North Korea 'to return to talks' by the BBC's Biodun Iginla

Tuesday, October 6, 2009
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Monday, 05 October, 2009, 23:00 GMT 24:00 +01:00:Europe/London


TOP STORIES 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. Sacked UN man attacks mission
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An emergency decree suspending civil liberties in Honduras, imposed after President Manuel Zelaya's return, is lifted. 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. AFRICA 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. Nigeria militants fight amnesty
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Mozambique's government announces it has secured $500m to build a new railway to a key coal area. AMERICAS 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. Obama speaks to doctors on reform
US President Barack Obama speaks to a group of doctors at the White House, as part of his drive for healthcare reform. Honduras lifts emergency decree
An emergency decree suspending civil liberties in Honduras, imposed after President Manuel Zelaya's return, is lifted. ASIA-PACIFIC 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. Samoans commemorate tsunami dead
Samoans pack churches and community halls to remember those killed in last week's devastating tsunami. Search ends for Sumatra survivors
The search for survivors in the rubble of Padang, Indonesia, is called off five days after an earthquake hit the city. EUROPE Protests outside EU milk meeting
Hundreds of farmers drive tractors and cows into Brussels as EU agriculture ministers meet to discuss low milk prices. Minister quits over casino claims
Poland's Sports Minister, Miroslaw Drzewiecki, resigns over claims he was involved in lobbying for the gambling industry. Phishing attack targets Hotmail
Thousands of Hotmail passwords have been compromised as part of a phishing attack, Microsoft has confirmed. MIDDLE EAST 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. 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. 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. SOUTH ASIA 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. 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. 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. UK Freeze top public pay - Darling
Chancellor Alistair Darling has announced a pay freeze on senior civil servants, NHS managers and GPs for 2010/11. Tories unveil state pension move
The Tories unveil plans to make millions of people in their fifties work for an extra year before they get their state pension. Bridge plunge kills teenage girls
Two girls, aged 14 and 15, die after leaving a young persons unit and jumping into the River Clyde from the Erskine Bridge. UK POLITICS Freeze top public pay - Darling
Chancellor Alistair Darling has announced a pay freeze on senior civil servants, NHS managers and GPs for 2010/11. Tories unveil state pension move
The Tories unveil plans to make millions of people in their fifties work for an extra year before they get their state pension. 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. UK EDUCATION Loan deal to fund student pledge
The Conservatives promise 10,000 more university places if elected - paid for by a student loan discount. Tories plan 'technical schools'
The Conservatives are promising to open a new type of "technical school" in 12 major cities across England. Social work 'not fit for purpose'
A report into Birmingham's social services criticises its children's social work model as "not fit for purpose". ENGLAND 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. Doctor 'poisoned pregnant lover'
A hospital consultant tried to poison his secretary so she would lose the baby he had fathered, a court hears. Campaign to keep treasure hoard
Three councils start a campaign to keep UK's largest haul of Anglo-Saxon treasure in the West Midlands. NORTHERN IRELAND Shot reported during city trouble
Nine men are arrested and a shot is reported to have been fired during trouble in Newry. 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. 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. SCOTLAND Bridge plunge kills teenage girls
Two girls, aged 14 and 15, die after leaving a young persons unit and jumping into the River Clyde from the Erskine Bridge. Former lawyer jailed for stealing
A former lawyer who embezzled over £400,000 from a dead woman's estate is jailed for three-and-a-half years. Every child to get finance course
Ministers vow that every child in Scotland will be taught basic finance skills, after a report said current provision is "patchy". WALES 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. Prisoner on run 'escaped before'
A prisoner with a previous manslaughter conviction who escaped custody had previously broken out of jail, it is reported. 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. ENTERTAINMENT Cinemagoers flock to Zombieland
Comedy Zombieland tops the North American box office, scoring Woody Harrelson his biggest film opening of his career. Fans secure film deal for Grint
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Actor Nicholas Lyndhurst is to star in the Only Fools and Horses prequel, playing the father of his original character. SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT Nobel prize for chromosome find
The Nobel prize for medicine goes to three US-based researchers who discovered what protects our chromosomes. Grieving monkeys drink own milk
Macaque mothers who have just lost their infants are recorded suckling their own milk, a behaviour not recorded before by scientists. Energy-from-waste powers US army
Technology that converts mixed waste into spare energy is being deployed by the US military to bases in Iraq and Afghanistan. TECHNOLOGY Phishing attack targets Hotmail
Thousands of Hotmail passwords have been compromised as part of a phishing attack, Microsoft has confirmed. Flash moves on to smart phones
One of the most common technologies for watching video on a computer will soon be available for smart phones. Bird-watching turns to technology
Seabirds on an island off the Welsh coast are at the forefront of a project to use computers to monitor vulnerable habitats. HEALTH Nobel prize for chromosome find
The Nobel prize for medicine goes to three US-based researchers who discovered what protects our chromosomes. Key cancer spread gene found
Scientists have pinpointed a gene linked to more than half of all breast cancers, and many other types of tumour. Aid group in child mortality plea
Child deaths around the world could be dramatically reduced with a relatively small investment, Save the Children says. ON THIS DAY NEWS FROM THE BBC ARCHIVES
1968: Londonderry march ends in violence
Batons and water cannon have been used by police to break up a civil rights march in Londonderry. 1994: Cult members die in 'mass suicide'
The bodies of 48 members of a religious cult are discovered by Swiss police after an apparent mass suicide. 1974: Four dead in Guildford bomb blasts
Four people are killed and more than 50 injured in explosions in southern England this evening. OPTIONS AND HELP You are subscribed from the e-mail address:
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