BBC News 2010.01.03

	Sunday, 03 January, 2010, 21:00 GMT 21:00 +00:00:Europe/Lisbon

TOP STORIES
	Airport body scanners on way - PM Full body scanners are coming to UK airports, starting at Heathrow, after Gordon Brown says they are crucial in stopping terror attacks.
	'We'll fight every inch' - Brown Gordon Brown says Labour are ready to fight "every inch of the way" to win what he called a "big choice election" for Britain.
	Twelve hurt in town centre blast Twelve people are injured when a building is "flattened" in a suspected gas explosion in Shrewsbury.
	Man's street death 'suspicious' Fife Constabulary confirms it is investigating a suspicious death in Rosyth after a man's body was found in a street.
	Police admit royal camera 'error' A security officer says police were wrong to confiscate cameras from people watching royals in Sandringham, Norfolk.

WORLD
	Al-Qaeda 'planning Yemen attack' The US warns al-Qaeda may be planning an attack in Yemen's capital, where the US and UK embassies have been shut.
	Bloody fighting hits Somali town At least 47 people are killed and 100 injured in fighting in the Somali town of Dhuusa Marreeb, a human rights worker says.
	Pope's aide visits attack woman An aide to the Pope visits the mentally disturbed woman who assaulted Benedict during Mass on Christmas Eve.

AFRICA
	Bloody fighting hits Somali town At least 47 people are killed and 100 injured in fighting in the Somali town of Dhuusa Marreeb, a human rights worker says.
	Fire guts parts of Ghana market Fire destroys parts of one of Africa's biggest markets - at Kumasi in Ghana - the second fire there in less than a year.
	Volcano erupts in eastern Congo Lava from an erupting volcano in a sparsely populated area of DR Congo threatens rare chimpanzees, officials say.

AMERICAS
	Al-Qaeda 'planning Yemen attack' The US warns al-Qaeda may be planning an attack in Yemen's capital, where the US and UK embassies have been shut.
	Peru upholds Fujimori's sentence Peru's Supreme Court upholds a 25-year jail sentence imposed on former President Alberto Fujimori.
	Suspected Mexican druglord caught A suspected senior member of one of Mexico's most feared drugs cartels is arrested in the state of Sinaloa, officials say.

ASIA-PACIFIC
	Japan Airlines state loan doubled Japan's government doubles the offer of state-funded credit to troubled Japan Airlines to 200bn yen ($2.2bn; £1.3bn).
	China tackles river diesel spill Workers in northern China are trying to contain a pipeline leak that has spilled diesel fuel into a tributary of the Yellow River.
	Hundreds flee Australia flooding More than 1,000 people are evacuated from a town in New South Wales, Australia, after days of flooding.

EUROPE
	Trains collide in northern Turkey Two passenger trains collide in north-western Turkey, killing one of the drivers and injuring at least seven other people.
	France sells surplus flu vaccine France sells millions of surplus swine flu vaccine doses to other countries after finding it has more than enough for the outbreak.
	Pope's aide visits attack woman An aide to the Pope visits the mentally disturbed woman who assaulted Benedict during Mass on Christmas Eve.

MIDDLE EAST
	Al-Qaeda 'planning Yemen attack' The US warns al-Qaeda may be planning an attack in Yemen's capital, where the US and UK embassies have been shut.
	Iranian police die in drugs clash At least seven Iranian police officers have died in a clash with drugs smugglers in the east of the country, officials say.
	Israel envoys told 'don't grovel' Israel's hardline Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman tells envoys to stop "grovelling" and defend national honour, media say.

SOUTH ASIA
	UN fears impact of Karzai setback A senior UN official says the rejection of most of the Afghan president's cabinet is a worrying setback.
	Bomb kills ex-Pakistan minister A former provincial minister has been killed in a roadside bomb attack in north-western Pakistan, police say.
	CIA bomber 'courted as informant' The bomber who killed seven CIA employees in Afghanistan was invited to the base as a potential informant, officials say.

BUSINESS
	Price boost for first-time buyers Property is now affordable for first-time buyers in nearly four out of 10 areas of the UK, research indicates.
	Petition against Icesave pay-out Almost 25% of Iceland's voters sign a petition against a bill to repay foreigners who lost money in the Icesave banking collapse.
	Japan Airlines state loan doubled Japan's government doubles the offer of state-funded credit to troubled Japan Airlines to 200bn yen ($2.2bn; £1.3bn).

ENTERTAINMENT
	Celebrity Big Brother's final bow Pamela Anderson and MC Hammer are among the names rumoured for the last Celebrity Big Brother, which launches on Sunday.
	Harman attacks BBC for 'ageism' The minister for women and equality has attacked the BBC for "not valuing" older female news readers.
	Doctor Who finale watched by 10m David Tennant's final outing as Doctor Who is watched by 10.4m viewers, according to overnight figures.

SCIENCE/NATURE
	Sweden culls its resurgent wolves Sweden begins a legal cull of wolves with more than half the quota of 27 believed to have been killed on the first day.
	Freeze leads to wildfowl hunt ban A temporary ban on the shooting of some species of wildfowl is announced in Scotland due to freezing conditions.
	DNA analysed from early European Scientists have analysed DNA extracted from the remains of a 30,000-year-old European hunter-gatherer.

TECHNOLOGY
	French online piracy law in force The first effects of France's controversial new law against internet piracy will begin to be felt as the new year starts.
	'Start-up' visas to boost US tech Plans to create "start-up" visas in the US for foreign entrepreneurs with hi-tech business ideas will be debated in 2010.
	New Year Honours for game makers Four veterans of the UK's computer game industry have been given New Year Honours.

HEALTH
	Human trials of artificial artery An artificial artery which the developers hope will save lives is set to be tested in human trials early this year.
	France sells surplus flu vaccine France sells millions of surplus swine flu vaccine doses to other countries after finding it has more than enough for the outbreak.
	Plea to smokers to quit in 2010 Smokers throughout Scotland are being urged by a Scottish government minister to quit the habit in 2010.

EDUCATION
	UCL rejects bomb suspect reports A London university rejects claims the Christmas Day airline bomb suspect was radicalised while studying there.
	Assaults by young pupils 'rising' Assaults by children aged five or under led to 2,600 suspensions from schools in England in 2007-8, figures show.
	Recession 'threat' to education Teachers' leaders claim education funding is under a "very real" threat amid the recession.

ON THIS DAY NEWS FROM THE BBC ARCHIVES
	1980: Afghan leader defends Soviet invasion The new president of Afghanistan, Babrak Karmal, is making his first public appearance since the Soviet-backed coup last week.
	1993: US and Russia halve nuclear warheads US President George Bush and Russian President Boris Yeltsin sign the Start II arms reduction treaty in Moscow.
	1991: Britain expels Iraqi diplomats The Foreign Office is expelling eight Iraqi embassy officials from the UK following threats of attacks on Western targets.