Feb 2, 2013

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Twitter account hack affects 250,000

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 04:11 AM PST

A quarter of a million Twitter users have had their accounts hacked in the latest of a string of high-profile internet security breaches.

Spanish protests after PM speech

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 05:48 PM PST

Protests break out in Spanish cities after Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy vowed not to resign over "false claims" that he received secret payments.

France vows to help rebuild Mali

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 11:24 AM PST

French President Francois Hollande promises to help rebuild Mali, after launching an offensive against Islamists who seized the north of the country.

Jobless 'pushed to self-employment'

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 04:21 PM PST

Some welfare-to-work advisers are inappropriately telling the unemployed to become self-employed, a BBC investigation has found.

Netanyahu asked to form coalition

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 01:48 PM PST

Israeli President Shimon Peres asks Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to form a new government following last month's parliamentary election.

Pret withdraws 'Virgin Mary' crisps

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 09:05 AM PST

Sandwich shop chain Pret A Manger withdraws its "Virgin Mary"-flavoured crisps following complaints from Catholics.

Turbines 'safe' insists industry

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 06:51 PM PST

Wind energy experts defend the safety of turbines after two collapse in a week in the South West, though locals voice fears of accidents.

Eight more held over stabbed boy

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 04:04 PM PST

Eight more people are arrested over the fatal stabbing of a teenager who was attacked by a gang in central London last weekend.

Three rescued following avalanche

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 09:27 AM PST

Three people are air-lifted to hospital after an avalanche in the Cairngorm mountains.

Obama shooting picture released

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 12:34 PM PST

The White House tweets a picture of Barack Obama skeet-shooting - seemingly to settle a row about whether the president had fired a gun before.

Prize to honour scientist Higgs

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 04:43 PM PST

A physics prize for school students is to be launched in honour of world-renowned Scottish scientist Prof Peter Higgs.

VIDEO: Thousands gather for Groundhog Day

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 08:22 AM PST

The United States can expect an early Spring according to the forecast from its most famous groundhog, Phil.

Hartlepool 2-1 Notts County

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 11:31 AM PST

Peter Hartley and James Poole score as Hartlepool clinch their second home win of the season by beating Notts County.

England 38-18 Scotland

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 09:58 AM PST

England overpower great rivals Scotland to retain the Calcutta Cup and get their Six Nations campaign off to the perfect start.

Fulham 0-1 Man Utd

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 12:27 PM PST

Wayne Rooney scores a late winner at Fulham to increase Manchester United's Premier League lead to 10 points.

Newcastle 3-2 Chelsea

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 09:55 AM PST

Moussa Sissoko crowns a superb home debut by scoring twice as Newcastle come back to beat Chelsea in a thrilling game.

No Vettel-Alonso Ferrari link-up

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 07:36 AM PST

Ferrari president Luca Di Montezemolo says Sebastian Vettel will not join Ferrari while Fernando Alonso is with the team.

RBS must meet Libor fines - Osborne

Posted: 01 Feb 2013 08:06 PM PST

Any fines by US authorities on Royal Bank of Scotland over the Libor scandal should be met by bankers not taxpayers, the Chancellor insists.

Midwife 'role' to target mutilation

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 03:57 PM PST

Midwives may be asked to routinely raise the subject of female genital mutilation with women from communities where it is known to take place, the Department of Health indicates.

Google boss labels China 'IT menace'

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 10:35 AM PST

Google Chairman Eric Schmidt uses a new book to call China an Internet menace that backs cyber-crime for economic and political gain, reports say.

Girl stabbed to death in alleyway

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 05:34 AM PST

Sasha Marsden, the teenager found dead in a Blackpool alleyway, was stabbed in the head before attempts were made to set her on fire, police say.

Cleethorpes Pier fails to sell

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 10:55 AM PST

Cleethorpes Pier - one of the shortest in the UK - fails to reach its £400,000 guide price at auction.

Most polluted streets revealed

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 04:38 PM PST

An environment campaign group highlights figures showing that Scotland is failing to meet targets on air pollution.

Man's body found in country estate

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 06:49 AM PST

Strathclyde Police start an investigation into the discovery of a man's body in a field near Mauchline in Ayrshire.

Hoax object left at Catholic church

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 11:16 AM PST

A security alert at a Catholic Church in Newtownabbey, County Antrim, has ended.

