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	Thursday, 04 February, 2010, 4:00 GMT 04:00 +00:00:Europe/London

TOP STORIES
	'Half of MPs' to repay expenses A report by the man tasked with auditing Commons expenses is expected to say 47% of all MPs should make repayments.
	Obama to pressure China on trade President Barack Obama says he will be much tougher with China to make sure it opens its market to trade with the United States.
	Toyota repairs to start next week Toyota in the UK says it will be nearly a week before it can start repairs on cars with defective accelerator pedals.
	Bank may halt quantitative easing The Bank of England will report later on its policy of quantitative easing, with many analysts expecting it to halt the scheme.
	Scan unlocks vegetative patients Scientists have been able to reach into the mind of a brain-damaged man and communicate with his thoughts.

WORLD
	Obama to pressure China on trade President Barack Obama says he will be much tougher with China to make sure it opens its market to trade with the United States.
	West 'seeking new Iran sanctions' Western diplomats raise early proposals for a UN resolution on further sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme.
	Scan unlocks vegetative patients Scientists have been able to reach into the mind of a brain-damaged man and communicate with his thoughts.

AFRICA
	Bashir may face genocide charges International judges are told to reconsider bringing genocide charges against Sudan's President Bashir over Darfur.
	'Love-child' is mine, says Zuma South Africa President Jacob Zuma, who has three wives, admits fathering a child last year with another woman.
	Athlete's children 'not abducted' The children of a Moroccan Olympic champion fled from his house and were smuggled out with Norway's help, they say.

AMERICAS
	Scientist guilty of US murder bid A US court finds a Pakistani female scientist guilty of attempting to murder US agents while detained in Afghanistan.
	Toyota says no UK Prius concerns Toyota says there are no reported problems with the brakes on its Prius car in the UK and Europe, despite concerns in the US and Japan.
	Charges over 'sweat lodge' deaths A motivational speaker is charged with manslaughter over the deaths of three people at a sweat lodge ceremony in Arizona.

ASIA-PACIFIC
	Obama to pressure China on trade President Barack Obama says he will be much tougher with China to make sure it opens its market to trade with the United States.
	Anwar sodomy trial finally starts After repeated delays, Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim goes on trial accused of sodomy and vehemently denies the claim.
	Indian man 'faked fire attack' Australian police say an Indian man who claimed he was set on fire fabricated the story, as tensions continue over alleged racism.

EUROPE
	Greece to face economic scrutiny The European Commission says it supports Greece's plans to reduce its deficit but will closely monitor its progress.
	Scan unlocks vegetative patients Scientists have been able to reach into the mind of a brain-damaged man and communicate with his thoughts.
	Sculpture fetches £65m at auction A life-size bronze sculpture by Alberto Giacometti is sold at auction for the world record price of £65,001,250.

MIDDLE EAST
	West 'seeking new Iran sanctions' Western diplomats raise early proposals for a UN resolution on further sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme.
	Clinton vetoes Iran prisoner swap The US rejects Iran's suggestion of swapping Iranians jailed in the US for three American hikers currently held in Iran.
	West wary over Iran uranium offer Western powers react warily after Iran says it will accept a deal to swap its enriched uranium for processed nuclear fuel.

SOUTH ASIA
	US soldiers die in Pakistan blast Three US soldiers become the first known American military fatalities in Pakistan, as they die in a bomb claimed by the Taliban.
	Scientist guilty of US murder bid A US court finds a Pakistani female scientist guilty of attempting to murder US agents while detained in Afghanistan.
	Crowds protest at Sri Lanka poll Thousands of opposition supporters in Sri Lanka demonstrate against President Rajapaksa's election victory.

UK
	'Half of MPs' to repay expenses A report by the man tasked with auditing Commons expenses is expected to say 47% of all MPs should make repayments.
	Toyota repairs to start next week Toyota in the UK says it will be nearly a week before it can start repairs on cars with defective accelerator pedals.
	Out-of-hours deaths verdict due A coroner is to give his verdict into the deaths of two patients treated by an overseas out-of-hours GP on his first NHS shift.

ENGLAND
	Corfu gas deaths trial to start Two Thomas Cook employees are due to stand trial over the deaths of two British children killed by carbon monoxide poisoning in Corfu.
	Out-of-hours deaths verdict due A coroner is to give his verdict into the deaths of two patients treated by an overseas out-of-hours GP on his first NHS shift.
	Birds Eye cancels 180 pea deals Frozen food group Birds Eye cancels the contracts of nearly half its UK pea growers due to the withdrawal of an Italian export deal.

