UN nuclear chief to visit Iran
03.10.2009 5:35 24 views 0 comments Tags: Iran, IAEA
IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei is expected in Iran to discuss inspectors' access to a recently revealed uranium plant. Read more »
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Typhoon bears down on Philippines
03.10.2009 5:18 23 views 0 comments Tags: Tech, Typhoon
Tens of thousands are evacuated ahead Typhoon Parma, now heading for the northern tip of the storm-hit Philippines. Read more »
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Tories launch care home guarantee
03.10.2009 4:36 22 views 0 comments
A scheme to prevent older people having to sell their houses to fund their care is unveiled by the Conservatives. Read more »
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Gale warning for northern Britain
03.10.2009 4:19 17 views 0 comments Tags: Scotland, Gate
A severe weather warning is issued as winds of up to 70 mph are set to blow across parts of Scotland and northern England. Read more »
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Aid flows in to quake-hit Sumatra
03.10.2009 4:18 29 views 0 comments Tags: Foreign, Padang
Foreign aid and medical teams start to arrive in Indonesia's Padang as the search for people buried under buildings goes on. Read more »
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Italy approves tax amnesty bill
03.10.2009 3:35 24 views 0 comments Tags: Italian, Italy
The Italian parliament approves a controversial tax amnesty on undeclared funds held overseas that critics say rewards crime. Read more »
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Typhoon bears down on Philippines
03.10.2009 2:44 22 views 0 comments Tags: Party, Tech, Typhoon
Tens of thousands of people are evacuated ahead of the arrival of Typhoon Parma in the storm-hit Philippines. Read more »
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Fears over increase in dog fights
03.10.2009 2:20 22 views 0 comments
An increasing number of dogs are suffering horrific injuries in "ad hoc" fights in public parks, the RSPCA warns. Read more »
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'Courses for jobs' incentive plan
03.10.2009 1:55 25 views 0 comments
The government is planning to use financial incentives to attract more young people to vocational courses. Read more »
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Greek dilemma
03.10.2009 1:17 20 views 0 comments Tags: Green
Voters uninspired by choices in snap election Read more »
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Star treatment
03.10.2009 1:08 26 views 0 comments Tags: Stir, Communist
A Hollywood-style take on China's Communist history Read more »
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Test 'spots blood disease danger'
03.10.2009 1:01 22 views 0 comments Tags: Tech
UK experts claim to have found a way to predict which thalassaemia patients will develop heart failure. Read more »
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Mexico makes record drugs seizure
03.10.2009 0:46 22 views 0 comments
Mexican authorities say they have confiscated their largest-ever haul of chemicals used to make methamphetamine. Read more »
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Warsaw ghetto uprising leader dies
03.10.2009 0:31 20 views 0 comments Tags: Maria
The last surviving leader of the 1943 Warsaw ghetto uprising against the Nazis, Marek Edelman, dies at the age of 90. Read more »
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Irish EU treaty referendum closes
03.10.2009 0:01 33 views 0 comments Tags: Republic, Irish, Lisbon
Voting ends in the Republic of Ireland's second referendum on the EU's Lisbon Treaty, in a crucial poll for the union. Read more »
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Lockerbie judges deny 'pressure'
02.10.2009 23:32 30 views 0 comments Tags: Lockerbie
The three judges who jailed the Lockerbie bomber deny they had been under pressure to secure a conviction. Read more »
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Irish EU treaty referendum closes
02.10.2009 23:08 20 views 0 comments Tags: Republic, Irish, Lisbon
Voting ends in the Republic of Ireland's second referendum on the EU's Lisbon Treaty, in a crucial poll for the union. Read more »
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Tories launch care home guarantee
02.10.2009 23:05 28 views 0 comments
A scheme to prevent older people having to sell their houses to fund their care is unveiled by the Conservatives. Read more »
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Rio to stage 2016 Olympic Games
02.10.2009 22:06 20 views 0 comments Tags: American, South, South American, Brazil, Olympics, Olympic, Janeiro
Brazil will become the first South American country to host the Olympics after Rio de Janeiro is chosen to stage the 2016 Games. Read more »
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Search on for spear diver, 65
02.10.2009 21:58 22 views 0 comments
A search for scuba diver who went missing while spear fishing off a beach in Ardnamurchan is suspended. Read more »
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