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	Tuesday, 17 November, 2009, 20:00 GMT 01:00 +05:00:Asia/Calcutta

TOP STORIES
	T-Mobile staff sold personal data Staff at mobile phone company T-Mobile sold on millions of records from thousands of customers, a spokesman says.
	Somali pirates free Spanish boat Somali pirates release a Spanish fishing boat and its 36 crew after holding it for six weeks amid reports of a $3.5m ransom.
	Man killed wife 'during a dream' A man with a sleep disorder killed his wife because he was dreaming she was an intruder in their camper van, a jury hears.
	Afghanistan 'not war without end' David Miliband sets out details of Afghan strategy after Gordon Brown said he wants the power handover to begin next year.
	MoD names soldier killed in blast A British bomb disposal expert killed by a blast in Afghanistan is named by the Ministry of Defence as Cpl Loren Marlton-Thomas.

WORLD
	Somali pirates free Spanish boat Somali pirates release a Spanish fishing boat and its 36 crew after holding it for six weeks amid reports of a $3.5m ransom.
	Israel approves 900 settler homes Israel's interior ministry approves planning applications for 900 new housing units at a Jewish settlement in East Jerusalem.
	French 'school shooting foiled' Police in a town near Paris foil a teenage boy's plan to shoot his teachers after being warned by his parents, officials say.

AFRICA
	Germany arrests top Rwanda rebels German police arrest two leaders of the Rwandan FDLR militia on suspicion of crimes against humanity in DR Congo.
	Somali pirates free Spanish boat Somali pirates release a Spanish fishing boat and its 36 crew after holding it for six weeks amid reports of a $3.5m ransom.
	High alert for Egypt-Algeria tie Sudanese police are out in force ahead of Wednesday's football World Cup play-off between Egypt and Algeria.

AMERICAS
	Buffett reveals new investments US billionaire Warren Buffett's investment firm, Berkshire Hathaway, reveals new stakes in Nestle and Exxon Mobil.
	Chile denies Peru spying claims Chile holds talks with its ambassador to Peru amid an escalating spying scandal between the neighbours.
	Sahara cocaine plane crash probed The UN says it is investigating the crash in the Sahara desert of a cargo plane, probably carrying cocaine from Venezuela.

ASIA-PACIFIC
	China and US 'to work together' The Chinese and US presidents agree to work together on the world's most pressing problems, notably climate change.
	Police blamed in Indonesia probe An Indonesian inquiry into a scandal says the police case against two anti-corruption officials should be dropped.
	Many die in Burma ferry sinking At least 50 people are feared drowned in Burma after a ferry and a barge collide on the Nwagun River, officials say.

EUROPE
	Somali pirates free Spanish boat Somali pirates release a Spanish fishing boat and its 36 crew after holding it for six weeks amid reports of a $3.5m ransom.
	Copenhagen 'must produce targets' Denmark's prime minister says said there must be firm pledges on greenhouse gas reductions at climate talks in Copenhagen.
	'Ex-Nazi' charged with 58 murders German prosecutors charge a 90-year-old alleged former Nazi with the killing of 58 Jewish forced labourers, officials say.

MIDDLE EAST
	Israel approves 900 settler homes Israel's interior ministry approves planning applications for 900 new housing units at a Jewish settlement in East Jerusalem.
	Five 'sentenced to death in Iran' Five people have so far been sentenced to death and 81 jailed in connection with post-election unrest in Iran, prosecutors say.
	High alert for Egypt-Algeria tie Sudanese police are out in force ahead of Wednesday's football World Cup play-off between Egypt and Algeria.

SOUTH ASIA
	Taliban leader 'flees Pakistan' One of the most wanted Taliban leaders in Pakistan says he has escaped to Afghanistan and is planning new attacks.
	Afghanistan 'not war without end' David Miliband sets out details of Afghan strategy after Gordon Brown said he wants the power handover to begin next year.
	War-torn nations 'most corrupt' War-torn nations, such as Afghanistan and Iraq, remain the world's most corrupt, Transparency International says.

UK
	T-Mobile staff sold personal data Staff at mobile phone company T-Mobile sold on millions of records from thousands of customers, a spokesman says.
	MoD names soldier killed in blast A British bomb disposal expert killed by a blast in Afghanistan is named by the Ministry of Defence as Cpl Loren Marlton-Thomas.
	Man killed wife 'during a dream' A man with a sleep disorder killed his wife because he was dreaming she was an intruder in their camper van, a jury hears.

ENGLAND
	Husband held in severed hand case The estranged husband of a 28-year-old woman who was left mutilated and dying in a London street is arrested.
	Murder suspect mistakenly freed A man facing a murder charge is mistakenly released from the prison in Essex where he was being held on remand.
	CCTV of Dutch cash machine raid Footage is released of a Dutch cash machine raid believed to have been carried out by men who minutes later died in a fatal car crash.

