BBC World News, Sep 19, 2011

Saving loch 'of world importance' BBC News By Steven McKenzie BBC Scotland Highlands and Islands reporter A loch's recovery from severe pollution could help to guide efforts to tackle contaminated water across the world. Every trout in Loch Flemington, near Nairn, died in a single day in 1995 ... See all stories on this topic »

Iran arrests 5 people for working for BBC's Farsi-language service Washington Post World Watchers consistently offer thought-provoking, timely comments on international affairs. If your comments or those of another user measure up, please let Post editors know. Washington Post reporters or editors recommend this comment or reader ... See all stories on this topic »

Most back Palestinian state, poll suggests CBC.ca The survey of 20446 people, conducted by GlobeScan for BBC World Service, found that across the countries surveyed, 49 per cent of respondents supported recognition of a Palestinian state, while 21 per cent said their government should oppose it. ... See all stories on this topic »

Cricket looks to sell itself around the world BBC Sport By Bill Wilson Business reporter, BBC News Cricket might seem to be the sporting epitome of continuity and tradition, and one which has its roots in very specific areas of the world. But like many major sports, it faces a challenge about how it should ... See all stories on this topic » BBC Sport

Sportsday Live - latest updates BBC News The five-division world champion has also stuck by his comments in a post-fight row with 80-year-old American broadcaster Larry Merchant. 0935 MOTOGP: BBCSport's motorcycling commentator Steve Parrish says Casey Stoner's eighth win of the season at ... See all stories on this topic »

Experiment gives scientist a headache Sydney Morning Herald ... Stewart revealed the side effects after spending two days locked inside the see-through container for an experiment linked to a new BBC TV series. The TV presenter and geologist is fronting the first program in the How Plants Made TheWorld series. ... See all stories on this topic »

Strauss-Kahn faces 'moment of truth' BBC News By Christian Fraser BBC News, Paris French politician - and former International Monetary Fund head - Dominique Strauss-Kahn has given his first interview since charges of attempted rape against him in the US were dropped. It was billed "as the moment ... See all stories on this topic » BBC News

Rugby World Cup: Stop exploiting us, player tells bosses New Zealand Herald The BBC has reported the IRB's disappointment at the comments, and it is understood that he may face disciplinary action if he is found to have broken social media rules in the Rugby World Cup's code of conduct. "You can't get punished for speaking out ... See all stories on this topic »

NBC in Talks With Ted Koppel Wall Street Journal Since then, Mr. Koppel has worked for National Public Radio and BBC World News America. Mr. Koppel would participate in the NBC show only on occasion, according to one of these people. He couldn't be reached for comment. NBC is pulling out the stops ... See all stories on this topic »

2011 BBC Proms smashes attendance records Oregon Music News (blog) As the 117th season of BBC Proms approaches the world-famous Last Night of the Proms on Saturday, Roger Wright, Controller, BBCRadio 3 and Director, BBC Proms, announces that it has been a record-breaking season. Average attendance for the main ... See all stories on this topic » Oregon Music News (blog)

Has Africa lost Libya? The Guardian As a citizen of a third world country with very dubious democracy, i have always seen sense in the western world's media's view (CNN,BBC, etc) that my country's media is government's owned and controlled, hence much of the news availled is sanitised ... See all stories on this topic » The Guardian

A vintage drive on the Italian open road BBC News Inga Lovric-Kemp travels to Tuscany in Italy to try out some memorable Alpha Romeos. Get in touch with Fast Track via e-mail or Facebook. Watch Fast Track on the BBC World News channel on Saturdays at 0330, 1330 and 1830 GMT or Sundays at 0630 GMT. ... See all stories on this topic » BBC News

BBC Sports Personality of the Year moves to MediaCityUK How Do The BBC has confirmed that BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2011 will be broadcast live from the new Northern home of the corporation on Thursday 22 December. The great and extremely good of the sporting world will descend upon MediaCityUK and ... See all stories on this topic » How Do

Downton Abbey: The underdog bites back Telegraph.co.uk ... the BBC's head of drama commissioning, points out that his entire annual budget would be used up by only a few shows if he matched the American spend per episode – and that the BBC has to provide something for everyone. Yet, in the modern world of ... See all stories on this topic » Telegraph.co.uk

Robert Sheehan takes on 'Playboy' BBC News By Tim Masters Entertainment and Arts correspondent, BBC News As Robert Sheehan takes on one of the best-known roles in Irish drama, he reflects on the preparations for his stage debut, and on life after Misfits. With a long list of TV and film credits ... See all stories on this topic » BBC News

Patten's beloved BBC could get caught in the cross-media ownership crossfire The Guardian (blog) Mark Thompson, meanwhile, may say that it would be a pretty perverse outcome of News of the World phone hacking if BBC news was cut back, and he'd be right. But he'd be wrong to rest easy: both David Cameron and Hunt have raised the possibility that ... See all stories on this topic » The Guardian (blog)

