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News and Media RSS FeedsArab Syria mission 'may resume' - UN Chief Ban Ki-moon says the Arab League plans to revive its mission to Syria and accuses Damascus of stepping up "war on its own people"....Feed Source: www.bbc.co.uk Greek parties fail to agree cuts - Greece's PM says more talks are needed on fresh austerity proposals for a new bailout package, as euro finance ministers prepare to meet.... Why zebras evolved their stripes - A zebra's unmistakeable stripes may have evolved to make the animals unattractive to blood-sucking flies, say scientists.... China policeman mystery deepens - The mystery over a top Chinese police chief deepens as the US confirms he visited its consulate - but China says it was "resolved smoothly".... Real still top football rich list - Real Madrid head the list of the richest football clubs in the world for the seventh year in a row, says a Deloitte survey.... Heart disease risk 'inherited' - Scientists say a common heart disease which kills thousands each year is passed genetically from father to son.... New Tibet self-immolation report - A Tibetan is reported to have set himself on fire in south-west China, the 20th such case in a year, amid unrest among ethnic Tibetan communities.... Washington approves gay marriage - Lawmakers in the US state of Washington pass a bill legalising gay marriage, making Washington the seventh US state to back the measure.... Chinese prices get New Year boost - China's rate of inflation accelerates to 4.5% in January as consumers raise spending around Chinese New Year.... Maldives president 'forced out' - Former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed says he was forced to resign at gunpoint in a coup, a charge the country's new leader denies.... NZ quake building 'sub-standard' - A building that collapsed during last year's Christchurch earthquake, killing 115 people, did not meet industry standards, an official report finds.... Capello quits as England manager - Fabio Capello resigns as England manager, the Football Association confirms.... VIDEO: People inside Homs 'feel trapped' - Syrian opposition groups say the city of Homs has come under the heaviest shelling in days, despite the president's pledge to engage in dialogue.... VIDEO: RAF Apache prize for Captain Wales - Prince Harry has qualified as an Apache helicopter pilot after 18 months of rigorous training in the UK and the US, the Ministry of Defence has said.... VIDEO: Protests in Maldives turn violent - Security forces in the Maldives have used batons and fired teargas to break up a rally in the capital, Male, in support of the former president, Mohamed Nasheed.... VIDEO: One-minute World News - Watch the latest news summary from BBC World News. International news updated 24 hours a day.... VIDEO: Russia finds vast sub-glacial lake - Russian scientists have been drilling for two decades in the Antarctic and say they have found a vast sub-glacial lake.... VIDEO: Bankski: Russia's mystery street artist - The mysterious Russian street artist, 'Pavel 183', is being compared to Britain's Banksy.... VIDEO: Europe's extreme cold snap explained - The BBC's Lucy Hockings and weather presenter Helen Willetts look at why Europe is experiencing such unusually cold weather.... VIDEO: Beaton's portraits of the Queen - The V&A is showcasing a selection of Cecil Beaton's photographs of Queen Elizabeth II, taken from their collection of around 18,000 royal portraits.... Nations Cup Day 19 as it unfolded - All the action from the semi-finals as they happened at the Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.... Rio Tinto reports 59% profit fall - Rio Tinto reports a 59% dip in profit after it writes down the value of its Alcan aluminium business by $8.9bn.... News Corp profits swing to growth - Media giant News Corporation sees its net profits rise 65% in the three months to the end of December 2011 compared to 2010.... Regional cybercrime hubs launched - Three new regional police hubs for investigating cybercrime are launched across England.... Cisco sees profits rise over 43% - US technology giant Cisco says rising quarterly sales show that its cost-cutting plans are bearing fruit.... Taylor art auction fetches £14m - Three paintings from Elizabeth Taylor's personal art collection are sold for almost £14 million at an auction in London.... Don Cornelius death ruled suicide - Coroners rule Don Cornelius's death was suicide, nearly a week after the Soul Train creator was found with a gun shot to his head.... Threshold broken for tiny lasers - Researchers build efficient lasers just 100 billionths of a metre across that may be used to make faster computer chips in the future.... America and Asia 'will join up' - Researchers say most of the world's continents will merge somewhere over the Pacific "ring of fire" in 50-200 million years.... Gene therapy 'gave me sight back' - Three US citizens who lost their sight in childhood have reported a dramatic improvement in vision after having gene therapy in both eyes.... US contraceptive rule 'must go' - The top Republican in Congress calls for a law against a contraceptive rule if President Obama does not back down in the face of Catholic leaders' anger.... Zambia 1-0 Ghana - Emmanuel Mayuka scores a late goal to earn Zambia a shock win over Ghana and a place in the Africa Cup of Nations final.... Mali 0-1 Ivory Coast - Ivory Coast beat Mali 1-0 in Libreville to reach Sunday's Nations Cup final, where they will face Zambia.... Five killer whales 'sue' SeaWorld - Five killer whales are named as plaintiffs in a lawsuit which argues that they deserve the same constitutional protection from slavery as humans.... 