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| Sunday, 08 March, 2009, 0:00 GMT 05:00 +05:00:Asia/Calcutta |
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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | MI5 telegrams 'fed interrogation' A UK resident detained at Guantanamo Bay releases memos which he claims show MI5 collusion in his interrogation. |
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| Sudan president plans Darfur trip Sudanese President Bashir says he will go to Darfur, his first visit there since an international arrest warrant was issued for him. | |
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| Two shot dead at Antrim Army base Two military personnel are shot dead and four people are reported injured in a gun attack at a County Antrim Army base. | |
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| N Korea holds parliamentary poll North Korea prepares to vote in elections which observers say could give a clue to the country's eventual succession. | |
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| Zimbabwe PM 'seeks Botswana care' Zimbabwe PM Morgan Tsvangirai has flown to Botswana to recover after the car crash that killed his wife, his party says. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Zimbabwe PM 'seeks Botswana care' Zimbabwe PM Morgan Tsvangirai has flown to Botswana to recover after the car crash that killed his wife, his party says. |
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| Sudan president plans Darfur trip Sudanese President Bashir says he will go to Darfur, his first visit there since an international arrest warrant was issued for him. | |
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| UN urges probe into Kenya murders A UN investigator calls for an international inquiry into the murder of two Kenyan human rights activists. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | Vatican backs abortion row bishop A senior Vatican cleric defends a Brazilian archbishop's excommunication of people who helped a child have an abortion. |
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| Obama 'to reverse stem cell ban' President Barack Obama is to lift restrictions on US funding for research on human embryonic stem cells, reports say. | |
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| NY 'mafia cops' get life in jail Two former New York police who committed murders and other crimes for a mafia family are sentenced to life in jail. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | N Korea holds parliamentary poll North Korea prepares to vote in elections which observers say could give a clue to the country's eventual succession. |
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| Police break up Malaysia protest Police in Malaysia's capital Kuala Lumpur fire tear gas to disperse a rally against the use of English in the country's schools. | |
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| S Korea diverts jets over threats South Korean airlines re-route planes to avoid the North's airspace amid escalating tension and threats from Pyongyang. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | Obama trip to Turkey within weeks President Barack Obama will visit Turkey "in a month or so", says US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on a visit to Ankara. |
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| Bishop in Ireland 'stands aside' The Bishop of Cloyne 'stands aside' to aid an investigation into the handling of allegations of clerical sex abuse in his diocese. | |
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| Two shot dead at Antrim Army base Two military personnel are shot dead and four people are reported injured in a gun attack at a County Antrim Army base. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Palestinian PM Fayyad steps down Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad says he is resigning to pave the way for a national unity government. |
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| New US-Syria talks 'constructive' A senior US envoy in Damascus says the first high-level contact with Syria in four years has been 'very constructive'. | |
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| Iran to mull US Afghan invitation Iran would consider a US invitation to a conference on Afghanistan later this month, a government spokesman says. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | Car bomb kills eight in Pakistan Eight people, mostly police and soldiers, are dead after reportedly being lured to a booby-trapped car in north-western Pakistan. |
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| Karzai agrees to delay elections Afghanistan's president says he now accepts polls must be delayed to August, but insists he will remain in office until then. | |
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| Many dead in Sri Lanka, says UN The UN says that thousands of civilians have been killed and wounded in the north-east of Sri Lanka. | |
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| UK NEWS | |
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 | Two shot dead at Antrim Army base Two military personnel are shot dead and four people are reported injured in a gun attack at a County Antrim Army base. |
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| MI5 telegrams 'fed interrogation' A UK resident detained at Guantanamo Bay releases memos which he claims show MI5 collusion in his interrogation. | |
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| Lloyds control 'to boost lending' The government's controlling stake in Lloyds is a vital step to get banks lending, the chancellor says, but the opposition is wary. | |
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| UK EDUCATION | |
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 | Lib Dems back state faith schools The Lib Dems vote in favour of allowing state-funded faith schools to continue selecting pupils by faith. |
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| Big rise in head teacher sackings The number of senior secondary leaders dismissed has risen five-fold in three years, head teachers' leaders say. | |
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| Call for first aid in curriculum First aid should be a compulsory part of the school curriculum, St John Ambulance has urged ministers. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Murder arrest over Pc hit-and-run A man is being questioned on suspicion of murder after a policeman is killed in a hit-and-run crash in Greater Manchester. |
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| Two men on Matalan murder charge A second teenager is charged with the murder of the manager of a Matalan shop in east London last year. | |
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| Team named after Justin Fashanu A football team is named after Justin Fashanu to promote the inclusion of openly gay players in football. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | US jobless rate increases to 8.1% The number of people unemployed in the US rose by 651,000 in February, official figures show. |
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| Madoff guilty plea on the cards Disgraced US financier Bernard Madoff, may plead guilty next week , reports suggest. | |
