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Tepco faces billions of dollars in compensation claims - BBC News
"I don't understand how they decided on one million yen," said a municipal government staff who asked not to be identified. "In my view, this is nowhere near enough, so I truly hope this is just provisional," he added. But it is not just displaced ...
Letter bomb sent to Neil Lennon - BBC News
The devices are said to be rudimentary and do not appear to have been made by someone with paramilitary training in bomb-making, sources close to the investigation indicated. Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. ...
Syrians defiant - BBC News
"It is just like the 80s," says one opposition figure in Damascus who asked not to be named. "Anything we say is a reason for arrest. People are taken in the streets, from cafes, from their homes." But this has not stopped pro-democracy supporters from ...
Somerset County Council's post closures revealed - BBC News
One woman who had recently taken voluntary redundancy but did not want to be identified said communication had been poor and that despite more than ten years' service, she did not feel that her contribution had been valued. As part of the cutbacks, ...
Mystery shoppers: Do companies benefit? - BBC News
Unsurprisingly she asked to remain anonymous. "You're looking out for if the store is clean, the staff are friendly, and if they approach you," she says. "If you ask a question, do they take you to the relevant section? Do they ask you open questions, ...
Mountain fund raisers in rescue - BBC News
The fund-raising group have asked not to be named but have paid tribute to their rescuers. One of the group said: "We'd had a successful overnight camp, but one of the girls slipped and fell." He added that the teams had reached them incredibly quickly ...
Gaddafi official 'leaves Libya' - BBC News
"They [Libyan government] requested to send an envoy with a message for Prime Minister George Papandreou and that is why he is in Athens," the source said. The movements of senior Libyan officials have been closely monitored since Foreign Minister ...
Tripoli witness: Humour amid the fear - BBC News
A resident of the city, who did not want to be identified for security reasons, describes the mood there. It rained in Tripoli for much of the day on Wednesday, which not only dampened the dust and sand of this city, but also - it seemed - the mood of ...
Tripoli witness: Fear and uncertainty - BBC News
One Tripoli resident - who did not want to be identified for security reasons - describes the mood in the capital. Who ever thought that an oil-rich country like Libya could face fuel shortages? That is exactly what is happening as I write these words. ...
Diamond ring worth 250000 euros stolen in Paris - BBC News
A source close to the investigation into the theft, which took place late on Tuesday morning, told the paper that surveillance video was being examined for clues. "It was a particularly daring theft," the source added.
HMS Cumberland 'should be saved' - BBC News
One crew member's wife, who did not wish to be identified, told BBC News: "The ship should be saved. "Surely she deserves that for all the work she's just done. I think would be quite fitting." Another woman whose husband is serving on board said that ...
Isle of Man's bid to tackle youth drinking - BBC News
"There is nothing else to do and we can't get in and out of a pretty boring Douglas easily," said one Isle of Man 14-year-old, who asked to remain anonymous. "We want somewhere we can go, where there is not, like, set activities to do, ...
Ready for war - BBC News
"It's not going to be classic warfare with front lines and trenches," one very senior army officer in Bouake told me on condition of anonymity. "That's not the tactic. We will take strategic locations in Abidjan and we already have our men in place ...
Gaddafi 'not targeted' by strikes - BBC News
An official from one of the coalition countries, who asked not to be named, told journalists the strike had destroyed Col Gaddafi's "command and control capability". It is not known whether the colonel was there at the time of the bombing. ...
Top Yemeni general, Ali Mohsen, announces defection - BBC News
A source close to Mr Saleh told the BBC that the president was not stepping down, and that he would call elections later this year. The source claimed that if Mr Saleh left now, Yemen would descend into inter-tribal fighting within hours, and dismissed ...
Tripoli resident tells of Libyan life amid unrest - BBC News
One Tripoli resident - who did not want to be identified for his own safety - describes the latest scenes in the capital. Every day at 1400 (1200 GMT) on the dot, our neighbour's 15-year-old son, Mohamed, delivers a bag full of bread to us: a ritual of ...
Splits inside Bahrain's ruling al-Khalifah family - BBC News
A source close to the family told me that on Sunday morning, Crown Prince Sheikh Salman bin Hamad al-Khalifah was close to reaching a breakthrough with pro-democracy activists on terms that would allow a dialogue to begin. ...
Tripoli eyewitness: city of fear and silent protests - BBC News
One Tripoli resident - who did not want to be identified for his own safety - described the latest scenes to the BBC. In recent weeks, the mobile phone service that allows users to check their credit has stopped working. Several people had already ...
Fake escort agencies net gang £6m - BBC News
Unfortunately a lot of the victims are people... who are desperate, and that is why they have taken this work” One woman from Suffolk, who did not want to be identified, told the BBC she had felt a mug for falling for the scam. ...
Sultan's troubles - BBC News
They are one step behind the expectations of the people," said one academic who asked not to be named due to the sensitivity of the situation. There are also key differences between Oman and neighbouring countries such as Bahrain, which has been hit by ...
Libya unrest: An eyewitness account - BBC News
As the Gaddafi regime struggles to keep its grip on the Libyan capital, one Tripoli resident - who did not want to be identified for his own safety - described the latest scenes to the BBC. At the moment Tripoli is still calm. People have mostly stayed ...
Pakistan drones 'kill militants' - BBC News
Local administration officials said the foreigners were of ethnic Turkmen origin and were driving near Mohammad Khel in the Dande Darpakhel area. The area is located about 30km (19 miles) west of the tribal region's main town of Miranshah. ...
Children at illegal shisha dens - BBC News
One woman from Blackburn, who did not want to be identified, told the BBC her 13-year-old brother regularly attended one such premises. She said: "He goes every weekend. I think they just sit down and just smoke and chill out and relax. ...
UK will fly Britons out of Libya - BBC News
The woman, who asked not to be named, told BBC News: "The Foreign Office has told everyone to leave Libya, however there are no flights available. "My brother-in-law was advised to take cash to the airport as the cash machines are not working. ...
AUDIO: Protesters "doing best to oust Gaddafi" - BBC News
A protester in Libyan capital Tripoli, who asked not to be identified, has described overnight protests as a "victory". But speaking to Today presenter John Humphrys, he said that people in the capital were still to scared to come out of their houses ...