Sunday, July 18, 2010

Swimming from Asia to Europe

Swimming from Asia to Europe


Swimming from Asia to Europe

Posted: 18 Jul 2010 08:58 AM PDT

Almost 800 swimmers have raced from Asia to Europe, crossing the Bosphorus in Istanbul.

US 'wanted to swap' Iranian scientist

Posted: 18 Jul 2010 06:58 AM PDT

The Iranian scientist who claims he was abducted by US intelligence services, has given his first television interview since returning to Tehran.

Dreamliner's international debut

Posted: 18 Jul 2010 04:01 AM PDT

Boeing's new 787 Dreamliner has touched down in Britain on its first trip outside the United States.

Destitute in Dubai: Briton on the streets

Posted: 18 Jul 2010 12:45 AM PDT

Nicholas Warner is British and sleeping on the street in Dubai.

UK games developers being lured away

Posted: 18 Jul 2010 06:26 AM PDT

At the last Budget, the Chanceller scrapped a planned tax break to help out Britain's £1bn video games industy. Now other countries are trying to tempt the UK's best developers away.

Mandela celebrates 92nd birthday

Posted: 18 Jul 2010 12:42 AM PDT

Nelson Mandela has celebrated his 92nd birthday - a day the United Nations is calling Nelson Mandela International Day in recognition of his moral leadership.

Bad pitch? How about swamp soccer?

Posted: 17 Jul 2010 05:29 PM PDT

More than 5000 players have taken part in the swamp soccer world championship in Finland.

BP hopeful cap will continue to work

Posted: 18 Jul 2010 02:41 PM PDT

As BP's confidence in the cap on the oil well grows, so does the confidence of the people who live along the Gulf of Mexico's coast

British troops to leave Afghanistan by 2014

Posted: 18 Jul 2010 12:35 PM PDT

The defence secretary has indicated that British troops fighting in Afghanistan could start leaving in four years' time.

Passion of London's East End boxing

Posted: 18 Jul 2010 12:45 AM PDT

As athletes from around the world will descend on East London for the Olympics in 2012, the BBC visited Bethnal Green's York Hall, one of the icons of East End boxing.

'World's oldest champagne' found

Posted: 17 Jul 2010 07:00 PM PDT

Divers have found 30 bottles of champagne thought to pre-date the French Revolution on the Baltic seabed.

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