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	Wednesday, 04 November, 2009, 4:00 GMT 04:00 +00:00:Europe/London

TOP STORIES
	General Motors cancels Opel sale General Motors announces that it has cancelled plans to sell Opel and Vauxhall to Canadian car parts firm Magna.
	Tories rule out treaty referendum The Conservatives say they will not hold a referendum on the EU treaty if the party wins the next general election.
	MPs await expenses reform plans MPs are expected to face a radical overhaul of their expenses when an independent review of the system is published later.
	Democrats lose ground in US polls Barack Obama's Democrats lose one state governorship and are set to lose a second, a year after he was elected US president.
	Call to improve sick baby units New standards for the care of sick new babies have been published in an attempt to improve services in England.

WORLD
	Democrats lose ground in US polls Barack Obama's Democrats lose one state governorship and are set to lose a second, a year after he was elected US president.
	General Motors cancels Opel sale General Motors announces that it has cancelled plans to sell Opel and Vauxhall to Canadian car parts firm Magna.
	Ohio rapist charged with murder US police charge a convicted rapist with five counts of murder, as more human remains are found at his Ohio home.

AFRICA
	Pardoned Briton due for UK return Ex-British soldier Simon Mann, jailed in Equatorial Guinea for his part in a coup plot, is heading for home after being freed.
	Cash crackdown in Nigerian banks Nigeria's central bank orders banks to report suspicious cash transactions from people involved in politics.
	Sierra Leone link to India medics Sierra Leone's president launches a satellite link-up so doctors in his country can seek advice from their colleagues in India.

AMERICAS
	Democrats lose ground in US polls Barack Obama's Democrats lose one state governorship and are set to lose a second, a year after he was elected US president.
	General Motors cancels Opel sale General Motors announces that it has cancelled plans to sell Opel and Vauxhall to Canadian car parts firm Magna.
	Ohio rapist charged with murder US police charge a convicted rapist with five counts of murder, as more human remains are found at his Ohio home.

ASIA-PACIFIC
	Indonesian anti-graft pair freed Indonesian police release two top anti-corruption officials from prison - arrests that had sparked major protests.
	Xinjiang police to 'strike hard' Police in the Chinese province of Xinjiang vow to "root out" crime after deadly ethnic riots earlier this year.
	Death toll rise in Vietnam floods The death toll from tropical storm-induced floods in Vietnam is worse than initially thought, government officials say.

EUROPE
	EU reform treaty passes last test The Czech Republic becomes the last country to ratify the EU's Lisbon Treaty, which is now set to become EU law within weeks.
	General Motors cancels Opel sale General Motors announces that it has cancelled plans to sell Opel and Vauxhall to Canadian car parts firm Magna.
	Oldest T. rex relative identified Scientists identify the most ancient fossil relative of the predatory dinosaur Tyrannosaurus rex.

MIDDLE EAST
	Sunni militant 'executed by Iran' Iran hangs a militant from the Jundullah rebel group accused of a number of attacks in the south-east of the country, say reports.
	Top Yemeni officers die in ambush Suspected al-Qaeda militants kill at least five security force members in Yemen, including three senior officers.
	Tussle over East Jerusalem home Jewish settlers take over another house in East Jerusalem after a long legal battle with a Palestinian family.

SOUTH ASIA
	Karzai vows to battle corruption Newly re-elected Afghan President Hamid Karzai pledges to eradicate corruption, as the Taliban label him a "puppet".
	S Lanka opposition forms alliance Opposition parties in Sri Lanka form an alliance to fight presidential and parliamentary elections due by next April.
	Bear kills militants in Kashmir A bear kills two militants who were hiding in its den in Indian-administered Kashmir, police say.

UK
	MPs await expenses reform plans MPs are expected to face a radical overhaul of their expenses when an independent review of the system is published later.
	UK should leave Afghanistan - MP A former Labour minister calls for the "great majority" of British troops to be withdrawn from Afghanistan.
	Call to improve sick baby units New standards for the care of sick new babies have been published in an attempt to improve services in England.

ENGLAND
	Suicide letter couple found dead A couple who sent a suicide letter to the BBC criticising UK laws on assisted dying are found dead in Newbury in Berkshire.
	Two in court over Halloween death Two men accused of murder after a row over the theft of a woman's Halloween hat, are due in court later.
	Sassoon fund gains £550,000 boost A campaign to save the papers of World War I poet Siegfried Sassoon for the nation is bolstered by a £550,000 grant.

