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| Wednesday, 04 November, 2009, 0:00 GMT 05:00 +05:00:Asia/Calcutta |
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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | EU reform treaty passes last test The Czech Republic becomes the last country to ratify the EU's Lisbon Treaty, which is now set to become EU law within weeks. |
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| General Motors cancels Opel sale General Motors announces that it has cancelled plans to sell Opel and Vauxhall to Canadian car parts firm Magna. | |
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| Anthropologist Levi-Strauss dies Anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss, one of the most influential French thinkers of the 20th Century, dies aged 100. | |
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| Ohio rapist charged with murder US police charge a convicted rapist with five counts of murder, as more human remains are found at his Ohio home. | |
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| Karadzic defiant at Hague hearing Ex-Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic appears at his war crimes trial for the first time and says it should be delayed. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Pardoned Briton due for UK return Ex-British soldier Simon Mann, jailed in Equatorial Guinea for his part in a coup plot, is heading for home after being freed. |
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| Cash crackdown in Nigerian banks Nigeria's central bank orders banks to report suspicious cash transactions from people involved in politics. | |
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| Sierra Leone link to India medics Sierra Leone's president launches a satellite link-up so doctors in his country can seek advice from their colleagues in India. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | Elections test US voters' mood Elections in New Jersey, Virginia and New York may give a snapshot of how voters feel, a year after Barack Obama was elected president. |
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| General Motors cancels Opel sale General Motors announces that it has cancelled plans to sell Opel and Vauxhall to Canadian car parts firm Magna. | |
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| Ohio rapist charged with murder US police charge a convicted rapist with five counts of murder, as more human remains are found at his Ohio home. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | Indonesian anti-graft pair freed Indonesian police release two top anti-corruption officials from prison - arrests that had sparked major protests. |
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| Xinjiang police to 'strike hard' Police in the Chinese province of Xinjiang vow to "root out" crime after deadly ethnic riots earlier this year. | |
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| Death toll rise in Vietnam floods The death toll from tropical storm-induced floods in Vietnam is worse than initially thought, government officials say. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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| EU reform treaty passes last test The Czech Republic becomes the last country to ratify the EU's Lisbon Treaty, which is now set to become EU law within weeks. |
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| General Motors cancels Opel sale General Motors announces that it has cancelled plans to sell Opel and Vauxhall to Canadian car parts firm Magna. | |
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| Karadzic defiant at Hague hearing Ex-Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic appears at his war crimes trial for the first time and says it should be delayed. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Sunni militant 'executed by Iran' Iran hangs a militant from the Jundullah rebel group accused of a number of attacks in the south-east of the country, say reports. |
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| Top Yemeni officers die in ambush Suspected al-Qaeda militants kill at least five security force members in Yemen, including three senior officers. | |
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| Tussle over East Jerusalem home Jewish settlers take over another house in East Jerusalem after a long legal battle with a Palestinian family. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | Karzai vows to battle corruption Newly re-elected Afghan President Hamid Karzai pledges to eradicate corruption, as the Taliban label him a "puppet". |
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| S Lanka opposition forms alliance Opposition parties in Sri Lanka form an alliance to fight presidential and parliamentary elections due by next April. | |
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| Bear kills militants in Kashmir A bear kills two militants who were hiding in its den in Indian-administered Kashmir, police say. | |
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| UK | |
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| Pardoned Briton due for UK return Ex-British soldier Simon Mann, jailed in Equatorial Guinea for his part in a coup plot, is heading for home after being freed. |
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| Tories rule out treaty referendum The Conservatives say they will not hold a referendum on the EU treaty if the party wins the next general election. | |
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| General Motors cancels Opel sale General Motors announces that it has cancelled plans to sell Opel and Vauxhall to Canadian car parts firm Magna. | |
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| UK EDUCATION | |
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 | University places 'wider access' The government says A-levels alone will not widen access, as it sets out plans for the future of England's universities. |
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| New code for school bus behaviour A new code is published to help improve the safety and behaviour of young people travelling to school and college. | |
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| Older teenagers 'stop exercising' The majority of 19-year-olds in England do not take regular exercise, statistics show. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Suicide letter couple found dead A couple who sent a suicide letter to the BBC criticising UK laws on assisted dying are found dead in Newbury in Berkshire. |
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| Two charged with Halloween murder Two people are charged with the murder of a man who confronted a thief after his girlfriend's Halloween hat was stolen. | |
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| Sellafield turns away BNP leader BNP leader Nick Griffin is refused access to the Sellafield nuclear site in Cumbria on security grounds | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | General Motors cancels Opel sale General Motors announces that it has cancelled plans to sell Opel and Vauxhall to Canadian car parts firm Magna. |
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| Darling hails Lloyds and RBS move Alistair Darling says the sell-offs at Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds are in the "best interest" of the banking sector. | |
