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	Tuesday, 06 April, 2010, 3:00 GMT 04:00 +01:00:Europe/London

TOP STORIES
	Brown to call election for 6 May Gordon Brown is set to end months of speculation by confirming the UK's general election will be held on 6 May.
	L'Aquila marks quake anniversary The Italian city of L'Aquila is marking the first anniversary of the earthquake that killed 300 and left 60,000 homeless.
	'Fit notes' to replace sick notes Workers who are off sick for longer than seven days will now receive so-called fit notes instead of sick notes from GPs.
	Toyota faces record US $16m fine The US government accuses Toyota of failing to tell it about accelerator pedal defects and will press for a record fine.
	'Debate needed' on digital bill Opponents of the Digital Economy Bill urge MPs to give it "the debate it deserves" ahead of its second reading.

WORLD
	US anger at Pakistan mission raid The US expresses "great concern" over a deadly assault by militants on the US consulate in the Pakistani city of Peshawar.
	Korea ship reaches Somali pirates A South Korean navy warship catches up with an oil tanker, hijacked by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean on Sunday.
	L'Aquila marks quake anniversary The Italian city of L'Aquila is marking the first anniversary of the earthquake that killed 300 and left 60,000 homeless.

AFRICA
	Terreblanche revenge vow revoked The party of the murdered South African white supremacist, Eugene Terreblanche, retracts a threat to avenge his death.
	Korea ship reaches Somali pirates A South Korean navy warship catches up with an oil tanker, hijacked by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean on Sunday.
	Troops retake airport in DR Congo A joint operation by DR Congo troops and UN peacekeepers seizes control of Mbandaka airport from a local militia.

AMERICAS
	Workers die in US mine explosion Seven miners are killed and 19 are missing after an accident at a coal mine in the eastern US.
	Toyota faces record US $16m fine The US government accuses Toyota of failing to tell it about accelerator pedal defects and will press for a record fine.
	Jackson doctor appears in court The involuntary manslaughter case against Michael Jackson's doctor gets a new judge, as he appears in court.

ASIA-PACIFIC
	Bangkok protest sticks to centre Thai anti-government protesters spend another night in the centre of Bangkok, despite a court ruling allowing their eviction.
	Korea ship reaches Somali pirates A South Korean navy warship catches up with an oil tanker, hijacked by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean on Sunday.
	Scores rescued from Chinese mine More than 100 miners are rescued from a flooded Chinese mine, but others are still thought to be trapped underground.

EUROPE
	L'Aquila marks quake anniversary The Italian city of L'Aquila is marking the first anniversary of the earthquake that killed 300 and left 60,000 homeless.
	Brown to call election for 6 May Gordon Brown is set to end months of speculation by confirming the UK's general election will be held on 6 May.
	EU harmonises Schengen visa rules A new visa code takes effect in most EU nations, speeding up visa procedures for travellers to Europe.

MIDDLE EAST
	Hassan murder retrial postponed The retrial of a man previously convicted of involvement in the kidnap and murder of UK aid worker Margaret Hassan is postponed.
	WikiLeaks posts video from Iraq The website WikiLeaks posts a video its says shows the 2007 killing by US military personnel of civilians in Baghdad
	Egypt releases ElBaradei backer Officials in Egypt say they have released the publisher of a book calling for political reform and praising Mohammed ElBaradei.

SOUTH ASIA
	US anger at Pakistan mission raid The US expresses "great concern" over a deadly assault by militants on the US consulate in the Pakistani city of Peshawar.
	Nato admits killing Afghan women Nato admits its forces were responsible for the deaths of three women during a botched raid in Afghanistan in February.
	Threat to Asia celebrity wedding Indian police investigate claims Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik is already married ahead of his wedding to tennis star Sania Mirza.

UK
	Brown to call election for 6 May Gordon Brown is set to end months of speculation by confirming the UK's general election will be held on 6 May.
	'Fit notes' to replace sick notes Workers who are off sick for longer than seven days will now receive so-called fit notes instead of sick notes from GPs.
	'Debate needed' on digital bill Opponents of the Digital Economy Bill urge MPs to give it "the debate it deserves" ahead of its second reading.

ENGLAND
	Uncle charged with girl's murder The uncle of 12-year-old Tia Rigg is charged with murder after she was strangled and stabbed to death.
	Dead soldier in Afghanistan named A British soldier who died in an explosion while on foot patrol in southern Afghanistan on Sunday is named by the MoD.
	Injured soldier 'denied payout' An injured soldier says he was warned he may miss out on an insurance payout after carrying out the Carling Cup at Wembley.