Napier's Art Deco misses out on World Heritage Status All About Hawke's Bay Lonely Planet and the BBC recently declared Napier's GEON Art Deco Weekend as one of the world's best festivals, and that has been recognized by the thousands of visitors who come here every February for our most famous of dress up parties. ... See all stories on this topic »

Could China help Europe conquer its debt woes? BBC News By Katie Hunt Business reporter, BBC News, Hong Kong As European leaders face another tumultuous week of crisis talks, austerity cuts and bailout decisions, an offer of help will be fresh in their minds. Last week, China suggested that it might be ... See all stories on this topic » BBC News

Services held for Welsh miners Radio New Zealand Archbishop of Wales Barry Morgan said the tragedy had moved an entire nation and the world. The BBC reports the Prince of Wales has agreed to be royal patron of the Swansea Valley Miners Appeal Fund. Neath MP Peter Hain said over £30000 had been raised ... See all stories on this topic »

Spooks: series 10, episode one The Guardian (blog) Welcome back to the preposterous world of TV spies, doublecrossing and rotten apples. I intend to enjoy every second Spooks: Jonathan Hyde as Ilya Gavrik and Alice Kruge as Elena Gavrik. Photograph: Angus Muir/BBC/Kudos Spoiler alert: This weekly blog ... See all stories on this topic » The Guardian (blog)

What's On BBC Red Button 19th - 25th September BBC News (blog) OddBox: Weekends (around the clock) BBC Red Button welcomes younger viewers and grown-ups with a sense of adventure to the big, bright and fun world of CBeebies interactive! Now your children's favourite characters are at the heart of the interactive ... See all stories on this topic »

World War II Historian, Nazi Expert to Kick Off Hall Center Lecture Series Kansas City infoZine Rees is the former head of BBC Television's history programs and the author of numerous best-selling books on World War II. Rees has earned numerous awards in journalism, TV and history, including the BAFTA, the most prestigious British film award. ... See all stories on this topic »

Hugh Grant condemns police over phone hacking tactics Telegraph.co.uk Grant, who has been a high-profile critic of invasions of privacy by the press, also suggested that the Tories might be using the Leveson Inquiry into media standards to ''bash the BBC''. The comments came in a press conference at the Liberal Democrat ... See all stories on this topic » Telegraph.co.uk

BBC: LITTLE UNDER 50% SUPPORTS PALESTINIAN STATE AT UNO Agenzia Giornalistica Italia (AGI)London-A little under 50% of the people in the world supports Palestinian PNA's request to be recognized as a State in the UN. This would mean acquiring the same status of independent State like all the other 193 members of the Glass House. ... See all stories on this topic »

Mr Aintree: National hero McCain BBC News And despite his public pronouncements, he was on pretty good terms with leading women in the sport, such as National-winning trainer Jenny Pitman and BBC presenter Clare Balding. McCain met Red Rum's owner, the wonderfully-named Noel Le Mare, ... See all stories on this topic » BBC News

UK's Sore Fingers Summer Schools Demand Up after BBC Coverage Cybergrass Sore Fingers Summer Schools is Europe's leading organisation for bluegrass and old-time music camps, offering world class tuition for all the instruments played in bluegrass as well as old-time fiddle and banjo, autoharp and singing. Recently, the BBC ... See all stories on this topic » Cybergrass

Great North Run 2011: Martin Mathathi sets course record BBC Sport "I couldn't believe [the time]," Muthathi, the 2007 WorldChampionship bronze medallist, told BBC Sport. "My manager told me maybe I could run a 59-minute race and he gave me a lot of motivation and encouragement." The women's race was dominated by... See all stories on this topic » BBC Sport

Yemen, Libya and Middle East unrest - live updates The Guardian (blog) Egyptian media quoted the election commission head, Abdel Moez Ibrahim, as saying voting for the lower house, the People's Assembly, would be in three stages, the first on 21 November and the last on 3 January, the BBC reports. ... See all stories on this topic » The Guardian (blog)

NOW LET US SING... Express.co.uk The 15-minute Daily Service on Radio 4, for example, which was first broadcast in 1927, is the oldest continuing daily programme in the world, religious or otherwise. Five years ago the BBC was criticised for reducing the amount of godly TV from more ... See all stories on this topic »

British Olympic Dreams - Episode 6 BBC Sport Currently BBC iPlayer TV programmes are available to play in the UK only, but all BBC iPlayer Radio programmes are available to you. Why? If you are in the UK and see this message please read this advice. Copy the URL and paste into your emails or ... See all stories on this topic » BBC Sport

Live video - Canoeing World Slalom Championships highlights BBC Sport ... course earlier this year and was looking for another boost on the challenging whitewater course in Slovakia. This is a live stream ofBBC TV. Coverage begins at 1400 BST. Available to UK users only. Canoeing World Slalom Championships highlights. See all stories on this topic » BBC Sport

