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| Friday, 14 August, 2009, 5:00 GMT 24:00 -05:00:US/Central |
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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Cameron weighs in to defend NHS David Cameron throws his support behind the NHS after it came under fire by US critics of President Obama's health reforms. |
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| Hundreds 'buried alive' in Taiwan Taiwan officials say about 390 people are feared buried alive in one village as relief work continues after Typhoon Morakot. | |
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| Antarctic glacier 'thinning fast' One of the largest glaciers in Antarctica is thinning four times faster than 10 years ago, research seen by the BBC suggests. | |
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| Iran inmates 'tortured to death' Iran's defeated opposition presidential candidate says some protesters held after June's poll were tortured to death in jail. | |
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| Three UK soldiers die in Helmand Three British soldiers have been killed in an explosion while on patrol in Helmand province, the Ministry of Defence says. | |
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| WORLD | |
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 | Hundreds 'buried alive' in Taiwan Taiwan officials say about 390 people are feared buried alive in one village as relief work continues after Typhoon Morakot. |
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| Iran inmates 'tortured to death' Iran's defeated opposition presidential candidate says some protesters held after June's poll were tortured to death in jail. | |
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| Argentina removes Honduran envoy Argentina expels Honduras' ambassador over her support for a coup which ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Murdered gems expert's son speaks The son of a Scottish gems expert murdered by a mob in Kenya tells the BBC how he tried to fight off the attackers who ambushed them. |
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| Crowds welcome Clinton in Liberia Liberians line the streets in torrential rain to welcome US Secretary State Hillary Clinton to Monrovia. | |
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| Sudan intelligence chief replaced Sudan's president replaces the country's powerful intelligence chief Salah Gosh, the official Suna news agency says. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | US stands against bomber release US officials say the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing should serve out his sentence after reports he could be freed. |
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| Argentina removes Honduran envoy Argentina expels Honduras' ambassador over her support for a coup which ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya. | |
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| Rock guitar pioneer Les Paul dies Les Paul, whose pioneering electric guitars were used by a legion of rock stars, dies at the age of 94. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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| Hundreds 'buried alive' in Taiwan Taiwan officials say about 390 people are feared buried alive in one village as relief work continues after Typhoon Morakot. |
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| UN 'concern' at Suu Kyi sentence The UN Security Council expresses concern at a fresh term of house arrest for Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi. | |
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| Samsung ex-boss breached trust The ex-chairman of South Korean firm Samsung, Lee Kun-hee, is found guilty of breach of trust in Seoul. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | France and Germany exit recession The French and German economies unexpectedly grew by 0.3% in the second quarter of 2009, ending their recessions. |
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| Corsican boy 'kills four at home' A youth on the French island of Corsica admits killing his parents and twin brothers in their beds with a rifle, officials say. | |
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| VW agrees Porsche merger details Volkswagen and Porsche agree the details under which VW will merge with its German carmaking compatriot by 2011. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Iran inmates 'tortured to death' Iran's defeated opposition presidential candidate says some protesters held after June's poll were tortured to death in jail. |
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| US stands against bomber release US officials say the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing should serve out his sentence after reports he could be freed. | |
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| Gaza white flag deaths probe call Israel must investigate the "unlawful" killing of civilians with white flags during its Gaza operation, a rights group says. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | Mumbai swine flu shutdown begins Schools, colleges and cinemas in India's commercial capital temporarily close their doors to limit the spread of the H1N1 virus. |
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| Delhi female births rise hailed More girls than boys were born in India's capital, Delhi, in 2008, figures show, ending decades of serious imbalance. | |
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| Saina Nehwal in quarter finals Shuttler Saina Nehwal becomes the first Indian woman to enter the quarterfinals of the World Badminton Championship. | |
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| UK | |
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| Cameron weighs in to defend NHS David Cameron throws his support behind the NHS after it came under fire by US critics of President Obama's health reforms. |
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| 'Second wave' repossession threat Homeless charity Shelter is fearing a second wave of home repossessions, especially when interest rates rise. | |
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| Four held over luxury goods haul Police find stolen luxury goods worth £500,000 in containers at a north London business park and arrest four men. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Four held over luxury goods haul Police find stolen luxury goods worth £500,000 in containers at a north London business park and arrest four men. |
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| Footballer's brother found dead The younger brother of Aston Villa and England footballer Luke Young is found dead after a night out on holiday in Crete. | |
