Wednesday, January 20, 2010

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Thursday, 21 January, 2010, 4:00 GMT 04:00 +00:00:Europe/London
TOP STORIES
US diverts 4,000 troops to Haiti
The US sends another 4,000 military personnel to Haiti for earthquake relief, as many in the stricken country still await help.
  China 'is second largest' economy
China's economy grew by 8.7% in 2009, likely making it the world's second largest economy behind that of the US.
  Doctor Who scoops two TV awards
Doctor Who wins twice at the National TV Awards, including best drama, while Coronation Street wins best serial.
  Obama warns Senate on healthcare
US President Barack Obama warns his party not to "jam" healthcare reforms through the Senate after losing a key seat.
  NHS 'inconsistent' on obesity ops
Access to weight loss operations on the NHS is "inconsistent and unethical", the Royal College of Surgeons says.
WORLD
US diverts 4,000 troops to Haiti
The US sends another 4,000 military personnel to Haiti for earthquake relief, as many in the stricken country still await help.
  China 'is second largest' economy
China's economy grew by 8.7% in 2009, likely making it the world's second largest economy behind that of the US.
  Obama warns Senate on healthcare
US President Barack Obama warns his party not to "jam" healthcare reforms through the Senate after losing a key seat.
AFRICA
Call for tough Somali arms checks
Amnesty International calls for stricter controls for weapons being given to Somalia's transitional government.
  Nigeria riot city 'under control'
Nigeria's army says the riot-hit city of Jos is under control after days of Muslim-Christian fighting left scores dead.
  DR Congo war deaths 'exaggerated'
The number of people killed in a decade of war in DR Congo may be half of the accepted toll of 5.4m, a study suggests.
AMERICAS
Obama warns Senate on healthcare
US President Barack Obama warns his party not to "jam" healthcare reforms through the Senate after losing a key seat.
  US diverts 4,000 troops to Haiti
The US sends another 4,000 military personnel to Haiti for earthquake relief, as many in the stricken country still await help.
  Ousted Zelaya can leave Honduras
Ousted Honduran leader Manuel Zelaya is offered safe passage to the Dominican Republic, officials say.
ASIA-PACIFIC
China 'is second largest' economy
China's economy grew by 8.7% in 2009, likely making it the world's second largest economy behind that of the US.
  Vietnam jails democracy activists
Four Vietnamese activists, including prominent lawyer Le Cong Dinh, are jailed for trying to overthrow the government.
  Arrests over Malaysia church fire
Malaysian police say they have arrested eight people over the firebombing of a church earlier this month.
EUROPE
Brown unveils security measures
A passenger "no-fly list" and a ban on Yemen flights are among new rules to be brought in after the Christmas Day bomb plot.
  Bomb alert shuts German airport
Germany's Munich airport is partly closed down for a few hours after a traveller's laptop sets off an explosives detector.
  UN climate deadline is 'flexible'
Countries can miss the deadline for sending emissions pledges to the UN, as greens mull the latest US election.
MIDDLE EAST
Israel 'to keep W Bank presence'
Israel's prime minister says it must maintain a presence along the border of a future Palestinian state to stop weapons smuggling.
  Yemenis 'bomb militant's house'
Yemen bombs a suspected al-Qaeda leader's house, a week after the military said he had been killed, reports say.
  US editor 'expelled from Israel'
A US journalist with a Palestinian news agency is expelled from Israel a week after he was refused entry, the agency says.
SOUTH ASIA
Al-Qaeda 'seeking South Asia war'
The US defence secretary says al-Qaeda is trying to destabilise South Asia to provoke war between India and Pakistan.
  Pakistani suspect berates US jury
A Pakistani woman alleged to have shot at US soldiers yells at jurors on the first day of her trial on Tuesday.
  IPL to be shown live on YouTube
Web search giant Google says it will stream all Indian Premier League cricket matches live on its YouTube video-sharing site.
UK
Man who attacked intruder freed
A businessman jailed for permanently injuring an intruder who attacked him speaks of his happiness at being freed by the Court of Appeal.
  MSP unveils assisted suicide bill
Independent MSP Margo MacDonald's right-to-die bill for the terminally ill is to be published at the Scottish Parliament later.
  Doctor Who scoops two TV awards
Doctor Who wins twice at the National TV Awards, including best drama, while Coronation Street wins best serial.
ENGLAND
Mother gets life for heroin death
A mother convicted of murdering her brain-damaged son by injecting a lethal dose of heroin is jailed for life.
