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	Friday, 18 December, 2009, 14:00 GMT 21:00 +07:00:Asia/Jakarta

TOP STORIES
	Heavy snowfall causes disruption Heavy snowfall causes travel chaos, forces schools to close and cuts power supplies, as the bad weather continues.
	Leaders must strike deal - Obama US President Barack Obama calls on leaders to come together at the UN climate summit as a deal hangs in the balance.
	Auschwitz death camp sign stolen The infamous Arbeit Macht Frei sign at the Auschwitz Nazi death camp in Poland has been stolen, officials there say.
	Britons win Brazil fraud appeal Two British law graduates held in Brazil for insurance fraud have been acquitted on appeal, their lawyer says.
	BA union to call new strike vote British Airways cabin crew will be balloted again on industrial action after a planned Christmas strike was declared illegal.

WORLD
	Leaders must strike deal - Obama US President Barack Obama calls on leaders to come together at the UN climate summit as a deal hangs in the balance.
	Mumbai accused says he was framed The man alleged to be the sole surviving gunman in last year's Mumbai attacks retracts a confession that he took part.
	Auschwitz death camp sign stolen The infamous Arbeit Macht Frei sign at the Auschwitz Nazi death camp in Poland has been stolen, officials there say.

AMERICAS
	DNA frees US prisoner 35 years on A US man becomes the country's longest-serving prisoner to be freed after DNA evidence proves his innocence 35 years on.
	Air France jet 'black box' call Experts probing June's Air France disaster over the Atlantic recommend flight recorders emit signals for longer.
	Britons win Brazil fraud appeal Two British law graduates held in Brazil for insurance fraud have been acquitted on appeal, their lawyer says.

SOUTH ASIA
	Mumbai accused says he was framed The man alleged to be the sole surviving gunman in last year's Mumbai attacks retracts a confession that he took part.
	Pakistan minister court summons A judge in Karachi summons the interior minister to appear before an anti-corruption court.
	India food prices at 10-year high Food prices in India have risen to a high of nearly 20% since last year, the highest rate in a decade.

ENGLAND
	Murder raid trio jailed for life Three men convicted of murdering a sub-postmaster's son during an armed raid are told they will serve at least 34 years in jail.
	Sex attack police officer jailed A former policeman is jailed for five years for attempted rape and two sexual assaults committed while still an officer.
	Heavy snowfall causes disruption Heavy snowfall causes travel chaos, forces schools to close and cuts power supplies, as the bad weather continues.

BUSINESS
	Public borrowing hits record high The UK's public sector net borrowing hit a record high of £20.3bn in November, official figures show.
	UK banking sector 'more stable' The UK's financial system has become "significantly more stable over the past six months", the Bank of England reports.
	BA union to call new strike vote British Airways cabin crew will be balloted again on industrial action after a planned Christmas strike was declared illegal.

ENTERTAINMENT
	Sir Terry bids farewell to show Sir Terry Wogan hosts his final Radio 2 breakfast show after 27 years spent presenting the programme.
	Whittle's arrest 'not an issue' Strictly Come Dancing finalist Ricky Whittle says he does not think his brush with the law last month has affected his chances in the show.
	Sir Paul backs Rage to top charts Sir Paul McCartney says if Rage Against The Machine beats X Factor winner Joe McElderry to the Christmas number one it would be "funny".

SCIENCE/NATURE
	Leaders must strike deal - Obama US President Barack Obama calls on leaders to come together at the UN climate summit as a deal hangs in the balance.
	The first glimpse of dark matter? US scientists have reported detecting signals that could indicate the presence of dark matter.
	Fossil is breakthrough of 2009 The discovery a "central character in the story of human evolution" is named the scientific breakthrough of 2009.

TECHNOLOGY
	'Iranian cyber army' hits Twitter Micro blogging service Twitter has suffered another embarrassing security breach.
	Chinese plan to meter net traffic China is seeking international agreement to let it meter net traffic that passes through its borders.
	Fine for Google over French books A French court fines Google 300,000 euros and tells it to remove some titles from the archive of digital books it is creating.

HEALTH
	CJD victim 'had different gene' Scientists say a 30-year-old British man thought to have died from vCJD had a different genotype from previous cases.
	Non-urgent health number trialled Trials of a new three-digit telephone number for patients seeking non-emergency medical care in England will be launched in 2010.
	Many drink 'more than they think' The amount of alcohol people think they drink adds up to 44 million bottles of wine a week short of reality, UK survey finds.

ON THIS DAY NEWS FROM THE BBC ARCHIVES
	1974: Compensation for Bloody Sunday victims The Government says it will pay £42,000 compensation to relatives of the 13 men killed in the Bloody Sunday riots in Londonderry nearly three years ago.
	1997: Dawn of Scottish parliament Scottish Secretary Donald Dewer unveils a blueprint for Scotland's new parliament.
	1985: Drug traffickers' appeal rejected Two Australians are facing the death penalty after their appeal against a conviction for smuggling heroin was rejected by a Malaysian court.

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