Saturday, 13 February 2010

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Saturday, 13 February, 2010, 14:00 GMT 21:00 +07:00:Asia/Jakarta
TOP STORIES
Major offensive targets Helmand
Coalition troops say they are making good progress in Afghanistan's biggest offensive since the overthrow of the Taliban in 2001.
  UK winner of £56m on EuroMillions
A UK ticket-holder wins Britain's biggest lottery prize of all time, scooping a £56m jackpot in Friday's EuroMillions game.
  Luge event goes ahead after death
The luge competition at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics will go ahead on Saturday despite the death of Nodar Kumaritashvili.
  Father in court over river plunge
A father appears in court charged with attempting to murder his children after a car plunged into a river near Evesham.
  Clinton keen to get back to work
Former US President Bill Clinton is keen to get back to work on the Haiti relief effort after undergoing a heart operation at a Manhattan hospital.
WORLD
Major offensive targets Helmand
Coalition troops say they are making good progress in Afghanistan's biggest offensive since the overthrow of the Taliban in 2001.
  Luge event goes ahead after death
The luge competition at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics will go ahead on Saturday despite the death of Nodar Kumaritashvili.
  Charges in US university shooting
A female biology professor is charged with murder after a shooting at a US university leaves three people dead.
AMERICAS
Major offensive targets Helmand
Coalition troops say they are making good progress in Afghanistan's biggest offensive since the overthrow of the Taliban in 2001.
  Haiti marks earthquake a month on
Thousands of Haitians pray at the exact time the devastating earthquake struck their country on 12 January.
  Olympics open after luge tragedy
The 2010 Winter Olympics officially open but the ceremony in Vancouver is overshadowed by the death of 21-year-old Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili.
SOUTH ASIA
Major offensive targets Helmand
Coalition troops say they are making good progress in Afghanistan's biggest offensive since the overthrow of the Taliban in 2001.
  Khan movie hits Mumbai amid row
A new film featuring Shah Rukh Khan opens in Mumbai amid tight security after protests by hardline Hindus.
  India-Pakistan talks 'date set'
Key Indian and Pakistan envoys will meet in Delhi on 25 February for peace talks stalled since the Mumbai attacks, Pakistan says.
ENGLAND
Father in court over river plunge
A father appears in court charged with attempting to murder his children after a car plunged into a river near Evesham.
  Inquest into boy's 2006 killing
The inquest into the death of Manchester teenager Jessie James will resume in June, almost four years after he was gunned down.
  Job losses hit 251 at paper mill
Administrators at a Cheshire paper mill make 251 of its 300 staff redundant.
BUSINESS
Toyota recalls 8,000 US vehicles
Toyota is to recall 8,000 Tacoma pick-up trucks in the US due to concerns about front drive shafts.
  Call for working week of 21 hours
The working week should be cut to 21 hours to help boost the economy and improve standards in society, a think tank says.
  Pubs win court battle over music
Pubs, restaurants and hotels could share £20m in refunds after winning a court battle over charges for recorded music.
ENTERTAINMENT
Muse to headline Glastonbury 2010
Muse and Stevie Wonder will join U2 as headliners at this year's Glastonbury Festival.
  Injured Robbie out of dance final
So You Think You Can Dance finalist Robbie White is forced to pull out after dislocating his shoulder.
  Malawians move for Madonna school
Some 200 villagers in Malawi end their protests and agree to leave their land for a school being built by pop star Madonna.
SCIENCE/NATURE
Climate data 'not well organised'
Phil Jones, the professor behind Climategate affair, has admitted some of his decades-old weather data was not well enough organised.
  Do speedy elephants walk or run?
Scientists answer the weighty question of whether fast-moving elephants walk or run.
  Tiger's ancient ancestry revealed
As the Chinese Year of the Tiger begins, scientists say the world's biggest cat may be more ancient and unique than we thought.
TECHNOLOGY
Pirate boss to make the web pay
One of the founders of the Pirate Bay site is planning to help websites make money from their content.
  Net attack hits Australian sites
A hacktivist group plans to keep up with attacks aimed at Australian government websites
  Iceland to be 'journalism haven'
Icelandic MPs and whistle-blowing website Wikileaks propose to turn Iceland into a 'journalism haven'.
HEALTH
Archbishop attacks NHS over care
The leader of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales is to criticise what he sees as a lack of compassion in the NHS.
  Obesity 'set' before age of two
The "tipping point" that sets children on the way to a lifetime of obesity often occurs before the age of two, say US researchers.
  Clue over autism 'hug avoidance'
Delays at crucial points during the development of the brain in the womb may explain why people with a condition linked to autism do not like hugs.
ON THIS DAY NEWS FROM THE BBC ARCHIVES
  1991: US bombers strike civilians in Baghdad
Hundreds of Iraqi civilians are killed and wounded in Baghdad by American bombers.
  1961: Ex-Congo PM declared dead
Officials in the Congolese province of Katanga declare former Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba dead.
  2001: Landmark Aids case begins in Scotland
A man goes on trial in Glasgow for knowingly infecting a woman with the HIV virus in a case believed to be the first of its kind in Scotland.

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