Monday, 07 December 2009

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Monday, 07 December, 2009, 14:00 GMT 21:00 +07:00:Asia/Jakarta
TOP STORIES
Act now on climate, summit urged
Denmark's PM describes the UN climate summit in Copenhagen as an "opportunity the world cannot afford to miss".
  Brown targets public sector pay
Gordon Brown plans to target "excessive" public sector pay - and to use technology to make public services more efficient.
  Missing Libya girl image released
A computer-generated image of a six-year-old girl abducted two years ago is produced in the hope it will reunite her with her mother.
  Banks criticise windfall tax plan
Banking chiefs criticise reports the Treasury is planning to levy a windfall tax on the bonuses paid to some UK-based bankers.
  Flooded town united by new bridge
The town of Workington is re-united by a footbridge, named after the police officer who died in Cumbria's devastating floods.
WORLD
Act now on climate, summit urged
Denmark's PM describes the UN climate summit in Copenhagen as an "opportunity the world cannot afford to miss".
  'Tear gas' at Iran protest rally
Iranian police move to disperse opposition supporters in central Tehran ahead of an officially sanctioned rally, witnesses say.
  'Risky' kidney transplant success
Surgeons report success with a controversial transplant technique using donor kidneys containing cancerous masses.
AMERICAS
Morales claims Bolivia poll win
President Evo Morales claims victory in Bolivia's election, with exit polls suggesting a resounding win over conservative rivals.
  Chavez aide resigns over scandal
A minister in President Hugo Chavez's government resigns after his brother is arrested over banking irregularities.
  'Risky' kidney transplant success
Surgeons report success with a controversial transplant technique using donor kidneys containing cancerous masses.
SOUTH ASIA
Bomber attacks court in Pakistan
At least seven people are killed in a suicide bomb attack in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar, officials say.
  US rejects Afghan exit criticism
Senior government figures reject criticism of President Barack Obama's plan to start pulling troops from Afghanistan in 2011.
  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".
ENGLAND
Husband quizzed over wife's death
Police are due to question the husband of a newlywed found dead in the garage of their Cheshire home.
  Flooded town united by new bridge
The town of Workington is re-united by a footbridge, named after the police officer who died in Cumbria's devastating floods.
  Missing Libya girl image released
A computer-generated image of a six-year-old girl abducted two years ago is produced in the hope it will reunite her with her mother.
BUSINESS
Banks criticise windfall tax plan
Banking chiefs criticise reports the Treasury is planning to levy a windfall tax on the bonuses paid to some UK-based bankers.
  Brown targets public sector pay
Gordon Brown plans to target "excessive" public sector pay - and to use technology to make public services more efficient.
  Gas supply firms warned on bills
The UK energy regulator is warning gas supply firms that customers must benefit from any fall in wholesale prices.
ENTERTAINMENT
BBC Sound of 2010: The longlist
Fifteen of the best rising music stars are picked by 165 leading UK tastemakers to be on the longlist for the BBC's Sound of 2010.
  Pearl Jam top Hard Rock in 2010
Rock survivors Pearl Jam are announced as the headline act for 2010's Hard Rock Calling event in London.
  Celebrity producers avoid charges
The producers of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! will not face charges over alleged animal cruelty on the show, Australian police say.
SCIENCE/NATURE
Act now on climate, summit urged
Denmark's PM describes the UN climate summit in Copenhagen as an "opportunity the world cannot afford to miss".
  UK geology maps free to explore
The British Geological Survey's new OpenGeoscience portal allows anyone to study the rocks lying under their feet.
  Mass cannibalism clues uncovered
Archaeologists uncover signs of mass cannibalism at a 7,000-year-old human burial site in Germany.
TECHNOLOGY
NHS IT system to be scaled back
The government is to scale back a new multi-billion pound NHS IT system in what the Conservatives are calling a "massive U-turn".
  Software models aid genetic study
Computer models of the workings of genes are helping unpick the process of aging and how toxins poison the body.
  UK geology maps free to explore
The British Geological Survey's new OpenGeoscience portal allows anyone to study the rocks lying under their feet.
HEALTH
Targeting depression early 'key'
Schools, employers and GPs all have more of a role to play in mental-health care in the UK, ministers say.
  'Risky' kidney transplant success
Surgeons report success with a controversial transplant technique using donor kidneys containing cancerous masses.
  GPs 'ignoring sick-note advice'
There is a large variation in how long GPs sign patients off work for, for the same condition, a study suggests.
ON THIS DAY NEWS FROM THE BBC ARCHIVES
  1941: Japanese planes bomb Pearl Harbor
Japan launches a surprise attack on American bases in the Pacific and declares it is at war with Britain and the United States.
  1955: Attlee steps down as Labour leader
Mr Attlee resigns as leader of the Labour Party and is made an Earl hours later by the Queen.
  2001: Taleban surrender Kandahar
The Taleban regime gives up its last Afghan stronghold of Kandahar after weeks of bombardment by US warplanes.

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