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05 Feb 12, 02:02:09
Ice alert on roads as snow eases

Motorists are urged to take extra care in treacherous conditions as snow across much of the UK turns to ice.

05 Feb 12, 03:02:41
US anger at Syria veto 'travesty'
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton deplores as a 'travesty' Russia and China's veto of a UN resolution condemning Syria's violent crackdown on protesters.

05 Feb 12, 01:02:21
Queen marks Diamond Jubilee eve
The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh attend a church service on the eve of the Diamond Jubilee anniversary of her accession to the throne.

05 Feb 12, 03:02:56
Greek PM in crucial bailout talks
Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos will meet party leaders in his coalition to discuss a proposed 130bn euros EU rescue plan.

05 Feb 12, 03:02:53
PM urged to cut wind farm subsidy
More than 100 Conservatives are among MPs who have written to the prime minister calling on him to slash subsidies for onshore wind turbines.

05 Feb 12, 02:02:26
Prince's Falklands duty 'routine'
Prince William's deployment to the Falkland Islands, along with that of a warship, is "entirely routine", the UK foreign secretary says.

05 Feb 12, 01:02:24
Swinney defends referendum voters
Finance Secretary John Swinney defends plans to let EU nationals living in Scotland vote in the independence referendum.

05 Feb 12, 03:02:59
Egypt 'to try foreign NGO staff'
Egypt says it is to try at least 40 people - including Americans and other foreigners - over the alleged illegal funding of non-governmental organisations.

05 Feb 12, 12:02:54
Mitt Romney wins Nevada caucuses
Front-runner Mitt Romney declares victory in the Republican caucuses in Nevada, as he seeks to win his party's presidential nomination.

05 Feb 12, 02:02:49
Afghan car bomb attack kills nine
At least nine people are killed in a car bomb attack on police headquarters in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, officials say.

05 Feb 12, 01:02:54
Government to oppose rail bonuses
Transport Secretary Justine Greening says she will vote against bonuses for senior Network Rail executives at the company's annual general meeting.

05 Feb 12, 12:02:22
'A little too much drink' warning
Drinking "just a little more than they should" puts people at risk of serious illness including heart disease, stroke and cancer, the government is warning.

05 Feb 12, 12:02:13
End Bouncers 'pessimism,' says MP
Newport West MP Paul Flynn tells the city it is "time to stop beating ourselves up" over a TV documentary about the antics of late-night revellers.

04 Feb 12, 07:02:55
Fidel Castro launches his memoirs
Former Cuban President Fidel Castro appears in public for the first time since April 2011 to launch a two-volume book of memoirs.

01 Feb 12, 05:02:49
VIDEO: Live BBC One coverage - Ireland v Wales
Live BBC coverage of the Six Nations tournament, where Ireland and Wales meet in their opening match. (UK users only)

05 Feb 12, 01:02:27
Pakistan set England huge target
England face a mammoth task to avoid a series whitewash after Azhar Ali's composed 157 keeps Pakistan in control of the third Test in Dubai.

05 Feb 12, 12:02:36
Work contacts 'cut dropout rate'
The more young people come into contact with employers the less likely they are to drop out of school and become unemployed, research suggests.

04 Feb 12, 12:02:34
Annuity sales 'unfair and opaque'
The way annuities are sold is costing half a million retirees each year as much as £1bn in future pension income, the National Association of Pension Funds says.

05 Feb 12, 11:02:04
Syria veto a mistake, says Hague
UK Foreign Secretary William Hague says China and Russia will be "held responsible" for violence in Syria after vetoing a UN resolution condemning government repression.

04 Feb 12, 11:02:54
Huhne's exit 'a loss to cabinet'
Chris Huhne's resignation as Energy Secretary will be a loss to the cabinet and the Lib Dems, his former parliamentary private secretary tells BBC News.

03 Feb 12, 03:02:39
Health bodies reject NHS reforms
Physiotherapist leaders have joined the Royal College of GPs in calling for the health bill in England to be scrapped, increasing pressure on the government.

03 Feb 12, 12:02:13
Malaria toll 'is twice as high'
The number of deaths worldwide from malaria has been underestimated, according to data published in the medical journal the Lancet.

