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Tuesday, 13 April, 2010, 3:00 GMT 04:00 +01:00:Europe/London
TOP STORIES
Tories pledge to empower voters
The Conservatives will launch their manifesto on Tuesday by pledging to give people more control of their own lives.
  Stark nuclear warning for summit
World leaders at a security summit in the US hear dire warnings about nuclear material falling into the wrong hands.
  Mephedrone ban to come into force
Mephedrone is to become illegal from Friday, when it will be classified as a Class B drug, says the Home Office.
  Iran urges UN inquiry into wars
Iran asks the UN to investigate Western actions in Afghanistan and Iraq amid growing nuclear tensions.
  New probe into Julie Ward murder
Scotland Yard says detectives have been to Kenya as part of a new inquiry into the unsolved 1988 murder of a British woman.
WORLD
Stark nuclear warning for summit
World leaders at a security summit in the US hear dire warnings about nuclear material falling into the wrong hands.
  Thailand PM faces rising pressure
Thailand's army chief calls for parliament to be dissolved, while election officials say the PM's party should be disbanded.
  Fatal train crash in north Italy
A landslide derails a regional train in northern Italy, killing at least nine people and injuring about 30, Italian media say.
AFRICA
Sudan extends landmark elections
Sudan's first multi-party elections in 24 years are extended by two days after delays delivering ballot papers to polling stations.
  New probe into Julie Ward murder
Scotland Yard says detectives have been to Kenya as part of a new inquiry into the unsolved 1988 murder of a British woman.
  Nigeria ex-leader eyes presidency
General Ibrahim Babangida declares his intention to run in Nigerian presidential elections due in 2011.
AMERICAS
Stark nuclear warning for summit
World leaders at a security summit in the US hear dire warnings about nuclear material falling into the wrong hands.
  Mexico drug cartels 'close ranks'
Mexican officials say two of the country's most powerful drugs cartels have joined forces against a third.
  Cuba liberalises barber shops
Cuba cedes hundreds of state-run barber shops and beauty salons to employees in a move towards privatisation.
ASIA-PACIFIC
Thailand PM faces rising pressure
Thailand's army chief calls for parliament to be dissolved, while election officials say the PM's party should be disbanded.
  Australia refloats Reef coal ship
A Chinese coal ship that ran aground near the Great Barrier Reef sparking fears of an ecological disaster is refloated.
  Bakiyev 'to defy Kyrgyz arrest'
Ousted Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev says he will defy attempts to arrest him, at a rally in his village.
EUROPE
Poland crash sparks travel review
Poland's acting president is to review travel rules for military officials after the president and generals die in a plane crash.
  Fatal train crash in north Italy
A landslide derails a regional train in northern Italy, killing at least nine people and injuring about 30, Italian media say.
  'Ukraine vow' at nuclear summit
Ukraine will scrap its stockpile of bombs-grade nuclear material by 2012, the US says, as a nuclear security summit opens.
MIDDLE EAST
Fears of West Bank deportations
Israel is set to impose a military order which some fear could see tens of thousands of Palestinians deported from the West Bank.
  Iran urges UN inquiry into wars
Iran asks the UN to investigate Western actions in Afghanistan and Iraq amid growing nuclear tensions.
  Israelis remember Holocaust dead
Israel comes to a halt by the sound of sirens for two minutes to remember those who died in the Holocaust.
SOUTH ASIA
Indian and Pakistani stars marry
Indian tennis star Sania Mirza marries Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik after a drama which saw him divorce another woman.
  Nato forces kill Afghan civilians
At least four civilians die and 18 others are wounded as Nato forces fire at a bus in Kandahar, sparking angry protests.
  US boy, 13, in Mount Everest bid
A 13-year-old American boy is to try to become the youngest person to scale the world's highest peak, Mount Everest.
UK
Tories pledge to empower voters
The Conservatives will launch their manifesto on Tuesday by pledging to give people more control of their own lives.
  Expenses MPs to receive legal aid
Three former Labour MPs facing criminal charges over their expenses win the right to have their legal fees paid.
  Mephedrone ban to come into force
Mephedrone is to become illegal from Friday, when it will be classified as a Class B drug, says the Home Office.
ENGLAND
Jack Tweed 'in joint rape attack'
Jack Tweed, the widower of Jade Goody, raped a teenager at his Essex home at the same time as his friend, a court hears.
  New probe into Julie Ward murder
Scotland Yard says detectives have been to Kenya as part of a new inquiry into the unsolved 1988 murder of a British woman.
