Archive for October, 2008

ANC dissidents to hold convention

author Posted by: BBC News | World | UK Edition on date Oct 31st, 2008 | filed Filed under: Africa

Dissident members of South Africa’s governing ANC are meeting to discuss the formation of a breakaway movement.

DNA clue to child brain tumours

author Posted by: BBC News | World | UK Edition on date Oct 31st, 2008 | filed Filed under: Health

Scientists at Cambridge University make a major breakthrough in research on child brain tumours.

Belgians die in Egypt coach crash

author Posted by: on date Oct 31st, 2008 | filed Filed under: Middle East

A tourist bus overturns in southern Egypt, killing six Belgian passengers and injuring
26 others.

Baghdad water pipeline blown up

author Posted by: on date Oct 31st, 2008 | filed Filed under: Middle East

Insurgents have blown up a water pipeline in Baghdad, disrupting supplies to hundreds of thousands of people, security officials say.

Springsteen posts Halloween song

author Posted by: BBC News | World | UK Edition on date Oct 31st, 2008 | filed Filed under: Entertainment

Rock singer Bruce Springsteen puts a free seasonal download on his website as a “musical treat” for his fans.

Private singer

author Posted by: BBC News | World | UK Edition on date Oct 31st, 2008 | filed Filed under: Entertainment

One BBC producer’s months of tracking star Neil Young

Kenyans theatre-goers eagerly await Obama, The Musical

author Posted by: BBC News | World | UK Edition on date Oct 31st, 2008 | filed Filed under: Africa

Obama, The Musical, a partial portrait of US presidential hopeful Barack Obama, is set to open in Kenya.

Damage limitation

author Posted by: BBC News | World | UK Edition on date Oct 31st, 2008 | filed Filed under: Magazine

Clarence Mitchell on how to stop a crisis in its tracks

Pupils ditch traditional homework

author Posted by: BBC News | World | UK Edition on date Oct 31st, 2008 | filed Filed under: News Headlines

A primary school is scrapping weekly homework and introducing challenges throughout the term.

Regional DR Congo talks planned

author Posted by: BBC News | World | UK Edition on date Oct 31st, 2008 | filed Filed under: News Headlines

The Rwandan and Congolese presidents agree to attend a summit aimed at ending conflict in DR Congo, the EU says.