game.

Mercedes want Schumacher - Jordan

November 20, 2009 10:54 am

Michael Schumacher will race in Formula 1 for Mercedes' new team in 2010, BBC Sport's Eddie Jordan believes.

Can Iran nuclear deal be reached?

November 20, 2009 02:16 pm

Six major powers say they are disappointed with Iran’s response to the offer of a nuclear power deal.

BBC World News

September 29, 2009 07:16 am

Body found in flood is missing Pc

November 20, 2009 03:13 pm

A body found after a bridge collapse in what the Environment Agency says is "unprecedented" flooding is missing Pc Bill Barker.

Yacht pair plead for ransom talks

November 20, 2009 02:41 pm

A British couple kidnapped by Somali pirates say via video footage that they fear they may be killed within a week.

'Dream killer' released by judge

November 20, 2009 09:02 am

A "devoted husband" who said he killed his wife while dreaming she was an intruder in their camper van is freed by a judge.

Town marking 100th repatriation

November 20, 2009 09:09 am

An cortege conveying the bodies of two soldiers killed in Afghanistan is the 100th repatriation procession through the Wiltshire town of Wootton Bassett.

'Gang asbos' extended to children

November 20, 2009 12:51 pm

Children as young as 14 could be banned from wearing gang colours or having violent dogs, under government plans.

Man guilty of ice-scrape carjack

November 20, 2009 12:13 pm

A man who carjacked a mother-of-four leaving her fighting for her life is found guilty of deliberately running her over.

Dangerous seas

November 20, 2009 03:23 pm

Can EU's taskforce defeat pirates off Somalia coast?

Back to future?

November 20, 2009 12:47 pm

Gavin Hewitt on what new EU names signal

Coaxing Karzai

November 20, 2009 04:32 pm

Will Clinton's approach to Afghan leader pay off?

Day in pictures

November 20, 2009 12:51 pm

Striking images from around the world

Repair job

November 20, 2009 05:32 am

How engineers repaired the Large Hadron Collider

In pictures

November 20, 2009 10:11 am

Winning images from Darwin 200 photo competition

Riot over Egypt football defeat

November 20, 2009 12:02 pm

Police are injured as Egypt fans' anger over reported violence after a World Cup game erupts in Cairo.

Peru arrests 'human fat killers'

November 20, 2009 05:18 am

Police in Peru arrest members of a gang accused of killing dozens of people to sell their fat for use in cosmetics.

Vietnam denies blocking Facebook

November 20, 2009 09:51 am

Vietnamese officials deny blocking access to Facebook for the site's million users, instead blaming a technical fault.

Profile: Herman van Rompuy

November 20, 2009 05:59 am

A profile of Belgian PM Herman van Rompuy, the European Union's first permanent president.

Iran criticised over nuclear deal

November 20, 2009 11:57 am

The six major powers say they are disappointed with Iran's apparent rejection of a deal over its nuclear programme.

Afghan ex-warlord escapes attack

November 20, 2009 09:18 am

MP and former Afghan warlord Abdul Rasul Sayyaf narrowly escapes an assassination attempt in which five bodyguards die.

ECB slows emergency cash support

November 20, 2009 11:41 am

The European Central Bank says it will scale back emergency monetary support for fear of fuelling inflation.

New skin 'may help burns victims'

November 19, 2009 08:06 pm

Researchers say they have found how to use human embryonic stem cells to create skin which could help serious burns victims.

One dead in Cyrus tour bus crash

November 20, 2009 11:16 am

An accident involving Miley Cyrus' tour bus kills one passenger and injures several other people, US police say.

UK climate unit's e-mails hacked

November 20, 2009 09:13 am

The e-mail system of one of the world's leading climate research units has been breached by hackers.

YouTube gets automatic subtitles

November 20, 2009 05:40 am

Automatic captions for YouTube videos are to roll out across its channels, says parent company Google.