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| Wednesday, 21 October, 2009, 0:00 GMT 05:00 +05:00:Asia/Calcutta |
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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Afghanistan's run-off poll hailed World leaders welcome Afghan President Hamid Karzai's acceptance of the decision to hold a presidential run-off. |
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| Congress passes Guantanamo bill The US Senate completes congressional approval of a bill allowing Guantanamo inmates to be tried on US soil. | |
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| Village 'witches' beaten in India Five Muslim women are paraded naked, beaten and forced to eat human faeces, after being labelled witches in eastern India. | |
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| Iran nuclear talks 'going slowly' Nuclear talks between Iran and world powers are making slower-than-expected progress, the head of the IAEA says. | |
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| Blasts rock Pakistan university Suicide bombers kill at least four people at a Pakistani university, as troops press on with their offensive against militants. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Africa trade bloc suspends Niger West Africa trade group Ecowas suspends Niger after President Mamadou Tandja held a disputed election. |
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| SA farmers to rent land in Congo The Republic of Congo signs an agreement to lease 200,000 hectares of land to South African farmers. | |
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| US arms Mali to battle al-Qaeda The US hands Mali $5m of military hardware to help fight al-Qaeda's North Africa branch. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | US top court to hear Uighur case The US Supreme Court is to consider whether Chinese Muslim Uighurs held at Guantanamo can be released into the US. |
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| Nicaragua court backs re-election Nicaragua's Supreme Court lifts a ban on re-election, clearing the way for President Daniel Ortega to run in 2011. | |
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| US arms Mali to battle al-Qaeda The US hands Mali $5m of military hardware to help fight al-Qaeda's North Africa branch. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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| US top court to hear Uighur case The US Supreme Court is to consider whether Chinese Muslim Uighurs held at Guantanamo can be released into the US. |
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| Kazakh activist appeal rejected A court in Kazakhstan rejects an appeal by a prominent human rights activist who was jailed in September for manslaughter. | |
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| Taiwan warns of China 'threat' Taiwan says China's military strength is far more than it needs for self-defence, and is a threat to the Asia-Pacific region. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | No jail request for French ex-PM French prosecutors demand an 18-month suspended sentence for former PM Dominique de Villepin, but no jail time. |
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| Turkish judge orders PKK release A judge in Turkey orders the release of five Kurdish rebels who crossed into the country from Iraq as part of a 34-strong "peace group". | |
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| Fury at Berlusconi 'sexist' jibe Nearly 100,000 Italian women sign a petition over a remark by Silvio Berlusconi to a female politician on live television. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Iran nuclear talks 'going slowly' Nuclear talks between Iran and world powers are making slower-than-expected progress, the head of the IAEA says. |
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| Goldstone rejects Israel protests UN human rights investigator Richard Goldstone dismisses Israeli claims his Gaza war crimes report could harm the peace process. | |
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| Yemeni rebels get death penalty Ten Shia insurgents are sentenced to death in Yemen for involvement in deadly clashes with the army in 2008. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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| Afghanistan's run-off poll hailed World leaders welcome Afghan President Hamid Karzai's acceptance of the decision to hold a presidential run-off. |
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| Blasts rock Pakistan university Suicide bombers kill at least four people at a Pakistani university, as troops press on with their offensive against militants. | |
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| Village 'witches' beaten in India Five Muslim women are paraded naked, beaten and forced to eat human faeces, after being labelled witches in eastern India. | |
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| UK | |
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 | Swine flu vaccination under way The first of 14m people classed as priority cases are to be given a swine flu jab as the UK-wide vaccination programme begins. |
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| Governor warns bank split needed The Bank of England governor says that plans to reform UK banking through regulation may be insufficient. | |
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| UK postal strike 'self-defeating' A nationwide postal strike would be "totally self-defeating", Business Secretary Peter Mandelson says. | |
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| UK EDUCATION | |
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 | 'Hoodies down' call for colleges Further education colleges are to be given guidance on making students safer from knife and gang crime. |
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| Truancy rate reaches record level The level of unauthorised absences in schools in England rises sharply to the highest recorded level. | |
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| Mandelson backs consumer students Lord Mandelson calls for students to adopt a more consumer-led approach to their university education. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Crash pilot 'flew 5ft above taxi' An RAF helicopter pilot was heard swearing as he flew his aircraft 5ft above a taxi on the day of a fatal crash, an inquest hears. |
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| Aphrodisiac attack wife convicted A woman who slit her husband's throat after giving him an aphrodisiac called horny goat weed is convicted of attempted murder. | |
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| Sauce attack boy on DNA register A 15-year-old boy is added to the national DNA database after "slamming" tomato ketchup on to a girl's head. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | Job cuts help Yahoo profits surge Internet giant Yahoo sees its third quarter profits more than treble - despite sales falling by about 12% - as it slashed costs. |
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| Sun to cut 3,000 jobs amid probe Sun Microsystems says it will cut 3,000 jobs in the next year as it awaits the verdict of an EU probe into a takeover by Oracle Corp. | |