'Oldest living twins' aged 102 - Two 102-year-old sisters are recognised as the world's oldest living twins by Guinness World Records.... Cafe in Somalia hit by car bomb - At least 10 people are killed and more than 20 injured when a car bomb planted by Islamist militants explodes near a cafe in Somalia's capital.... US-Japan marine deal resurrected - The US and Japan resurrect a deal to move thousands of US Marines from Okinawa, but the future of a major base on the island remains unclear.... Russians claim Antarctic success - Russian scientists are reporting success in their quest to drill into Lake Vostok, a huge body of liquid water buried under the Antarctic ice.... Brazil police strike talks fail - Talks to end a police strike in the Brazilian state of Bahia break down, as troops blockade the state assembly occupied by striking officers.... Egypt PM dismisses US aid threat - Egypt's prime minister says it will not be persuaded by the potential loss of US aid to end a probe into foreign-funded non-governmental organisations.... Santorum hails campaign momentum - Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum pledges to push for victory in March's Super Tuesday votes, after a hat-trick of wins on Tuesday night.... Care referrals reach record high - The number of children referred into care in England hits a record high, after rising steadily in the years since the notorious Baby P case.... Prince qualifies as Apache pilot - The MoD says Prince Harry has qualified as an Apache helicopter pilot, paving the way for a possible return to Afghanistan.... Elderly man dies after dog attack - An 83-year-old man died from injuries sustained when a pit-bull type dog escaped from a neighbour's garden in London, it emerges.... Outstanding schools face review - A quarter of all schools in England rated outstanding by Ofsted will be re-examined because their teaching did not reach the highest standard, the new chief inspector will reveal.... Day in pictures: 8 February 2012 - 24 hours of news photos: 8 February 2012... In pictures: Maldives 'coup' inflames tensions - Protests lead to the resignation of President... In pictures: Snowy Sunday - Much of UK with several inches of snow... Super Bowl photos - New York Giants beat New England Patriots... Day in pictures: 7 February 2012 - 24 hours of news photos: 7 February 2012... Day in pictures: 6 February 2012 - 24 hours of news photos: 6 February 2012... In pictures: Making charcoal from Liberian rubber trees - Making make use of old rubber trees in Liberia... Week in pictures: 28 January-3 February - News photos from around the world: 28 January-3 February... Could coffee become India's top drink? - Is India falling in love with the cappuccino?... All for the want of a winter horseshoe - Why Napoleon's 1812 invasion of Russia ended in disaster... Philippines seeks US muscle on South China Sea - Filipinos defend islands amid South China Sea tensions... VIDEO: Tribes untouched by civilisation - Saving the mysterious Amazon tribes untouched by modern world... Brazil oil giant Petrobras gets new chief - Meet the woman set to run Brazil's oil giant... CEO pay not linked to performance - Why chief executives are paid so much... Lenovo profits continue to soar - Second-largest PC maker reports 54% rise... U.S. likely to scale down plans for bases in Japan and Guam -
TOKYO ? The U.S. military will probably scale back plans to build key bases in Japan and Guam because of political obstacles and budget pressures, according to U.S. and Japanese officials, complicating the Obama administration?s efforts to strengthen its troop presence in Asia.
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... China, U.S. clash on Syria, other global issues ahead of Xi Jinping visit -
BEIJING ? On the eve of Chinese Vice-President Xi Jinping?s official visit to Washington, the country?s vice foreign minister in charge of U.S. affairs said the two countries now suffered from a ?trust deficit? that the trip might help resolve.
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... State Department seeks smaller embassy presence in Baghdad -
The State Department has asked each component of the massive U.S. diplomatic mission in Baghdad to analyze how a 25 percent cut would affect operations, part of a rapidly moving attempt to save money and establish what a top official on Wednesday called ?a more normalized embassy presence.?
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... Chongqing deputy mayor on leave amid rumors he sought asylum at U.S. consulate -
The deputy mayor of Chongqing, a major city in southwestern China, has taken a leave from his job amid rumors that he tried to seek asylum at a U.S. consulate.
