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| Wednesday, 24 March, 2010, 4:00 GMT 04:00 +00:00:Europe/London |
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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | UK expels Israeli in passport row Britain expels an Israeli diplomat over the "intolerable" use of forged UK passports in the killing of a Hamas leader in Dubai. |
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| Doctors urge full car smoking ban Smoking should be banned in all cars as well as in public places where young people congregate, doctors are urging. | |
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| UN to look at climate meat link UN farm experts will look at links between meat-eating and greenhouse emissions amid claims they have been exaggerated. | |
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| Yarl's Wood detentions attacked An inspection report on Yarl's Wood immigration removal centre says many of its child detainees are being held unnecessarily. | |
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| Britain bans use of cluster bombs British armed forces are banned from using cluster munitions under a new law | |
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| WORLD | |
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 | Netanyahu meets Obama after row Israeli PM Netanyahu and US President Obama hold their first talks since a row over building in East Jerusalem. |
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| US to step up Mexico drugs effort US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pledges a broader effort to help Mexico fight the deadly trade by drugs gangs. | |
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| UN to look at climate meat link UN farm experts will look at links between meat-eating and greenhouse emissions amid claims they have been exaggerated. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Nigeria leader 'chooses cabinet' Nigerian acting President Goodluck Jonathan picks new ministers, sources say, a week after he sacked his cabinet. |
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| Libya releases Islamist prisoners Libya frees 214 Islamist inmates as part of its programme of rehabilitation, Muammar Gaddafi's son announces. | |
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| Zimbabwe FM 'unhurt' in car crash Zimbabwe's Finance Minister Tendai Biti is reportedly unhurt after his car collided with a lorry travelling at high speed. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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| Netanyahu meets Obama after row Israeli PM Netanyahu and US President Obama hold their first talks since a row over building in East Jerusalem. |
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| US to step up Mexico drugs effort US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pledges a broader effort to help Mexico fight the deadly trade by drugs gangs. | |
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| Bolivian army adopts Cuban slogan The Bolivian army adopts Cuba's revolutionary motto "fatherland or death", angering some conservative ex-generals. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | China slams Google censoring move China attacks Google's decision to stop censoring search results as its long-running row with the US internet giant escalates. |
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| Suu Kyi 'opposes election role' Burma's detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi opposes her party registering for elections, her lawyer says. | |
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| First refugee-citizen for S Korea South Korea gives an Ethiopian refugee citizenship - the first such move in its history, says the UN's refugee agency. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | Ex-SS man given life for murders A German court sentences an 88-year-old former member of the Nazi SS to life in jail for the 1944 murder of three Dutch civilians. |
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| France backs down on carbon tax The French government signals that it is dropping a plan for a tax on domestic carbon dioxide emissions. | |
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| German retirees guilty of kidnap Four German pensioners are found guilty of kidnapping the financial adviser they blamed for US investments that went awry. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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| Netanyahu meets Obama after row Israeli PM Netanyahu and US President Obama hold their first talks since a row over building in East Jerusalem. |
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| UK expels Israeli in passport row Britain expels an Israeli diplomat over the "intolerable" use of forged UK passports in the killing of a Hamas leader in Dubai. | |
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| Yemen rally for child bride law Women rally outside Yemen's parliament building in support of a law banning child brides, after clerics condemned it. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | Afghan Taliban name new deputies The Taliban say Mullah Omar has named two new deputies following the arrest of his military chief in Pakistan. |
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| Many killed in Afghan avalanche At least 35 people were killed in an avalanche in a remote area of northern Afghanistan two weeks ago, officials say. | |
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| Old Calcutta fire 'kills seven' At least seven people die in a huge fire in the Indian city of Calcutta's famous Park Street, fire service officials say. | |
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| UK | |
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| UK expels Israeli in passport row Britain expels an Israeli diplomat over the "intolerable" use of forged UK passports in the killing of a Hamas leader in Dubai. |
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| Yarl's Wood detentions attacked An inspection report on Yarl's Wood immigration removal centre says many of its child detainees are being held unnecessarily. | |
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| Doctors urge full car smoking ban Smoking should be banned in all cars as well as in public places where young people congregate, doctors are urging. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Yarl's Wood detentions attacked An inspection report on Yarl's Wood immigration removal centre says many of its child detainees are being held unnecessarily. |
