11 August 2010

Everything in world news

1. 2.41am Plane crashes
   

   Ted Stevens, former US senator, dies in Alaska plane crash

   Popular Republican named 'Alaskan of the Century' had survived similar crash in 1978 that killed his wife
2. 1.22am Blood diamonds
   

   Naomi Campbell: I had nothing to gain by lying to Charles Taylor trial

   Model fights back after suggestions by her former agent that she had misled trial over blood diamonds
3. 12.42am Washington DC
   

   Washington thinktank says US right could learn from Cameron and Clegg

   Cato Institute says Britain's coalition government has brought together the best traditions of British liberalism
4. 12.25am Vladimir Putin
   

   Vladimir Putin helps to tackle Russia's summer wildfires

   The Russian prime minister joined firefighters for a carefully managed photo opportunity fighting the fires sweeping the western part of the country
5. 12.06am Football
   

   European Commission advised not to regulate agents

   A European Commission report has said there is 'no overriding reason' why football agents should be regulated
6. 12.05am Colombia

   Farc's 'Marxist rebels' are just drug dealers

   Letters: The UN listed the Farc as among the world's most persistent violators of child soldiers, and the overwhelming majority of Colombians view them simply as terrorists
7. 12.05am Nuclear weapons

   Hiroshima, Israel and nuclear tests

   Letters: Despite the fact that Israel has undoubtedly received considerable atomic assistance from the US, there are no published details of Israel actually testing a nuclear device
8. 12.05am Vince Cable

   Vince Cable's power and principles

   Letters: Though I hate much of what the coalition is doing I shall continue to support the Lib Dems. The more the party retains electoral support, the more it can stand up to the Tories
9. 12.01am Afghanistan

   The killing fields of Afghanistan

   Editorial: US forces are at last learning how to fight this war, but like Vietnam, they have run out of road back home
10. 12.01am Medical research
    

    Antibiotics' efficiency wanes due to global spread of drug-resistant bacteria

    Gene giving high levels of resistance to drugs found in increasingly prevalent intestinal bacteria
11. 12.01am UK security and terrorism
    

    ASA watchdog bans 'offensive' anti-terror hotline radio advert

    Broadcast by Association of Chief Police Officers urged listeners to report neighbours who avoided company
12. 12.01am Animal behaviour
    

    Orangutans use mime to make themselves understood

    Videos show apes released back into the wild make mimicking gestures to convey information or as a trick
13. 12.00am Cancer
    

    Breath test to detect cancer may be possible, say scientists

    Study reveals prototype device could identify disease and differentiate between its four most common forms

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