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City centre attack soldier dies
A 31-year-old soldier from Pembrokeshire who was attacked outside a Newcastle city centre nightclub dies from head injuries. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
Gunmen attack Pakistani hospital
About eight people are killed after gunmen attack a hospital in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
China vow over Korea ship attack
China "will not protect" whoever sank a South Korean warship in March,Prime Minister Wen Jiabao has said. "China objects to and condemns any act that destroys the peace and stability of the Korean peninsula," Mr Wen was quoted as saying after talks in Seoul. South Korea has blamed the North for sinking the Cheonan with... »
Deadly attack on Pakistan mosques
Gun battles are taking place in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore, after at least one minority Islamic religious centre was attacked, reports say. Several people are reported to have been injured as police took on gunmen in residential areas. Lahore – Pakistan's cultural capital – has been the scene of a string of brazen militant... »
Heart attack survivors ‘fear sex’
Heart attack survivors are highly likely to avoid sex, fearing it could kill them, US researchers say. The team told an American Heart Association meeting that those whose doctors failed to talk to them about sex were most likely to avoid it. Dr Stacy Tessler Lindau, who led the study of 1,700 people, said the... »
India Maoists ‘kill many’ in bus attack
Maoist rebels have attacked a bus in central India, officials say, with many people feared dead. Reports say the bus was bombed in Chhattisgarh state’s rebel stronghold of Dantewada district, and that police officers were among those on board. Officials told the AFP news agency that at least 20 people had died; other reports gave... »
MP recovering after stab attack
Labour MP Stephen Timms is said to be "in good spirits" in hospital after being stabbed twice in the stomach by a woman at his constituency surgery. The former treasury minister, 54, was left covered in blood after the attack in Newham, east London, on Friday. He is in a stable condition in hospital with... »
China knife attack ‘kills eight’
A Chinese man has been arrested after allegedly stabbing to death eight people, including three family members, China’s official news agency said. Police said that Zhou Yezhong killed his mother, wife, daughter, four neighbours and a migrant worker in eastern China’s Jiangxi province. He was arrested on Saturday evening, less than two hours after the... »
Kurd rebels ‘attack army outpost’
Kurdish rebels have attacked a military outpost in eastern Turkey killing four soldiers and wounding several, officials sources say. They say militants from the banned Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) used rocket-propelled grenades and assault rifles in the attack near Nazimiye. The government has intensified efforts to end the insurgency in recent months. The PKK has... »
Mutinous troops attack Sudan base
At least eight people are reportedly killed as mutinous troops attack an army base in south Sudan over recent elections. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
Children injured in China attack
Twenty-eight children and three adults have been injured by a man with a knife at a kindergarten in eastern China, the third such attack in a month. Officials said five of the injured were in a critical condition in hospital after the incident in Jiangsu province. It follows a knife attack on Wednesday in the... »
Men arrested over student attack
CCTV footage is being examined in an effort to find those behind a baseball bat attack on a County Armagh student in Chicago. Natasha McShane is in a critical but stable condition in hospital after the attack at the weekend. Her parents have flown to the US to be with her. Ms McShane and... »
Mumbai hotel reopens after attack
The Oberoi hotel, one of the best-known landmarks in Mumbai, is due to re-open – 18 months after being badly damaged when militants stormed the Indian city. Nearly 170 people died in the attack, more than 30 of them Oberoi staff and guests of the luxury hotel. Every room was destroyed as the gunmen rampaged... »
Brown steps up attack on Lib Dems
Election opinion polls for Sunday’s newspapers have suggested the Lib Dems are up by as many as eight points, putting them just behind the Tories. The ComRes poll for the Sunday Mirror and Independent on Sunday puts the Conservatives on 31%, the Lib Dems on 29% and Labour on 27%. The Tories warned of the... »
North Korea denies warship attack
North Korea has denied sinking a South Korean warship near their disputed maritime border last month. "As South Korea can’t identify the cause of the accident, they are using the media to attribute it to us," said a statement carried by state media. It is the first official comment by Pyongyang on the incident, in... »
Pakistan suicide attack kills 10
At least four people have been killed and several injured as a bomb exploded inside a hospital in the south-west Pakistani city of Quetta, police say. Gunshots were also heard following the blast at the Civil Hospital. A cameraman for Pakistan’s Samaa TV was among the dead, hospital officials say. There are unconfirmed reports that... »
Savage attack
Bass guitarist Phil Blake looks back at a savage attack as a defining moment in his career. He was shot in the leg with an air rifle and slashed in the head and arm with a meat cleaver in an unprovoked attack. But despite the assault three years ago leaving him unable to move two... »
Australian bush fire survivor victim of rare wombat attack
A man who survived last year’s deadly bush fires in Australia is recovering in hospital after falling victim to a rare attack by a wombat. Bruce Kringle, 60, was pulled to the ground by the animal and bitten on the legs and arms after apparently stepping on it by mistake. He escaped after killing the... »
Attack on Pakistan US consulate
A series of explosions has been reported in the north-west Pakistani city of Peshawar. Witnesses said the blasts were in the same neighbourhood as the US consulate. Plumes of smoke were seen over the area and several buildings were said to have collapsed. Reports said a protracted gun battle followed the blasts. A BBC correspondent... »
Dissidents behind car bomb attack
Army bomb experts are dealing with a suspicious vehicle outside a south Armagh police station. The red Peugeot was abandoned at the gates of Crossmaglen station late on Saturday night. The Cullaville Road has been closed to traffic. The police station has been attacked a number of times in recent months, including a gun... »
Germans killed in Afghan attack
Three German soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan, officials say. They died during fierce fighting with Taliban insurgents in the north of the country, the German military said. A number of other German soldiers were wounded in the incident, which happened near Chahar Dara, south-west of the city of Kunduz. Germany has more than 4,000... »
Confession over US mission attack
A man held over a recent fatal attack on US consular staff in Mexico confesses to participating in the murders, officials say. »
Tory attack over strike response
The latest strike by British Airways’ cabin crew has entered its second day, with both sides claiming an advantage. On Saturday, the airline cancelled a third of departures – about 90 flights mainly out of Heathrow – but said it operated a full service from Gatwick. But the union, Unite, said BA was wasting millions... »
Huntley back in jail after attack
Soham murderer Ian Huntley has been returned to jail after treatment for a knife wound inflicted by another inmate at Frankland Prison in County Durham. The 36-year-old was reportedly slashed across the throat in the attack on Sunday – the second time he has been the target of violence inside jail. Huntley is serving life... »
Ministers attack ‘MPs for hire’
Labour has promised to introduce stricter rules for lobbyists in the light of claims that senior MPs had offered their services for money. Former cabinet ministers Stephen Byers and Patricia Hewitt denied any wrongdoing after they were secretly recorded for a Channel 4 documentary. Labour said the claims showed there was a need for more... »
MPs attack FCO exchange rate move
The decision to stop protecting the Foreign Office (FCO) budget from exchange rate changes has risked its efficiency, MPs have said. The Commons Foreign Affairs Committee found a fall in sterling’s value led to cuts in embassies around the world. The FCO’s core purchasing power had fallen by 13% since the previous system was axed... »
Two held for Mumbai ‘attack plot’
Two men suspected of plotting attacks on an oil firm, a mall and a market have been arrested in the western Indian city of Mumbai, police say. Abdul Latif Shaikh and Riyaz Ali are accused of planning to set on fire the office of the state-run Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC). The pair, from... »