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| Tuesday, 12 January, 2010, 20:00 GMT 01:00 +05:00:Asia/Calcutta |
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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Campbell defends Iraq war dossier Tony Blair's ex-spokesman Alastair Campbell says he defends "every word" of the September 2002 dossier on Iraq's weapons. |
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| Minister's niece guilty of murder The niece of UK junior defence minister Quentin Davies is jailed for 15 years for murdering a man at her flat in Paris. | |
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| Pothole warning after UK freeze Local authorities and homeowners count the cost of Britain's "big freeze" amid serious damage to roads and pipes. | |
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| Islam4UK banned under terror laws An Islamist group that planned a march through Wootton Bassett will be banned under counter-terrorism laws, Home Secretary Alan Johnson says. | |
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| Mother fights son's murder charge The mother of a man accused of murdering a teenage burglar in Nottingham starts a campaign calling for the charge to be dropped. | |
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| WORLD | |
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 | Iran bomb blamed on US and Israel Iran's state media accuse Israel and the US of being involved in a bomb attack which killed an Iranian physicist in Tehran. |
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| Nigeria lawmakers to see Yar'Adua Nigeria's parliament votes to send a delegation to Saudi Arabia to check on absent President Umaru Yar'Adua's health. | |
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| Explosives alert closes US port A major US port in North Carolina is closed after containers carrying explosive material are found to be punctured. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Nigeria lawmakers to see Yar'Adua Nigeria's parliament votes to send a delegation to Saudi Arabia to check on absent President Umaru Yar'Adua's health. |
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| Witness U-turn boosts Roy Bennett The key prosecution witness in the trial of Zimbabwe politician Roy Bennett contradicts much of the state's case in his testimony. | |
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| Egypt 3-1 Nigeria Egypt come from behind to beat Nigeria 3-1 in the opening game of Group C in the Africa Cup of Nations. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | Explosives alert closes US port A major US port in North Carolina is closed after containers carrying explosive material are found to be punctured. |
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| Record profit for US central bank The Federal Reserve books huge profits of $52.1bn (£84bn) in 2009, allowing the US central bank to pay a record to the Treasury. | |
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| Shock jock ban 'to stay in place' The ban on US shock jock Mike Savage entering the UK will remain in place, the government says. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | China moves to curb overheating China's central bank has stepped in to curb lending in its economy, raising the amount of money banks must set aside as reserves. |
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| Deadly shooting at Japanese bar At least two people are killed and two others injured after a gunman opens fire at a bar in western Japan, officials say. | |
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| 'Iranian cyber army' hits Baidu The hackers who took Twitter offline last year have now targeted China's most popular search engine, Baidu. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | Dutch report: Iraq war not legal A Dutch inquiry into the Iraq war says that military action was not justified by UN resolutions on Iraq. |
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| Minister's niece guilty of murder The niece of UK junior defence minister Quentin Davies is jailed for 15 years for murdering a man at her flat in Paris. | |
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| Italy 'to open transgender jail' Italy is to open one of the world's first prisons for the exclusive use of transgender inmates, reports say. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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| Iran bomb blamed on US and Israel Iran's state media accuse Israel and the US of being involved in a bomb attack which killed an Iranian physicist in Tehran. |
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| Saudi forces 'oust Yemeni rebels' Saudi troops regain control of a border village occupied by Yemeni rebels, the kingdom's deputy defence minister says. | |
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| Israel-Turkey TV series row grows Israel rebukes Turkey's ambassador over a TV series which depicts Israeli intelligence agents as baby-snatchers. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | One dead in Sri Lanka poll attack Gunmen in Sri Lanka fire on a bus in the south of the island, killing a supporter of opposition candidate Sarath Fonseka. |
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| India-Bangladesh telephone deal Indian telecommunications firm Bharti Airtel agrees to buy about 70% of the fourth largest mobile company in Bangladesh. | |
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| Pair charged over 'occult death' A couple in the Pakistani city of Karachi are charged with murdering their baby as part of an alleged "black magic" ritual. | |
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| UK | |
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| Campbell defends Iraq war dossier Tony Blair's ex-spokesman Alastair Campbell says he defends "every word" of the September 2002 dossier on Iraq's weapons. |
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| Minister's niece guilty of murder The niece of UK junior defence minister Quentin Davies is jailed for 15 years for murdering a man at her flat in Paris. | |
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| Snow extends university deadline The deadline for UK university applications is extended by a week because of the adverse weather, Ucas says. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | First no-jury crime trial begins The first serious criminal case in England and Wales to be heard without a jury for more than 350 years starts in London. |
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| Search of twins, 11, was unlawful The stop and search of 11-year-old twins at a demonstration in Kent was unlawful, Kent police admit at the High Court. | |
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| Man admits medals were not earned A man admits wearing military medals he did not earn at an Armistice Day parade in Warwickshire. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | Policing talks 'at serious stage' Gerry Adams says talks between Sinn Fein and the DUP over the devolution of policing and justice powers are at a "sensitive and serious stage". |