05 Feb 12, 12:02:26
Pupils learn how to 'fail well'
A top girls' school is planning a "failure week" to teach pupils to embrace risk, build resilience and learn from their mistakes.

05 Feb 12, 03:02:44
Dickens 'beyond' modern children
Charles Dickens biographer Claire Tomalin says children are not being taught to read with the attention span necessary to appreciate the novelist's works.

03 Feb 12, 04:02:08
Apple overturns Motorola's ban
Apple is granted a suspension of a sales ban imposed on some of its iPads and iPhones in Germany.

03 Feb 12, 11:02:20
FBI probes Anonymous phone hack
The FBI investigates how activists linked to Anonymous obtained a recording of a phone call between US and UK police on their operations against hacking.

04 Feb 12, 12:02:01
Prince optimistic for fisheries
Prince Charles says there is a reason to be optimistic about the state of the world's oceans, but it is "critically urgent" to tackle overfishing.

03 Feb 12, 10:02:02
Largest optical telescope created
Astronomers at the Paranal observatory combine four telescope to create the world's largest virtual device with a 130m-mirror.

05 Feb 12, 11:02:19
Gibb says he feels 'fantastic'
Bee Gees star Robin Gibb says he is making a "spectacular" recovery from cancer and that he is feeling "fantastic".

05 Feb 12, 01:02:50
Film-maker Zalman King dies at 69
Film-maker Zalman King, best known for writing and producing the hit movie Nine and a Half Weeks, dies aged 70.

03 Feb 12, 11:02:35
The rush to the scooter
Scooters are becoming increasingly popular as people look to cut costs and stretch their budgets, but could the boom spark safety problems?

03 Feb 12, 01:02:27
Quiz of the week's news
The Magazine's weekly quiz of the news, 7 days 7 questions.

05 Feb 12, 11:02:40
Snowfall leaves drivers trapped
Motorists spend the night in their cars as heavy snow causes widespread travel disruption across England.

05 Feb 12, 03:02:36
Woman hurt in gas leak explosion
A woman is hurt in an explosion at her home in Hampshire after a gas leak.

05 Feb 12, 01:02:45
Women urged to 'drop drink size'
The Scottish government is launching a "changing attitudes" campaign to encourage women to drop a drink size.

05 Feb 12, 01:02:41
Anti-social tenant moves planned
The process of evicting anti-social tenants could be simplified under plans being put forward by the Scottish government.

05 Feb 12, 04:02:41
Police officer slashed with knife
A police officer is stabbed while responding to an emergency call in the Kilwilkie estate in Lurgan.

05 Feb 12, 01:02:18
£800,000 Cannabis factory seized
Cannabis plants worth an estimated £800,000 are seized in East Belfast, County Antrim.

05 Feb 12, 08:02:43
Councils owed £2.3m by developers
More than half of Welsh councils are owed money from private developers which should be going towards community facilities.

05 Feb 12, 03:02:18
Warning over icy road conditions
Forecasters are warning of widespread ice on Sunday as the worst of the wintry weather begins to ease across Wales.

05 Feb 12, 04:02:16
Militants 'hit Nigeria pipeline'
Suspected militants say they have attacked an oil pipeline in Nigeria, in what would be the first such attack since 2010.

05 Feb 12, 03:02:56
Live - Africa Cup of Nations Day 16
All the action from the quarter-finals at the Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.

05 Feb 12, 12:02:08
Three Tibetans 'in fire protest'
Three Tibetans set fire to themselves in south-west China in an anti-Beijing protest, reports say, meaning 19 people have now self-immolated in a year.

04 Feb 12, 02:02:55
Europe 'at risk of early grave'
Australia's Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd warns Europe faces an "early grave" if it continues to ignore Asia's rise.

05 Feb 12, 03:02:04
Europe cold snap death toll rises
The death toll from freezing weather across Europe continues to climb, with transport links also badly affected.

04 Feb 12, 04:02:11
Thousands in rival Moscow marches
Tens of thousands of people march in Moscow in protest at Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, while his supporters hold a rally elsewhere in Russia's capital.

04 Feb 12, 11:02:05
Mexico 'cartel enforcer' detained
Police in Mexico say they have arrested the suspected leader of the Gente Nueva gang, the armed wing of the Sinaloa drug cartel.