  Brothers tortured attack victims
Two brothers tortured two young boys with broken glass, bricks and sharp sticks in a brutal ordeal in Edlington, a court hears.
  Worker jailed over chicken film
A supermarket worker who was thought to have licked a chicken before putting it back on a shelf is jailed.
NORTHERN IRELAND
Gang shoot homeowner to get guns
A man is shot in the leg in west Belfast as robbers target two houses where legally-held firearms were kept.
  Woman rejects SF abuse account
A woman who says she was raped by an IRA man has rejected two Sinn Fein members' accounts of how they tried to help her.
  Adams angry over newspaper claims
Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams strongly denies that he and his party have not done enough to help victims of sexual abuse.
SCOTLAND
MSP unveils assisted suicide bill
Independent MSP Margo MacDonald's right-to-die bill for the terminally ill is to be published at the Scottish Parliament later.
  Cancelled school trip criticised
A council is criticised for how it handled a school trip following potential legal action over the exclusion of a disabled child.
  Granite City quarry goes on sale
A quarry credited with giving Aberdeen its Granite City name is sold on the open market for the first time in 150 years.
POLITICS
45-minute claim 'a bit of colour'
Including the 45-minute claim in an Iraq dossier was "asking for trouble", Tony Blair's former security coordinator says.
  Brown unveils security measures
A passenger "no-fly list" and a ban on Yemen flights are among new rules to be brought in after the Christmas Day bomb plot.
  RBS help for Cadbury bid attacked
Nick Clegg says it is "plain wrong" that taxpayer-owned Royal Bank of Scotland is funding the Cadbury takeover, which could cost UK jobs.
BUSINESS
China 'is second largest' economy
China's economy grew by 8.7% in 2009, likely making it the world's second largest economy behind that of the US.
  Surprise fall in UK unemployment
The number of people unemployed in the UK has fallen unexpectedly for the first time in 18 months, official figures show.
  UK returns nuclear waste to Japan
The first shipment of highly radioactive nuclear waste from the UK has left Sellafield en route for Japan.
ENTERTAINMENT
Doctor Who scoops two TV awards
Doctor Who wins twice at the National TV Awards, including best drama, while Coronation Street wins best serial.
  Cowell to organise Haiti single
Simon Cowell confirms he is organising a charity single to raise funds for the Haiti earthquake appeal.
  Wildlife photo stripped of award
The winner of a major wildlife photography award is disqualified because the wolf featured in his photograph was likely a "model".
SCIENCE/NATURE
Wildlife photo stripped of award
The winner of a major wildlife photography award is disqualified because the wolf featured in his photograph was likely a "model".
  UN climate deadline is 'flexible'
Countries can miss the deadline for sending emissions pledges to the UN, as greens mull the latest US election.
  Space concepts vie for position
The competition to find the next great European space mission sees three ideas move to the front of the field.
TECHNOLOGY
Microsoft to patch browser hole
Microsoft says it will issue a patch for a hole in Internet Explorer that could have been exploited by Chinese hackers.
  New York Times website to charge
The New York Times is to charge for full access to its website from 2011, the latest newspaper to move in that direction.
  Sony delays PS3 motion controller
Sony delays the release of its highly anticipated motion controller for its PlayStation 3 console until the autumn of 2010.
HEALTH
NHS 'inconsistent' on obesity ops
Access to weight loss operations on the NHS is "inconsistent and unethical", the Royal College of Surgeons says.
  Trials spark hope of pill for MS
Oral drugs to treat multiple sclerosis could become available in 2011 after promising results in two trials.
  MSP unveils assisted suicide bill
Independent MSP Margo MacDonald's right-to-die bill for the terminally ill is to be published at the Scottish Parliament later.
EDUCATION
Training scheme was 'mismanaged'
A £1.5bn government scheme to improve the skills levels of employees is criticised by MPs as "mismanaged" and "unrealistically ambitious".
  Parties in fight over the family
Labour and the Conservatives are setting out their plans to support families - expected to be a key election battleground.
  'Segregation' mapped in schools
Pockets of deep segregation are revealed in a mapping of the ethnic make-up of England's school.
ON THIS DAY NEWS FROM THE BBC ARCHIVES
  1981: Tehran frees US hostages after 444 days
The 52 American hostages held at the US embassy in Tehran for more than 14 months arrive in West Germany on their way home to the United States.
  1992: UN threatens Libya with sanctions
Libya has been served with a resolution to hand over intelligence agents accused of two airliner bombings.
  1950: Acclaimed author George Orwell dies
The British writer George Orwell dies after a three-year battle against tuberculosis.

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