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	Friday, 26 February, 2010, 14:00 GMT 21:00 +07:00:Asia/Jakarta

TOP STORIES
	Court lifts ban on MI5 criticism The Court of Appeal decides to publish a paragraph criticising MI5 in a judgement involving Binyam Mohamed.
	Thai court seizes Thaksin fortune Thailand's Supreme Court decides to strip ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra's family of $1.4bn (£1bn) in assets.
	Portsmouth enter administration Portsmouth become the first Premier League club to enter administration.
	Afghan blast death airman named A UK serviceman killed in a blast in Afghanistan on Wednesday is named as airman Luke Southgate.
	UK economic growth revised upward The UK economy grew by 0.3% in the final three months of last year, faster than previously thought, figures show.

WORLD
	Thai court seizes Thaksin fortune Thailand's Supreme Court decides to strip ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra's family of $1.4bn (£1bn) in assets.
	Suicide attack on Afghan capital Explosions and gunfire in the centre of Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, leave at least 17 people dead, officials say.
	US economy sees upward revision Official figures show the US economy grew at an annualised rate of 5.9% in the last three months of 2009.

AMERICAS
	US health summit ends in deadlock Differences mar a seven-hour televised US healthcare summit chaired by President Obama, aimed at securing a reform bill.
	SeaWorld killer whale 'can stay' A killer whale that attacked and drowned its trainer will stay at SeaWorld in Florida, despite calls to release or destroy it.
	Brazil baby dies 'as doctors row' A baby girl dies following an alleged fight between doctors in a Brazilian hospital delivery room, reports say.

SOUTH ASIA
	Suicide attack on Afghan capital Explosions and gunfire in the centre of Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, leave at least 17 people dead, officials say.
	Court 'bans Taliban extradition' The Afghan Taliban's top military commander, recently detained in Pakistan, is not to be extradited, the Lahore High Court rules.
	India to review economy stimulus India's government unveils its annual budget, saying that stimulus measures introduced to boost growth must be reviewed.

ENGLAND
	Woman jailed for sex with boy, 12 A woman aged 36 is jailed for nine years after admitting having sex with a 12-year-old boy nearly 200 times.
	Death charge hospital is guilty An Essex hospital where a disabled man died after his head became trapped between bars admits health and safety breaches.
	Family 'admitted killing slave' A man tells a court how his family admitted murdering their "slave" before chopping up his body and dumping it in a Bedfordshire lake.

BUSINESS
	UK economic growth revised upward The UK economy grew by 0.3% in the final three months of last year, faster than previously thought, figures show.
	US economy sees upward revision Official figures show the US economy grew at an annualised rate of 5.9% in the last three months of 2009.
	Bad debts of £24bn knock Lloyds Lloyds Banking Group lost £24bn on bad loans in 2009, forcing the bank heavily into the red, annual results show.

ENTERTAINMENT
	BBC 'axing 6 Music' report claims The BBC is to close two radio stations and scale back its web presence to make £600m in savings, claims The Times.
	Star Trek actor's son found dead The actor son of Star Trek veteran Walter Koenig is found dead in a wood after apparently taking his own life.
	Batman debut comic sells for $1m A 1939 comic which saw Batman make his debut has sold for more than $1m (£655,000) at an auction in the US.

SCIENCE/NATURE
	Whaling 'worsens carbon release' A century of whaling may have released more than 100 million tonnes of carbon into the atmosphere, scientists say.
	Lasers lift dirt of ages from art Physicists have applied the same laser techniques commonly used for tattoo removal to clean several famous works of art, including wall paintings.
	'People must learn from Haiti tsunami' The tsunami following January's deadly quake in Haiti was little reported but has implications for future tremor response in the region, say scientists.

TECHNOLOGY
	Tiny ear listens to hidden worlds A micro-ear could soon help scientists eavesdrop on tiny events just like microscopes make them visible.
	'Broadband grants' for homes plea Rural homes that cannot get broadband should get a grant to pay for cables to be laid, says a countryside lobby group.
	Botnet shutdown divides experts Security experts are divided over Microsoft's legal move to shut down the Waledac botnet that sent billions of junk messages.

HEALTH
	Group therapy 'eases back pain' A form of group "talking therapy" is a cheap, effective way to alleviate low back pain, a UK trial has shown.
	Banquets of gods 'killed priests' Rich food offered to ancient Egyptian gods blocked the arteries of priests who took the food home, say UK scientists.
	Death charge hospital is guilty An Essex hospital where a disabled man died after his head became trapped between bars admits health and safety breaches.

ON THIS DAY NEWS FROM THE BBC ARCHIVES
	1991: Iraqi troops flee Kuwait City The Kuwaiti capital is liberated by the Gulf War Allies after 208 days of Iraqi occupation.
	1984: US troops withdraw from Beirut The last of the remaining American forces occupying Beirut have pulled out of the Lebanese capital.
	1993: World Trade Center bomb terrorises New York A suspected car bomb explodes underneath the World Trade Center in New York killing at least five people.

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