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	Friday, 19 February, 2010, 4:00 GMT 04:00 +00:00:Europe/London

TOP STORIES
	Backing for spending cuts delay More than 60 economists sign two open letters backing the chancellor's decision to delay spending cuts until 2011.
	UN makes record Haiti aid appeal The UN increases its appeal for Haiti to a record $1.44bn (£929m), calling urgently for tents, water and food.
	Military coup ousts Niger leader Coup plotters in Niger seize the president after a gun battle in the capital, Niamey, and suspend the country's constitution.
	Unions confirm action over Corus Union leaders step up warnings of industrial action over the partial mothballing of Redcar's Corus steel plant.
	Prisoners 'not on DNA database' Thousands of prisoners in England and Wales may not be on the national DNA database, the Conservatives claim.

WORLD
	UN makes record Haiti aid appeal The UN increases its appeal for Haiti to a record $1.44bn (£929m), calling urgently for tents, water and food.
	Military coup ousts Niger leader Coup plotters in Niger seize the president after a gun battle in the capital, Niamey, and suspend the country's constitution.
	Pilot air attack on US tax office The pilot of a plane which flew into a Texas office block left a note expressing his anger at federal tax authorities, police say.

AFRICA
	Military coup ousts Niger leader Coup plotters in Niger seize the president after a gun battle in the capital, Niamey, and suspend the country's constitution.
	No Kenya crisis, says president Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki says his country is not in crisis, despite a week of fevered speculation of a bitter power struggle.
	Uganda gay-porn stunt 'twisted' A Ugandan cleric's decision to show gay pornography in church is labelled "twisted, homophobic propaganda" by rights groups.

AMERICAS
	Dalai Lama meets Obama amid row US President Barack Obama expresses support for Tibetans as he meets the Dalai Lama, but China expresses its anger.
	UN makes record Haiti aid appeal The UN increases its appeal for Haiti to a record $1.44bn (£929m), calling urgently for tents, water and food.
	Pilot air attack on US tax office The pilot of a plane which flew into a Texas office block left a note expressing his anger at federal tax authorities, police say.

ASIA-PACIFIC
	Dalai Lama meets Obama amid row US President Barack Obama expresses support for Tibetans as he meets the Dalai Lama, but China expresses its anger.
	Toyota boss to go before Congress Toyota president says he will testify to US politicians next week about the carmaker's giant global recall programme.
	Rare Sumatra rhino expecting calf Conservationists say a captive Sumatran rhino is due to give birth in May, raising hopes for the critically endangered species.

EUROPE
	Far-right Czechs to challenge ban The Czech Republic's far right Workers' Party says it will appeal against a court ban, and is determined to run in May polls.
	Moscow queries Sofia on US shield Russia says it is asking Bulgaria to explain its plans to deploy US air defence missiles on its soil.
	One dead in German school attack An assailant kills a teacher in a rampage at a school in the western German city of Ludwigshafen, police say.

MIDDLE EAST
	Dubai suspects on Interpol list The 11 people suspected of carrying out the killing of a Hamas commander in Dubai are placed on Interpol's wanted list.
	UN fears Iran nuclear weapon move A leaked UN report expresses concern Iran may currently be trying to develop a nuclear payload for a missile.
	Israeli Peer tests Dubai security Israeli Shahar Peer makes it to the Dubai Championships semi-finals, raising questions around the tournament's security provisions.

SOUTH ASIA
	Taliban ammunition 'running low' Taliban militants battling troops in southern Afghanistan, are running out of ammunition, Nato officials say citing intelligence reports.
	Pakistan avalanche buries village At least 38 people die after an avalanche buries an entire village in north-west Pakistan.
	Nato strike 'kills Afghan police' A Nato air strike mistakenly kills seven policemen during a firefight with Taliban in the north of Afghanistan, officials say.

UK
	Prisoners 'not on DNA database' Thousands of prisoners in England and Wales may not be on the national DNA database, the Conservatives claim.
	Backing for spending cuts delay More than 60 economists sign two open letters backing the chancellor's decision to delay spending cuts until 2011.
	Unions confirm action over Corus Union leaders step up warnings of industrial action over the partial mothballing of Redcar's Corus steel plant.

ENGLAND
	Unions confirm action over Corus Union leaders step up warnings of industrial action over the partial mothballing of Redcar's Corus steel plant.
	Man in Facebook paedophile ordeal A father speaks of his ordeal after he was wrongly named a paedophile on Facebook by a disgruntled neighbour.
	Airport closed during heavy snow The runway at Birmingham International Airport is closed due to heavy snow while severe weather warnings are issued for much of England.