NORTHERN IRELAND
	Prisoners' jail protest goes on Twenty-eight republican prisoners continue a second day of protest barricaded into a dining room at Maghaberry jail.
	Motorway closed in security alert The M1 motorway is closed in one of three security alerts across Northern Ireland on Easter Monday.
	Dissidents behind car bomb attack Dissident republicans are being blamed for a car bomb attack on a police station in south Armagh at the weekend.

SCOTLAND
	UK election expected to be called The UK election is expected to be called later, sparking a four-week campaign before voters go to the polls on 6 May.
	Nightclub entry curfew reviewed Licensing chiefs in Aberdeen are to decide later if a controversial nightclub curfew is to continue after a six-month trial.
	Drug experts defend methadone use A group of experts have warned that crime, HIV and drugs-deaths would rise if addicts were taken off methadone.

POLITICS
	Brown to call election for 6 May Gordon Brown is set to end months of speculation by confirming the UK's general election will be held on 6 May.
	NI increase 'will not cost jobs' Chancellor Alistair Darling denies that Labour's planned rise in National Insurance would lead to job losses.
	Balls lays down funding challenge Children's Secretary Ed Balls has challenged the Conservatives to match his promise of protecting school budgets from public spending cuts.

BUSINESS
	Toyota faces record US $16m fine The US government accuses Toyota of failing to tell it about accelerator pedal defects and will press for a record fine.
	Public pensions warning from CBI The business lobby group, the CBI, renews its call for a review of final salary public sector pensions.
	Ross and Virgin Money in RBS bid Wilbur Ross, the US billionaire, pledges £500m to help Virgin Money bid for Royal Bank of Scotland's branch network.

ENTERTAINMENT
	Madonna is 'most played' artist Madonna was the most played artist of the last decade in the UK, according to music licensing body PPL.
	Jackson doctor appears in court The involuntary manslaughter case against Michael Jackson's doctor gets a new judge, as he appears in court.
	TV gender age gap 'is narrowing' The age gap between male and female television presenters may be narrowing, a Radio Times survey suggests.

SCIENCE/NATURE
	Discovery blasts off from Florida The space shuttle Discovery launches from Florida in one of the last shuttle missions before the programme is shut down.
	China rejects Mekong dam claims China rejects claims that its dams on the Mekong River are to blame for record low water levels in downstream nations.
	Battle to stabilise Reef vessel Australian authorities battle to stabilise a ship aground near the Great Barrier Reef, but say it may take weeks.

TECHNOLOGY
	'Debate needed' on digital bill Opponents of the Digital Economy Bill urge MPs to give it "the debate it deserves" ahead of its second reading.
	Google to 'update' Buzz privacy Google will ask users of its social network Buzz to review their privacy settings, following continuing concerns about the service.
	Apple iPad sells 300,000 on debut Apple says it sold more than 300,000 of its latest product, the iPad tablet computer, on its launch day in the US.

HEALTH
	'Fit notes' to replace sick notes Workers who are off sick for longer than seven days will now receive so-called fit notes instead of sick notes from GPs.
	Anti-psychotic pneumonia warning The use of anti-psychotic drugs in the elderly doubles the risk of potentially fatal pneumonia, say Dutch researchers.
	Tory cancer drug figures disputed An economist questions Tory claims that scrapping a planned national insurance rise could fund more cancer drugs.

EDUCATION
	Balls lays down funding challenge Children's Secretary Ed Balls has challenged the Conservatives to match his promise of protecting school budgets from public spending cuts.
	Teachers support campaign on cuts Public sector unions must join forces to fight cuts to jobs or services, the NUT annual conference in Liverpool is told.
	Teachers 'allowed to use force' Teachers should be allowed to use reasonable force to break up fights, says Schools Secretary Ed Balls.

ON THIS DAY NEWS FROM THE BBC ARCHIVES
	1968: United States erupts in race violence Dozens of major cities in the United States are rocked by an escalation in the race riots following the assassination of Martin Luther King.
	1994: Rwanda presidents' plane 'shot down' The presidents of the African states of Rwanda and Burundi are killed in a plane crash believed to have been caused by rocket fire.
	1997: Fault cuts short space shuttle mission Nasa brings home the space shuttle Columbia 12 days early amid fears over a defective fuel cell.

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