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| Opel 'should consider insolvency' German carmaker Opel should consider insolvency instead of state aid, the country's interior minister has said. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Jackson eyes $400m comeback plan Michael Jackson could earn more than $400m (£283m) from a deal involving new music, movies and concerts, his promoter reveals. |
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| Rapper Coolio facing drug charge Rap star Coolio is charged with drug possession after being arrested at Los Angeles International Airport. | |
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| Singer Rihanna 'would testify' Singer Rihanna would testify against her boyfriend Chris Brown if called as a witness in his assault case, her attorney says. | |
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| SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT | |
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 | Nasa launches Earth hunter probe A Nasa mission carrying a telescope to search the sky for Earth-like planets launches from Cape Canaveral in Florida. |
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| Telescope 'cousins' meet at last Europe's Herschel and Planck space observatories are in the same cleanroom, just weeks before their historic launch. | |
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| UK's top young scientists named The first UK science competition for teenagers names its young scientist and young technologist of the year. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Firms in data row deny wrongdoing Several firms accused of subscribing to a secret database of building workers' details have denied any wrongdoing. |
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| Obama picks US information chief Vivek Kundra has been picked by President Obama as the US government's chief information officer. | |
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| Al Gore says domain .eco logical Former US vice president AL Gore is backing the creation of green .eco domain names. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Diabetes drugs given 'too soon' One in three people with type 2 diabetes are given pills too soon, rather than adopting lifestyle changes, research suggests. |
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| Virus 'triggers child diabetes' A common virus may be the trigger for many cases of diabetes, say researchers, opening the way for a vaccine. | |
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| Middle age 'key for exercising' Increasing activity level in middle age can have a dramatic impact on health by prolonging life, a study suggests. | |
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| 1965: Police attack Alabama marchers State troopers assault scores of demonstrators demanding better voting rights for blacks as they attempt to march from Selma to Montgomery. | |||
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| 1975: Kidnapped heiress found strangled The body of Lesley Whittle, the 17-year-old heiress kidnapped from her Shropshire home 52 days ago, is found at the bottom of a drain shaft. | |||
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| 1988: IRA gang shot dead in Gibraltar The IRA confirms the three people shot dead by security forces in Gibraltar yesterday were members of an active service unit. | |||
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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Centurions give England advantage Paul Collingwood and Matt Prior make centuries as England take a lead of 454 over West Indies in Trinidad. |
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| Fulham 0-4 Man Utd Carlos Tevez is on target twice as Man Utd stroll past Fulham into the FA Cup semi-finals. | |
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| Nadal storms to Davis Cup victory Rafael Nadal puts his injury worries behind him to thrash Janko Tipsarevic as Spain take a 2-0 lead over Serbia in the Davis Cup. | |
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| Australia dominate as SA crumble South Africa trail Australia by 214 runs after being reduced to 138-7 at the end of the second day of the first Test | |
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| St Mirren 1-0 Celtic Billy Mehmet's penalty sends St Mirren into the last four of the Scottish Cup at the expense of misfiring Celtic. | |
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| FOOTBALL | |
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 | Fulham 0-4 Man Utd Carlos Tevez is on target twice as Man Utd stroll past Fulham into the FA Cup semi-finals. |
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| Sunderland 1-1 Tottenham Robbie Keane cancels out Kieran Richardson's opener as Tottenham resue a point at Sunderland. | |
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| St Mirren 1-0 Celtic Billy Mehmet's penalty sends St Mirren into the last four of the Scottish Cup at the expense of misfiring Celtic. | |
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| CRICKET | |
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| Centurions give England advantage Paul Collingwood and Matt Prior make centuries as England take a lead of 454 over West Indies in Trinidad. |
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| Pietersen plans IPL safety talks England batsman Kevin Pietersen will not take part in the Indian Premier League if his security fears are not dealt with. | |
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| Collingwood targets Trinidad win Paul Collingwood says England will look to utilise a deteriorating pitch to win the fifth Test against West Indies. | |
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| TENNIS | |
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 | Britain slump to Davis Cup defeat Great Britain's Colin Fleming and Ross Hutchins lose a keenly-fought Davis Cup doubles rubber to give Ukraine an unassailable 3-0 lead in Glasgow. |
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| Highlights - GB slump to Davis Cup defeat BBC Sport's Francis Collings reports as Colin Fleming and Ross Hutchins lose a keenly-fought doubles encounter against Sergei Bubka and Sergiy Stakhovsky to give Ukraine an unassailable 3-0 lead in the Euro/Africa Zone Group One tie. | |
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| Sharapova set for doubles return Maria Sharapova will only play doubles when she returns to action in Indian wells next week. | |
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| MOTORSPORT | |
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 | Formula One news has moved >>>> Click the link above to reach BBC Sport's brand new Formula One website for 2009. |
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| Pedrosa doubtful for Qatar opener Dani Pedrosa's hopes of competing in the MotoGP World Championship opener in Qatar are in doubt following two operations. | |
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| Honda team to return as Brawn GP The former Honda Formula One team has been saved and will contest the 2009 season as Brawn GP. | |
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