  Teacher denies drunken pupil sex
Liverpool Crown Court hears how a classics teacher had sex with a pupil at her home after buying him cider.
NORTHERN IRELAND
Trust apology over double death
Two health trusts apologise for "inexcusable failures" surrounding the treatment of a woman who smothered her daughter.
  David Ford secures justice job
Alliance Party leader David Ford becomes Northern Ireland's first justice minister since 1972.
  Real IRA admits NI MI5 base bomb
The Real IRA admits planting a car bomb which exploded outside MI5's Northern Ireland headquarters.
SCOTLAND
Scots socialists in election push
The Scottish Socialist Party is launching its UK election manifesto with a warning that Westminster-imposed cuts will threaten 100,000 Scots jobs.
  Man charged with woman's murder
A 50-year-old man appears at Tain Sheriff Court accused of murdering a woman in Balintore in the Highlands.
  Da Vinci return 'not suspicious'
A solicitor accused of helping to hold a stolen Da Vinci artwork insists no conspiracy was involved in the transaction to return it.
POLITICS
Brown confirms election on 6 May
Prime Minister Gordon Brown, flanked by members of his cabinet in Downing Street, calls the UK General Election for 6 May.
  Live: General election 2010
Live text and video coverage of all the latest developments as the 2010 general election campaign gets under way.
  Election is 'not two-horse race'
Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg says the election will not be the usual "two-horse race" between Labour and Conservatives.
BUSINESS
House sellers 'outnumber buyers'
The number of people trying to sell their homes in March was at its highest since May 2007, according to surveyors.
  Euro surges on Greece debt deal
The value of the euro jumps sharply after the eurozone agrees details of a multi-billion loan package to debt-ridden Greece.
  Iceland 'negligent' over banks
Icelandic authorities are guilty of "negligence", a scathing report into the causes of the country's banking collapse says.
ENTERTAINMENT
LSD inspired Doctor regeneration
Doctor Who's regenerations were modelled on bad LSD trips, internal BBC memos released on the BBC Archive reveal.
  Radio 4 controller leaves the BBC
The controller of Radio 4 and Radio 7, Mark Damazer, leaves the BBC to become head of St Peter's College, Oxford.
  Stars mourn actor Corin Redgrave
Stars including Sir Ian McKellen, Sir Trevor Nunn and Simon Callow pay their last respects to actor Corin Redgrave at his funeral in London.
SCIENCE/NATURE
Vote rules out Greenfield return
Lady Susan Greenfield's supporters have failed to win a vote which would have paved the way for her return as director of the UK's Royal Institution.
  Ice mission turns on instrument
The Cryosat radar instrument that will map the Earth's ice cover has been switched on and is reported to be working well.
  Ancient creature's skull probed
X-rays show in stunning detail the interior of the skull of a new human-like creature found in South Africa.
TECHNOLOGY
Facebook in panic button meeting
Facebook is urged to add "panic buttons" to its pages by the head of a British child protection agency at a meeting in Washington DC.
  Microsoft debuts 'social' phone
Microsoft has unveiled a phone called "Kin" that it claims has been made for those that live their lives online.
  Parties 'failing' to use web well
Political parties are making poor use of the internet to engage voters and find out key issues, a survey suggests.
HEALTH
Diets may determine dementia risk
Sticking to a diet rich in nuts, fish and vegetables could help ward off dementia, latest research suggests.
  High glucose carbs 'a heart risk'
Women who eat carbohydrate-rich diets may be at greater risk of heart disease, say researchers.
  Labour pledge on NHS reforms
Gordon Brown has confirmed that every NHS hospital in England will become a foundation trust by 2015, or face being taken over.
EDUCATION
Brown calls for federated schools
Labour is promising that almost one in three secondary schools in England will be part of federated groups of schools - as part of plans to raise standards.
  Best comprehensives 'exclusive'
A report says some of England's best comprehensives are more exclusive than grammar schools.
  Call to limit college bosses' pay
A union calls for college principals' pay to be limited as thousands of jobs in further education colleges are threatened.
ON THIS DAY NEWS FROM THE BBC ARCHIVES
  1975: Beirut street battle leaves 17 dead
At least 17 people are killed and 30 wounded in a gun battle between Palestinian guerrillas and Christian militants in Beirut.
  1992: Labour's Neil Kinnock resigns
Neil Kinnock resigns as Labour Party leader blaming the Conservative-backed press for his party's defeat at the general election.
  1989: Six killed in West Bank village raid
At least six Palestinians have been killed in an early morning raid by Israeli soldiers on an Arab village on the West Bank.

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