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| Tuesday, 06 October, 2009, 5:00 GMT 24:00 -05:00:US/Central |
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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Tories plan rise in pension age The Tories unveil plans to raise the state pension age for men to 66 from 2016, to help tackle the UK's debts. |
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| PM 'refused extra Afghan troops' Gordon Brown refused a major Afghanistan troop reinforcement against the military's advice, the ex-head of the Army claims. | |
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| Calls to scrap short jail terms Jail sentences of less than a year do not work and should be abolished, prison governors will hear at their annual conference. | |
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| Freeze top public pay - Darling Chancellor Alistair Darling has announced a pay freeze on senior civil servants, NHS managers and GPs for 2010/11. | |
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| Sumatra relief effort increased Aid teams try to reach remote Sumatran villages and provide shelter and food in Padang city after a deadly earthquake. | |
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| WORLD | |
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 | North Korea 'to return to talks' North Korea tells China it is willing to return to six-party talks on its nuclear programme, China's state media reports. |
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| Sumatra relief effort increased Aid teams try to reach remote Sumatran villages and provide shelter and food in Padang city after a deadly earthquake. | |
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| Scientist reproduces Turin shroud The Shroud of Turin is reproduced by an Italian scientist in another attempt to prove that the cloth image of Christ's face is a fake. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Ex-Interpol man denies corruption South Africa's former police chief and ex-Interpol president pleads not guilty at the start of his landmark corruption trial. |
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| Nigeria militants fight amnesty Hours after an amnesty for Nigeria's oil militants expired, the group that began the unrest goes to court rejecting it as illegal. | |
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| Mozambique to build coal railway Mozambique's government announces it has secured $500m to build a new railway to a key coal area. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | US 'needs time' on Afghan troops The US defence secretary says more time is needed for the crucial decision on sending extra troops to Afghanistan. |
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| Ohio governor delays executions Two executions are halted in the US, weeks after an attempt to put another man to death by lethal injection failed. | |
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| Honduras lifts emergency decree An emergency decree suspending civil liberties in Honduras, imposed after President Manuel Zelaya's return, is lifted. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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| North Korea 'to return to talks' North Korea tells China it is willing to return to six-party talks on its nuclear programme, China's state media reports. |
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| Sumatra relief effort increased Aid teams try to reach remote Sumatran villages and provide shelter and food in Padang city after a deadly earthquake. | |
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| Samoans commemorate tsunami dead Samoans pack churches and community halls to remember those killed in last week's devastating tsunami. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | Protests outside EU milk meeting Hundreds of farmers drive tractors and cows into Brussels as EU agriculture ministers meet to discuss low milk prices. |
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| Freeze top public pay - Darling Chancellor Alistair Darling has announced a pay freeze on senior civil servants, NHS managers and GPs for 2010/11. | |
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| Scientist reproduces Turin shroud The Shroud of Turin is reproduced by an Italian scientist in another attempt to prove that the cloth image of Christ's face is a fake. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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 | Israel minister feared UK arrest Israel's former military chief, now a government minister, cancels a visit to London fearing arrest for alleged war crimes. |
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| Iraqi funeral struck by bombing At least six people are killed and 15 injured in a suicide bomb attack at a funeral in western Iraq, police say. | |
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| Egypt cleric 'to ban full veils' Egypt's highest Muslim authority says he will issue a religious edict against the practice of full-face veiling, or niqab. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | Suicide bomb hits UN in Pakistan Pakistan investigates security lapses after a suicide bomber kills five at the UN World Food Programme offices in Islamabad. |
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| Sacked UN man attacks mission Peter Galbraith, the UN official dismissed following a row over Afghanistan's election, lashes out at the mission's management. | |
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| Race to help India flood stranded A massive relief operation is under way in southern India after floods kill some 250 people and leave millions homeless. | |
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| UK | |
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| Tories plan rise in pension age The Tories unveil plans to raise the state pension age for men to 66 from 2016, to help tackle the UK's debts. |
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| PM 'refused extra Afghan troops' Gordon Brown refused a major Afghanistan troop reinforcement against the military's advice, the ex-head of the Army claims. | |
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| Fears over care-home drug errors Elderly people living in care homes are being put at risk because of poor systems relating to medication, a report says. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Cage-fighter jailed for £53m raid A former cage-fighter is jailed after admitting conspiracy to kidnap, rob and possess a firearm in the £53m Securitas robbery. |
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| Doctor 'poisoned pregnant lover' A hospital consultant tried to poison his secretary so she would lose the baby he had fathered, a court hears. | |
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| Campaign to keep treasure hoard Three councils start a campaign to keep UK's largest haul of Anglo-Saxon treasure in the West Midlands. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | Shot reported during city trouble Nine men are arrested and a shot is reported to have been fired during trouble in Newry. |
