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	Tuesday, 06 April, 2010, 20:00 GMT 01:00 +05:00:Asia/Calcutta

TOP STORIES
	Brown triggers May election race The UK's political leaders hit the campaign trail after Prime Minister Gordon Brown calls the general election for 6 May.
	Obama limits US nuclear arms use The Obama administration unveils a defence policy significantly limiting the circumstances in which America would use nuclear weapons.
	Comedians Henry and French split Comedians Lenny Henry and Dawn French are to separate after 25 years of marriage, a spokesman for the couple says.
	Actor Corin Redgrave dies aged 70 Actor Corin Redgrave, a member of the Redgrave acting dynasty, has died at the age of 70, his family has announced.
	Cleaner 'lied about visa claims' The attorney general's former housekeeper said there was nothing to worry about regarding her immigration status, a court hears.

WORLD
	Obama limits US nuclear arms use The Obama administration unveils a defence policy significantly limiting the circumstances in which America would use nuclear weapons.
	Rio de Janeiro floods kill scores At least 79 people are killed after heavy rain causes landslides and flooding in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro, officials say.
	Face-off at Terreblanche hearing Rival groups scuffle at a court where the alleged killers of South African white supremacist Eugene Terreblanche were charged.

AFRICA
	Face-off at Terreblanche hearing Rival groups scuffle at a court where the alleged killers of South African white supremacist Eugene Terreblanche were charged.
	Nigeria inaugurates new cabinet Nigeria's acting President Goodluck Jonathan swears in his new cabinet.
	Semenya eyes June return in Spain World 800m champion Caster Semenya plans to make her return to the track at a meeting in Zaragoza, Spain in June.

AMERICAS
	Rio de Janeiro floods kill scores At least 79 people are killed after heavy rain causes landslides and flooding in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro, officials say.
	Toll rises in US mining disaster Twenty-five miners are killed and four are missing after the worst US mining disaster for more than a quarter of a century.
	Obama limits US nuclear arms use The Obama administration unveils a defence policy significantly limiting the circumstances in which America would use nuclear weapons.

ASIA-PACIFIC
	Thai red-shirts defy police ban Thai protesters defy a ban to march through several Bangkok districts, after scuffles with riot police earlier in the day.
	Kyrgyz government office stormed Kyrgyz police fire tear gas as hundreds of protesters storm a regional government building and try to remove the governor.
	Shadow cyber spy network revealed A "complex cyber-espionage" network that compromised the UN and the Office of the Dalai Lama, is uncovered by researchers.

EUROPE
	Brown triggers May election race The UK's political leaders hit the campaign trail after Prime Minister Gordon Brown calls the general election for 6 May.
	Russia 'could quit nuclear deal' Russia says it could opt out of a new nuclear disarmament treaty if it feels threatened by US missile defence plans.
	Police act over Sarkozy rumours Police investigate how rumours of infidelity in the Sarkozy-Bruni marriage spread, amid protests from journalists.

MIDDLE EAST
	Baghdad blasts kill at least 35 A series of large explosions hits the centre of Baghdad killing at least 35 people, officials say.
	Egypt riot police break up rally Riot police in Egypt break up a rally in Cairo, beat up dozens of protesters and arrest them.
	Jail for Israeli Arab 'gym spy' A young Israeli Arab is jailed for almost six years for his part in a plot to assassinate the head of the Israeli army.

SOUTH ASIA
	Maoists kill 75 Indian soldiers Maoist rebels kill at least 75 soldiers in central India in their worst ever attack on the country's security forces.
	Mumbai gunmen 'secretly buried' The unclaimed bodies of nine gunmen killed in the 2008 attacks on Mumbai were secretly buried in January, Indian officials say.
	Shadow cyber spy network revealed A "complex cyber-espionage" network that compromised the UN and the Office of the Dalai Lama, is uncovered by researchers.

UK
	Brown triggers May election race The UK's political leaders hit the campaign trail after Prime Minister Gordon Brown calls the general election for 6 May.
	Cleaner 'lied about visa claims' The attorney general's former housekeeper said there was nothing to worry about regarding her immigration status, a court hears.
	Comedians Henry and French split Comedians Lenny Henry and Dawn French are to separate after 25 years of marriage, a spokesman for the couple says.

ENGLAND
	Women try to take body on plane Police arrest two women after they try to take the body of a dead relative on to a plane at Liverpool John Lennon Airport.
	Woman 'killed over divorce party' A 63-year-old Teesside man denies murdering his ex-wife on the day of her divorce party.
	Election race begins in England Electioneering begins in England after Prime Minister Gordon Brown announces the UK will go the polls on 6 May.