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| VW to buy half of Porsche by 2010 Carmaking giant Volkswagen says it is to acquire 49.9% of luxury brand Porsche by the end of the year. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Robbie beats comeback gig nerves A confident Robbie Williams overcomes stage fright and an unsteady X Factor appearance at his first full gig for three years. |
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| Polanski appeal for bail rejected Director Roman Polanski loses an appeal to be released on bail from jail in Switzerland ahead of his possible extradition to the US. | |
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| U2 gig to be streamed on YouTube U2's concert at the Pasadena Rose Bowl in California on Sunday will be streamed live on video-sharing website YouTube, the band announces. | |
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| SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT | |
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 | Nasa's rocket roll-out complete The US space agency rolls out its Ares 1-X rocket as it tests the design concept of a future astronaut launcher. |
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| Eagles filmed hunting reindeer Extraordinary camera footage taken by a BBC crew proves that golden eagles do hunt and kill reindeer. | |
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| 'Quick test' for airport liquids Scientists say they have come up with a quick technique for detecting liquids that could be used as explosives. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Big names support net neutrality Google, Ebay and Skype are among the big names to pledge support for a proposal to treat all internet traffic equally. |
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| Job cuts help Yahoo profits surge Internet giant Yahoo sees its third quarter profits more than treble - despite sales falling by about 12% - as it slashed costs. | |
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| BBC Trust turns down iPlayer plan A BBC plan to share the use of its iPlayer technology with other broadcasters is rejected by the BBC Trust. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | HIV vaccine trial was significant A review of a trial of a HIV vaccine in Thailand has concluded that it does show real signs of a protective effect. |
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| Science to 'stop age clock at 50' Centenarians with the bodies of 50-year-olds will be a realistic possibility in the future, say scientists. | |
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| Condom 'rivals pill's popularity' The condom has now caught up with the pill as women's preferred method of contraception, latest figures suggest. | |
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| 1967: Thousands join anti-war movement Thousands of demonstrators in Oakland, California, hold the biggest protest yet against the Vietnam War. | |||
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| 1983: Grenada's prime minister 'assassinated' Eyewitnesses say the prime minister and seven of his colleagues have been killed during a hardline military coup. | |||
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| 2000: British activist freed from Burma Human rights activist James Mawdsley is released from prison in Burma where he has been held since 1999. | |||
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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Liverpool 1-2 Lyon Liverpool's woes continue as they let in an injury-time goal in a Champions League defeat by French side Lyon. |
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| AZ Alkmaar 1-1 Arsenal Arsenal concede a stoppage-time goal in the Champions League as David Mendes da Silva strikes to snatch a point that AZ Alkmaar hardly deserve. | |
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| Rangers 1-4 Unirea Urziceni Rangers suffer a Champions League humiliation as Unirea Urziceni record their first-ever European win. | |
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| Eriksson rules out Sweden switch Notts County director of football Sven-Goran Eriksson rules himself out of the running to become the new Sweden coach, the Swedish FA has announced. | |
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| Middlesbrough sack boss Southgate Middlesbrough dismiss boss Gareth Southgate - with the club fourth in the table and bidding for promotion. | |
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| FOOTBALL | |
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| Liverpool 1-2 Lyon Liverpool's woes continue as they let in an injury-time goal in a Champions League defeat by French side Lyon. |
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| Tuesday's Champions League review Rubin Kazan pull off a huge shock at the Nou Camp, plus all Wednesday's Champions League news. | |
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| Middlesbrough sack boss Southgate Middlesbrough dismiss boss Gareth Southgate - with the club fourth in the table and bidding for promotion. | |
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| CRICKET | |
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 | Hoggard offered contract at Leics Leicestershire offer former England seam bowler Matthew Hoggard a three-year deal. |
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| Pakistan boss asks Younus to stay The Pakistan Cricket Board rejects captain Younus Khan's resignation, insisting the 31-year-old will stay on until the 2011 World Cup. | |
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| Cobras in semis after Delhi loss The Cape Cobras will face Trinidad & Tobago in the Champions Trophy semi-final after losing Monday's final group tie against the Dehli Daredevils. | |
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| TENNIS | |
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 | Wozniacki limps out in Luxembourg Top seed Caroline Wozniacki retires hurt from the Luxembourg Open with a hamstring injury after leading Anne Kremer. |
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| Roddick earns London finals place World number six Andy Roddick secures his place at the ATP World Tour Finals in London next month. | |
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| Davydenko wins Shanghai Masters Russia's Nikolay Davydenko defeats Spain's Rafael Nadal 7-6 (7-3) 6-3 to win the Shanghai Masters and boost his chances of qualifying for the ATP World Tour Finals in London. | |
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| MOTORSPORT | |
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 | Button seeks place in F1 history Newly crowned Formula 1 world champion Jenson Button wants to create history by becoming the first British driver to win consecutive world titles. |
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| Stoner holds off Rossi in MotoGP Casey Stoner leads from start to finish to beat world champion Valentino Rossi and win his home Australian MotoGP. | |
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| Rally of Spain latest (wrc.com) Latest news and stage times from the Rally of Spain. | |
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