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| NI policing talks move to London Prime Minister Gordon Brown leaves Stormont after a series of meetings with Northern Ireland parties on the devolution of justice powers. | |
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| Assembly backs 'interim 11-plus' The assembly has voted narrowly in favour of an Ulster Unionist motion commissioning a new version of the 11-plus. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | MP in bridge deaths inquiry call An MP calls for an inquiry into the deaths of two teenage girls who jumped from the Erskine Bridge in an apparent suicide pact. |
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| Phone texts to target knife crime A service is launched to enable people to pass on information via text message about others who are carrying weapons. | |
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| Mother's plea over son's drowning A mother whose son drowned abroad is calling for a change in the procedures for dealing with deaths overseas. | |
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| WALES | |
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 | Services facing budget cuts Spending on education and economic development in Wales is set to fall in real terms next year, according to the draft budget. |
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| Prisoner on run 'escaped before' A prisoner with a previous manslaughter conviction who escaped custody had previously broken out of jail, it is reported. | |
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| Body found in teenager sea search A body is discovered on a beach after the resumption of the search for an 18-year-old from Wrexham swept out to sea at Blackpool. | |
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| POLITICS | |
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| Tories plan rise in pension age The Tories unveil plans to raise the state pension age for men to 66 from 2016, to help tackle the UK's debts. |
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| Freeze top public pay - Darling Chancellor Alistair Darling has announced a pay freeze on senior civil servants, NHS managers and GPs for 2010/11. | |
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| NI policing talks move to London Prime Minister Gordon Brown leaves Stormont after a series of meetings with Northern Ireland parties on the devolution of justice powers. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | Freeze top public pay - Darling Chancellor Alistair Darling has announced a pay freeze on senior civil servants, NHS managers and GPs for 2010/11. |
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| Tax-free savings allowance rises Millions of savers aged 50 and over can increase the amount deposited in an Individual Savings Account (Isa) from Tuesday. | |
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| Power staff reject offer on pay Workers at oil facilities and power stations across the UK reject an offer on pay and conditions aimed at ending a long-standing row. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Amy Winehouse to sing on Strictly Amy Winehouse is to appear on BBC One's Strictly Come Dancing - as a backing singer for her 13-year-old goddaughter. |
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| Lyndhurst returns as Rodney's dad Actor Nicholas Lyndhurst is to star in the Only Fools and Horses prequel, playing the father of his original character. | |
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| Fans secure film deal for Grint Fans of Harry Potter star Rupert Grint are credited with securing the release of his new film, Cherrybomb, through a web campaign. | |
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| SCIENCE/NATURE | |
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 | DNA sequencing in a holey new way IBM researchers announce an effort to trap DNA molecules in tiny holes in an effort to decode their genetic instructions. |
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| Logbooks may yield climate bounty Researchers turn to 18th Century ships' logbooks for weather data that could help our understanding of climate change. | |
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| Nobel prize for chromosome find The Nobel prize for medicine goes to three US-based researchers who discovered what protects our chromosomes. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Phishing attack targets Hotmail Thousands of Hotmail passwords have been compromised as part of a phishing attack, Microsoft has confirmed. |
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| New rules to end 'blogger payola' The US government aims to regulate bloggers with new guidelines on endorsements, the first update in nearly 30 years. | |
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| Action urged on mobiles coverage All UK mobile phone customers should be offered a get-out clause in the event of coverage not meeting their needs, an advisory panel says. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Fears over care-home drug errors Elderly people living in care homes are being put at risk because of poor systems relating to medication, a report says. |
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| Med-style diet 'can battle blues' Following a Mediterranean diet may help prevent depression, a Spanish study of more than 10,000 adults suggests. | |
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| Educated women 'aid long life' A well-educated woman influences both her own and her partner's chances of a long life, Swedish research indicates. | |
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| EDUCATION | |
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 | Degrees 'rely on private pupils' University courses important to the economy rely on private schools for many of their students, says research. |
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| Educated women 'aid long life' A well-educated woman influences both her own and her partner's chances of a long life, Swedish research indicates. | |
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| Loan deal to fund student pledge The Conservatives promise 10,000 more university places if elected - paid for by a student loan discount. | |
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| 1981: Egypt's President Sadat assassinated President Sadat of Egypt dies after being shot by gunmen at a military parade. | |||
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| 1986: Nuclear technician missing after secrets leak Fears grow for the missing nuclear technician who has disappeared in London. | |||
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| 1973: Arab states attack Israeli forces Heavy fighting erupts between Arab and Israeli forces along two fronts as Egypt and Syria attempt to re-take land occupied since 1967. | |||
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