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| Thursday, 11 February, 2010, 4:00 GMT 04:00 +00:00:Europe/London |
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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Government loses torture appeal The government loses its bid to prevent the disclosure of secret information relating to the alleged torture of a UK resident. |
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| Prisoner Facebook pages removed Thirty Facebook pages have been taken down because of prisoners taunting their victims, Justice Secretary Jack Straw says. | |
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| Health inequalities 'still cost' A major review of health inequalities in England says the NHS must spend much more on preventing illness. | |
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| Google's Iran web users 'blocked' Google says its Gmail in Iran has dropped sharply, amid reports Iran's government may curb access ahead of possible protests. | |
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| More money for wounded soldiers Armed forces personnel injured in Afghanistan and Iraq are to receive increased compensation payments, following a review. | |
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| WORLD | |
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 | Greek PM pledges to slash deficit Prime Minister George Papandreou vows to "take any necessary measures" to reduce Greece's government deficit. |
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| Google's Iran web users 'blocked' Google says its Gmail in Iran has dropped sharply, amid reports Iran's government may curb access ahead of possible protests. | |
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| 'Milkshake murderer' wins appeal Hong Kong's top court quashes the conviction of US woman Nancy Kissel for the murder of her banker husband. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Rebels 'pour into Somali capital' Hundreds of Somali Islamist rebels pour into Mogadishu, witnesses say, as at least 16 people die in clashes in the city. |
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| Nigeria justice minister replaced Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan removes Nigeria's justice minister in his first act after taking over as acting president. | |
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| Kenya embarks on zebra round-up Kenyan wildlife rangers begin a programme to stop lions preying on cattle - by shipping in thousands of zebras. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | Ex-US governor denies corruption Ex-Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich pleads not guilty to revised corruption charges, including trying to sell President Obama's vacant Senate seat. |
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| 'Milkshake murderer' wins appeal Hong Kong's top court quashes the conviction of US woman Nancy Kissel for the murder of her banker husband. | |
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| Charlie Wilson dies in hospital Former US congressman Charlie Wilson dies at the age of 76, a hospital spokeswoman says. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | 'Milkshake murderer' wins appeal Hong Kong's top court quashes the conviction of US woman Nancy Kissel for the murder of her banker husband. |
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| Honda issues global airbag recall Honda heaps more woe on Japanese carmakers by extending an existing airbag safety recall by 437,700 cars worldwide. | |
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| Rio Tinto workers 'to face trial' China has indicted four Rio Tinto employees on charges of bribery and violating commercial secrets, reports say. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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| Greek PM pledges to slash deficit Prime Minister George Papandreou vows to "take any necessary measures" to reduce Greece's government deficit. |
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| Yanukovych urges rival to concede Viktor Yanukovych, winner of Ukraine's presidential election, calls on rival Yulia Tymoshenko to stop protesting and resign as PM. | |
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| Turkey jails Kurdish journalist Turkey sentences a Kurdish editor to 21 years in jail for publishing material sympathetic to the outlawed PKK. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Google's Iran web users 'blocked' Google says its Gmail in Iran has dropped sharply, amid reports Iran's government may curb access ahead of possible protests. |
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| Iran arrests reformist 'plotters' Iranian police have arrested a number of people it says were plotting demonstrations during Thursday's anniversary of the revolution. | |
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| Iraq 'expels Blackwater guards' Iraq has asked 250 current and former employees of US security firm Blackwater to leave, a minister says. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | Sri Lanka arrest sparks clashes Government supporters and opposition activists clash in Sri Lanka after the arrest of the defeated presidential candidate. |
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| Afghan avalanche toll exceeds 165 Rescuers in Afghanistan dig through snow to reach hundreds trapped by avalanches that have killed at least 165 people. | |
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| Arrests made in Khan cricket row Police in India arrest more than 1,100 people following protests against a new Bollywood film starring Shah Rukh Khan. | |
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| UK | |
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 | Prisoner Facebook pages removed Thirty Facebook pages have been taken down because of prisoners taunting their victims, Justice Secretary Jack Straw says. |
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| Health inequalities 'still cost' A major review of health inequalities in England says the NHS must spend much more on preventing illness. | |
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| Swine flu hotline is closed down The National Pandemic Flu Service, set up to dispense drugs to patients in England without the need to see doctors, closes. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Curry poison murder woman guilty A woman is found guilty at the Old Bailey of murdering her former lover by poisoning his curry at his home in west London. |
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| Stabbed man arrested over killing A businessman taken to hospital after a man was found stabbed to death at his mansion is being held on suspicion of murder. | |
