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	Sunday, 24 January, 2010, 4:00 GMT 04:00 +00:00:Europe/London

TOP STORIES
	Haitian pulled alive from rubble A 24-year-old man is rescued 11 days after the Haitian quake, and hours after search for survivors is declared over.
	UK soldier killed in blast named A British soldier killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan is named as a 19-year-old rifleman on his first tour of duty.
	Offender alerts may be expanded The 'Sarah's Law' scheme which gives parents alerts about sex offenders could be expanded, the home secretary says.
	Tory pressure over torture report Conservatives claim the lessons of the Edlington torture case will never be learnt unless the Serious Case Review is published.
	SF want defining policing meeting The NI Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness is to seek an urgent meeting with Peter Robinson over devolving policing.

WORLD
	Haitian pulled alive from rubble A 24-year-old man is rescued 11 days after the Haitian quake, and hours after search for survivors is declared over.
	Biden pledges Blackwater appeal US Vice-President Joe Biden, in Baghdad, promises an appeal against the dismissal of the Blackwater manslaughter case.
	Tanker spills oil off Texas coast Up to 450,000 gallons of crude oil may have spilled from a tanker into a Texas port after a collision with another vessel.

AFRICA
	Nigeria bodies stuffed in wells More victims of deadly religious clashes in central Nigeria are discovered, with scores of bodies stuffed in wells.
	Deadline over ill Nigerian leader A court gives Nigeria's cabinet 14 days to decide if ill and absent President Umaru Yar'Adua is fit to lead the country.
	Fear for Ivory Coast pay-out cash An Ivory Caost court rules that $45m (£28m) for victims of dumped waste should go to an activist, raising fears of fraud.

AMERICAS
	Haitian pulled alive from rubble A 24-year-old man is rescued 11 days after the Haitian quake, and hours after search for survivors is declared over.
	Brazil returns Argentine general Brazil extradites to Argentina a former army colonel accused of human rights abuses during military rule in the 1970s.
	Tanker spills oil off Texas coast Up to 450,000 gallons of crude oil may have spilled from a tanker into a Texas port after a collision with another vessel.

ASIA-PACIFIC
	Japan MP questioned over scandal Prosecutors question Japanese political kingpin Ichiro Ozawa, known as the Shadow Shogun, over an alleged funding scandal.
	Obama keeps up pressure on China President Obama wants answers on alleged cyber-attacks originating in China on the search giant Google, officials say.
	Lip-synch fine for Chinese stars Two Chinese pop singers fall foul of a lip-synching ban, facing fines of up to $12,000 (£7,400) for allegedly miming at a show.

EUROPE
	UK terror threat level 'severe' The UK terror threat is raised to "severe", but the home secretary says there is "no intelligence to suggest an attack is imminent".
	New Serbian patriarch enthroned The new Serbian Orthodox patriarch is enthroned at a ceremony in Belgrade, pledging to back Serbia's claims to Kosovo.
	New Italy paparazzi probe opens Italian prosecutors reportedly begin a fresh investigation into paparazzi blackmail, including a case involving a Fiat heir.

MIDDLE EAST
	Biden pledges Blackwater appeal US Vice-President Joe Biden, in Baghdad, promises an appeal against the dismissal of the Blackwater manslaughter case.
	Israel plays down Lebanon claim PM Netanyahu distances himself from comments by a minister suggesting Israel was heading for a new war with Lebanon.
	Video shows Yemen rebel 'unhurt' Yemeni rebels post a video of their leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, showing him in apparent good health.

SOUTH ASIA
	Sri Lanka poll violence warning The main opposition candidate in Sri Lanka's presidential poll accuses the ruling party of planning violence to win on Tuesday.
	Nepal general: 'Don't blame me' Nepal's retired army chief says he is not responsible for instability that followed his refusal to integrate Maoist rebels into the army.
	Rare warbler found in Afghanistan Scientists say they have discovered a breeding site for the world's least-known bird species in a remote part of Afghanistan.

UK
	Offender alerts may be expanded The 'Sarah's Law' scheme which gives parents alerts about sex offenders could be expanded, the home secretary says.
	UK soldier killed in blast named A British soldier killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan is named as a 19-year-old rifleman on his first tour of duty.
	Tory pressure over torture report Conservatives claim the lessons of the Edlington torture case will never be learnt unless the Serious Case Review is published.

