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	Saturday, 16 January, 2010, 4:00 GMT 04:00 +00:00:Europe/London

TOP STORIES
	UN launches Haiti relief appeal The United Nations humanitarian chief announces a flash appeal for $562m (£346m) to help victims of the Haiti earthquake.
	PM 'to woo middle class voters' Gordon Brown is expected to try to appeal to middle class voters later in his first major campaign speech of the year.
	Paedophile ran teaching website A convicted paedophile and former teacher was free to run one of the UK's biggest education websites, the BBC learns.
	Scots church mulls female bishop A Scottish Anglican priest will learn later if she is to become the first female bishop in the United Kingdom.
	Doubts cast over Christmas sales The success of the UK retail sector over the Christmas period may not be as buoyant as the figures suggest, a study warns.

WORLD
	UN launches Haiti relief appeal The United Nations humanitarian chief announces a flash appeal for $562m (£346m) to help victims of the Haiti earthquake.
	Iran warns opposition on e-mails Iran warns opposition supporters that they will be found and prosecuted if they use e-mail to organise rallies.
	US to protest to China on Google The US says it will make a formal protest to China over alleged cyber-attacks on internet search giant Google.

AFRICA
	Kenya riots over race-hate cleric At least five people die after Kenyan police shoot supporters of Muslim cleric Abdullah al-Faisal notorious for preaching racial hatred.
	Guinea coup leader 'steps back' Guinea's wounded coup leader agrees to let his deputy lead the country while he recovers from an assassination attempt.
	Ivory Coast 3-1 Ghana Ten-man Ivory Coast reach the quarter-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations by defeating Ghana 3-1.

AMERICAS
	UN launches Haiti relief appeal The United Nations humanitarian chief announces a flash appeal for $562m (£346m) to help victims of the Haiti earthquake.
	Fort Hood probe recommends action Several US army officers should face investigation over their supervision of the Fort Hood massacre suspect, a report says.
	Cuba investigates hospital deaths Cuban authorities investigate the deaths of 26 patients at a psychiatric hospital linked to a spell of unusually cold weather.

ASIA-PACIFIC
	US to protest to China on Google The US says it will make a formal protest to China over alleged cyber-attacks on internet search giant Google.
	North Korea allows aid from Seoul North Korea accepts an offer of food aid from South Korea, officials say, the first such aid in two years.
	'Police cancel' China gay pageant Organisers of the first Mr Gay China pageant say police forced them to cancel the event, one hour before it was to open.

EUROPE
	Russia MPs support rights reform Russia's lower house of parliament backs a long-delayed reform to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.
	Berlusconi bribe trial postponed Italian prime minister's corruption trial is suspended until the end of February, pending an appeal by his co-defendant.
	Herschel restored to full health Europe's Herschel Space Telescope is fully operational again after engineers bring its damaged instrument back online.

MIDDLE EAST
	Iraqi body bars 500 candidates Iraq's election commission has barred around 500 candidates from running in national elections in March.
	Iran warns opposition on e-mails Iran warns opposition supporters that they will be found and prosecuted if they use e-mail to organise rallies.
	Housekeeper sues Israel PM's wife Sarah Netanyahu, wife of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing a lawsuit filed by her former housekeeper.

SOUTH ASIA
	US charges three for 'India plot' A leader of a Pakistani militant group, a retired soldier and a man from Chicago face US charges over the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
	'Three killed' by Pakistan drone Four missiles fired by a US drone in the Pakistani tribal region of North Waziristan kill three militants, officials say.
	Most Indian plastic toys 'toxic' Many plastic toys sold in India may contain chemicals harmful to children, an environmental group says in a report.

UK
	Praise for public quake response UK firefighters rescue a two-year-old girl from a building in Haiti, as Britons give more than £2m to an emergency appeal.
	Paedophile ran teaching website A convicted paedophile and former teacher was free to run one of the UK's biggest education websites, the BBC learns.
	Scots church mulls female bishop A Scottish Anglican priest will learn later if she is to become the first female bishop in the United Kingdom.

ENGLAND
	Paedophile ran teaching website A convicted paedophile and former teacher was free to run one of the UK's biggest education websites, the BBC learns.
	Child murder accused due in court A mother and her boyfriend charged with murdering her 15-month-old daughter are due before magistrates later.
	Two people killed in plane crash Two people are killed when a plane crashes and bursts into flames in a field close to Oxford Airport.