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| MEP hails Greenpeace ship attack Environmental campaigners urge a Yorkshire MEP to resign after he praised the sinking of the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | Man questioned over woman's death A man is being questioned about the death of a woman in Newcastle, County Down on Tuesday night. |
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| Teenagers cut in city bus stoning A number of children have sustained cuts during an attack on a bus on the Oldpark Road in north Belfast, the police say. | |
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| Devlin drugs alibi not backed-up One of the men accused of killing Thomas Devlin claimed he was smoking cannabis in a car park when the youth was attacked. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Minister intervenes in fraud case Scotland's deputy first minister writes a letter of support for a man who could be jailed over an £80,000 benefit fraud. |
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| Tour company given Globespan cash A credit card company blamed for FlyGlobespan's collapse used money it withheld to prop up another firm, the BBC discovers. | |
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| Limbs man in 'wrong foot' hearing A man whose job it is to attach false limbs faces a hearing over claims he put a left prosthetic foot on a man's right leg. | |
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| POLITICS | |
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| Government loses torture appeal The government loses its bid to prevent the disclosure of secret information relating to the alleged torture of a UK resident. |
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| Phillips facing contempt inquiry The UK equalities chief may be investigated by Parliament over claims he tried to influence a committee drawing up a report. | |
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| Minister intervenes in fraud case Scotland's deputy first minister writes a letter of support for a man who could be jailed over an £80,000 benefit fraud. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | Greece braced for crisis meeting A European summit will discuss whether to bail out Greece - whose crippling debts and lack of probity threaten to tip it out of the eurozone and wreck global stability. |
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| Dismay at Cadbury closure plans Kraft's decision to close Cadbury's Somerdale factory in Keynsham prompts dismay among workers. | |
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| Bank warns of further inflation Bank of England governor, Mervyn King, predicts that inflation will rise above 3% in the coming weeks, before falling back. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Channel 4 to drop Friends repeats US comedy Friends will no longer be shown on Channel 4 and its sister station E4 from autumn 2011. |
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| Warner quits free music streaming Record label Warner Music is to stop licensing its music to free online streaming services because they are "clearly not positive for the industry". | |
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| DeGeneres praised for Idol debut US critics praise chat show host Ellen DeGeneres' debut as a judge on American Idol. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | DNA reveals ancient human's face DNA analysis of a tuft of human hair preserved for 4,000 years in Greenland's permafrost has given scientists clues as to what the owner looked like. |
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| Winds ground Solar observatory High winds at Cape Canaveral, Florida, prevent the US space agency from launching its latest Sun probe. | |
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| First video of clouded leopard The Sundaland clouded leopard, a new recently described species of big cat, is caught on camera in the wild for the first time, along with other rare cats of southeast Asia. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Mobile firms 'must tackle theft' The government calls on the mobile phone industry to do more to protect handset owners against theft and other crimes. |
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| Google's Iran web users 'blocked' Google says its Gmail in Iran has dropped sharply, amid reports Iran's government may curb access ahead of possible protests. | |
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| Yahoo talks tough about search Despite it's falling market share and the rise of Microsoft's Bing and Google, web portal Yahoo says it is still in the search business. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Genes behind stammering uncovered Stammering has long been recognised to run in families, but scientists now say they have identified three genes which may cause the problem in some people. |
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| Health inequalities 'still cost' A major review of health inequalities in England says the NHS must spend much more on preventing illness. | |
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| Council chiefs back 'death tax' Pressure is growing on the government to come clean over the so-called "death tax" after social services chiefs and charities backed the levy. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | Call for higher university fees Universities in England should charge tuition fees of at least £5,000 a year for courses, a think tank says. |
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| Pupils' greens end up in the bin More primary school children in England take portions of vegetables in the canteen - but large amounts are wasted, a survey shows. | |
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| Rise in 'school terror attacks' Teachers and schools are being deliberately targeted as a tactic of terror and political violence, says a United Nations report. | |
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| 1990: Freedom for Nelson Mandela Leading anti-apartheid campaigner Nelson Mandela has been freed from prison in South Africa after 27 years. | |||
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| 1956: 'Cambridge spies' surface in Moscow Two British diplomats, Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean, who vanished in mysterious circumstances five years ago re-appear in the Soviet Union. | |||
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| 1979: Victory for Khomeini as army steps aside Supporters of the Ayatollah Khomeini appear to be in control of the Iranian capital, Tehran tonight. | |||
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