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  Taking on pirates
Date: February  10, 2009  
By Frank GardnerSecurity correspondent, BBC NewsSomali pirates are poised for renewed attacks on shipping off the coast of Somalia, according to the Royal Navy s Cdr Gerry Northwood, the head of operations for the EU s anti-piracy taskforce, codenamed Operation Atalanta.The multinational force, commanded by a British Rear Admiral, was deployed in D
  Teds rock
Date: February  06, 2009  

By Peter BowesBBC News correspondent, Los AngelesSome of the world s most inspirational speakers and thinkers are starting a mass brainstorming session in California.The Technology, Entertainment, Design (TED) conference, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary, attracts goal-driven entrepreneurs, inventors, geeks and dreamers. The elite group, k
  Reality bites
Date: February  06, 2009  

Porn as education, robots at war, and retired Microsoft boss Bill Gates mosquito release were just some of the highlights at the TED conference.TED, the Technology Entertainment Design conference consists of a series of talks given by "big thinkers" discussing "big ideas."It is attended by many of the world s leading scientists, academics and busi
  Gaddafi tipped as next AU leader
Date: February  02, 2009  

Leaders of the African Union are discussing who to elect as the next chairman, with Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi seen as the front-runner.A BBC correspondent at the AU summit in Ethiopia says it is North Africa s turn to lead the union and Mr Gaddafi is seen to be the obvious choice.However, some members of the union are said to be uneasy about hi
  Call for end to drug firms gifts
Date: January  31, 2009  

By Jane DreaperBBC News health correspondentMedical experts are calling for drug industry representatives to stop giving gifts to doctors, the BBC has learned.The report was created by a working party led by the Royal College of Physicians and including members of leading pharmaceutical companies.The report says the measure would do much to rebalan
  Refinery strikes spread across UK
Date: January  30, 2009  

Strikes have been breaking out across the UK in support of a mass walkout by energy workers in Lincolnshire angry at the use of foreign workers.Hundreds are gathered for the third day of the original strike at Lindsey Oil Refinery after owner Total gave a £200m contract to an Italian firm.They have been joined by strikers in Grangemouth, in cent
  Gates predicts four year downturn
Date: January  30, 2009  

Microsoft founder Bill Gates has told the BBC that it could take as much as four years for economies in trouble to return to positive growth.He said the upturn would be driven by innovations in science and technology.Speaking at the World Economic Forum, where he is promoting his charitable foundation, he said the world s poor could not wait for ec
  The inter-what?
Date: January  30, 2009  

By Tim WeberBusiness editor, BBC News website, in Davos It is not that the internet is a particularly recent invention. It has even had its very own economic crisis. So why are companies still struggling to engage with itFollow Tim in Davos on TwitterOf course, every company worth its salt has a website, not least those who have sent their executiv
  No ma am
Date: January  28, 2009  

By Phil MercerBBC News, PerthAs the United States celebrates its first African-American president, the people of another former British colony, Australia, are wondering whether they will ever have their own home-grown head of state.The issue of a republic is brewing again amid mounting pressure on the Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to say when Australia
  Authors defend Troubles cash plan
Date: January  27, 2009  

The authors of a report on how to deal with the legacy of the Troubles have defended their suggestion that families of all those killed should get £12,000.Unionists and some victims campaigners have criticised the plan as it would include payments to the families of loyalists and IRA members.However, the report s authors, Lord Eames and Denis B


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