News with and about 'breaking'



Picasso work fetches record price

added on 2010-05-05 04:00:52 (BBC News | World | UK Edition)
Pablo Picasso's Nude, Green Leaves and Bust sells for a record-breaking $106m at an auction in New York. ...more.

Couple killed after A40 breakdown

added on 2010-04-17 00:31:17 (BBC News | UK | UK Edition)
An elderly couple are hit by a lorry and killed after breaking down on the A40 in west London. ...more.

Bangladesh ship-break law outcry

added on 2010-04-13 09:01:03 (BBC News | World | UK Edition)
Environmental campaigners in Bangladesh condemn a decision by the government to ease restrictions on ship-breaking. ...more.

Ruby Walsh out of Grand National

added on 2010-04-10 18:01:13 (BBC News | UK | UK Edition)
Irish jockey Ruby Walsh is out of the Grand National after being breaking his left arm in an earlier race. ...more.

Schools to explore going it alone

added on 2010-04-09 02:30:51 (BBC News - News Front Page)
Almost half of Scotland's councils are investigating the option of schools breaking away from total council control. ...more.

Kyrgyzstan One Step Away from Civil War

added on 2010-04-09 02:01:35 (Pravda.Ru: Russian news and analysis)
The Central Asian Republic of Kyrgyzstan has become the latest Republic to reject a colour revolution after President Kurmanbek Bakiev has been forced out of office in a popular uprising against his nepotism, corruption and disastrous social policies which stretched his people to breaking point. ...more.

Breaking silence

added on 2010-04-07 12:30:49 (BBC News - News Front Page)
Should GPs tell a patient's partner about an STD? ...more.

Sri Lanka general trial adjourned

added on 2010-04-06 12:01:00 (BBC News | World | UK Edition)
A military trial accusing Sri Lanka's ex-army chief of breaking army rules is adjourned pending a legal challenge. ...more.

Toyota Knowingly Hid Dangerous Defect

added on 2010-04-06 12:31:28 (Pravda.Ru: Russian news and analysis)
Toyota Motor Corp. "knowingly hid a dangerous defect" that caused its vehicles to accelerate unexpectedly, the U.S. said, for the first time accusing the world’s largest automaker of breaking the law. ...more.

Rugby prop paralysed in 1966 dies

added on 2010-03-31 20:31:09 (BBC News | UK | UK Edition)
A rugby player who had been in hospital for 44 years since breaking his neck in a match has died aged 65. ...more.