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	Monday, 02 November, 2009, 20:00 GMT 01:00 +05:00:Asia/Calcutta

TOP STORIES
	Obama urges 'new Afghan chapter' Barack Obama urges Hamid Karzai to "write a new chapter" in governing Afghanistan, after its disputed presidential poll.
	Royal Mail to face legal action The Royal Mail is to face legal action over the recruitment of 30,000 agency staff, says main postal union the CWU.
	Soldier killed defusing 65th bomb A British soldier who made safe 64 bombs during five months in Afghanistan died trying to defuse another, it has emerged.
	Drug experts' warning to Johnson More colleagues of the government chief drugs adviser sacked by Alan Johnson warn that they could resign in protest.
	Boy killed footballer by mistake A 14-year-old boy admits killing a promising young footballer by accidentally stabbing him in the neck during a row in east London.

WORLD
	Obama urges 'new Afghan chapter' Barack Obama urges Hamid Karzai to "write a new chapter" in governing Afghanistan, after its disputed presidential poll.
	Iran urged over enrichment plan Iran comes under more international pressure to respond to a proposal to send its uranium abroad for enrichment.
	'Twin Towers' warship enters NY A warship built with steel salvaged from the World Trade Center arrives in New York, the city after which it was named.

AFRICA
	Albino killers get death penalty Tanzania hands death sentences to four men who killed and dismembered an albino man, one of a spate of such attacks.
	Liberia corruption fighter killed Gunmen kill the Liberian official charged with rooting out corruption in the award of public contracts.
	Sahara Sun 'to help power Europe' A sustainable energy initiative that will start with a huge solar project in the Sahara desert is announced by a consortium of 12 European businesses.

AMERICAS
	Cost-cutting boosts Ford profits Ford announces profits of almost $1bn between July and September, thanks to increased market share and reduced costs.
	Mexico-US hold extradition talks Mexico's attorney general visits his American counterpart, a day after the US announces a record number of extraditions from Mexico.
	'Twin Towers' warship enters NY A warship built with steel salvaged from the World Trade Center arrives in New York, the city after which it was named.

ASIA-PACIFIC
	N Korea urges US nuclear talks North Korea has said it is ready for direct talks with the US on its nuclear programme but will "go its own way" if refused.
	Boat capsizes off Cocos Islands About 12 people are missing after a boat believed to be carrying 40 people sank off the Cocos Islands in the Indian Ocean.
	Scientists 'cause' Beijing snow Chinese meteorologists say they caused Beijing's earliest snowfall in a decade, after seeding rain clouds with silver iodide.

EUROPE
	Karadzic 'will appear at trial' Ex-Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic says he will attend his genocide and war crimes trial after an earlier boycott.
	Miliband hails links with Russia Foreign Secretary David Miliband says the UK and Russia will not "paper over our differences" but these will not block co-operation between them.
	Sahara Sun 'to help power Europe' A sustainable energy initiative that will start with a huge solar project in the Sahara desert is announced by a consortium of 12 European businesses.

MIDDLE EAST
	Iranian guards warn over protest Iran's Revolutionary Guards warn opposition groups not to hold protests on the anniversary of US embassy seizure.
	US view on settlement 'unchanged' Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the US has not changed its opposition to continued Israeli settlement in the West Bank.
	Iraq signs new overseas oil deal Iraq's oil ministry signs an agreement with a consortium led by the Italian firm, ENI, to develop the Zubair oilfield.

SOUTH ASIA
	Obama urges 'new Afghan chapter' Barack Obama urges Hamid Karzai to "write a new chapter" in governing Afghanistan, after its disputed presidential poll.
	Pakistan takes Taliban stronghold Pakistan's army says it has captured a key Taliban stronghold in South Waziristan, as a bomb kills at least 35 in Rawalpindi.
	Pakistan offers Taliban bounties Pakistan offers rewards totalling $5m (£3m) for the capture, dead or alive, of Taliban militant leaders in the country.

UK
	Soldier killed defusing 65th bomb A British soldier who made safe 64 bombs during five months in Afghanistan died trying to defuse another, it has emerged.
	Royal Mail to face legal action The Royal Mail is to face legal action over the recruitment of 30,000 agency staff, says main postal union the CWU.
	Met rejects Martin 'trick' claim Scotland Yard "strongly" rejects a suggestion that an officer tricked a Commons official over the search of an MP's office.

ENGLAND
	Man killed in Halloween hat row A man is beaten to death by a gang after he confronts a thief who stole his girlfriend's Halloween hat.
	Swine flu woman dies after birth A 31-year-old woman who became infected with swine flu during her pregnancy dies days after giving birth.
	Street 'linked to crime' renamed Police in County Durham rename a street which was named after a family allegedly involved in crime.