ENGLAND
	Arrests during trouble at protest Seventeen people are arrested as an English Defence League (EDL) rally in Staffordshire turns violent, leaving four officers injured.
	Stately home ravaged by fire More than 60 firefighters tackle a fire which spreads through a Grade II-listed stately home in Dorset.
	Offender alerts may be expanded The 'Sarah's Law' scheme which gives parents alerts about sex offenders could be expanded, the home secretary says.

NORTHERN IRELAND
	SF want defining policing meeting The NI Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness is to seek an urgent meeting with Peter Robinson over devolving policing.
	Officer held over atrocity probe A PSNI officer is questioned over allegations of misconduct around the investigation of the Loughinisland atrocity.
	Teens injured in laneway shooting Two teenagers are shot - one in the lower back and the other in both legs - by a masked man in west Belfast.

SCOTLAND
	Self-harm hospital cases revealed Children who self-harm have been admitted to hospital more than 7,000 times in the past decade, figures reveal.
	'Most' back drink-drive limit cut Four out of five people back a cut in the drink-drive limit, according to a Scottish government-commissioned poll.
	MacAskill briefed on threat level The Scottish government was told about a change to the terror threat level before it was raised, the justice secretary confirms.

POLITICS
	Cameron: Torture case not one-off David Cameron says the case of brothers sentenced for torturing two boys in Doncaster is not an "isolated incident of evil".
	Brown government 'dysfunctional' Gordon Brown's government has become "utterly dysfunctional", the head of the top civil servants' union says.
	MP for Wirral West to stand down The Labour MP for Wirral West, Stephen Hesford, says he is to step down at the next general election.

BUSINESS
	Barclays bank to 'defer bonuses' Barclays Bank is to defer paying bonuses earned this year to its directors and senior staff for up to three years.
	Heating scheme 'needs more funds' A government scheme, Warm Front, which helps vulnerable people with their heating, "needs more funding", an MP says.
	Supermarkets 'curb alcohol deals' Supermarkets are reducing their promotions on alcoholic drinks, according to The Grocer magazine.

ENTERTAINMENT
	Stars come out for Haiti benefit Some of the world's top celebrities take part in a telethon to collect money for the victims of the Haiti earthquake.
	British actress Jean Simmons dies British film actress Jean Simmons, who played Ophelia in Laurence Olivier's Hamlet, dies at the age of 80.
	Polanski must appear in US court Film director Roman Polanski has lost his bid to be sentenced in a US court without having to return to the country.

SCIENCE/NATURE
	Dare-devil skydiver seeks record Extreme sportsman Felix Baumgartner will try to break the sound barrier during an attempt to make the highest parachute jump.
	Copenhagen 'fails forest people' A multi-billion dollar deal to reduce deforestation could trigger conflicts in forest-rich nations, a report warns.
	Rare warbler found in Afghanistan Scientists say they have discovered a breeding site for the world's least-known bird species in a remote part of Afghanistan.

TECHNOLOGY
	Obama keeps up pressure on China President Obama wants answers on alleged cyber-attacks originating in China on the search giant Google, officials say.
	Engineers 'can learn from slime' The way fungus-like slime moulds grow could help engineers design computer and communication networks, say researchers.
	Motorola in Blackberry complaint Motorola has asked US regulators to stop Blackberry owners, Research in Motion, from sales in the US.

HEALTH
	Self-harm hospital cases revealed Children who self-harm have been admitted to hospital more than 7,000 times in the past decade, figures reveal.
	Supermarkets 'curb alcohol deals' Supermarkets are reducing their promotions on alcoholic drinks, according to The Grocer magazine.
	New director of dementia strategy A new national clinical director for dementia is appointed to lead the government's £150m National Dementia Strategy.

EDUCATION
	Poor children 'deceived' by exams The head of a leading independent school says poor children are being deceived by "high grades in soft subjects".
	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.

ON THIS DAY NEWS FROM THE BBC ARCHIVES
	1966: 117 die in Air India tragedy Over 100 passengers have been kiiled after an Air India Boeing-707 plane crashed into Mont Blanc.
	1986: Leon Brittan quits over Westland Trade and Industry Secretary Leon Brittan becomes the second cabinet minister to resign over the Westland affair.
	1961: End of the road for Monroe and Miller Hollywood screen star Marilyn Monroe divorces her husband of five years, playwright Arthur Miller.

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