Wednesday, 07 October, 2009, 8:00 GMT 13:00 +05:00:Asia/Karachi | |
TOP STORIES | |
Obama 'not cutting' Afghan troops The US president tells senior politicians that his Afghanistan strategy review will not look at reducing troop numbers. | |
Tories defend debt-cutting plans The Conservatives defend their proposals for reducing the UK's national debt outlined at their conference. | |
Warning over River Trent cyanide A quantity of the chemical cyanide and raw sewage is flowing along a 30-mile stretch of a river in Staffordshire. | |
Emergency meeting for BA unions Unions representing British Airways cabin crew plan an emergency meeting after the airline said it would cut 1,700 jobs and freeze pay. | |
Keep trafficking unit, Met urged Proposals by the Metropolitan Police to disband its specialist human trafficking team are attacked by leading charities. |
WORLD | |
Obama 'not cutting' Afghan troops The US president tells senior politicians that his Afghanistan strategy review will not look at reducing troop numbers. | |
Kenya clans 'rearm for 2012 poll' Rival Kenyan clans, who fought after the 2007 election, are rearming for the next vote due in 2012, a BBC investigation finds. | |
Accused Brazil TV host 'missing' Police in Brazil say a TV crime show host accused of ordering killings to boost ratings has gone missing. |
EUROPE | |
EU-Czech talks on reform treaty Czech PM Jan Fischer is to meet top EU officials to discuss the country's progress towards ratification of the Lisbon treaty. | |
Aer Lingus to cut almost 800 jobs Irish airline Aer Lingus says it will cut almost 800 jobs as part of a 97m-euro ($143m; £90m) cost-cutting plan. | |
Demjanjuk trial set for November The German trial of alleged Nazi war criminal John Demjanjuk on 27,900 counts of accessory to murder will start next month. |
MIDDLE EAST | |
Senior Israeli Muslim leader held A leader of Israel's Islamic Movement, Raed Salah, is briefly arrested for incitement amid rising tension in Jerusalem. | |
'Nine dead' in Iraq market blast A car bomb in a market near the Iraqi city of Falluja kills at least nine people and wounds dozens more, police say. | |
Dollar falls on oil plan report The dollar falls after a report that Gulf states are in secret talks to replace the greenback as the main oil currency. |
SOUTH ASIA | |
Obama 'not cutting' Afghan troops The US president tells senior politicians that his Afghanistan strategy review will not look at reducing troop numbers. | |
UK to cut Sri Lanka camp funding The UK says it will withdraw all but emergency funding for the camps where 250,000 displaced Tamils are confined in Sri Lanka. | |
Afghan bride wins 'maintenance' An Indian army doctor is ordered by a Delhi court to pay monthly maintenance to an Afghan woman who has accused him of bigamy. |
UK | |
Most 'remain against Afghan war' Most people in the UK continue to oppose Britain's military operations in Afghanistan, a BBC survey suggests. | |
Warning over River Trent cyanide A quantity of the chemical cyanide and raw sewage is flowing along a 30-mile stretch of a river in Staffordshire. | |
Plastic card fraud falls by 23% The amount of fraud being committed on plastic cards fell in the first half of the year, according to industry figures. |
ENTERTAINMENT | |
Mantel named Booker prize winner Author Hilary Mantel is named this year's Man Booker Prize winner for her historical novel Wolf Hall. | |
Taylor to undergo heart surgery Actress Dame Elizabeth Taylor is to undergo heart surgery, she reveals on website Twitter. | |
'Legal issues' halt Sugababes gig The new Sugababes line-up pull out of what should have been their first live appearance because of "legal issues". |
SCIENCE/NATURE | |
Albatross cam for bird's eye view A project fitting albatrosses with digital cameras reveals that they forage in groups and often feed alongside killer whales. | |
Downturn is 'climate opportunity' The recession provides a chance to build a low-carbon future, says the International Energy Agency, if governments act quickly. | |
Nobel honours 'masters of light' The Nobel Prize for physics lauds the technology that underpins modern telecommunications and camera technology. |
TECHNOLOGY | |
Google targeted in e-mail scam Google confirms to BBC News that its e-mail system - Gmail - has been targeted as part of an "industry-wide phishing scheme". | |
Legal threat closes postcode feed Websites that help people find jobs or hospitals have been hit by legal action threatened by the Royal Mail. | |
Microsoft launches Windows phones The first Windows Mobile 6.5 smartphones go on sale on Tuesday, alongside an application store and cloud backup service. |
HEALTH | |
Patients warned over cancer delay Britons would put off seeing their GP with cancer symptoms for a variety of reasons, including fear, a survey suggests. | |
Psychiatric jabs for cash tested UK doctors are resorting to paying some psychiatric patients in the hope it will make them take their medication, under a trial. | |
Convertibles 'bad for the ears' Driving a convertible car with the top down at speeds of between 50 and 70mph can seriously damage your ears, experts warn. |
EDUCATION | |
Degrees 'rely on private pupils' University courses important to the economy rely on private schools for many of their students, says research. | |
UK to cut Pakistanis' visa wait Britain's home secretary pledges to tackle a backlog in processing visa applications by Pakistanis after thousands are hit by delays. | |
Children's commissioner nominated Maggie Atkinson has been nominated by the Children's Secretary, Ed Balls as the next Children's Commissioner for England. |
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2001: US launches air strikes against Taleban The United States launches its military offensive against al-Qaeda and the Taleban in Afghanistan. | |||
1985: Gunmen hijack Italian cruise liner Palestinian militants hijack the Achille Lauro in the Mediterranean and threaten to blow it up. | |||
2004: British hostage feared dead in Iraq Fears are growing for the British hostage, Kenneth Bigley, abducted three weeks ago in Iraq. | |||
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