Sunday, 06 December 2009

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Sunday, 06 December, 2009, 14:00 GMT 21:00 +07:00:Asia/Jakarta
TOP STORIES
Darling warns banks over bonuses
Chancellor Alistair Darling says he will not be "held to ransom" over bank bonuses but plays down talk of a windfall tax.
  Husband arrested after body find
The husband of a newlywed found strangled in the garage of her Cheshire home is arrested after a nationwide search.
  Mass cannibalism clues uncovered
Archaeologists uncover signs of mass cannibalism at a 7,000-year-old human burial site in Germany.
  Queen issues warning to paparazzi
The Queen issues a strong warning to newspapers not to publish paparazzi pictures of the Royal Family.
  Church rift flares after gay vote
A US diocese elects only the second openly gay bishop in the global Anglican Church, reigniting a hugely divisive issue.
WORLD
No Bin Laden reports 'in years'
Defence Secretary Robert Gates admits the US has had no reliable information on Osama Bin Laden's whereabouts "in years".
  Church rift flares after gay vote
A US diocese elects only the second openly gay bishop in the global Anglican Church, reigniting a hugely divisive issue.
  Mass cannibalism clues uncovered
Archaeologists uncover signs of mass cannibalism at a 7,000-year-old human burial site in Germany.
AMERICAS
No Bin Laden reports 'in years'
Defence Secretary Robert Gates admits the US has had no reliable information on Osama Bin Laden's whereabouts "in years".
  Church rift flares after gay vote
A US diocese elects only the second openly gay bishop in the global Anglican Church, reigniting a hugely divisive issue.
  Bolivia votes for new president
Bolivians are voting for a new president, with opinion polls tipping Evo Morales for re-election.
SOUTH ASIA
No Bin Laden reports 'in years'
Defence Secretary Robert Gates admits the US has had no reliable information on Osama Bin Laden's whereabouts "in years".
  Pakistan army buries mosque dead
The funerals of Pakistani army officers who were killed in Friday's attack on a mosque are held in Rawalpindi.
  Several killed in Pakistan blast
At least three people are reported to have been killed in an explosion in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar.
ENGLAND
Husband arrested after body find
The husband of a newlywed found strangled in the garage of her Cheshire home is arrested after a nationwide search.
  Flooded town's new bridge to open
A Cumbrian town split in two by floods is to be reunited with the opening of an army-built footbridge across its river.
  Indecent caller to schools sought
A CCTV image of a man thought to have made thousands of indecent phone calls to schools and nurseries is released by police.
BUSINESS
Business group in Budget warning
The British Chambers of Commerce say no sector should be immune from spending cuts in the pre-Budget report.
  Darling warns banks over bonuses
Chancellor Alistair Darling says he will not be "held to ransom" over bank bonuses but plays down talk of a windfall tax.
  Japan mulls further JAL support
The Japanese government will guarantee 700bn yen in loans and other funds in order to keep Japan Airlines going, reports say.
ENTERTAINMENT
Celebrity winner faces rat charge
Winner Gino D'Acampo and Stuart Manning face charges after a rat was killed on I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!
  Caine and Day-Lewis up for awards
Screen veterans Daniel Day-Lewis and Sir Michael Caine are due to be honoured at the British Independent Film Awards.
  Strictly's Rouass dances off show
Former Footballers' Wives actress Laila Rouass is voted off BBC's Strictly Come Dancing, missing out on the semi-finals.
SCIENCE/NATURE
Climate protests ahead of summit
Tens of thousands of people have taken part in climate change protests around the UK ahead of the Copenhagen summit.
  Mass cannibalism clues uncovered
Archaeologists uncover signs of mass cannibalism at a 7,000-year-old human burial site in Germany.
  Huge UK Cave spiders 'sent' home
A group of huge cave spiders that have been squatting in a house in the Yorkshire Dales are repatriated underground by National Trust staff.
TECHNOLOGY
Darling may shelve NHS IT system
The troubled NHS IT system may be cancelled in Wednesday's pre-Budget report, Alistair Darling tells the BBC.
  iPhone orchestra ready for debut
Smartphone symphony: a group of US students have built music applications and written scores for their iPhones.
  Grid helps tune tiny transistors
A vast network of thousands of computers is being harnessed to design the building-blocks for future silicon chips.
HEALTH
Darling may shelve NHS IT system
The troubled NHS IT system may be cancelled in Wednesday's pre-Budget report, Alistair Darling tells the BBC.
  Clue to 'drug-resistant' epilepsy
Experts believe they have uncovered the root cause of "stubborn" epilepsy that fails to respond to drug treatment.
  Care watchdog chief to step down
The head of England's independent health and social care regulator Baroness Young is to step down from her post in February.
ON THIS DAY NEWS FROM THE BBC ARCHIVES
  1975: Couple under siege in Balcombe Street
Three armed men on the run from police burst into a flat in central London and take at least two people hostage.
  1992: Mob rips apart mosque in Ayodhya
A 200,000-strong crowd of Hindu militants tears apart a mosque in the north Indian town of Ayodhya in a frenzy of inter-communal violence.
  1978: Spain set to vote for democracy
The people of Spain are voting in a national referendum to endorse a new constitution which could end years of dictatorship.

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