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	Wednesday, 11 November, 2009, 4:00 GMT 04:00 +00:00:Europe/London

TOP STORIES
	Ministers to unveil DNA data plan Details of how long profiles of innocent people can be kept on the DNA database for England and Wales are to be unveiled.
	Washington sniper is put to death The man behind the 2002 sniper attacks in and near Washington DC is executed after a last-ditch appeal was thrown out.
	Major power failures hit Brazil Brazil's two largest cities - Rio de Janeiro and San Paulo - are hit by major blackouts due to a problem at a massive hydroelectric dam.
	Service marks lost WWI generation A special Armistice Day service is to be held after the deaths of the three remaining WWI veterans living in the UK.
	PM warned over childcare vouchers Prime Minister Gordon Brown is under renewed pressure to abandon plans to remove tax relief from childcare vouchers.

WORLD
	Washington sniper is put to death The man behind the 2002 sniper attacks in and near Washington DC is executed after a last-ditch appeal was thrown out.
	Major power failures hit Brazil Brazil's two largest cities - Rio de Janeiro and San Paulo - are hit by major blackouts due to a problem at a massive hydroelectric dam.
	UN gives backing to 'Mandela Day' The UN General Assembly declares 18 July Nelson Mandela Day to mark his contribution to freedom.

AFRICA
	Charles Taylor 'duped' by Nigeria Former Liberian President Charles Taylor tells his war crimes trial he was duped by Nigeria into being arrested there in 2006.
	SA police 'kill boy aged three' South Africa's police watchdog condemns the "shooting of innocent people" after a policeman allegedly killed a three-year-old boy.
	UN gives backing to 'Mandela Day' The UN General Assembly declares 18 July Nelson Mandela Day to mark his contribution to freedom.

AMERICAS
	Washington sniper is put to death The man behind the 2002 sniper attacks in and near Washington DC is executed after a last-ditch appeal was thrown out.
	Major power failures hit Brazil Brazil's two largest cities - Rio de Janeiro and San Paulo - are hit by major blackouts due to a problem at a massive hydroelectric dam.
	El Salvador facing food shortage About 10,000 people in El Salvador are in need of food aid after devastating floods washed away crops, a UN agency says.

ASIA-PACIFIC
	US warns over Koreas naval clash The White House and the UN appeal for restraint after a maritime clash between North and South Korea.
	Ex-Thai PM arrives in Cambodia Ousted Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra lands in Cambodia to work as an adviser, in a move likely to annoy Thailand.
	Koalas 'could face extinction' Australia's koalas could be wiped out within 30 years unless the government takes urgent action, conservationists warn.

EUROPE
	Turkey's PKK peace plan delayed Turkey's opposition delays the government's announcement of its plan to end a conflict in the mainly Kurdish south-east.
	UK renews offer over Cyprus land Britain is "formally renewing" an offer to hand over half of its sovereign territory in Cyprus to facilitate a peace deal, the United Nations said.
	Germany keeper dies in 'suicide' Germany goalkeeper Robert Enke dies after being hit by a train in an apparent suicide, police confirm.

MIDDLE EAST
	Iran warning over Yemen conflict Iran's foreign minister warns against foreign intervention in the conflict between Yemeni government and rebels.
	Hezbollah 'could strike Tel Aviv' The Lebanese Shia Islamist group, Hezbollah, has rockets capable of reaching Tel Aviv, Israel's military chief warns.
	Iran 'frees Danish media student' The authorities in Iran have released a Danish media student arrested earlier this month, Iranian state media say.

SOUTH ASIA
	Deadly blast hits Pakistani town At least 24 people are killed and more than 100 injured in a bomb blast in the north-west Pakistani town of Charsadda.
	'Toxic' US ship banned in India India blocks entry to a former US naval ship heading for break-up at a scrap yard on its west coast, citing environmental concerns.
	Train family in India cash row A Pakistani couple given compensation by India for the loss of five children in a bomb attack cannot cash the cheque.

UK
	PM warned over childcare vouchers Prime Minister Gordon Brown is under renewed pressure to abandon plans to remove tax relief from childcare vouchers.
	Ministers to unveil DNA data plan Details of how long profiles of innocent people can be kept on the DNA database for England and Wales are to be unveiled.
	Service marks lost WWI generation A special Armistice Day service is to be held after the deaths of the three remaining WWI veterans living in the UK.

