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	Saturday, 24 November, 2007, 1:00 GMT 09:00 +08:00:Asia/Shanghai

Adventures on ice
The thrills and risks of visiting the Earth's frozen territories

Robert Peston
The Treasury's and MoD's schoolboy error when selling Qinetiq




TOP STORIES

	Stricken Antarctic ship evacuated More than 150 passengers and crew are rescued from a tourist ship which hit ice near Antarctica and is listing badly.

	Brown hits back on forces funding The prime minister defends himself against criticism from former military chiefs about funding for the armed forces.

	Mother can keep birth 'a secret' A woman who got pregnant after a one-night stand wins the right to keep the birth secret from the father.

	Three dead after cruiser capsizes A third person has died after a boat capsized in heavy seas off the North Yorkshire coast.

	Australians vote to choose leader Polls open across Australia, with voters deciding between the ruling coalition and opposition Labor.




WORLD

	Lebanese presidency ends in chaos The term of Lebanon's president ends with no successor and a bitter row over who is now in power.

	Australians vote to choose leader Polls open across Australia, with voters deciding between the ruling coalition and opposition Labor.

	US welcomes Saudi summit pledge Washington welcomes Saudi Arabia's decision to attend next week's Middle East peace conference in the US.




AFRICA

	DR Congo threatens war on rebels The head of the DR Congo army says he has given up all hope of a peaceful solution to the conflict in the east.

	New Somali premier 'wants talks' The Somali president names a new prime minister, three weeks after his predecessor left office.

	Uganda summit marred by clashes Clashes between protesters and police in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, mar the Commonwealth summit.




AMERICAS

	Chavez plea for Colombia hostages Venezuela's Hugo Chavez urges Colombian rebels to push on with a hostage swap deal as his mediation is ended.

	New York murders 'at 40-year low' New York City is on track to have fewer than 500 murders in 2007, the lowest rate in decades, police figures show.

	Stricken Antarctic ship evacuated More than 150 passengers and crew are rescued from a tourist ship which hit ice near Antarctica and is listing badly.




ASIA-PACIFIC

	Australians vote to choose leader Polls open across Australia, with voters deciding between the ruling coalition and opposition Labor.

	Torture 'unpunished in Indonesia' Ill-treatment of detainees by the police in Indonesia is widespread and goes unpunished, a UN envoy says.

	Many flee from Philippines storm Emergency crews are evacuating thousands of homes in the Philippines, as Typhoon Mitag approaches.




EUROPE

	Denmark convicts men in bomb plot A court in the Danish capital, Copenhagen, sentences three men convicted of planning bomb attacks.

	No EU rights charter for Poland Poland's new PM says he will honour a deal keeping the country out of the EU's Charter of Fundamental Rights.

	Rise in HIV/Aids cases in Europe The rate of new cases of HIV/Aids in the European Union has almost doubled since 1999, a report shows.




MIDDLE EAST

	Lebanese presidency ends in chaos The term of Lebanon's president ends with no successor and a bitter row over who is now in power.

	US welcomes Saudi summit pledge Washington welcomes Saudi Arabia's decision to attend next week's Middle East peace conference in the US.

	Israeli 'tried to spy for Iran' An reserve officer in the Israeli army, David Shamir, is charged with offering to spy for Iran, Russia and Hamas.




SOUTH ASIA

	More court backing for Musharraf Pakistan's Supreme Court orders the Election Commission to declare that Gen Musharraf won October's election.

	Fatal triple bomb attack in India Three bombs kill 13 people in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, the state government says.

	Bangladeshi writer leaves Jaipur Bangladeshi feminist writer Taslima Nasreen is moved from Jaipur to an undisclosed destination.




UK

	Brown hits back on forces funding The prime minister defends himself against criticism from former military chiefs about funding for the armed forces.

	Stricken Antarctic ship evacuated More than 150 passengers and crew are rescued from a tourist ship which hit ice near Antarctica and is listing badly.

	Stab-death youths jailed for life Three youths who stabbed a man to death after he challenged their rowdy behaviour are jailed for life.




ENGLAND

	Three dead after cruiser capsizes A third person has died after a boat capsized in heavy seas off the North Yorkshire coast.

	Bollywood stars claim race abuse Two of Bollywood's biggest stars say they were racially abused while filming in London earlier this year.

	Tools blamed for op girl's death A five-year-old girl died when she was cut by an "unspecified surgical instrument", a coroner rules.