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| Developer Campbell 'a DUP donor' A property developer from whom Iris Robinson obtained £25,000 for her teenage lover, once donated money to her party the DUP. | |
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| Wilson details £367m budget cuts Finance minister Sammy Wilson outlines how £367m is going to be cut from the Northern Ireland budget next year. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Four guilty of casino gun attack Four men are found guilty of shooting a businessman in the head as he walked out of a casino in Edinburgh. |
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| Court clerk admits £130,000 fraud A sheriff clerk is facing jail after admitting defrauding the Scottish Court Service of £130,000 over three years. | |
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| Two held after frozen canal drive Two men are charged with reckless conduct after a car plunged through the ice on a frozen canal. | |
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| WALES | |
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 | New snow arrives as grit rationed Another band of heavy snow moves across west and south Wales as local authorities try to get enough grit to make routes safe. |
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| Man, 50, 'killed ex-partner, 21' A 50-year-old doorman strangled his former girlfriend of 21 and drove her body to a police station, a murder trial hears. | |
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| Meat plant set to shed 200 jobs Welsh Country Foods says more than 200 jobs could go at its food processing plant in Anglesey. | |
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| POLITICS | |
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| Campbell defends Iraq war dossier Tony Blair's ex-spokesman Alastair Campbell says he defends "every word" of the September 2002 dossier on Iraq's weapons. |
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| Developer Campbell 'a DUP donor' A property developer from whom Iris Robinson obtained £25,000 for her teenage lover, once donated money to her party the DUP. | |
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| Labour manifesto 'to be radical' Gordon Brown's election manifesto will be the "most radical programme" Labour has offered "in recent times", a party source says. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | RBS chief defends pay structure The chief executive of RBS defends his bank's pay structure, but admits that his parents think he earns too much. |
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| Tesco has strong festive season The UK's biggest retailer Tesco says it had its strongest Christmas performance for three years, after seeing a rise in sales. | |
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| Airbus chief 'may cancel A400M' The head of Airbus tells the BBC he is prepared to cancel the A400M plane if governments fail to provide enough cash. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Simon Cowell quits American Idol American Idol judge Simon Cowell confirms he will leave at the end of the season, as he takes his show The X Factor to Fox. |
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| Maguire to leave Spider-Man films Tobey Maguire and director Sam Raimi will not be returning for a fourth film in the hit Spider-Man franchise, it is announced. | |
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| TV funeral for Corrie's Blanche Much-loved Coronation Street character Blanche Hunt will be given an on-screen funeral later this year, the soap's producer says. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | Science explains the wrinkly dog The genetic cause of the Shar-pei dog's wrinkled skin is explained by scientists. |
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| The solar cell that builds itself Researchers have used a property of salad dressing to get electronics to self-assemble on a range of surfaces. | |
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| Mars lander's survival 'unlikely' Nasa listens for signals from the Phoenix Mars lander, but says it is unlikely to have survived the Martian winter. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Violent games 'worse' than porn A leading porn star courts controversy by claiming violent video games are more of a danger to children than online porn. |
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| Fines of £500,000 for data losses A new law gives the Information Commissioner's Office the power to fine organizations heavily if they are found to be in breach of the Data Protection Act. | |
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| 'Iranian cyber army' hits Baidu The hackers who took Twitter offline last year have now targeted China's most popular search engine, Baidu. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Big bum and thighs 'are healthy' Carrying extra weight on your hips, bum and thighs is good for you and appears to protect against heart and metabolic problems, say experts. |
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| Healthy lunchboxes are 'a rarity' Only 1% of primary school pupil's packed lunches meet nutritional standards set for school meals in England, a study suggests. | |
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| WHO to review swine flu response The World Health Organization is to review its handling of the HIN1 swine flu pandemic, once it is over. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | 'Bleak future' for universities Universities face the bleakest times for funding since the Thatcher years in the 1980s, a leading university vice-chancellor warns. |
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| Put 'families from hell' in care The neighbourhood crime tsar says "families from hell" should be placed in care for intensive help. | |
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| Snow extends university deadline The deadline for UK university applications is extended by a week because of the adverse weather, Ucas says. | |
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| 1991: US Congress votes for war in Iraq The United States Congress votes to authorise the use of military force against Iraq to end its occupation of Kuwait. | |||
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| 1966: UK politicians assaulted in Rhodesia Three visiting MPs are attacked by 400 supporters of Prime Minister Ian Smith at a rowdy meeting in Salisbury. | |||
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| 2001: Swedish 'Iceman' starts England job The first foreigner to coach the England football team, Sven Goran Eriksson, flies in to start his new job. | |||
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