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| BBC man sacked after conviction A BBC television presenter who hit a teenager with a wooden pole outside a West Midlands bar is sacked. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | Women held as baby, man injured An 18-month-old baby and a man are injured during an incident at a house in west Belfast. |
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| Tall Ships lead to travel chaos People travelling to Belfast to see the Tall Ships have faced travel chaos on the first of their four-day stay in the city. | |
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| 82-year-old robbed by men at home An 82-year-old man is robbed by three men who confronted him outside his house in Newry. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | New row threatens trams project Edinburgh City Council begins legal action against a contractor as a new dispute threatens to delay the city's tram system. |
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| US stands against bomber release US officials say the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing should serve out his sentence after reports he could be freed. | |
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| 'Provocative' work opens festival The Edinburgh International Festival begins later with a work celebrating the defeat of the Jacobites at Culloden. | |
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| WALES | |
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 | Metal plant 'to close next month' Anglesey Aluminium says its plant in Holyhead will close within weeks as no viable deal has been reached to save it. |
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| Para's body is flown back to UK The body of a Welsh soldier killed when his vehicle was hit by an explosion in Afghanistan is flown back to the UK. | |
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| Mothers made fake notes at home Two mothers who printed their own counterfeit cash using printers and scanners start jail sentences. | |
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| POLITICS | |
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| Cameron weighs in to defend NHS David Cameron throws his support behind the NHS after it came under fire by US critics of President Obama's health reforms. |
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| Tory MP survives deselection bid A Conservative MP survives an attempt to deselect her following criticism over her Commons expenses. | |
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| US stands against bomber release US officials say the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing should serve out his sentence after reports he could be freed. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | 'Second wave' repossession threat Homeless charity Shelter is fearing a second wave of home repossessions, especially when interest rates rise. |
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| Tourists face car hire shortage European holidaymakers are facing bigger bills for hire cars - or risk not getting one at all - due to a shortage of vehicles. | |
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| VW agrees Porsche merger details Volkswagen and Porsche agree the details under which VW will merge with its German carmaking compatriot by 2011. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Rock guitar pioneer Les Paul dies Les Paul, whose pioneering electric guitars were used by a legion of rock stars, dies at the age of 94. |
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| 'Provocative' work opens festival The Edinburgh International Festival begins later with a work celebrating the defeat of the Jacobites at Culloden. | |
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| Douglas 'devastated' over arrest Actor Michael Douglas says his family is "devastated" by the arrest of his son Cameron Douglas on drugs charges. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | Antarctic glacier 'thinning fast' One of the largest glaciers in Antarctica is thinning four times faster than 10 years ago, research seen by the BBC suggests. |
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| Early toolmakers were 'engineers' Early modern humans in South Africa were using "heat treatment' to improve their stone tools about 72,000 years ago, a study suggests. | |
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| 'Many hurricanes' in modern times Hurricanes in the Atlantic are more frequent than at any time in the last 1,000 years, according to research. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Microsoft backs long life for IE6 The venerable IE6 browser will be supported until 2014, despite a campaign to kill it, says Microsoft. |
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| Green domain sparks war of words The battle to take control of the .eco internet domain aimed at green groups escalates. | |
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| Palm criticised over Pre privacy Palm faces criticism over the discovery that its Pre handsets report the location and user patterns of users daily. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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| Cameron weighs in to defend NHS David Cameron throws his support behind the NHS after it came under fire by US critics of President Obama's health reforms. |
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| Many women 'not on safest pill' Many women are not taking the safest brand of the pill, say researchers who found variation in the risk of blood clot. | |
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| Study urges quicker patient tests GPs should be quicker at sending some patients with worrying symptoms for tests, say researchers. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | England youth drop-out rate rises The number of young people in England not working or training has increased, with large rises in some areas, figures show. |
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| Call for quango cull in education Two thirds of England's education quangos should be scrapped, a report from a think tank says. | |
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| Heads 'swamped' by new guidance Head teachers in England and Wales are "inundated" with lengthy e-mail updates from government, the Tories say. | |
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| 1969: British troops sent into Northern Ireland The British Government sends troops into Northern Ireland in what it says is a "limited operation" to restore law and order. | |||
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| 1980: Shipyard Poles strike for their rights Shipyard workers in Gdansk, Poland, strike in protest over the dismissal of a trade union activist | |||
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| 2000: Rescuers race to save stricken Kursk A rescue operation is underway to save the lives of more than 100 sailors on board a Russian submarine grounded at the bottom of the Barents Sea. | |||
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