BBC World News, Feb 17, 2012

US Being Human renewed for season 3 Den Of Geek The US take on Being Human gets a series three order from Syfy. We suspect a UK Being Human series five won't be far behind... The American take on the BBC's Being Human has been a bit of a bumpy ride, with the currently-running second season notably ... See all stories on this topic »

Video: Jeremy introduces Sunday's Top Gear Top Gear (blog) You'll will be pleased to hear he's also made you all a videoabout this week's show, so come back tomorrow for more from our big boss. We'll see you as usual this Sunday, 8pm,BBC Two and BBC HD. Please confirm that you agree to topgear.com's website ... See all stories on this topic » Top Gear (blog)

Mark Hoppus expresses support for socialised healthcare, based on experiences ... Punknews.org Blink 182's Mark Hoppus has expressed his support for the UK's National Health Service, and has advocated the USA adopting a similar system. In a recent interview with BBC Radio Five Live Hoppus detailed his admiration for the NHS, since moving to ... See all stories on this topic »

British spy files show FBI efforts to ban Charlie Chaplin USA TODAY ... which was seeking to ban the actor from the US for alleged ties to the Communist Party, The Guardian reports. The file was opened in 1952, the BBC says, during the depths of the the Cold War McCarthy Era, when it was reported that Chaplin had made ... See all stories on this topic » USA TODAY

Aretha Franklin and Stevie Wonder to sing at Whitney Houston's funeral Birmingham Mail Whitney Houston kicks off her first tour of the UK in six years, in Sheffield, in 1999. Whitney Houston in her London hotel, after appearing on theBBC's Wogan show to promote her new single in 1988. Whitney Houston arriving for a playback of her new ... See all stories on this topic »

London 2012: best of the web The Guardian (blog) The Olympic torch will travel to the UK from Athens in a specially designed cradle on board a gold liveried British Airways flight. After being lit at the Temple of Hera in Olympia and following an eight-day relay around Greece, the torch will travel ... See all stories on this topic » The Guardian (blog)

Guests announced for Whitney Houston's funeral DigitalJournal.com According to the BBC, Houston's ex-husband Bobby Brown and the Hollywood actor Kevin Costner, whom the singer co-starred with in The Bodyguard, are among those to have been invited to the private service at the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, ... See all stories on this topic » DigitalJournal.com

Kingsland selected for Oprah's "Lovetown, USA" ActionNewsJax.com Crews from the Oprah Winfrey Network, OWN, have been on a nationwide search for a city that could be used as the setting for "Lovetown, USA", a new reality TV show produced by BBC Worldwide and OWN. In the show, a team of expert matchmakers would take ... See all stories on this topic »

Riding the roller coaster to success Chinadaily USA Theme park builders are eyeing Asia as the industry is dwindling in Europe and the US, according to a BBC report in September. Overall spending on entertainment and media in Asia Pacific is set to increase 4.5 percent each year, jumping to $413 billion ... See all stories on this topic »

Bristol Folk Festival To Present Newton Faulkner UK Festival Guides Hailed by many as “the British Jack Johnson” he has sold over 1 million albums in the UK and performed at numerous key festivals from the Isle of Wight to Glastonbury, V Festival to Latitude and Beautiful Days to T in the Park Having toured theUSA and ... See all stories on this topic » UK Festival Guides

Girl choir Cantamus is lined up to perform Grantham Today ... Cantamus has been invited to play as far afield as Japan, theUSA and Israel, as well as at prestigious venues in the UK and across Europe. The choir has featured in numerous radio and TV broadcasts. Choristers have been heard on BBC Radio 2,... See all stories on this topic » Grantham Today

Kelly Rowland sacked from X Factor UK? Unreality TV (blog) After The X Factor lost out to BBC's Strictly Come Dancing in terms of viewing figures, for most Saturday nights last autumn, it seems that producers are blaming Kelly's lack of commitment to the show on causing at least some of the problems. See all stories on this topic »

Transmissions from a Lone Star: Congratulations President Gurbanguly ... RIA Novosti Apparently there was no point since, according to the BBC “…fundamental freedoms continued to be restricted” in the country- which is a weird thing for an organization that monitors elections in countries where fundamental freedoms are restricted to ... See all stories on this topic »

MAKE-A-WISH: Lego and more Xperedon Charity News The UK Make-A-Wish charity is affiliated to the growing InternationalMake-A-Wish Foundation that was launched in the USA and now helps kids in 47 countries. Since 1980 assisted by donors and a growing army of volunteers, the Make-A-Wish Foundation has ... See all stories on this topic »

Violence condemned; drone strike; mass escape; Florida execution Phuket Gazette During the attack, which lasted approximately 30 minutes, the gunmen were able to free at least 119 inmates, a prison service spokeswoman told the BBC. Most of the prisoners were awaiting trial and none were described as high-profile detainees. See all stories on this topic » Phuket Gazette

Eamonn Holmes Is Britain's Richest TV Face OntheBox Sitting (not so) pretty in fourth place was Top Gear's James May and BBCTwo's Hairy Bikers. Meanwhile, Lorraine Pascale and Dermot O'Leary cooked up tidy wage packets of around £2 million each. For making scones and talking nonsense! See all stories on this topic »

