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	Wednesday, 27 January, 2010, 20:00 GMT 01:00 +05:00:Asia/Calcutta

TOP STORIES
	Goldsmith admits Iraq legal shift Lord Goldsmith admits he changed his mind on the legality of the Iraq war - but denies he was pressured into doing so.
	Children's bodies found in car A 43-year-old woman from Surrey is arrested following the discovery of two children's bodies in a car in Sussex.
	Apple unveils iPad tablet device Apple chief Steve Jobs takes the wraps off its long-awaited touchscreen device, which the firm has called the iPad.
	PM leaves NI without justice deal The British and Irish prime ministers have left NI talks on devolving policing and justice without a deal.
	Man guilty of rape and murder bid A man admits trying to murder a woman in a park amid a plan to abduct and rape her two young granddaughters.

WORLD
	Sri Lanka poll victory challenged President Mahinda Rajapaksa is declared winner of Sri Lanka's presidential poll, but the outcome is rejected by his challenger.
	Bangladesh hangs Mujib killers Bangladesh executes ex-army officers convicted of killing the country's independence leader in 1975.
	Apple unveils iPad tablet device Apple chief Steve Jobs takes the wraps off its long-awaited touchscreen device, which the firm has called the iPad.

AFRICA
	Sick leader splits Nigeria elite The Senate says hospitalised President Umaru Yar'Adua should cede power, but Nigeria's cabinet insists he is still fit to govern.
	S Leone leader lambasts ministers Sierra Leone's president dresses down his top ministers, detailing a long list of corruption allegations against them.
	Foreign fans 'snub SA World Cup' Only half of the expected number of foreign fans will travel to the football World Cup in South Africa, Fifa says.

AMERICAS
	Obama set for 'hopeful' address US President Barack Obama is to announce a spending freeze aimed at reducing the country's $1.4tn (£860bn) budget deficit.
	Honduras President Lobo sworn in Newly-elected Porfiro Lobo has been sworn in as Honduras President after months of crisis over the ousting of his predecessor, Manuel Zelaya.
	Apple unveils iPad tablet device Apple chief Steve Jobs takes the wraps off its long-awaited touchscreen device, which the firm has called the iPad.

ASIA-PACIFIC
	N Korea exchanges fire with South South Korea returns fire after the North fires artillery shells near their disputed sea border, reportedly as part of a military drill.
	Pig head find at Malaysia mosques Severed pigs heads are left at two Malaysian mosques following a row over the use of the word "Allah" by non-Muslims.
	Google 'sister' launches in China A search engine called "Goojje" has come online in China, in an apparent plea to Google not to end operations in the country.

EUROPE
	Soros calls for big bank break-up Legendary investor George Soros says it is necessary to break up banks and create global rules to prevent another crisis.
	Holocaust Day marked at Auschwitz Events are held at Auschwitz to mark the 65th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp on Holocaust Memorial Day.
	Norway helicopter crash in fjord Rescuers search for four people in icy Norwegian waters after the helicopter they were flying in crashed, officials say.

MIDDLE EAST
	Partners agree Yemen terror plan Yemen and its foreign partners agree a plan to fight the threat of al-Qaeda at an international conference in London.
	Dubai to execute child's killer A man convicted of raping and murdering a four-year-old boy in a Dubai mosque is sentenced to death.
	Goldsmith admits Iraq legal shift Lord Goldsmith admits he changed his mind on the legality of the Iraq war - but denies he was pressured into doing so.

SOUTH ASIA
	Sri Lanka poll victory challenged President Mahinda Rajapaksa is declared winner of Sri Lanka's presidential poll, but the outcome is rejected by his challenger.
	Bangladesh hangs Mujib killers Bangladesh executes ex-army officers convicted of killing the country's independence leader in 1975.
	UN eases curbs on ex-Taliban men The UN removes five former Afghan Taliban officials from its sanctions list which was imposed due to alleged al-Qaeda links.

UK
	Goldsmith admits Iraq legal shift Lord Goldsmith admits he changed his mind on the legality of the Iraq war - but denies he was pressured into doing so.
	PM leaves NI without justice deal The British and Irish prime ministers have left NI talks on devolving policing and justice without a deal.
	Children's bodies found in car A 43-year-old woman from Surrey is arrested following the discovery of two children's bodies in a car in Sussex.

ENGLAND
	Children's bodies found in car A 43-year-old woman from Surrey is arrested following the discovery of two children's bodies in a car in Sussex.
	Five fans arrested at Cup derby Officers policing the derby match between Manchester United and Manchester City arrest five fans for "various offences".
	Fire death officers 'face arrest' Three firefighters face arrest over a Warwickshire warehouse fire in which four colleagues were killed, a union says.

