Friday, 16 October, 2009, 8:00 GMT 13:00 +05:00:Asia/Karachi | |
TOP STORIES | |
Call for lessons to begin at six A major review of primary education calls for children's formal learning to be delayed until they reach the age of six. | |
Far-right Dutch MP heading to UK Controversial right-wing Dutch MP Geert Wilders is due to arrive in the UK later after overturning a Home Office ban on him entering the country. | |
Balloon boy father denies TV fake The father of a boy thought to have been carried away by a balloon before being found denies the incident was a media stunt. | |
Deadly bomb shakes Pakistani city At least six people have died in an explosion in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, police say, a day after a string of attacks. | |
'No post-jab paracetamol' advice Routinely giving paracetamol to babies after vaccinations may lower the effectiveness of the immunisation, research suggests. |
WORLD | |
Sydney terror suspects convicted A jury in Australia finds five men guilty of conspiring to commit terrorist attacks, after one of the country's longest trials. | |
Deadly bomb shakes Pakistani city At least six people have died in an explosion in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, police say, a day after a string of attacks. | |
Balloon boy father denies TV fake The father of a boy thought to have been carried away by a balloon before being found denies the incident was a media stunt. |
EUROPE | |
Italy fury at 'Taliban pay' claim Italy angrily denies a UK newspaper report that it paid Taliban fighters in Afghanistan to keep the peace. | |
Far-right Dutch MP heading to UK Controversial right-wing Dutch MP Geert Wilders is due to arrive in the UK later after overturning a Home Office ban on him entering the country. | |
Hague fixes Karadzic trial date Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic will go on trial at The Hague on Monday 26 October, the court says. |
MIDDLE EAST | |
UN body debates Gaza war report The UN Human Rights Council ends a first day of debate on whether to endorse a report into the Israeli offensive in Gaza. | |
Hezbollah disputes 'rocket' video Lebanese group Hezbollah broadcasts its own footage to dispute an Israeli claim that it removed arms from the site of an explosion. | |
Egypt groups target Mubarak son Opposition groups in Egypt start a campaign to block President Hosni Mubarak from passing power to his son Gamal. |
SOUTH ASIA | |
Deadly bomb shakes Pakistani city At least six people have died in an explosion in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, police say, a day after a string of attacks. | |
Food Day praise for Brazil, China Brazil and China are praised, and India criticised, in a new report on efforts to tackle hunger, published on UN World Food Day. | |
Afghan envoy says run-off likely Afghanistan's ambassador to the US says a run-off vote to settle the country's presidential election is likely. |
UK | |
Call for lessons to begin at six A major review of primary education calls for children's formal learning to be delayed until they reach the age of six. | |
Far-right Dutch MP heading to UK Controversial right-wing Dutch MP Geert Wilders is due to arrive in the UK later after overturning a Home Office ban on him entering the country. | |
Teen alcohol crackdown 'success' Thousands of teenagers had a total of 5,171 litres of alcohol confiscated in a summer crackdown on binge drinking. |
ENTERTAINMENT | |
Man sectioned over Lewis assault A man is charged and sectioned under the Mental Health Act in connection with an assault on pop star Leona Lewis. | |
Sir Paul to play BBC charity gig Sir Paul McCartney is to join a host of stars including Take That and Muse for a one-off charity concert for Children in Need. | |
Stars wish Corrie's Blanche well Coronation Street stars wish actress Maggie Jones, who plays Blanche Hunt, a speedy recovery after major surgery. |
SCIENCE/NATURE | |
Glimpses of Solar System's edge The first results from Nasa's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (Ibex) spacecraft show unexpected features at our Solar System's edge. | |
Banana marks seed bank milestone An international seed bank has hit its target of containing 10% of all the world's wild plant species, researchers announce. | |
Virtual maze 'maps' mouse memory Researchers take live recordings from inside the brain cells of mice as they move around a virtual reality maze. |
TECHNOLOGY | |
Microsoft recovers Sidekick data Microsoft says it has recovered "most if not all" of the data lost during recent server disruptions. | |
Call for rethink on data storage A Microsoft official says new trading rules are needed for the movement of electronic data around the world. | |
Battle of the smartphones begins With a clutch of new high-end handsets launching this week, could smartphones finally be going mass market? |
HEALTH | |
'No post-jab paracetamol' advice Routinely giving paracetamol to babies after vaccinations may lower the effectiveness of the immunisation, research suggests. | |
Foetal kick charts 'inaccurate' Foetal kick charts, used to check a pregnancy's healthy progress, are inaccurate and should not be used, Irish researchers say. | |
GPs not promoting chlamydia tests GPs are not promoting chlamydia screening because they fear it will embarrass patients, researchers say. |
EDUCATION | |
Call for lessons to begin at six A major review of primary education calls for children's formal learning to be delayed until they reach the age of six. | |
Fewer than half get GCSE minimum Just under half of teenagers who took GCSEs this summer in England got five "good passes" including maths and English. | |
Troubleshooters lead loan review The government has appointed two troubleshooters to lead a review of the problems over student loans. |
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1996: Handguns to be banned in the UK The British Government announces plans to outlaw almost all handguns following Dunblane massacre in March. | |||
1987: Hurricane winds batter southern England Southern Britain begins a massive clear-up operation after the worst night of storms in living memory. | |||
1974: Maze prison goes up in flames Three prison staff are in hospital and dozens of prisoners injured after rioting and fires at the Long Kesh Maze prison. | |||
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