'Miracle Day' DVD and Blu-ray Announced: Finalized Date, Cost Package Art, Extras TVShowsOnDVD.com Several weeks ago we passed along a scan of a catalog mailed out by the BBC America Shop, which displayed an availability date of March 13th for Torchwood - Miracle Day in the USA. A short time ago today, the folks at BBC Video formally announced the... See all stories on this topic » TVShowsOnDVD.com

United Autosports heads down under for Bathurst 12 Hours Motorsport.com Lives: Hong Kong: “I have dreamed about racing at Bathurst since I first started watching the races on the BBC in the '80s when the rivalry between Peter Brock and Dick Johnson was at its peak. The track looked amazing on TV and the coverage from ... See all stories on this topic »

One Year of Rats in Libya: Nothing But Chaos, Abuse, Death & Destruction #Feb17 Mathaba.Net ... world were also on trial this past year, with only Mathaba News Agency, Telesur, and Russia Today providing any accurate coverage and indepth reports, with Chinese and other media mostly echoing western news reports, and Jazeera, Al-Arabiya, BBC ... See all stories on this topic » Mathaba.Net

United Autosports heads to the Mountain OzRacingWrap Lives: Hong Kong: “I have dreamed about racing at Bathurst since I first started watching the races on the BBC in the '80s when the rivalry between Peter Brock and Dick Johnson was at its peak. The track looked amazing on TV and the coverage from ... See all stories on this topic »

20th February and the week ahead DeHavilland (press release) (subscription) Witness(es): BBC, ITV and SKY; John Angeli, Director of Parliamentary Broadcasting (at 5.30pm). Subject: European Union Document No. 17229/11 and Addenda 1 to 4, relating to the Commission Communication: Annual Growth Survey 2012 Environment Secretary ... See all stories on this topic »

Whitney Houston's 'I Will Always Love You' Makes Rare Billboard Top 10 Comeback International Business Times Amy Winehouse's "Lioness: Hidden Treasures," which features never-before-published songs, topped the UK album chart, according to the BBC. Sales of "The Best of Etta James--20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection" increased by 378 percent after ... See all stories on this topic » International Business Times

BBC News - Syria crisis: Army steps up Homs shelling Skip to content; Skip to local navigation; Skip to bbc.co.uk navigation; Skip to ... on the roofs of their homes to trick the world into thinking that there was an attack. .... When sending us pictures, video or eyewitness accounts at no time should ... www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-16902819

BBC News - On board US carrier as it ... Skip to content; Skip to local navigation; Skip tobbc.co.uk navigation; Skip to ... Iran has threatened to close the Strait - through which 20% of the world's oil... www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-17034496

BBC News - Haitian invasion ... Skip to content; Skip to local navigation; Skip tobbc.co.uk navigation; Skip to bbc. co.uk ... Play One-minute World News ... Play 'US must honour one-state policy' ... www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17039167

BBC News - Uganda considers further ... Skip to content; Skip to local navigation; Skip tobbc.co.uk navigation; Skip to bbc. co.uk ... Play 'The rest of Europe wants us out' · Play One-minute World News ... www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17054414

Video: Formula race car in snow - BBC Top Gear Advertisement feature WRC World Rally Championship brought to you by... Frankly, no one thought we'd be going this long, least of all us. ... Back to Car News ... with the troublesome spot of weather currently plaguing theUK and Europe, ... www.topgear.com/.../nurburgring-snow-covered-lap-formula-...

Lamex Foods — Video On Board Us Carrier In Strait Of Hormuz VIDEO: On board US carrier in Strait of Hormuz. The BBC's Jonathan Beale ... Read the full story on BBC World News ... UK            +44 (0) 1992 473 888      . HOLLAND ... www.lamexfoods.us/.../video-on-board-us-carrier-in-strait-of-...

VIDEO: The rest of Europe wants us out : BBCWorld VIDEO: 'The rest of Europe wants us out' http://t.co/kRDF1gMN byBBCWorld ... BBC News - People in Athens on Greece's financial turmoil. www.bbc.co.uk ... inagist.com/BBCWorld/170031914571407360/

BBC World News apologises for funding breaches - Journalism.co.uk The apology, which was broadcast four times on Saturday, read: "A small number of programmes broadcast on BBC World News between February 2009 and ... www.journalism.co.uk/news/bbc-world-news.../a547849/

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TODAYonline | World | BBC to say sorry for airing paid-for Malaysia ... KUALA LUMPUR - The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has pledged to ... United Kingdom daily The Independent reported yesterday that the BBC will say sorry to ... on BBC World News between February 2009 and July 2011 broke BBC rules aimed ... Al-Qaeda may have inflitrated Syrian oppsition: US Intelligence ... www.todayonline.com/.../BBC-to-say-sorry-for-airing-paid-fo...

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BBC News - Europe's cold snap shows no signs of easing Skip to content; Skip to local navigation; Skip to bbc.co.uk navigation; Skip to bbc. co.uk search; Help · Accessibility Help ... Play China 'will not be pressed' by US ... www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17001103

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