NORTHERN IRELAND
	Men injured in separate shootings Two men are taken to hospital for treatment after being shot in the legs in separate gun attacks in Northern Ireland.
	Department 'wrong' on flu policy The chair of the NI Assembly's health committee criticises the Department of Health's new policy of confirming swine flu deaths once a week.
	Man injured in house stab attack A man is taken to hospital after being stabbed at a house in south Belfast.

SCOTLAND
	Darling hails Lloyds and RBS move Alistair Darling says the sell-offs at Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds are in the "best interest" of the banking sector.
	Cigarette ban for teenage smokers Scottish government ministers agree to toughen up proposed laws to make it illegal for under-18s to buy cigarettes.
	More help needed for fuel poor A charity warns that understanding the barriers to eradicating fuel poverty is vital if the government's pledge to end it by 2016 is to be met.

POLITICS
	Tories rule out treaty referendum The Conservatives say they will not hold a referendum on the EU treaty if the party wins the next general election.
	MPs await expenses reform plans MPs are expected to face a radical overhaul of their expenses when an independent review of the system is published later.
	UK should leave Afghanistan - MP A former Labour minister calls for the "great majority" of British troops to be withdrawn from Afghanistan.

BUSINESS
	General Motors cancels Opel sale General Motors announces that it has cancelled plans to sell Opel and Vauxhall to Canadian car parts firm Magna.
	Darling hails Lloyds and RBS move Alistair Darling says the sell-offs at Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds are in the "best interest" of the banking sector.
	HSBC to cut 1,700 jobs in the UK UK banking giant HSBC is to cut 1,700 jobs in the UK from its retail banking operations, a spokesman tells the BBC.

ENTERTAINMENT
	Kate Winslet accepts libel payout Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet accepts £25,000 libel damages over a claim made by the Daily Mail that she lied about her exercise regime.
	Laverne to write teenage novels Presenter Lauren Laverne is to write a series of novels for teenage girls about a girl who dreams of becoming a rock star.
	Iommi says injured hand on mend Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi says his hand is making a good recovery after receiving stem-cell treatment.

SCIENCE/NATURE
	Oldest T. rex relative identified Scientists identify the most ancient fossil relative of the predatory dinosaur Tyrannosaurus rex.
	Smos satellite unfurls instrument A European satellite launched to study the Earth's water cycle unpacks its antenna system.
	Obama urges new effort on climate Barack Obama urges the US and EU to re-double efforts to achieve success at the climate change summit in Copenhagen.

TECHNOLOGY
	Global 'caring' portal to launch Plans are being drawn up for a website that will aim to promote social good around the world.
	SonyEricsson debuts Android phone The first Android phone from SonyEricsson is due to go on sale in early 2010, says the handset maker.
	Ordnance Survey opens up data Ordnance Survey has its first commercial client for its open source data library OS OpenSpace.

HEALTH
	Call to improve sick baby units New standards for the care of sick new babies have been published in an attempt to improve services in England.
	Breast cancer changes with spread Nearly 40% of breast cancer tumours change form when they spread, a study shows.
	NHS told to avoid mass job cuts Mass redundancies in the NHS should be avoided - despite the need to make cuts because of the expected spending squeeze, bosses say.

EDUCATION
	Universities 'worth £59bn to UK' Universities in the UK generated £59bn and over 650,000 full-time jobs, says a report.
	University places 'wider access' The government says A-levels alone will not widen access, as it sets out plans for the future of England's universities.
	New code for school bus behaviour A new code is published to help improve the safety and behaviour of young people travelling to school and college.

ON THIS DAY NEWS FROM THE BBC ARCHIVES
	1956: Soviet troops overrun Hungary Soviet troops pour into the city in a massive dawn offensive in repsonse to a national uprising led by Prime Minister Imre Nagy.
	1995: Israeli PM shot dead The Israeli Prime Minister, Yitzhak Rabin, is assassinated at a peace rally in Tel Aviv.
	1979: Militants storm US embassy in Tehran Militant Islamic students in Iran storm the US embassy in Tehran taking 90 people hostage.

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