NORTHERN IRELAND
	Robinson slams 'shoddy' PMS probe The NI First Minister has accused a Westminster committee of "buck passing" in its examination of the failed Presbyterian Mutual Society.
	Man guilty over cyclist death A man is found guilty of causing the death by dangerous driving of top Irish road racing cyclist David McCall.
	Brothel remark minister resigns Irish defence minister Willie O'Dea resigns over wrongly denying he linked a Sinn Fein councillor to a brothel in a newspaper interview.

SCOTLAND
	Police sickness 'must be tackled' Inspectors say that Scotland's police forces need to crack down on officers taking frequent sick leave.
	Schools face 'very real threat' Education is under a "very real threat" with schools struggling to cope in the wake of "severe cuts", a teaching union says.
	Barclays lobbied over jobs threat A UK bank is under political pressure to reverse a move to shed 350 jobs in Glasgow and relocate them to Cardiff.

POLITICS
	Backing for spending cuts delay More than 60 economists sign two open letters backing the chancellor's decision to delay spending cuts until 2011.
	Prisoners 'not on DNA database' Thousands of prisoners in England and Wales may not be on the national DNA database, the Conservatives claim.
	PM to query 'moderate' Tory image Gordon Brown is to say the Conservatives' image as a "modern, mainstream" party is undermined by its policies.

BUSINESS
	Toyota boss to go before Congress Toyota president says he will testify to US politicians next week about the carmaker's giant global recall programme.
	Backing for spending cuts delay More than 60 economists sign two open letters backing the chancellor's decision to delay spending cuts until 2011.
	Microsoft-Yahoo tie-up approved Microsoft's plans to buy Yahoo's internet search and search advertising business are cleared by European and US regulators.

ENTERTAINMENT
	Fish Tank hooks four film prizes Gritty drama Fish Tank dominates the London Film Critics' Circle Awards, while Quentin Tarantino is honoured for outstanding achievement.
	Rowling to fight plagiarism claim Harry Potter author calls claims that she plagiarised parts of her best-selling book series "absurd".
	Church to judge Lloyd-Webber show Charlotte Church, John Partridge and Sheila Hancock are announced as judges on forthcoming TV talent show.

SCIENCE/NATURE
	Top UN climate official resigns Yvo de Boer, the UN's top climate change official has said he will resign after nearly four years in the post.
	Nasa sky probe sends back images Nasa has published the first images from its Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or Wise, which has been scanning the skies since January.
	Archbishop in genome health study Scientists analyse the genomes of five southern Africans, including Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

TECHNOLOGY
	Microsoft-Yahoo tie-up approved Microsoft's plans to buy Yahoo's internet search and search advertising business are cleared by European and US regulators.
	'Rob me' site reveals empty homes A Dutch website called PleaseRobMe claims to reveal the location of empty homes based on what people post online.
	Call 'to block' BBC iPhone apps Newspaper publishers urge the BBC Trust to block the corporation's plans to launch iPhone applications.

HEALTH
	Cancer detection blood test hope Personalised blood tests which could track whether cancer treatment is working or if the disease has come back have been developed by US researchers.
	Ageing 'a problem for councils' Councils will struggle to cope with the financial challenge posed by England's ageing population, a regulator says.
	NHS hospital to be privately run A failing hospital looks set to become the first of its kind to be run by a private firm, after the only NHS bidder withdrew from the race to manage it.

EDUCATION
	Claim of u-turn on sex education The government is accused of doing a U-turn over compulsory sex education in faith schools.
	Graduates sought for social work Graduates in England will receive at least £15,000 to retrain as children's social workers under a new government-funded scheme.
	Children 'missing out on sleep' Children questioned for the BBC's Newsround programme admit video games and mobile phones are keeping them up at night.

ON THIS DAY NEWS FROM THE BBC ARCHIVES
	2001: Foot-and-mouth scare at UK abbatoir A five-mile exclusion zone is placed around an abbatoir in Essex after a suspected case of foot-and-mouth disease is detected.
	1997: China's reformist Deng Xiaoping dies China's paramount leader Deng Xiaoping has died at the age of 92 after suffering from failing health for several years.
	1961: Lumumba rally clashes with UK police Police battle with supporters of the murdered Congolese premier outside the Belgian embassy in London.

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