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| Madoff's accountant admits fraud The long-term accountant of disgraced US financier Bernard Madoff pleads guilty to four fraud charges. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Rolling Stone Wood wins rock gong Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood collects an outstanding contribution honour at the Classic Rock Awards ceremony in London. |
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| Kate Winslet accepts libel payout Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet accepts £25,000 libel damages over a claim made by the Daily Mail that she lied about her exercise regime. | |
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| David Tennant to make US TV debut David Tennant is to make his US television debut as the lead role in a pilot comedy legal drama. | |
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| SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT | |
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 | Smos satellite unfurls instrument A European satellite launched to study the Earth's water cycle unpacks its antenna system. |
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| Species' extinction threat grows More than a third of species assessed by a global biodiversity study are threatened with extinction, scientists warn. | |
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| Science chief backs cannabis view The UK government's chief science adviser has told BBC News that he supports the former chief drugs adviser's scientific view on cannabis. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Global 'caring' portal to launch Plans are being drawn up for a website that will aim to promote social good around the world. |
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| SonyEricsson debuts Android phone The first Android phone from SonyEricsson is due to go on sale in early 2010, says the handset maker. | |
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| Ordnance Survey opens up data Ordnance Survey has its first commercial client for its open source data library OS OpenSpace. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Aspirin 'only for heart patients' Using aspirin to ward off heart attacks and strokes in those not suffering cardiovascular disease should stop, research says. |
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| Memory test 'spots pre-dementia' Memory and language tests can reliably reveal "hidden" early dementia, says a British team of experts. | |
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| Smoking mums have 'problem kids' Smoking during pregnancy significantly increases the risk of having a child with behavioural problems at three years old, according to UK and US researchers. | |
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| 2004: George W Bush wins second term George W Bush is elected president of the United States for the second time, beating his Democratic rival by a comfortable margin. | |||
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| 1957: Russians launch dog into space The Soviet Union sends the first ever living creature into the cosmos aboard Sputnik II. | |||
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| 1975: North Sea oil begins to flow The Queen has formally begun the operation of the UK's first oil pipeline at a £500,000 ceremony in Scotland. | |||
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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Man Utd 3-3 CSKA Moscow Georgi Shchennikov's own goal rescues an unlikely point for Manchester United that seals their progress to the Champions League knockout stages. |
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| Atletico Madrid 2-2 Chelsea Didier Drogba strikes twice to earn Chelsea a draw at Atletico Madrid and seal their progress from the Champions League group stages. | |
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| Pakistan make short work of Kiwis Explosive batting from Shahid Afridi and Kamran Akmal helps Pakistan establish a 1-0 lead in the ODI series against New Zealand. | |
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| Johnson names England match squad Dylan Hartley eases England's injury concerns ahead of Saturday's Test against Australia as the hooker is included in their 22-man squad. | |
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| Murray wins on comeback in Spain Top seed Andy Murray beat Spanish qualifier Daniel Gimeno-Traver 6-3 6-1 in his first match in six weeks. | |
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| FOOTBALL | |
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| Man Utd 3-3 CSKA Moscow Georgi Shchennikov's own goal rescues an unlikely point for Manchester United that seals their progress to the Champions League knockout stages. |
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| Atletico Madrid 2-2 Chelsea Didier Drogba strikes twice to earn Chelsea a draw at Atletico Madrid and seal their progress from the Champions League group stages. | |
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| Kroenke's Arsenal stake now 29.6% Arsenal director Stan Kroenke buys more shares in the football club, moving nearer the threshold that would trigger a takeover bid. | |
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| CRICKET | |
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 | Pakistan make short work of Kiwis Explosive batting from Shahid Afridi and Kamran Akmal helps Pakistan establish a 1-0 lead in the ODI series against New Zealand. |
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| Tigers bowl Zimbabwe out for 44 Zimbabwe are skittled out for just 44 as they slump to a six-wicket defeat by Bangladesh in Chittagong. | |
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| Ireland aiming to join ICC elite Ireland plan to apply to become full members of the International Cricket Council. | |
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| TENNIS | |
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 | Murray wins on comeback in Spain Top seed Andy Murray beat Spanish qualifier Daniel Gimeno-Traver 6-3 6-1 in his first match in six weeks. |
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| Swine flu scuppers Haas Basle bid Germany's Tommy Haas pulls out of the Davidoff Swiss Indoors tennis tournament in Basle after contracting swine flu. | |
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| Doping body wants Agassi answers The World Anti-Doping Agency writes to the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) over Andre Agassi's admission he took crystal meth in 1997. | |
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| MOTORSPORT | |
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 | Red Bull boss expects improvement Red Bull boss Christian Horner says his team can build on their success this season and do even better next year. |
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| Cool Rossi crowned world champion Valentino Rossi wins his seventh world MotoGP crown after finishing third in the rain-delayed Malaysian Grand Prix in Sepang. | |
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| Loeb secures sixth title in a row France's Sebastien Loeb claims a record sixth successive world rally title with victory at the Rally GB. | |
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