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	Monday, 01 March, 2010, 14:00 GMT 21:00 +07:00:Asia/Jakarta

TOP STORIES
	Threat to '25,000 council jobs' A BBC survey says at least 25,000 English council jobs are at risk in the next few years as Gordon Brown defends the government's help for councils.
	Chile troops tackle quake looters The Chilean military is attempting to restore order in areas badly hit by looting after Saturday's devastating earthquake.
	Ashcroft admits 'non-dom' status Conservative donor and deputy chairman Lord Ashcroft admits he does not pay UK tax on his earnings outside of Britain.
	Boyfriend held over double murder A 21-year-old man is arrested on suspicion of murdering his girlfriend and her baby daughter in Hampshire.
	France declares storms 'disaster' The French PM declares a national disaster after storms bring death and destruction to parts of the country.

WORLD
	Chile troops tackle quake looters The Chilean military is attempting to restore order in areas badly hit by looting after Saturday's devastating earthquake.
	Karadzic calls Serb cause 'holy' Former leader Radovan Karadzic says the Serb cause in the Bosnian war was "just and holy", as his genocide trial resumes.
	Afghan teenagers risk life for Europe United Nations aid agencies are increasingly concerned about the number of children from Afghanistan migrating across Europe alone.

AMERICAS
	Chile troops tackle quake looters The Chilean military is attempting to restore order in areas badly hit by looting after Saturday's devastating earthquake.
	Venezuela 'helped Eta and Farc' A Spanish judge accuses Venezuela of assisting Eta and Farc militants in a plot to kill Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe.
	Rain triggers deadly Haiti floods At least eight people are killed in floods triggered by heavy rain in earthquake-stricken Haiti, officials say.

SOUTH ASIA
	Afghan teenagers risk life for Europe United Nations aid agencies are increasingly concerned about the number of children from Afghanistan migrating across Europe alone.
	Pakistan 'militants found dead' The bodies of 22 suspected militants have been found in two regions in north-west Pakistan, officials say.
	India beat Pakistan in hockey cup India win their opening match in the men's field hockey World Cup in Delhi - against arch-rival Pakistan.

ENGLAND
	Boyfriend held over double murder A 21-year-old man is arrested on suspicion of murdering his girlfriend and her baby daughter in Hampshire.
	Threat to '25,000 council jobs' A BBC survey says at least 25,000 English council jobs are at risk in the next few years as Gordon Brown defends the government's help for councils.
	Officer speaks of fatal shooting A police officer speaks of the moment he shot dead a colleague during a training exercise.

BUSINESS
	Prudential agrees $35bn Asia deal Prudential announces it is buying one of Asia's biggest insurance firms in a deal worth $35.5bn (£23bn).
	UK banks see surge in bad debts The level of bad debts written off because defaulting borrowers will never repay them shot up in 2009 to a new record, figures show.
	UK pound drops on election fears The pound tumbles to a 10-month low as fears grow the UK will have a hung parliament in the upcoming election.

ENTERTAINMENT
	Stars saddle up for charity ride Celebrities including David Walliams and Fearne Cotton set off on a thousand-mile bike ride the length of Britain for Sport Relief.
	Memorial for jazz star Dankworth A memorial is held for Sir Johnny Dankworth at the theatre he owned in Milton Keynes with wife Dame Cleo Laine.
	'No special Oscar' for CGI actors Actor Andy Serkis says he does not see a need for a separate Oscar category for "performance capture" actors.

SCIENCE/NATURE
	Ants navigate with 'stereo smell' Desert ants in Tunisia are the first animals known to navigate with stereo smell, using it to create an odour map of their surroundings.
	Gene test aid to cancer treatment Scientists develop a gene test which predicts how well chemotherapy will work in individual breast cancer patients.
	Tiny ear listens to hidden worlds A micro-ear could soon help scientists eavesdrop on tiny events just like microscopes make them visible.

TECHNOLOGY
	Microsoft offers browser choices Microsoft is to ask millions of Europeans who use Windows if they want to switch to a rival web browser.
	Government tackled on wi-fi plans Libraries and universities are protesting about plans to make them police those who use their free wi-fi networks.
	Online 'beats newspapers' in US Online news has become more popular that reading newspapers in the US, according to a Pew Research Center survey.

HEALTH
	Pain 'should be seen as disease' Chronic pain needs to be recognised as a disease in its own right, experts say.
	Gene test aid to cancer treatment Scientists develop a gene test which predicts how well chemotherapy will work in individual breast cancer patients.
	Campaign warns of dementia stigma One in three people are uncomfortable around people with dementia, a government survey has found.

ON THIS DAY NEWS FROM THE BBC ARCHIVES
	1950: Communist spy jailed for 14 years Nuclear scientist Klaus Fuchs is sentenced to 14 years imprisonment for espionage.
	1954: US tests hydrogen bomb in Bikini The biggest explosion ever made by man is witnessed in the Pacific when US scientists explode their second H-bomb at Bikini Atoll.
	1994: West charged as death toll mounts Fred West is charged with two further murders following the discovery of more human remains in the garden of his Gloucester home.

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