ENGLAND
	Baby P 'deterring social workers' More social workers are turning their back on the profession after the Baby Peter case, a survey suggests.
	Heathrow pilot faces drink charge A United Airlines pilot is charged after being arrested at Heathrow Airport on suspicion of being drunk.
	Service marks lost WWI generation A special Armistice Day service is to be held after the deaths of the three remaining WWI veterans living in the UK.

NORTHERN IRELAND
	Derry City board members resign The chairman of Derry City Football Club has resigned along with three of its board members.
	PSNI stall on shoot-to-kill files The police want more time to hand over secret reports into so-called shoot-to-kill incidents in Northern Ireland in the 1980s.
	SDLP justice post motion defeated An SDLP motion to have the justice minister elected through the D'Hondt system is defeated in an assembly debate on policing and justice powers.

SCOTLAND
	Final push for by-election votes Candidates in the Glasgow North East by-election embark on their final day of campaigning, ahead of polling day, on Thursday.
	Minister to face class size probe Education Secretary Fiona Hyslop is to face scrutiny over class sizes when she appears before a committee of MSPs.
	Wind farm advert was 'misleading' Wind farm developers in Shetland are told to scrap an advert with misleading financial and environmental statements.

POLITICS
	Ministers to unveil DNA data plan Details of how long profiles of innocent people can be kept on the DNA database for England and Wales are to be unveiled.
	Three more drugs advisers resign Three more drug advisers have quit after Home Secretary Alan Johnson's sacking of his chief drugs adviser.
	PM warned over childcare vouchers Prime Minister Gordon Brown is under renewed pressure to abandon plans to remove tax relief from childcare vouchers.

BUSINESS
	Bear Stearns ex-managers cleared Two former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers charged with fraud are found not guilty by a New York jury.
	Lloyds announces 5,000 job cuts Lloyds Banking Group says it is cutting 5,000 jobs, a move described by unions as "corporate arrogance".
	Row over pushchair safety risks A consumer group says makers of a pushchair linked to safety risks must give UK parents the same protection as those in the US.

ENTERTAINMENT
	Andre wins libel damages from Now Peter Andre accepts "substantial" damages over claims he was lying when he portrayed himself as a loving father and husband.
	Apprentice delayed until summer The 2010 series of The Apprentice is being put back until the summer to avoid a clash with the election, the BBC confirms.
	Watchdog rules out X Factor probe Broadcasting watchdog Ofcom says it is not investigating 3,000 complaints to ITV about The X Factor's "Jedward" being saved.

SCIENCE/NATURE
	Ricin 'antidote' to be produced An anti-toxin that protects against ricin poisoning is to move into production for the first time, after eight years of research.
	Missing link dinosaur discovered Scientists discover a fossilised dinosaur skeleton that is the missing link between the earliest dinosaurs and giant sauropods.
	Koalas 'could face extinction' Australia's koalas could be wiped out within 30 years unless the government takes urgent action, conservationists warn.

TECHNOLOGY
	Modern Warfare 'set for record' Analysts predict that first week sales of computer game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 will break current records in the UK.
	Live UK football for iPhone users Pay-TV provider BSkyB is to show live Premier League matches and other sports on Apple's iPhone for £6 a month.
	Ofcom knocks back BBC DRM plans Critics argue that a BBC request to offer copy protection on set-top boxes is 'DRM by the backdoor'.

HEALTH
	'No fasting' for cholesterol test Patients may not need to fast before having their cholesterol tested, a major report finds.
	New warning on 'perfect vaginas' Women are having surgery to create the perfect vagina amid a "shocking" lack of information on the potential risks, a report says.
	Father drops right-to-life fight A father who had been fighting to stop a hospital withdrawing life support from his seriously ill son has dropped his objections.

EDUCATION
	Students still await loan money Thousands of students in England have still not received their loans and grants weeks after the start of term, figures show.
	Training places face spending axe England's further education and skills budget could lose tens of thousands of training places under money saving plans.
	Ofsted admits Baby P report error Ofsted admits making a "deeply regrettable error" by not disclosing a report to the court reviewing Sharon Shoesmith's sacking.

ON THIS DAY NEWS FROM THE BBC ARCHIVES
	2004: Veteran leader Yasser Arafat is dead Yasser Arafat dies in hospital in Paris, aged 75, bringing to an end more than 40 years of rule over the Palestinian people.
	2000: Skiers die in train tunnel inferno At least 150 skiers, many of them children, die in an intense fire on board a funicular railway in the Austrian Alps.
	1965: Rhodesia breaks from UK The Rhodesian Government, led by Prime Minister Ian Smith, illegally severs its links with the British Crown.

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