Page last updated at 06:47 GMT, Sunday, 14 March 2010
Page last updated at 06:47 GMT, Sunday, 14 March 2010
The tiger may be more ancient and distinct than we thought. Tigers are less closely related to lions, leopards and jaguars than these other big cats are to each other, according to a new comprehensive study. The genetic analysis also reveals the tiger began evolving 3.2 million years ago, and its closest living relative is the equally endangered snow leopard. The discovery comes as the BBC launche
Page last updated at 11:21 GMT, Monday, 15 February 2010 Japan's economy grew by a better-than-expected 1.1% in the final quarter of last year, according to official figures. This is the equivalent of an annualised increase of 4.6%. However, despite the growth in October to December, the economy contracted by 5% over the whole of 2009. China now rivals Japan for the rank of the world's second-bigg
Japanese PM Yukio Hatoyama has promised economic revival and strong US ties, hours after taking office. In a news conference, he vowed to deliver a "people-oriented society", quick economic improvements and frank but trusting ties with Washington. Mr Hatoyama's Democratic Party of Japan won a huge poll victory last month, ending 50 years of almost unbroken Liberal Democratic Party rule. His untest
Japanese pop star Noriko Sakai, who disappeared on Monday after her husband was detained on drugs charges, has surrendered herself to Tokyo police. The 38-year-old singer, who is known for her girl-next-door image, was arrested on suspicion of possessing illegal stimulants. Tokyo police said a small quantity of drugs had been found in her apartment. Her 10-year-old son, who had also been missing,
A strong earthquake has struck Tokyo and central Japan, halting train services, closing motorways and causing a nuclear power station to shut down. At least 43 people were injured by the magnitude 6.4 quake, many of them by falling objects, officials said. No deaths have been reported. Separately, there was another powerful earthquake off India's Andaman Islands in the Indian Ocean. Both earthquak
Pop star Michael Jackson has died in Los Angeles, aged 50. Paramedics were called to the singer's Beverly Hills home at about midday on Thursday after he stopped breathing. He was pronounced dead two hours later at the UCLA medical centre. Jackson's brother, Jermaine, said he was believed to have suffered a cardiac arrest. Jackson, who had a history of health problems, had been due to stage a seri
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