Friday, 05 February 2010

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Friday, 05 February, 2010, 14:00 GMT 21:00 +07:00:Asia/Jakarta
TOP STORIES
Four will face expenses charges
Three Labour MPs and one Conservative peer will face criminal charges over their expenses, the CPS has said.
  Deal to see devolution in April
The two main political parties in Northern Ireland reach agreement in a long-running dispute over policing and justice.
  Bodies find sparks murder inquiry
Murder detectives investigating the deaths of two women at a home in Shropshire find a man's body nearby.
  Deadly double bombing in Karachi
An explosion kills at least 10 people at a Pakistani hospital where victims of an earlier bomb were being treated, police say.
  Rapist murdered mother and girl
A man is jailed for 32 years for raping and murdering a 10-year-old girl and murdering her mother in their Ayrshire home.
WORLD
Deadly double bombing in Karachi
An explosion kills at least 10 people at a Pakistani hospital where victims of an earlier bomb were being treated, police say.
  Embattled climate chief supported
India gives its full support to embattled climate change chief Rajendra Pachauri, under attack over recent scientific errors.
  Ship seized by pirates 'stormed'
Danish special forces storm a ship captured by Somali pirates and free 25 crew members, an EU naval spokesman says.
AMERICAS
Haiti warns US case 'distracting'
Haiti's prime minister says the US missionaries charged with child abduction are overshadowing the needs of earthquake victims.
  US looks at Prius brake problems
The US opens an investigation into brake problems in the Toyota Prius, as the carmaker's stream of bad news continues.
  Woods linked with February return
Tiger Woods is reportedly targeting a comeback in the WGC Match Play Championship in Arizona.
SOUTH ASIA
Deadly double bombing in Karachi
An explosion kills at least 10 people at a Pakistani hospital where victims of an earlier bomb were being treated, police say.
  Embattled climate chief supported
India gives its full support to embattled climate change chief Rajendra Pachauri, under attack over recent scientific errors.
  India state approves statue squad
A plan for a special police force to protect statues of an Indian politician and her mentors is approved in Uttar Pradesh.
ENGLAND
Bodies find sparks murder inquiry
Murder detectives investigating the deaths of two women at a home in Shropshire find a man's body nearby.
  Four will face expenses charges
Three Labour MPs and one Conservative peer will face criminal charges over their expenses, the CPS has said.
  Hammer attack boy refused damages
A teenager left brain damaged in a hammer attack at his school loses his High Court battle for compensation.
BUSINESS
BA's £50m loss beats expectations
British Airways says it made a loss of £50m ($79m) in the three months to December 2009, which was smaller than expected.
  Debt concerns hit European shares
European shares fall sharply for the second straight day amid continued concerns about government debt levels.
  Personal insolvency 'record high'
The number of people who were declared insolvent in England and Wales hit a record high in the last quarter of 2009, figures show.
ENTERTAINMENT
Murphy death caused by pneumonia
US actress Brittany Murphy died of pneumonia, a Los Angeles coroner rules.
  Doctor Who props up for auction
A selection of props and costumes from BBC One's Doctor Who are to go under the hammer in London later this month.
  Poor sales push EMI to heavy loss
Record company EMI reports an annual pre-tax loss of £1.75bn and says it needs more money to stay afloat.
SCIENCE/NATURE
Dynamic Pluto revealed in images
Images from the Hubble Space Telescope reveal that the icy dwarf planet Pluto undergoes dramatic seasonal changes.
  Embattled climate chief supported
India gives its full support to embattled climate change chief Rajendra Pachauri, under attack over recent scientific errors.
  Russia 'dumped waste in Baltic'
The Russian military dumped nuclear waste into the Baltic Sea in the early 1990s, Swedish media reports say.
TECHNOLOGY
Microsoft tackles 17-year-old bug
A 17-year-old vulnerability that dates from the days of DOS is being patched in Microsoft's February security update.
  Facebook dominates UK mobile use
Facebook accounts for nearly half of all the time people in the UK spend going online using their phones, according to industry figures.
  US objects to Google books plan
The US Department of Justice says that it is still not satisfied with a deal that would allow Google to build a vast digital library.
HEALTH
Artificial pancreas diabetes hope
Scientists in Cambridge show that an "artificial pancreas" can be used to regulate blood sugar in children with Type 1 diabetes.
  Transplant first in kidney sister
A pioneering procedure has allowed a British woman to get a new kidney from her sister - even though the organ would normally be rejected.
  Trauma services 'not good enough'
Hundreds of people who suffer serious injuries are dying due to poor care, according to a report from the National Audit Office.
ON THIS DAY NEWS FROM THE BBC ARCHIVES
  1994: Market massacre in Sarajevo
A mortar bomb explodes in the main market square in Sarajevo killing 68 and wounding 200 people.
  1996: First GM food goes on sale in UK
Two British supermarket chains will be stocking genetically modified tomato puree from today - the first GM food to be sold in this country.
  1974: Newspaper heiress kidnapped
The 19-year-old daughter of the millionaire American publisher, Randolph Hearst, is kidnapped from her home in California.

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