Sunday, 03 January 2010

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Sunday, 03 January, 2010, 14:00 GMT 21:00 +07:00:Asia/Jakarta
TOP STORIES
Airport body scanners on way - PM
Full body scanners are coming to UK airports, starting at Heathrow, after Gordon Brown says they are crucial in stopping terror attacks.
  'We'll fight every inch' - Brown
Gordon Brown says Labour are ready to fight "every inch of the way" to win what he called a "big choice election" for Britain.
  Ex-hostage 'delighted' to be back
Freed hostage Peter Moore says he is delighted to be released and is looking forward to "getting to know" his family again.
  Eight hurt in building explosion
At least eight people are injured after a building collapses in an explosion in Shrewsbury town centre.
  Price boost for first-time buyers
Property is now affordable for first-time buyers in nearly four out of 10 areas of the UK, research indicates.
WORLD
Alert shuts US, UK Yemen missions
The UK and US shut their Yemen embassies after threats from an al-Qaeda wing linked to an alleged failed US plane bomb plot.
  Petition against Icesave pay-out
Almost 25% of Iceland's voters sign a petition against a bill to repay foreigners who lost money in the Icesave banking collapse.
  Japan Airlines state loan doubled
Japan's government doubles the offer of state-funded credit to troubled Japan Airlines to 200bn yen ($2.2bn; £1.3bn).
AMERICAS
Alert shuts US, UK Yemen missions
The UK and US shut their Yemen embassies after threats from an al-Qaeda wing linked to an alleged failed US plane bomb plot.
  Peru upholds Fujimori's sentence
Peru's Supreme Court upholds a 25-year jail sentence imposed on former President Alberto Fujimori.
  Suspected Mexican druglord caught
A suspected senior member of one of Mexico's most feared drugs cartels is arrested in the state of Sinaloa, officials say.
SOUTH ASIA
UN fears impact of Karzai setback
A senior UN official says the rejection of most of the Afghan president's cabinet is a worrying setback.
  Bomb kills ex-Pakistan minister
A former provincial minister has been killed in a roadside bomb attack in north-western Pakistan, police say.
  CIA bomber 'courted as informant'
The bomber who killed seven CIA employees in Afghanistan was invited to the base as a potential informant, officials say.
ENGLAND
Eight hurt in building explosion
At least eight people are injured after a building collapses in an explosion in Shrewsbury town centre.
  Armed patrols targeted gun crime
Further details emerge about armed patrols carried out by police in gun-crime hotspots in north and south London.
  Power station fire investigated
An inquiry is under way to find the cause of a fire which shut down a coal-fired power station in Kent.
BUSINESS
Price boost for first-time buyers
Property is now affordable for first-time buyers in nearly four out of 10 areas of the UK, research indicates.
  Petition against Icesave pay-out
Almost 25% of Iceland's voters sign a petition against a bill to repay foreigners who lost money in the Icesave banking collapse.
  Japan Airlines state loan doubled
Japan's government doubles the offer of state-funded credit to troubled Japan Airlines to 200bn yen ($2.2bn; £1.3bn).
ENTERTAINMENT
Celebrity Big Brother's final bow
Pamela Anderson and MC Hammer are among the names rumoured for the last Celebrity Big Brother, which launches on Sunday.
  Harman attacks BBC for 'ageism'
The minister for women and equality has attacked the BBC for "not valuing" older female news readers.
  Doctor Who finale watched by 10m
David Tennant's final outing as Doctor Who is watched by 10.4m viewers, according to overnight figures.
SCIENCE/NATURE
Sweden culls its resurgent wolves
Sweden begins a legal cull of wolves with more than half the quota of 27 believed to have been killed on the first day.
  DNA analysed from early European
Scientists have analysed DNA extracted from the remains of a 30,000-year-old European hunter-gatherer.
  Devil cancer source 'identified'
Researchers say they have identified the genetic source of fatal tumours that are driving Tasmanian devils towards extinction.
TECHNOLOGY
French online piracy law in force
The first effects of France's controversial new law against internet piracy will begin to be felt as the new year starts.
  'Start-up' visas to boost US tech
Plans to create "start-up" visas in the US for foreign entrepreneurs with hi-tech business ideas will be debated in 2010.
  New Year Honours for game makers
Four veterans of the UK's computer game industry have been given New Year Honours.
HEALTH
Human trials of artificial artery
An artificial artery which the developers hope will save lives is set to be tested in human trials early this year.
  Plea to smokers to quit in 2010
Smokers throughout Scotland are being urged by a Scottish government minister to quit the habit in 2010.
  Teen depression 'linked to sleep'
Going to bed earlier protects teenagers against depression and suicidal thoughts, research suggests.
ON THIS DAY NEWS FROM THE BBC ARCHIVES
  1980: Afghan leader defends Soviet invasion
The new president of Afghanistan, Babrak Karmal, is making his first public appearance since the Soviet-backed coup last week.
  1993: US and Russia halve nuclear warheads
US President George Bush and Russian President Boris Yeltsin sign the Start II arms reduction treaty in Moscow.
  1991: Britain expels Iraqi diplomats
The Foreign Office is expelling eight Iraqi embassy officials from the UK following threats of attacks on Western targets.
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