Friday, 15 January 2010

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Friday, 15 January, 2010, 14:00 GMT 21:00 +07:00:Asia/Jakarta
TOP STORIES
Haiti quake aid effort hampered
Delays hamper the aid effort in Haiti as anger spreads among quake survivors spending another day without food and shelter.
  Jail sentence for nail bomb maker
A man who admitted making nail bombs and home-made shotguns is jailed for 11 years at the Old Bailey.
  Dappy 'sorry' over text threats
N-Dubz star Dappy apologises to a woman for sending threatening texts after she wrote to the BBC calling the band "losers".
  Man held after car theft killing
A 22-year-old man is arrested after a woman is run over and killed by a car thief in Greater Manchester.
  JP Morgan reports $3.3bn profits
Wall Street bank JP Morgan Chase reports profits of $3.3bn (£2bn) for the last three months of 2009.
WORLD
Haiti quake aid effort hampered
Delays hamper the aid effort in Haiti as anger spreads among quake survivors spending another day without food and shelter.
  Iraqi body bars 500 candidates
Iraq's election commission has barred around 500 candidates from running in national elections in March.
  JP Morgan reports $3.3bn profits
Wall Street bank JP Morgan Chase reports profits of $3.3bn (£2bn) for the last three months of 2009.
AMERICAS
Haiti quake aid effort hampered
Delays hamper the aid effort in Haiti as anger spreads among quake survivors spending another day without food and shelter.
  JP Morgan reports $3.3bn profits
Wall Street bank JP Morgan Chase reports profits of $3.3bn (£2bn) for the last three months of 2009.
  'Raise antibiotic dose' for obese
Doctors may have to start prescribing higher doses of antibiotics because of rising rates of obesity, say experts.
SOUTH ASIA
US charges three for 'India plot'
A leader of a Pakistani militant group, a retired soldier and a man from Chicago face US charges over the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
  Kashmir police station attacked
Militants in Indian-administered Kashmir attack a police station, killing one police officer and a civilian, officials say.
  Bodies from 2005 quake discovered
Chinese road workers in Pakistani-controlled Kashmir dig up a van with 17 bodies which disappeared in the 2005 quake.
ENGLAND
Man held after car theft killing
A 22-year-old man is arrested after a woman is run over and killed by a car thief in Greater Manchester.
  Jail sentence for nail bomb maker
A man who admitted making nail bombs and home-made shotguns is jailed for 11 years at the Old Bailey.
  Goalkeeper's FA Cup medal stolen
A 1948 FA Cup runners-up medal which belonged to Blackpool's Joe Robinson is stolen from his family's home.
BUSINESS
JP Morgan reports $3.3bn profits
Wall Street bank JP Morgan Chase reports profits of $3.3bn (£2bn) for the last three months of 2009.
  Blackberry and iPhone makers sued
Camera maker Kodak will sue Apple and the maker of the Blackberry, over technology used in both of the handsets.
  Challenge to fuel poverty policy
The government needs to revamp its strategy for helping people pay their fuel bills, a think tank claims.
ENTERTAINMENT
Dappy 'sorry' over text threats
N-Dubz star Dappy apologises to a woman for sending threatening texts after she wrote to the BBC calling the band "losers".
  Lady Gaga 'collapses' before gig
Singer Lady Gaga apologises to fans after being forced to cancel a concert in Indiana due to ill health.
  Clooney to host US Haiti telethon
George Clooney is to host a telethon in the US to raise money for the victims of the Haiti earthquake.
SCIENCE/NATURE
Herschel restored to full health
Europe's Herschel Space Telescope is fully operational again after engineers bring its damaged instrument back online.
  Anti-malaria plant genes mapped
The global supply of a key anti-malaria drug is set to be boosted by a study of its genes, scientists say.
  Radical sea defence rethink urged
"Radical thinking" needed to protect the UK's coastal communities from flooding in the future, a report warns.
TECHNOLOGY
Porn viruses revived on mobiles
Hi-tech criminals are turning to tricks and scams from the early days of cyber crime to steal cash from smartphones.
  Google hackers 'used IE weakness'
Microsoft has admitted that a vulnerability in its Internet Explorer browser was exploited in the recent attacks on Google.
  Blackberry and iPhone makers sued
Camera maker Kodak will sue Apple and the maker of the Blackberry, over technology used in both of the handsets.
HEALTH
'Failings' at locum doctor's firm
An inquest hears of 'financial pressures' at the firm which employed German locum Dr Daniel Ubani.
  'Raise antibiotic dose' for obese
Doctors may have to start prescribing higher doses of antibiotics because of rising rates of obesity, say experts.
  Cancer cell flaws may hit studies
Dozens of cancer studies may be thrown into doubt because researchers used the wrong type of cancer cells.
ON THIS DAY NEWS FROM THE BBC ARCHIVES
  1973: Nixon orders ceasefire in Vietnam
President Nixon orders a halt to American bombing in North Vietnam - following peace talks in Paris.
  1953: East German purge begins
The East German authorities begin a purge of senior officials, accused of plotting against the state and spying for imperialistic powers.
  1987: Officer cleared in Groce shooting case
A police officer who mistakenly shot and paralysed an innocent woman is cleared of all criminal charges.

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