03 Feb 12, 09:02:59
Colombia emerald tsar faces probe
Influential Colombian emerald dealer Victor Carranza is investigated for alleged links with paramilitary groups in the 1990s.

03 Feb 12, 06:02:47
BBC accuses Iran of intimidation
The BBC's Director General, Mark Thompson, accuses the Iranian authorities of intimidating those working for its Persian service.

03 Feb 12, 06:02:15
Sinai gunmen release US tourists
Two US women tourists and their Egyptian guide who were kidnapped in the south of Egypt's Sinai peninsula have been released, security sources say.

03 Feb 12, 11:02:56
Super Bowl XLVI preview
Will the Giants or the Patriots win the NFL's biggest prize?

03 Feb 12, 08:02:04
Obama urges 'keep recovery going'
Barack Obama challenges Congress to keep the recovery going as new data shows unemployment down to its lowest rate in three years.

03 Feb 12, 05:02:06
Week in pictures: 28 January-3 February
News photos from around the world: 28 January-3 February

03 Feb 12, 09:02:43
The Queen: 60 photographs for 60 years
Sixty photographs for 60 years on the throne

03 Feb 12, 01:02:21
In pictures: Venice in Solitude
Haunting views of Venice's waterways

02 Feb 12, 05:02:50
Where the Titanic was born
Drawing offices where Titanic was designed

03 Feb 12, 01:02:46
Day in pictures: 3 February 2012
24 hours of news photos: 3 February 2012

02 Feb 12, 12:02:35
Day in pictures: 2 February 2012
24 hours of news photos: 2 February 2012

02 Feb 12, 09:02:00
Your pictures: Hunger
Readers pictures on the theme of hunger

02 Feb 12, 08:02:02
In pictures: Egypt football clash
Many die in clashes after match between rivals

02 Feb 12, 03:02:20
VIDEO: House of Commons
Ministers will "unwind" any tax avoidance schemes being used by public sector employees, Treasury Chief Secretary Danny Alexander has announced.

05 Feb 12, 02:02:37
VIDEO: Thousands abandon homes in Australia
In Australia thousands of people living in the state of Queensland have been ordered to abandon their homes because of rising floodwaters.

05 Feb 12, 06:02:05
VIDEO: Ice alert on roads as snow eases
Motorists have been urged to take extra care in treacherous conditions as snow across much of the UK turns to ice.

05 Feb 12, 04:02:04
VIDEO: Fidel Castro launches memoirs
Former Cuban President Fidel Castro has made a rare public appearance to launch his memoirs.

05 Feb 12, 08:02:20
VIDEO: Churchill and protege reunited
Paintings by Winston Churchill have gone on display alongside works by the now-famous Moroccan artist, Hassan El Glaoui, who owes his career to Churchill.

04 Feb 12, 01:02:35
VIDEO: Tips for driving on ice and snow
The Highways Agency is warning drivers to take care on the roads, as the cold weather continues.

05 Feb 12, 09:02:37
VIDEO: Big freeze continues across Europe
Snow and freezing temperatures across Europe have claimed more than 200 lives in the past week.

04 Feb 12, 01:02:53
VIDEO: Bushell rides crashed ice course
The British team are going head to head against hundreds of downhill skaters in the latest leg of the Red Bull "crashed ice" world championship.

03 Feb 12, 03:02:36
VIDEO: How latest malware uses disguises
Spencer Kelly explains, with the help of some rather outlandish wigs, how malware changes and disguises itself to avoid detection.

05 Feb 12, 02:02:49
What awaits William in the Falklands?
What awaits Flight Lieutenant Wales in the Falklands?

03 Feb 12, 06:02:29
A Point of View: Mourning the loss of the written word
Historian Lisa Jardine mourns the lost art of letterwriting

05 Feb 12, 12:02:10
The power of cooking skills
How letting children cook helps them eat better

04 Feb 12, 12:02:08
Close encounters with Philippine witches
Searching for witches on a tropical island

04 Feb 12, 03:02:29
Games Makers start 2012 training
Thousands of volunteers attend Wembley Arena training session

04 Feb 12, 12:02:04
Italy's young generation 'forced to leave'
Country's beauty not enough to keep jobless from leaving