Thursday, January 21, 2010

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Friday, 22 January, 2010, 4:00 GMT 04:00 +00:00:Europe/London
TOP STORIES
PM 'to face Iraq Inquiry early'
Gordon Brown will give evidence to the Iraq Inquiry before the general election, the BBC understands.
  Shares fall on Obama bank plans
Markets in the the US and Asia fall sharply after Barack Obama unveils plans to regulate the banking industry.
  Haiti to relocate quake homeless
Haiti is planning to house 400,000 earthquake survivors in tented villages outside the capital, officials announce.
  Fraud losses 'cost £30bn a year'
Fraud - including scams, online theft, insurance cheats and tax fraud - costs the UK £30bn a year, an official estimate says.
  Murdered woman 'failed' by police
A woman stabbed to death by her ex-partner might still be alive if police had responded to her call appropriately, a watchdog says.
WORLD
Shares fall on Obama bank plans
Markets in the the US and Asia fall sharply after Barack Obama unveils plans to regulate the banking industry.
  Haiti to relocate quake homeless
Haiti is planning to house 400,000 earthquake survivors in tented villages outside the capital, officials announce.
  Toyota recalls 2.3m US vehicles
Toyota is recalling 2.3 million cars in the US to correct sticking accelerator pedals, just the latest in a string of recalls.
AFRICA
Army controls Nigeria riot city
Nigeria's army takes control of the city of Jos, the scene of deadly Muslim-Christian religious riots in recent days.
  French president to visit Rwanda
Nicolas Sarkozy will travel to Rwanda in February - the first visit by a French president since the 1994 genocide.
  Cameroon 2-2 Tunisia
Cameroon scrape through to the quarter-finals after a tight 2-2 draw with Tunisia in Lubango, which assure them passage to the last eight.
AMERICAS
Haiti to relocate quake homeless
Haiti is planning to house 400,000 earthquake survivors in tented villages outside the capital, officials announce.
  Shares fall on Obama bank plans
Markets in the the US and Asia fall sharply after Barack Obama unveils plans to regulate the banking industry.
  Edwards admits campaign lovechild
John Edwards admits fathering an illegitimate child while he ran for the White House and his wife battled incurable cancer.
ASIA-PACIFIC
US calls for China Google probe
Hillary Clinton urges Beijing to investigate cyber attacks on Google which prompted it to threaten to leave China.
  Shares fall on Obama bank plans
Markets in the the US and Asia fall sharply after Barack Obama unveils plans to regulate the banking industry.
  China economy sees strong growth
China's economy grew by 8.7% in 2009, setting it on course to become the world's second-largest, behind that of the US.
EUROPE
GM confirms Belgian plant closure
General Motors confirms it will close a Belgian plant belonging to its European unit Opel, with the loss of 2,300 jobs.
  Irish bishops meeting over report
Roman Catholic bishops in Ireland are to meet to discuss the fallout of a report over the church's failure to address sex abuse allegations.
  Auschwitz entrance sign returned
The infamous Arbeit Macht Frei sign from the Auschwitz Nazi death camp in Poland is returned a month after it was stolen.
MIDDLE EAST
West Bank Muslim graves damaged
Damaged graves and racist graffiti are found in a Palestinian village in the West Bank after Jewish pilgrims visit the area.
  Iran nuclear plant set to open
Iran's first nuclear power plant will be operating by mid-2011, Iranian and Russian officials say.
  Yemen 'halts visas at airports'
Yemen is to stop issuing visas to foreigners arriving at international airports, state media reports.
SOUTH ASIA
Peace scheme mooted for Taliban
Afghan President Hamid Karzai tells the BBC he envisages a foreign-funded peace scheme to win over Taliban moderates.
  Pakistan snubs US over militants
Pakistan's army rules out new offensives against militants any time soon, as the US defence secretary arrives for talks.
  South Asia foes row over cricket
A row breaks out between India and Pakistan after no Pakistani cricketers are chosen to play in this year's Indian Premier League.
UK
PM 'to face Iraq Inquiry early'
Gordon Brown will give evidence to the Iraq Inquiry before the general election, the BBC understands.
  Tories back US banking reform
George Osborne tells the BBC that if the Conservatives win the general election they would work to follow US plans to reform banks.
  Murdered woman 'failed' by police
A woman stabbed to death by her ex-partner might still be alive if police had responded to her call appropriately, a watchdog says.
ENGLAND
Murdered woman 'failed' by police
A woman stabbed to death by her ex-partner might still be alive if police had responded to her call appropriately, a watchdog says.