NORTHERN IRELAND
	Saville delayed until after poll The Northern Ireland Office says that the Bloody Sunday Inquiry report will not be handed over to parliament until after the general election.
	Man charged with attempted murder A man is charged with attempting to murder a man in County Londonderry eleven months ago.
	NI's parties gear up for election Northern Ireland parties start their election campaigns as Gordon Brown confirms a poll date of 6 May.

SCOTLAND
	Scots parties hit election trail Scotland's political parties get their election campaigns under way, after Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced voters would go to the polls on 6 May.
	Body found in search for kayaker Police say a body has been recovered in the search for a female member of a kayak party who went missing on a river trip in Glencoe.
	Soldier 'died in mother's arms' A murder trial hears how a mother wept as her soldier son "died in her arms" after being stabbed in Renfrewshire.

WALES
	Parties ready for election fight Political parties in Wales launch their campaigns as Gordon Brown announces a 6 May general election.
	Man's DIY store Caribbean rescue A lifeboat man helps coordinate the rescue of a friend in the Caribbean from a DIY store in Aberystwyth.
	Prince backs cadets charity walk Prince Harry stops to sign a teenager's plaster cast, as he meets cadets in Powys preparing for a charity trip to Africa.

POLITICS
	Brown confirms election on 6 May Prime Minister Gordon Brown, flanked by members of his cabinet in Downing Street, calls the UK General Election for 6 May.
	Live: General election 2010 Live text and video coverage of all the latest developments as the 2010 general election campaign gets under way.
	Election is 'not two-horse race' Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg says the election will not be the usual "two-horse race" between Labour and Conservatives.

BUSINESS
	Kraft criticised on Cadbury deal US food giant Kraft is criticised by MPs over the way it handled its takeover of UK chocolate maker Cadbury.
	New 50% tax rate comes into force The 50% tax rate for people earning £150,000 or more comes into force with the start of the new financial year.
	Oil prices hit new 18-month high The price of oil reaches a fresh 18-month high on growing hopes of a US-led global economic recovery.

ENTERTAINMENT
	Comedians Henry and French split Comedians Lenny Henry and Dawn French are to separate after 25 years of marriage, a spokesman for the couple says.
	Actor Corin Redgrave dies aged 70 Actor Corin Redgrave, a member of the Redgrave acting dynasty, has died at the age of 70, his family has announced.
	Frost finale seen by 8m viewers An audience of eight million tune into the final episode of long-running ITV detective drama A Touch Of Frost.

SCIENCE/NATURE
	Turtles die in nets 'in millions' Millions of marine turtles have been killed over the past two decades through entrapment in fishing gear, a survey concludes.
	Velociraptor 'caught' eating dino Fossil fragments reveal a predatory Velociraptor caught in the act of eating another larger plant-eating dinosaur.
	Barrier Reef route 'outrageous' Australia's PM Kevin Rudd says it is "outrageous" that a Chinese ship leaking oil near the Great Barrier Reef was off course.

TECHNOLOGY
	Digital bill faces extra scrutiny The Digital Economy Bill has its second reading in the Commons amid calls for the government to rethink rushing it into law.
	Shadow cyber spy network revealed A "complex cyber-espionage" network that compromised the UN and the Office of the Dalai Lama, is uncovered by researchers.
	'North Korean software' revealed Details of a home-grown computer operating system developed by North Korea and known as Red Star emerge.

HEALTH
	'Fit notes' to replace sick notes Workers who are off sick for longer than seven days will now receive so-called fit notes instead of sick notes from GPs.
	Anti-psychotic pneumonia warning The use of anti-psychotic drugs in the elderly doubles the risk of potentially fatal pneumonia, say Dutch researchers.
	Tory cancer drug figures disputed An economist questions Tory claims that scrapping a planned national insurance rise could fund more cancer drugs.

EDUCATION
	Labour 'micro-managed education' An MPs' committee says schools faced relentless centralisation under Labour
	Balls lays down funding challenge Children's Secretary Ed Balls has challenged the Conservatives to match his promise of protecting school budgets from public spending cuts.
	Teachers support campaign on cuts Public sector unions must join forces to fight cuts to jobs or services, the NUT annual conference in Liverpool is told.

ON THIS DAY NEWS FROM THE BBC ARCHIVES
	1968: United States erupts in race violence Dozens of major cities in the United States are rocked by an escalation in the race riots following the assassination of Martin Luther King.
	1994: Rwanda presidents' plane 'shot down' The presidents of the African states of Rwanda and Burundi are killed in a plane crash believed to have been caused by rocket fire.
	1997: Fault cuts short space shuttle mission Nasa brings home the space shuttle Columbia 12 days early amid fears over a defective fuel cell.

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