NORTHERN IRELAND
	Sinn Fein detail Liam Adams role Liam Adams was still involved in Sinn Fein party work more than three years after formally leaving the organisation, it emerges.
	Robinson told wife MP career over DUP leader Peter Robinson tells the Belfast Telegraph as soon as he heard about his wife Iris' affair he knew it would become public.
	Arrests at home of Robinson lover Two men have been arrested at the home of Iris Robinson's former lover, Kirk McCambley.

SCOTLAND
	Scots church mulls female bishop A Scottish Anglican priest will learn later if she is to become the first female bishop in the United Kingdom.
	New job for ex-RBS chief Sir Fred Sir Fred Goodwin, the former RBS chief executive, is to become an adviser to an Edinburgh-based architecture and engineering firm.
	Police hunt for missing prisoner A man convicted of assault, robbery and firearms offences absconds from Castle Huntly Prison in Perthshire.

POLITICS
	PM 'to woo middle class voters' Gordon Brown is expected to try to appeal to middle class voters later in his first major campaign speech of the year.
	Iraq inquiry meets 'in private' The Iraq Inquiry met behind closed doors to hear from the general who ran UK operations in the conflict, it emerges.
	Tory cuts 'to start immediately' Shadow chancellor George Osborne says the Tories will start cutting public spending straight away, if they win the election.

BUSINESS
	Doubts cast over Christmas sales The success of the UK retail sector over the Christmas period may not be as buoyant as the figures suggest, a study warns.
	Steel plant's 'stay of execution' Teesside Cast Products will continue to make steel until the end of February or until raw material has run out, it has been revealed.
	Kraft 'must raise Cadbury offer' A major Cadbury shareholder indicates US food giant Kraft will have to raise its hostile takeover offer if it wishes to win support.

ENTERTAINMENT
	Dappy 'sorry' over text threats N-Dubz star Dappy apologises to a woman for sending threatening texts after she wrote to the BBC calling the band "losers".
	Two go from Celebrity Big Brother Katia Ivanova and Heidi Fleiss are the first two celebrities to be voted off Big Brother.
	Lady Gaga 'collapses' before gig Singer Lady Gaga apologises to fans after being forced to cancel a concert in Indiana due to ill health.

SCIENCE/NATURE
	Herschel restored to full health Europe's Herschel Space Telescope is fully operational again after engineers bring its damaged instrument back online.
	Rival drug advice panel launched An independent group designed to give "politically neutral" information about the risks of drugs is being launched.
	Anti-malaria plant genes mapped The global supply of a key anti-malaria drug is set to be boosted by a study of its genes, scientists say.

TECHNOLOGY
	Tech tools offer Haiti lifeline Services like Twitter, Facebook, and Ushahidi have taken a prime role in disaster relief in the wake of the Haiti earthquake.
	Google hackers 'used IE weakness' Microsoft has admitted that a vulnerability in its Internet Explorer browser was exploited in the recent attacks on Google.
	Blackberry and iPhone makers sued Camera maker Kodak will sue Apple and the maker of the Blackberry, over technology used in both of the handsets.

HEALTH
	Study 'explains screening errors' American researchers suggest new strategies to cut search errors with cancers and airline baggage.
	'Sufficient checks' on locum GP An expert tells an inquest that EU doctors 'lack understanding' of some of the strong drugs used in the UK
	'Raise antibiotic dose' for obese Doctors may have to start prescribing higher doses of antibiotics because of rising rates of obesity, say experts.

EDUCATION
	Paedophile ran teaching website A convicted paedophile and former teacher was free to run one of the UK's biggest education websites, the BBC learns.
	Fewer graduates but more firsts First class degrees awarded in the UK rose from 13% to 14% last year even though the number of graduates fell slightly.
	Private schools 'in exams switch' Private schools are turning from modular A-levels towards all papers being taken after two years, a survey suggests.

ON THIS DAY NEWS FROM THE BBC ARCHIVES
	2001: DR Congo President Kabila shot The President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Laurent Kabila, is shot and seriously wounded by a bodyguard.
	1979: Shah of Iran flees into exile The Shah of Iran flees the country following months of increasingly violent protests against his regime.
	1981: Gunmen shoot civil rights campaigner The Northern Ireland civil rights campaigner and former Westminster MP, Bernadette McAliskey, is shot by gunmen at her home in County Tyrone.

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