NORTHERN IRELAND
	Robinson back as first minister DUP leader Peter Robinson resumes his role as NI First Minister after stepping down temporarily in January.
	Closing factory got £5m in grants A company which announced the closure of its east Belfast factory last week received more than £5m in grants, the BBC learns.
	Man dies in forklift truck fall A man in his 70s dies following an accident involving a forklift truck in Ballinamallard, County Fermanagh.

SCOTLAND
	Parliament passes Scottish budget MSPs pass the 2010 Scottish government budget after ministers unveil last-minute concessions to win support.
	Beat officers set for Taser trial Strathclyde Police is to become the first force in Scotland to issue Taser stun guns to beat officers.
	First cancer research lab to open The first cancer research laboratory to open in Scotland is being launched in Dundee's Ninewells Hospital.

POLITICS
	'Half of MPs' to repay expenses A report by the man tasked with auditing Commons expenses is expected to say 47% of all MPs should make repayments.
	Clegg pledges more police on beat The Liberal Democrats are to outline plans to put 3,000 more police officers on the beat over the next four years.
	Brown denies defence 'guillotine' Gordon Brown denies British troops were sent into battle without the equipment they needed, in Commons clashes.

BUSINESS
	Bank may halt quantitative easing The Bank of England will report later on its policy of quantitative easing, with many analysts expecting it to halt the scheme.
	Toyota repairs to start next week Toyota in the UK says it will be nearly a week before it can start repairs on cars with defective accelerator pedals.
	Supermarkets face supplier rules A toughened code of practice which regulates how retailers should deal with their suppliers comes into force.

ENTERTAINMENT
	Sculpture fetches £65m at auction A life-size bronze sculpture by Alberto Giacometti is sold at auction for the world record price of £65,001,250.
	Royal premiere for Depp's movie Johnny Depp and Anne Hathaway will join the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall in London for the world premiere of Alice In Wonderland.
	Sick Cowell pulls out of Talent Simon Cowell pulls out of judging a Britain's Got Talent audition because of flu and is replaced by Louis Walsh.

SCIENCE/NATURE
	Close encounters with Japan's 'living fossil' BBC News has a rare "up close and personal" look at one of the planet's oldest and oddest creatures, the giant salamander.
	Exoplanet gas spotted from Earth Astronomers have used a new ground-based technique to study the atmospheres of planets outside our Solar System.
	Saturn mission 'extended again' The US space agency (Nasa) extends an international mission to explore Saturn until 2017.

TECHNOLOGY
	Symbian code turns open source The group behind the world's most popular smartphone operating system - Symbian - is giving away "billions of dollars" of code for free.
	Phishing scam hits carbon permits Online criminals have created fake carbon registries and managed to steal permits worth 3 million euros.
	US teenagers 'tire of blogging' A US study finds younger internet users lose interest in blogging and switch to shorter and more mobile forms of communication.

HEALTH
	Scan unlocks vegetative patients Scientists have been able to reach into the mind of a brain-damaged man and communicate with his thoughts.
	Out-of-hours deaths verdict due A coroner is to give his verdict into the deaths of two patients treated by an overseas out-of-hours GP on his first NHS shift.
	Gene loss link to severely obese A small number of extremely overweight people may be missing the same chunk of genetic material, claim UK researchers.

EDUCATION
	Disabled students wait for grants Almost 12,500 disabled students in England are still waiting for grants to pay for specialist equipment, official figures show.
	Hi-tech exam cheating increases More than 4,400 people cheated in last year's GCSEs and A-levels in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, says watchdog Ofqual.
	Schools levy more 'holiday fines' Schools and councils are increasingly fining parents who take their children away on holiday during term time without permission, figures reveal.

ON THIS DAY NEWS FROM THE BBC ARCHIVES
	1974: Soldiers and children killed in coach bombing Eleven people are killed in a bomb blast on a bus travelling to an army base in North Yorkshire.
	1998: 4,000 feared dead in Afghan earthquake An earthquake in northern Afghanistan leaves thousands dead, injured or homeless.
	1968: More Kenyan Asians flee to Britain Another 96 Indians and Pakistanis from Kenya arrive in Britain, the latest in a growing exodus of Kenyan Asians fleeing discrimination.

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