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| 'No release' for Yorkshire Ripper Jack Straw says he can see "no circumstances" in which the Yorkshire Ripper would ever be released from jail. | |
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| Red Arrows in mid-air collision A Red Arrows pilot is taken to hospital after a mid-air crash between two display planes during a training exercise in Crete. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | Railway alert 'an elaborate hoax' Police investigating a security alert at the railway line near Newry remove a number of suspect items and declare it a hoax. |
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| Families want panel for UVF probe Relatives of those killed by the UVF in north Belfast want the Policing Board to establish an independent review panel to oversee Operation Ballast. | |
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| Plans lodged for £250m gas store Initial plans are lodged for a massive undersea gas storage facility off the coast of Northern Ireland. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Staff on first Budget Day strike The PCS union says about 30,000 civil servants in Scotland are taking part in the first ever strike on Budget Day. |
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| Labour MP Moffat 'angry' at party Labour's East Lothian MP Anne Moffat reacts angrily to her party's decision to deselect her. | |
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| Restore peatland says nature body A conservation group is calling for the restoration of damaged peatlands to help combat climate change. | |
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| POLITICS | |
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 | Cameron: Scandal worse than 1990s David Cameron says the "scandals" besetting Labour are "worse" than 1990s sleaze, but his inquiry calls are rebuffed. |
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| MPs' foreign visit rules breached The BBC uncovers hundreds of parliamentary rule breaches by MPs who accepted free trips abroad from foreign governments. | |
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| MP hopefuls urged to declare jobs People standing as MPs at the general election are being urged to declare details of other jobs and income and their tax status. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | Daimler charged in bribery probe The US accuses German car giant Daimler of bribing 22 governments in order to win contracts worth tens of millions of dollars. |
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| BA boosts flights for next strike British Airways says it will run more flights through the next planned strike as more crew will report for work. | |
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| City traders arrested in FSA raid Three firms are named in an FSA insider dealing probe - Deutsche Bank, Moore Capital and BNP Paribas - as six people are arrested. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Music sale falls 'slow in 2009' Sales of music fell only marginally during the recession last year, the Entertainment Retailers Association says. |
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| Oprah settles defamation lawsuit Oprah Winfrey settles a defamation lawsuit filed by the former headmistress of the US TV host's South African school. | |
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| Gervais show gets second series The Ricky Gervais Show is recommissioned for a second series in the US by television broadcaster HBO. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | UN to look at climate meat link UN farm experts will look at links between meat-eating and greenhouse emissions amid claims they have been exaggerated. |
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| 'Muscular' UK Space Agency set up Britain establishes its new executive space agency, to put space policy in the hands of one co-ordinating authority. | |
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| 'God particle' hunt set to start The organisation that operates the Large Hadron Collider has set a date for the start of its science programme. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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| China slams Google censoring move China attacks Google's decision to stop censoring search results as its long-running row with the US internet giant escalates. |
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| Nintendo unveils 3D DS The console maker is to offer gamers the chance to play 3D games without having to wear special glasses. | |
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| Firefox releases security patch Web browser maker Mozilla has brought forward the launch of version 3.6.2 of Firefox after security issues discovered. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Doctors urge full car smoking ban Smoking should be banned in all cars as well as in public places where young people congregate, doctors are urging. |
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| High alcohol price 'benefits all' Raising the minimum price of alcohol would have health benefits for all drinkers, not just heavy drinkers, say experts. | |
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| X-rays 'can miss many fractures' X-rays fail to spot up to nearly a third of fractures in the bones of the hip and pelvis, research suggests. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | Tories call for A-level reforms A-levels need to be overhauled as part of measures to "restore confidence" in testing, says shadow schools secretary Michael Gove. |
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| State nurseries 'need fair funds' State-run nurseries in England must not lose out under a new funding system for early years education and care, say MPs. | |
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| Child's play 'a political issue' Children's access to safe places to play outdoors should be treated as a serious political issue, say campaigners. | |
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| 1989: Exxon Valdez creates oil slick disaster An oil tanker, the Exxon Valdez, has run aground off the Alaskan coast, releasing crude oil into the sea. | |||
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| 1978: Tanker Amoco Cadiz splits in two Violent seas split the wreck of the super tanker destroying any hopes of salvaging any remaining oil. | |||
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| 1953: Queen Mary dies peacefully after illness Her Majesty Queen Mary, the Queen's grandmother, dies in her sleep after a lengthy illness. | |||
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