NORTHERN IRELAND
	PSNI chief 'shocked' by picture The chief constable of the PSNI says he was "deeply shocked" by the publication of a picture of a man who had taken his life.
	Ex-bank managers on fraud charge Two former bank managers from County Armagh appear in court charged in connection with an alleged £7m fraud.
	Call to assess child abuse in NI The Assembly calls on the Executive to assess the extent of past abuse and neglect in children's homes in NI.

SCOTLAND
	RBS cuts thousands of retail jobs Almost 4,000 retail banking jobs are to be cut by the Royal Bank of Scotland across the UK.
	Heavy rain causes flooding chaos Heavy rain wreaks havoc in the north and east of Scotland with homes flooded, roads closed and trains cancelled.
	Swine flu deaths increase to 30 An elderly man has died after contracting swine flu, taking the total number of H1N1-related deaths in Scotland to 30.

WALES
	Man jailed for raping 71-year-old A man convicted of raping a 71-year-old woman in Wiltshire is sentenced to five-and-a-half years in prison.
	Judicial review over badger cull An animal charity says it is seeking a judicial review of a decision to carry out a badger cull in west Wales.
	Inquiry begins into gas explosion An investigation begins into an explosion and blaze at a gas mains that left 1,500 homes without supplies.

POLITICS
	Drug experts' warning to Johnson More colleagues of the government chief drugs adviser sacked by Alan Johnson warn that they could resign in protest.
	MP sorry for Nazi analogy e-mail An MP denies equating his treatment over expenses to the Holocaust - but apologises for a "clumsily" worded e-mail.
	Met rejects Martin 'trick' claim Scotland Yard "strongly" rejects a suggestion that an officer tricked a Commons official over the search of an MP's office.

BUSINESS
	Royal Mail to face legal action The Royal Mail is to face legal action over the recruitment of 30,000 agency staff, says main postal union the CWU.
	Lloyds and RBS 'to face shake-up' A big shake-up of Lloyds and RBS will be unveiled by the banks and the Treasury on Tuesday, the BBC understands.
	Probe into Friends Reunited sale ITV's £25m sale of social networking website Friends Reunited is referred to the Competition Commission.

ENTERTAINMENT
	Swimmer queries Mock show ruling Rebecca Adlington's agent says the BBC Trust did not take a tough enough stance over comments made about the swimmer in Mock the Week.
	New producer set for EastEnders Hollyoaks producer Bryan Kirkwood will take over as EastEnders executive producer when Diederick Santer steps down.
	Coleen Rooney gives birth to boy Coleen Rooney, wife of England footballer Wayne Rooney, has given birth to a boy they named Kai Wayne, a spokesman says.

SCIENCE/NATURE
	Final round for UN climate talks The last set of UN climate talks before the Copenhagen summit will open with divisions remaining over targets and money.
	European water mission lifts off A European satellite is set to provide major new insights into how water is cycled around the Earth.
	Logging 'caused Nazca collapse' New evidence suggests the fate of the ancient Nazca society of Peru was entwined with that of the huarango tree.

TECHNOLOGY
	File-sharers are big spenders too A survey finds that people who download music illegally also spend more buying tunes legitimately.
	Video gamers face malware deluge Players of online games such as World of Warcraft are becoming popular targets for virus writers, reveals research.
	Nokia abandons N-Gage gaming Mobile operator says there will be no more games published and the N-Gage service will shut down by the end of 2010.

HEALTH
	More tests for right-to-life baby A fresh medical assessment is to be carried out on a baby boy at the centre of a "right-to-life" legal dispute, a High Court judge heard today.
	Depression link to processed food Eating a diet high in processed food increases the risk of depression, research suggests.
	Lung cancer care 'inadequate' Key areas of lung cancer care are still "woefully inadequate", a report by leading lung cancer specialists say.

EDUCATION
	Crackdown on school place cheats Tougher action is urged against the thousands of parents who lie to get their children into popular schools every year.
	University applications rise 12% Initial statistics suggest there will again be strong demand for a place at university in the UK next year.
	Refugees 'better qualified' claim Refugees in Wales are more likely to have a degree than people who were born in the country, new research suggests.

ON THIS DAY NEWS FROM THE BBC ARCHIVES
	1966: Viet Cong bombs Saigon At least eight people are killed including an American officer when Viet Cong artillery shells the South Vietnamese capital.
	1970: Nightclub inferno 'wipes out generation' A fire at a nightclub in France has killed 142 people, most of them teenagers.
	1986: Chemical spill turns Rhine red A catastrophic fire at a chemicals factory near Basle, Switzerland, sends tons of toxic chemicals into the river Rhine, turning it red.

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