Iran arrests 5 people for working for BBC | The Associated Press ... By The Associated Press Iranian state television is reporting that authorities have arrested five people for working for the BBC's Farsi-language service. Monday's report on the channel's website says the group provided the British Broadcasting Corp. with video and ... Examiner RSS

Palestine's bid for UN membership has global public support - poll ... By Agence France-Presse A clear majority of the public in nine countries voiced support for the resolution, with the strongest backing coming from the Muslim world, the BBC World Service-commissioned survey found. Ninety percent of Egyptians quizzed called on their ... Interaksyon.com

Katty Kay Named Anchor of 'BBC World News America' - TVNewser Katty Kay Named Anchor of 'BBC World News America' www.mediabistro.com/.../katty-kay-named-anchor-of-bbc-wor...

140 Characters » Interview with BBC World News on Twitter Interview with BBC World News on Twitter. Sep 6, 2011. Dom Sagolla · App, Book... a new type of writer in this tiny space.” See the interview in full at BBC News. ... www.140characters.com/.../interview-with-dom-sagolla-twitter...

FOX News, CNBC, MSNBC, BBC World News and Row 44 ... CNBC, MSNBC, VERSUS; FOX News Networks; BBC World News; Bloomberg Television and Other Networks Represent the Most Robust Live Television ... row44.com/.../fox-news-cnbc-msnbc-bbc-world-news-and-ro...

Nepal in BBC World's Most Dangerous Roads BBC includes Nepal in the World's most dangerous roads. Dangerous journey attempted by Comedians Rhod Gilbert and Greg Davies ... nepaliblogger.com/news/nepal-in-bbc-worlds-most.../3465/

BBC World News: Obama Address To Congress Promo #1A (2011... A 30 second spot for coverage of Obama's economic address to Congress, from BBC World News. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcq-_isBJoI

Ry Cooder Talks to BBC World Service's "The Strand"; Bloomberg ... Ry Cooder Talks to BBC World Service's "The Strand"; Bloomberg Gives New Album Five Stars. Ry Cooder by Vincent Valdez. Ry Cooder, whose new album, ... www.nonesuch.com/.../ry-cooder-talks-bbc-world-service-the-...

BBC World Service is worth proper funding - PetitionBuzz The UK government has been very busy recently re-negotiating the BBC's funding, remit and responsibilities.The BBC provides the world with an incredible ... www.petitionbuzz.com/petitions/bbcworldservice

BBC World News: 'The Secret War On Terror' Promo #1A (2011 ... A 20 second spot for, 'The Secret War On Terror', from BBC WorldNews. www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-hecqK_i00

Katty Kay Named New Lead Anchor of Award-Winning 'BBC World ... Katty Kay NAMED New Lead Anchor of Award-winning 'BBC WORLD NEWS AMERICA' Airing on KCET Katty Will be A Featured Guest on KCET's 9/11 Special,... www.kcet.org/.../katty-kay-named-new-lead-anchor-of-award-...

BBC World Service – Global Families Series Features Growing Up ... BBC World Service – Global Families Series Features Growing Up Global. I was recently interviewed via Skype for the BBC World Service. They were doing a ... www.growingupglobal.net/blog/?p=489

BBC World News: 'The Conspiracy Files' Topical Promo (2011 ... A 20 second topical spot for, 'The conspiracy Files', from BBC World News. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg9Oep9f-2A

On the BBC World Service Business News (12/9) commenting on ... On the BBC World Service Business News (12/9) commenting on the Greek government's suicidal tax grab and Germany's dilemma. 13 Sep. Click here (first up)... yanisvaroufakis.eu/.../on-the-bbc-world-service-business-news...

BBC World News America on electromagnetic sensitivity (updated ... Arthur Firstenberg of the Cellular Phone Task Force has alerted us to BBC's WorldNews America segment about electromagnetic sensitivity, to be aired on PBS ... thisisnotthat.com/wordpress/?p=2247

BBC World News America BBC World News America. The latest global news, including up-to-date news, interviews, analysis, business reports and world sports news. Channel: 36.1 ... www.mptv.org/program/?c=36_new&id=20692555

Hungary 'to aid toxic spill firm' : @BBCWorld Hungary 'to aid toxic spill firm' http://t.co/NJGONTxq by @BBCWorld. inagist.com/BBCWorld/.../Hungary_to_aid_toxic_spill_firm

Iran arrests 5 people for working for BBC - World news - Mideast/N ... Iranian state television is reporting that authorities have arrested five people for working for the BBC's Farsi-language service. www.msnbc.msn.com/id/.../ns/world_news-mideast_n_africa/

Our World - Sadržaj - Tv program 01:00, BBC World News, The latest international news from the BBC. 01:10, UK ...07:00, BBC World News, The latest international news from the BBC. ... www.tv-program.hr/sadrzaj/3281378/Our%20World.html

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