  Killer not tagged due to blunder
A 17-year-old man, jailed for life for the murder of a terminally ill man, should have been tagged, it is revealed.
  Garage crash driver's river drama
A Devon pensioner is injured when she accidentally drives her car through the back wall of a garage and into a river.
NORTHERN IRELAND
Police probe Iris Robinson claims
The police launch an investigation into allegations concerning Iris Robinson made in a BBC Spotlight programme.
  DUP wants premiers to intervene
Acting First Minister Arlene Foster calls on the governments to intervene in talks between the DUP and Sinn Fein.
  Internet forum database 'hacked'
Irish internet forum Boards.ie has reported an attack on its user database which could affect thousands of users.
SCOTLAND
Arrest over suspect package alert
A 27-year-old man is charged in connection with an incident which resulted in widespread travel disruption in Aberdeen.
  Scotland 'worst for speed crimes'
Some areas of Scotland are among the worst in the UK for speeding motorists, a survey by a price comparison website claims.
  Decision day on Clyde ferry route
A decision is due later on the future of the last passenger ferry service across the River Clyde between Renfrew and Yoker.
POLITICS
PM 'to face Iraq Inquiry early'
Gordon Brown will give evidence to the Iraq Inquiry before the general election, the BBC understands.
  Iraq my 'hardest choice' - Straw
Jack Straw says the decision to back the Iraq invasion was the "most difficult decision" he had ever taken.
  Tories back US banking reform
George Osborne tells the BBC that if the Conservatives win the general election they would work to follow US plans to reform banks.
BUSINESS
Obama pushes new bank regulation
US President Barack Obama proposes sweeping new rules to curb the size and risk-taking of big banks.
  Fraud losses 'cost £30bn a year'
Fraud - including scams, online theft, insurance cheats and tax fraud - costs the UK £30bn a year, an official estimate says.
  China economy sees strong growth
China's economy grew by 8.7% in 2009, setting it on course to become the world's second-largest, behind that of the US.
ENTERTAINMENT
Entertainers to perform for Haiti
Entertainers from around the world are preparing to stage a global telethon to raise money for the people of Haiti.
  Avatar faces Education at Baftas
British film An Education is battling Avatar and The Hurt Locker with eight nods each at the British Academy Film Awards.
  Talk show host gets $45m pay-off
NBC reaches an agreement with Conan O'Brien over his departure from The Tonight Show, paving the way for Jay Leno to return.
SCIENCE/NATURE
Dye turns fabric into a battery
A method of creating energy storage devices using a carbon nanotube "ink" has been shown to work on ordinary fabrics.
  King-sized fast food for fur seal
Antarctic fur seals have been filmed catching and eating king penguins in the open ocean, behaviour not seen before.
  Technique 'tracks' spread of MRSA
Cambridge researchers have developed a technique for precisely tracking the spread of the superbug MRSA in hospitals.
TECHNOLOGY
Microsoft patches Explorer hole
Microsoft has released a patch for a hole in Internet Explorer that is thought to have been exploited by Chinese hackers.
  Dye turns fabric into a battery
A method of creating energy storage devices using a carbon nanotube "ink" has been shown to work on ordinary fabrics.
  US calls for China Google probe
Hillary Clinton urges Beijing to investigate cyber attacks on Google which prompted it to threaten to leave China.
HEALTH
Technique 'tracks' spread of MRSA
Cambridge researchers have developed a technique for precisely tracking the spread of the superbug MRSA in hospitals.
  Cell 'surfing' aids virus spread
Some viruses may be able to accelerate by helping each other find uninfected cells to attack, scientists say.
  Leukaemia cell breakthrough hope
Scientists believe they have made an important breakthrough in attempts to treat a form of childhood leukaemia.
EDUCATION
Ofsted finds citizenship 'gaps'
Schools inspectors say some schools in England are struggling to cover citizenship properly.
  Record university intake in 2009
More students than ever before were accepted for UK university courses in 2009.
  Training scheme was 'mismanaged'
A £1.5bn government scheme to improve workers' skills is criticised by MPs as "mismanaged" and "unrealistically ambitious".
ON THIS DAY NEWS FROM THE BBC ARCHIVES
  1990: Gorbachev explains crackdown in Azerbaijan
President Mikhail Gorbachev announces Red Army troops have been sent into the Soviet republic of Azerbaijan.
  1962: 'A6 murder' trial begins
James Hanratty, accused of murdering a physicist in a lay-by on the A6, enters a plea of "not guilty".
  1980: Soviet dissident Sakharov banished
One of the Soviet Union's most outspoken critics, nuclear physicist Dr Andrei Sakharov, is sent into internal exile for his outspoken views.
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