Chongqing officials posted a short, cryptic message on a microblog ? the Chinese equivalent of Twitter ? on Wednesday, saying that Wang Lijun was ?receiving a vacation-style treatment? for overwork and mental stress. Several other Chinese microblogs speculated that Wang, a former city pol... Ex-Marine sentenced to death in Iran needs U.S. intervention, lawyer pleads -
TEHRAN ? A former U.S. Marine sentenced to death in Iran for allegedly spying for the CIA could be saved if the Obama administration would consider a prisoner swap, his Iranian attorney said Wednesday.
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... NGO workers could face 5 years in prison, Egyptian judges say -
CAIRO ? Egypt?s prime minister said Wednesday that the government would not drop a criminal probe into U.S.-funded pro-democracy organizations, and officials said the Egyptians and Americans charged in the case could face up to five years in prison.
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... Syria needs time for dialogue, Russia says -
DAMASCUS, Syria ? Russia?s top diplomat said Wednesday that the international community should allow more time for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad?s government to conduct a dialogue with the opposition groups whose insurgency it has tried to crush.
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... NATO, Pakistan and Afghan military officials in border talks, Pakistani army says -
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan ? In a sign that a months-long estrangement between the United States and Pakistan might be easing, NATO, Pakistani and Afghan military officials held talks Wednesday in hopes of better coordinating operations on the Afghan border, the Pakistani army said.
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... Syrian city sees another deadly day of shellings -
?Bombs fall, bullets fly, cocks crow ? and a rainbow appears. The battle in Homs on livestream,? The Post?s Liz Sly wrote on Twitter early Wednesday morning.
It was another day of deadly shelling in Syria, despite declarations from Russia that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is ?completely committed? to stopping the fight.
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... Syrian activist Danny Abdul Dayem documents the daily horrors of Homs streets -
As the brutal crackdown in Syria continues and as foreign journalists continue to have limited access to the country, one activist has taken it upon himself to document the violence happening around him.
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... India ministers resign after being accused of watching porn during state assembly -
Update: An earlier version of the post said the ministers were watching the clip while in Parliament. They watched the clip during the state assembly.
?I don?t favor women wearing provocative clothes,? C.C. Patil, minister for women and child development in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, said last month.
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... Pete Hoekstra?s ad raises ire in China ? and a sense of deja vu -
The now-infamous Super Bowl ad by Michigan senate candidate Pete Hoekstra has attracted as much curiosity as outright criticism here in China, the intended ?subject? of the ad.
However, a second feeling accompanied the anger: deja vu.
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... Twitter joke trial appeal: Tweet ?constituted a threat? -
A 27-year-old man complained about an airport delay in South Yorkshire, England on Twitter last year and wound up being found guilty of sending a ?menacing? message by a U.K. court. Paul Chambers is back before the bench at London?s high court Wednesday to appeal his conviction.
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... Democrat balks over secrecy on Awlaki killing -
Five months after Yemeni-American cleric Anwar al-Awlaki was targeted in a CIA drone strike, a Democratic senator is lambasting the Obama administration for not providing Congress with the legal basis for the killing of the U.S. citizen.
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... Petraeus, with plenty of practice, sticks to message -
In his first extended public appearance as CIA director, David H. Petraeus this week did more than display his well-known discipline for staying on message. He did his best to bring other government voices back on message as well.
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... Hackers release call between FBI, Scotland Yard -
As the FBI and Scotland Yard conducted a conference call last month on their investigation of an international group of hackers, the discussions were being secretly monitored -- by the hackers themselves.
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... Feinstein offers peek at U.S.-Israeli talks on Iran -
Open intelligence hearings on Capitol Hill are never completely open. Lawmakers and witnesses try to stick to what?s safe to say in public, without disclosing details on espionage operations or what?s happening behind the scenes in Washington.
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... At the Pentagon and in Israel, plans show the difficulties of an Iran strike -
If you are not prepared to go to war, you cannot threaten that ?nothing is off the table? as you search for diplomatic solutions.
Thus there are completed plans, updated daily, at Israeli military headquarters in Tel Aviv and at the Pentagon for carrying out attacks on Iranian facilities in a last-ditch effort to prevent Tehran from acquiring a nuclear weapon.
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... Mario Monti, Italy?s prime minister, aims to set a new growth agenda for Europe -
Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti has slashed pensions, begun a broad economic restructuring and agreed to a European treaty that tightens fiscal controls ? all in the name of proving his country is serious about controlling debt.
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... Pakistan?s new envoy brings liberal charm but faces slim chance for diplomatic thaw -
In both style and substance, Sherry Rehman was born to be a Washington diplomat and hostess. She has a designer wardrobe, a chestnut coif and camera-ready makeup. She also has a BA from Smith, a CV full of democratic credentials and the articulate self-confidence of her country?s Westernized elite.
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