NORTHERN IRELAND
	IRA bomber held over base murders A former IRA woman, who was jailed for bombing the Old Bailey, is arrested in connection with the shooting of two soldiers in Antrim.
	Dog breeders slam puppy farms Dog breeders in Northern Ireland call for proper regulation of their industry and for the Department of Agriculture to ban people convicted of cruelty from keeping animals.
	Final RAF flight leaves NI base The last RAF squadron based in Northern Ireland has left Aldergrove, the Ministry of Defence has said.

SCOTLAND
	Pool firm fined over drowned boy The operators of a public swimming pool are fined £40,000 following the drowning of a seven-year-old boy.
	Fire death teen argued with girl The 17-year-old girlfriend of Stewart Blackburn told him she was leaving him hours before she was set on fire, a court hears.
	Buckfast lifts court case threat Buckfast's makers lift a threat of legal action against Glasgow's Licensing Board, over claims of discrimination.

WALES
	Man killed wife 'during a dream' A man with a sleep disorder killed his wife because he was dreaming she was an intruder in their camper van, a jury hears.
	Tributes to fatal crash teenagers The families of two 17-year-olds killed when their car hit a wall pay tribute to them as a third teenager is in hospital.
	Couples 'to have two IVF cycles' Health Minister Edwina Hart says women in Wales will be able to have two NHS IVF treatment cycles from April 2010.

POLITICS
	Afghanistan 'not war without end' David Miliband sets out details of Afghan strategy after Gordon Brown said he wants the power handover to begin next year.
	Queen's Speech 'to be shameless' The Queen's Speech will be "short-termist" and "shamelessly self-serving", David Cameron says.
	Tory woman wins selection battle A Tory parliamentary candidate who had an affair with an MP fights off a bid by a Norfolk constituency association to deselect her.

BUSINESS
	GM raises Vauxhall job cuts hope General Motors' head of operations in Europe has suggested that the UK job losses may not be as bad as feared.
	UK inflation rate starts to rise The UK's CPI inflation rate rose to 1.5% in October, up from 1.1% in September, largely due to fuel cost changes, figures show.
	Easyjet sees profits drop by 50% Annual profits at budget airline Easyjet halve to £54.7m after the rising price of oil pushed up fuel costs.

ENTERTAINMENT
	Jay-Z joins Rihanna at London gig Rap mogul Jay-Z makes a guest appearance as R&B singer Rihanna launches her new album in London.
	Memorial held for Rumpole creator Actors Alan Rickman and Jeremy Irons are among the famous faces celebrating the life of Sir John Mortimer.
	N-Dubz pair to help rape inquiry Rappers from pop trio N-Dubz will talk to police as possible witnesses to an alleged rape, their spokesman says.

SCIENCE/NATURE
	Earth 'heading for 6C' of warming CO2 emissions rose by a quarter in the last decade, setting the course for a world up to 6C warmer, according to research.
	LHC nears restart after repairs The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) could restart as early as this weekend after more than a year of repairs.
	Alma antennas collect first data Astronomers working on the Alma observatory in Chile have made their first measurements from the telescope's site, located 5,000m up in the Andes.

TECHNOLOGY
	T-Mobile staff sold personal data Staff at mobile phone company T-Mobile sold on millions of records from thousands of customers, a spokesman says.
	Age of cyber warfare is 'dawning' Many nations are now arming to defend themselves in a cyber war and readying forces to conduct their own attacks, says a report.
	EU cracks down on mobile services Websites mis-selling mobile ringtones and other services are forced to clean up their acts, following a European Union crackdown.

HEALTH
	Dementia patient care criticised Half of dementia patients leave hospital in a worse state than when they arrive and most stay too long, a report says.
	Ketamine drug use 'harms memory' Frequent use of ketamine - a drug which is becoming increasingly popular with clubbers - is being linked with memory problems.
	Conjoined twins op 'successful' Twin girls who were joined at the head are both "very well" after a 25-hour operation to separate them, say doctors in Australia.

EDUCATION
	Apprenticeship budgets face cuts College and apprenticeship budgets are to be cut as the government seeks to plug holes in the public finances.
	'Tough decisions' on weak schools Children's Secretary Ed Balls wants rapid action to improve 50 struggling secondary schools in England.
	£2m bonuses for loans firm staff Newly released figures show Student Loans Company staff were paid nearly £2m in bonuses last year.

ON THIS DAY NEWS FROM THE BBC ARCHIVES
	1997: Egyptian militants kill tourists at Luxor More than 60 people die in an attack on a group of foreign tourists visiting a temple in southern Egypt.
	1989: Police crush Prague protest rally Riot police arrest hundreds of people taking part in the biggest show of public dissent in Czechoslovakia for 20 years.
	2003: Washington sniper convicted An ex-soldier who served in the Gulf War is found guilty of at least one of the Washington sniper killings in October 2002.

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