Wales 22-30 Ireland

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 07:57 AM PST

Ireland hold off a stirring second-half Wales revival to launch their Six Nations campaign with a thrilling victory in Cardiff.

Victim's horror at Aamir murder

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 02:52 AM PST

A previous victim of one of the two hitmen convicted of the murder of a Cardiff student in a case of mistaken identity speaks of his horror.

Language protest marks 50 years

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 08:29 AM PST

Welsh language campaigners take part in a rally in Aberystwyth to mark 50 years since their group tried to bring the town to a standstill in its first protest.

Protesters confront Egyptian PM

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 09:00 AM PST

Egyptian Prime Minister Hisham Qandil says he was confronted by "youths and troublemakers" on Cairo's Tahrir Square amid continuing opposition protests.

South Africa 1-1 Mali (aet, 1-3 pens)

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 02:33 PM PST

Mali reach the semi-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations for the second year running after edging out South Africa on penalties.

Philippine hostages 'released'

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 06:27 PM PST

Philippine Islamist miliants release two Filipino hostages, believed to have been kidnapped last June while working for Jordanian TV, reports say.

India rape accused not guilty plea

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 04:07 AM PST

Five men plead not guilty to the rape and murder of a student in a Delhi bus in December, in a case which caused outrage across India.

Putin lauds Stalingrad 'heroes'

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 08:09 AM PST

Russians are celebrating 70 years since the Battle of Stalingrad, a key point in World War II, with President Vladimir Putin leading tributes.

French MPs endorse gay marriage

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 06:32 AM PST

The French National Assembly approves a crucial article of a bill on legalising same-sex marriage after months of public protests and counter-protests.

Mexico blast bodies handed over

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 02:54 PM PST

Forensic workers in Mexico hand over the bodies of the victims of Thursday's blast at Pemex headquarters to their relatives for burial.

Russia invites anti-Assad leader

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 12:27 PM PST

Syrian opposition leader Moaz al-Khatib is invited to Moscow during his first direct talks with Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov.

Iran unveils 'stealth' fighter

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 09:22 AM PST

Iran unveils a new home-made combat jet - the single-seat Qaher-313 (Dominant-313) - which officials say can evade radar.

US tourist 'found dead' in Turkey

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 02:38 PM PST

Turkish police arrest nine people after a female US tourist who disappeared 10 days ago is found dead in Istanbul, reports say.

VIDEO: Mali welcomes French president

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 11:23 AM PST

France's president has said it would be wrong to assume the conflict in Mali is over, three weeks after launching an offensive to oust Islamist rebels.

VIDEO: Acid attack victim recalls ordeal

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 05:36 PM PST

A woman who had acid thrown in her face near her home in east London has described the moment of the attack.

VIDEO: Is boy, 6, the next Tom Daley?

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 04:06 AM PST

He's half his height and a third of his age, but budding diver Oscar Piper is already hoping to become the next Tom Daley.

VIDEO: A fruity guide to American football

Posted: 01 Feb 2013 04:04 PM PST

For many people around the world, American Football is difficult to understand. Franco Cuen, a young player explains the basics with lemons and tangerines

VIDEO: 'Pork found' in Halal prison food

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 02:29 PM PST

The Ministry of Justice is to suspend a firm supplying meat to prisons after tests found that it may have provided pies and pasties described as Halal - but with traces of pork DNA.

AUDIO: How Swedish 'serial killer' faked it

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 06:10 AM PST

A man once considered Sweden's worst serial killer has won retrials for three murders after withdrawing confessions made in the 1990s.

VIDEO: New Notre Dame bells blessed

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 07:24 AM PST

Eight of Notre Dame Cathedral's nine new bells have been blessed by French Cardinal Andre Armand Vingt-Trois.

Being Jimi Hendrix's 'Foxy Lady'

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 06:41 PM PST

Kathy Etchingham on life as Jimi Hendrix's 'Foxy Lady'

Why Mali's nomads are lying low

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 06:48 PM PST

Why fear haunts the mysterious men of the dunes

New Orleans and the 'Super Gras'

Posted: 01 Feb 2013 09:21 AM PST

Images of New Orleans and the 'Super Gras'

New play explores female friendship

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 07:12 PM PST

What inspired the play Di and Viv and Rose?

Twitter's most serious security crisis

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 07:55 AM PST

Rory Cellan-Jones describes how he realised his Twitter account had been hacked

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