Thursday, 07 January 2010

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Thursday, 07 January, 2010, 14:00 GMT 21:00 +07:00:Asia/Jakarta
TOP STORIES
Plot is 'storm in teacup' - Brown
Gordon Brown calls the attempt to force a vote on his future a "storm in a teacup" that was not "taking up much of my time".
  Ice alert following days of snow
Temperatures as low as -18C have followed days of heavy snow to leave treacherous conditions across the UK.
  Ross to leave BBC after 13 years
Jonathan Ross announces he is leaving the BBC but says the decision is "not financially motivated".
  Freeze on interest rates goes on
The Bank of England keeps interest rates unchanged at 0.5% and maintains its £200bn quantitative easing programme.
  Plane 'plotter' met Yemen cleric
The alleged US plane bomber met a radical Muslim cleric in Yemen and was recruited in London, Yemeni officials say.
WORLD
Plane 'plotter' met Yemen cleric
The alleged US plane bomber met a radical Muslim cleric in Yemen and was recruited in London, Yemeni officials say.
  South Sudan cattle raid kills 140
Dozens die in ethnic clashes in Southern Sudan, as aid agencies warn that the country faces a return to civil war.
  Airport chaos as Europe freezes
The icy weather gripping northern Europe disrupts flights in the UK, France, the Irish Republic and the Netherlands.
AMERICAS
Nigerian charged over plane plot
A US grand jury indicts Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab on six counts over an alleged plot to bomb a plane on Christmas Day.
  US man arrested in Cuba 'a spy'
Cuba says a US man arrested in Havana last month is working for the US secret services, but has not yet charged him.
  Honduras military chiefs charged
Honduran prosecutors charge military chiefs who oversaw the removal of President Manuel Zelaya with abuse of power.
SOUTH ASIA
Afghan market bomb 'kills seven'
A suspected suicide bomber attacks a market in eastern Afghanistan, killing at least seven people, reports say.
  Nepal former child soldiers freed
Thousands of former Maoist child soldiers in Nepal begin leaving camps where they have been held since a 2006 peace deal.
  Bail for Indian 'toilet' stowaway
An Indian man who returned to his home country from Saudi Arabia by stowing away in a plane toilet is granted bail.
ENGLAND
Freeze tightens grip on England
Thousands of schools remain closed as sub-zero temperatures cause treacherous icy conditions.
  Killed store boss 'swapped shift'
The manager of a Matalan shop stabbed to death during a robbery had swapped shifts to work that night, a court hears.
  Damages sought over man's burial
Relatives of a computer programmer from Doncaster who was buried as an unknown man in New York file for damages in the US.
BUSINESS
House prices 'up on a year ago'
UK house prices were 1.1% higher in December than a year earlier - the first annual rise since March 2008, the Halifax says.
  Freeze on interest rates goes on
The Bank of England keeps interest rates unchanged at 0.5% and maintains its £200bn quantitative easing programme.
  Annual car sales near two million
Sales of new cars in the UK reached almost two million last year, boosted by the scrappage scheme, official figures show.
ENTERTAINMENT
Ross to leave BBC after 13 years
Jonathan Ross announces he is leaving the BBC but says the decision is "not financially motivated".
  Diversity in art awards shortlist
Britain's Got Talent winners Diversity and pop act Florence and the Machine are among the nominees for the last ever South Bank Show Awards.
  Downloads up as album sales drop
Album sales in the UK fell by 3.5% in 2009 to 128.9 million despite a growth in digital downloads, figures show.
SCIENCE/NATURE
Contracts for Galileo sat-nav
Contracts worth one billion euros are awarded to build an operational satellite-navigation system for Europe.
  Tracks record oldest land-walkers
The earliest evidence of a four-legged animal walking on land is discovered in a disused Polish quarry.
  Methane release 'looks stronger'
Scientists have uncovered a further apparent increase in the leakage of methane gas that is seeping from the Arctic seabed.
TECHNOLOGY
Microsoft shows off 'slate' PC
Microsoft and HP team up to introduce a slate computer ahead of the launch of a much rumoured device from Apple.
  Contracts for Galileo sat-nav
Contracts worth one billion euros are awarded to build an operational satellite-navigation system for Europe.
  Decisions loom on rural broadband
The UK government is looking for advice on how to spend the cash it is raising for next generation broadband.
HEALTH
Mobile use 'may help' Alzheimer's
Scientists in Florida say mobile phone radiation could protect against Alzheimer's, based on tests carried out on mice.
  Breastfeeding 'down to hormones'
Mothers who find breastfeeding so hard they give up should not blame themselves, researchers say.
  Women 'too busy' for smear tests
Practical reasons could be more significant than emotional ones in explaining why many women miss cervical cancer screenings, a study suggests.
ON THIS DAY NEWS FROM THE BBC ARCHIVES
  1976: Iceland and Britain clash at sea
A British naval frigate is involved in another collision with an Icelandic gunboat in the Atlantic.
  1990: Leaning Tower of Pisa closed to public
The Leaning Tower of Pisa is closed to the public for the first time in its history amid safety fears.
  1980: Gandhi returned by landslide vote
Indians vote Indira Gandhi back into power - less than three years after rejecting her "emergency dictatorship".
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