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". |
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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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