BBC NEWS | Europe | Ireland rejects EU reform treaty
Voters in the Irish Republic have rejected the European Union's Lisbon treaty in a vote by 53.4% to 46.6%. The poll is a major blow to leaders in the 27-nation EU, which requires all its members to ratify the treaty. Only Ireland has held a public vote. The European Commission says nations should continue to ratify the treaty, designed to streamline decision-making. Irish PM Brian Cowen said he re
BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Japan police probe stab 'warning'
Police in Japan are examining whether a man who went on a stabbing spree in Tokyo warned of his actions on an internet site, media reports say. Seven people died and 10 others were injured in the attack in central Tokyo's Akihabara shopping district on Sunday. Twenty-five year-old Tomohiro Kato was arrested by police at the scene. Mourners have begun to leave tributes at the site of the attack, wh
BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Seven dead in Tokyo knife attack
A man armed with a knife has killed seven people and injured 10 others in central Tokyo, Japanese media say. The incident occurred in the Akihabara district, a busy shopping area known as Electric Town that is popular with young people and tourists. A suspect, said to be 25-year-old Tomohiro Kato, has been arrested. Police spokesman Jiro Akaogi told reporters: "The suspect said he came to Akihabar
BBC NEWS | Special Reports | Japanese search for new swimsuits
It can take years to develop a new swimsuit material from scratch for competitive swimmers, but with just weeks to go before the Olympics, Japanese manufacturers are trying to do just that. They have been forced to try to come up with something after the Nottingham, UK-based firm Speedo developed a new bodysuit, LZR Racer, which has sent world records tumbling. The new suit has helped swimmers aro
BBC NEWS | UK | UK Politics | Blair 'to devote life to faith'
Page last updated at 19:31 GMT, Thursday, 29 May 2008 20:31 UK Former prime minister Tony Blair has promised to "spend the rest of my life" uniting the world's religions He said faith could be a "civilising force in globalisation", bringing people together to solve problems such as malaria and extreme poverty. Mr Blair, who is now a peace envoy to the Middle East, told Time magazine that religious
BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Woman lived hidden in Japan flat
Page last updated at 06:23 GMT, Friday, 30 May 2008 07:23 UK A woman has been arrested in Japan for sneaking into a man's house and living in his wardrobe without him knowing. Police found 58-year-old Tatsuko Horikawa living in a small storage space in the house in the southern city of Fukuoka. The house belonged to a 57-year-old man, who had become suspicious after food disappeared from his fridg
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Monkey's brain controls robot arm
Monkeys have been able to control robotic limbs using only their thoughts, scientists report. The animals were able to feed themselves using prosthetic arms, which were controlled by brain activity. Small probes, the width of a human hair, were inserted into the monkeys' primary motor cortex - the region of the brain that controls movement. Writing in Nature journal, the authors said their work co
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Stonehenge 'royal cemetery' claim
Page last updated at 16:29 GMT, Thursday, 29 May 2008 17:29 UK Stonehenge served as a burial ground for much longer than had previously been believed, new research suggests. The site was used as a cemetery for 500 years, from the point of its inception. Archaeologists have said the cremation burials found at the site might represent a single elite family and its descendents - perhaps a ruling dyna
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Shuttle leaves for space station
Nasa's Discovery shuttle has blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a 14-day mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The shuttle and its crew of seven are delivering a giant cylinder for Japan's Kibo science lab but also a new pump to repair the station's toilet. The toilet in the Zvezda service module failed last week. Discovery's flight is the third orbiter mission of
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Historic pictures sent from Mars
A Nasa spacecraft has sent back historic first pictures of an unexplored region of Mars. The Mars Phoenix lander touched down in the far north of the Red Planet, after a 680 million-km (423 million-mile) journey from Earth. The probe is equipped with a robotic arm to dig for water-ice thought to be buried beneath the surface. It will begin examining the site for evidence of the building blocks of
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