NORTHERN IRELAND
	PM leaves NI without justice deal The British and Irish prime ministers have left NI talks on devolving policing and justice without a deal.
	Man is injured in shop gun attack A man is in a serious condition in hospital after being shot a number of times in the lower body in a shop in Londonerry.
	Minor earthquakes strike Donegal Two minor earthquakes - one measuring 1.5 on the Richter scale, the other 1.7 - hit north Donegal in the space of 24 hours.

SCOTLAND
	Man guilty of rape and murder bid A man admits trying to murder a woman in a park amid a plan to abduct and rape her two young granddaughters.
	Tobacco ban laws passed by MSPs New laws to end the open display of tobacco in shops in Scotland are passed by MSPs.
	Boyle 'fine' after intruder scare Singer Susan Boyle says she is "fine" after disturbing an intruder who she discovered inside her West Lothian house.

WALES
	Woman run over by her stolen car A 48-year-old woman is being treated after being run over by a thief who stole her car as she posted some mail, say police.
	Bridge tolls by cards 'likely' People using the Severn crossings are 'likely' to be able to use debit or credit cards to pay tolls, Wales' transport minister says.
	Driver guilty over cyclist death A 19-year-old woman driver who ran into the back of a cyclist on the A1 in Cambridgeshire is found guilty of causing his death.

POLITICS
	Goldsmith admits Iraq legal shift Lord Goldsmith admits he changed his mind on the legality of the Iraq war - but denies he was pressured into doing so.
	PM leaves NI without justice deal The British and Irish prime ministers have left NI talks on devolving policing and justice without a deal.
	Supreme Court quashes terror rule The UK Supreme Court has ruled that special Treasury orders that freeze the assets of terror suspects are unlawful.

BUSINESS
	Rich-poor gap 'wider than 1970s' The gap between rich and poor is wider now than 40 years ago, a government-commissioned panel has reported.
	Sarkozy calls for global revamp French President Nicolas Sarkozy calls for a fundamental rethink of capitalism in the aftermath of the financial crisis.
	Apple unveils iPad tablet device Apple chief Steve Jobs takes the wraps off its long-awaited touchscreen device, which the firm has called the iPad.

ENTERTAINMENT
	Avatar is top-grossing film ever Sci-fi epic Avatar sinks Titanic to become the highest grossing film of all time, making $1.86bn since its release.
	Boyle 'fine' after intruder scare Singer Susan Boyle says she is "fine" after disturbing an intruder who she discovered inside her West Lothian house.
	Skinner hints at World Cup song Comedian Frank Skinner says he wants to write a new World Cup song to follow the success of his hit football anthem Three Lions.

SCIENCE/NATURE
	Dinosaur had ginger feathers Scientists reveal that the bristles of a small, 125 million-year-old dinosaur were in fact ginger-coloured feathers.
	Emotional signals cross cultures People are able to recognise negative sounds such as expressions of disgust across cultures, say scientists.
	'Supersized' butterflies fly far Monarch butterflies become 'supersized' to migrate thousand of kilometres, scientists discover.

TECHNOLOGY
	Apple unveils iPad tablet device Apple chief Steve Jobs takes the wraps off its long-awaited touchscreen device, which the firm has called the iPad.
	Piracy campaign 'nets innocents' More than 150 people have come forward claiming to be wrongly accused of illegal file-sharing, a consumer group reveals.
	EU to monitor anti-piracy trial The European Commission agrees to monitor Virgin Media's trial of anti-piracy software after a complaint from privacy activists.

HEALTH
	Hospitals 'should screen for DVT' Hospital in England, Wales and Northern Ireland must check patients for the risk of dangerous blood clots, guidelines say.
	North East teens lead on drinking Young people aged 11 to 15 in London drink and smoke substantially less than their contemporaries in the north, NHS data shows.
	C-sections 'do not harm feeding' A Caesarean or instrumental birth does not impact upon how long a mother breastfeeds, research suggests.

EDUCATION
	A-level Facebook protest widens Facebook protest groups against A-level exams have spread - with the watchdog calling for a report.
	Many more students without grants Statistics reveal far more students in England got no grants at all this year after ministers cut income thresholds.
	Family rows 'threat to childhood' Unhappiness in children is more likely to be influenced by conflict in their family than the family's structure, research suggests.

ON THIS DAY NEWS FROM THE BBC ARCHIVES
	1945: Auschwitz death camp liberated The Red Army liberates the Nazi's biggest concentration camp at Auschwitz in southern Poland.
	1967: Three astronauts die in Apollo 1 tragedy Three American astronauts die when fire engulfs the Apollo capsule on its launch pad at Cape Kennedy.
	1944: Leningrad siege ends after 900 days A successful Soviet offensive drives German troops away from the Leningrad which has been besieged since September 1941.

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