NORTHERN IRELAND

	Man charged with teenager murder A 30-year-old man is to appear in court charged with the murder of a Limavady teenager.

	Truck firm workers resume picket Workers made redundant by haulage firm Reid Transport resume a picket in a row over owed wages.

	Anger at job loss firm China trip A company is taking part in an Invest NI trade mission to China, despite closing its local base with 70 job losses.




SCOTLAND

	Green light for farm aid payments Sheep farmers are told they will get a £19m funding package to cope with recent losses.

	Boy-murder accused dies on remand A man accused of murdering a teenager in a seaside town dies while in custody at HM Prison Greenock.

	BBC TV presenter Jackie ties knot BBC Scotland's Jackie Bird gets married at a ceremony attended by family and friends.




WALES

	Meat worker jailed for blackmail A blackmailer faked photos claiming to show unhygienic conditions at a meat packing firm in a crime which could have cost £15m.

	Head teacher assault by boy, 11 Police say an 11-year-old boy has been excluded from a school for assaulting the head teacher.

	Police officer 'tagged' for punch A police constable must wear an electronic tag after being convicted of punching a motorist.




POLITICS

	Brown hits back on forces funding The prime minister defends himself against criticism from former military chiefs about funding for the armed forces.

	Private data 'also given to firm' Discs containing 25m benefit records were also handed to an accountancy firm by auditors, it has emerged.

	Qinetiq deal 'cost UK taxpayers' Taxpayers could have gained "tens of millions" more from the flotation of a defence agency, a watchdog says.




BUSINESS

	Qinetiq deal 'cost UK taxpayers' Taxpayers could have gained "tens of millions" more from the flotation of a defence agency, a watchdog says.

	Slump in bank mortgage lending The number of mortgages lent by banks to home buyers falls sharply last month, evidence of a slowing housing market.

	Airport staff to vote on strike Thousands of workers at British airports are to vote on whether to take strike action over the New Year.




ENTERTAINMENT

	Doctor Who's first producer dies Doctor Who's first producer, and the BBC's first female TV producer, Verity Lambert, dies aged 71.

	Stott takes lead in Hancock drama Rebus actor Ken Stott is to play comedian Tony Hancock in a BBC Four drama which will air in the spring.

	Bail refused for singer's husband Amy Winehouse's husband is refused bail as he appears in court accused of trying to pervert the course of justice.




SCIENCE/NATURE

	Zimbabwe crisis hits black rhino The black rhino breeding programme in Zimbabwe is now at a standstill after three females were killed by gunmen.

	Deal signed for 'super-satellite' Inmarsat signs a contract with European industrialists to build the first of a new generation of commercial telecoms satellites.

	Undersea slide set off giant flow An enormous underwater landslide 60,000 years ago produced the longest flow of sand and mud yet found on Earth.




TECHNOLOGY

	France unveils anti-piracy plan French pirates faces being thrown off the net as the country tackles illegal file-sharing.

	Young warned over social websites Young people could damage their future careers with information posted on social network websites, a watchdog warns.

	Warning on e-government 'risks' Governments need to work harder to ensure that trust is preserved as services move online, says a report.




HEALTH

	Obesity 'may distort cancer test' Doctors must take body weight into account when reading test results for prostate cancer, a US study argues.

	Sex infections continue to rise The sexual health of young UK adults worsened in 2006 despite a concerted public health effort to turn it around, figures show.

	Illegal abortions still blight UK Illegal abortions pills are still being sold in the UK, a BBC undercover investigation has discovered.




EDUCATION

	'New' policy: something borrowed Mike Baker looks at David Cameron's latest policy proposals for England's education system.

	New A-levels face close scrutiny England's exams watchdog is to sit in on exam board meetings designing more challenging A-levels.

	Concern at pupil data microchips Pupils' school records are stored on a microchip embedded in their uniforms which teachers can scan.

ON THIS DAY NEWS FROM THE BBC ARCHIVES

1963: Kennedy 'assassin' murdered
Lee Harvey Oswald, the man accused of murdering President Kennedy, is himself shot dead in a Dallas police station.

1985: Commandoes storm hijacked plane
The hijacking of an EgyptAir passenger jet ends in violence and further bloodshed after the plane is stormed by Egyptian commandoes.

1991: Giant of rock dies
Freddie Mercury dies aged 45, just one day after he publicly announced he was HIV positive.




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