BBC Micro News for Tuesday 9th February 2010
Sri Lanka opposition mulls moveOpposition politicians in Sri Lanka begin talks to decide what to do following the arrest of their defeated presidential candidate.
- Eye worries for young diabetics
Doctors say more younger diabetics are needing sight-saving treatment for a condition older patients normally develop.
- Paper review
'Criminal in uniform' Ali Dizaei hits the headlines
- Chinese quake activist sentenced
An activist who questioned why so many people died in a huge earthquake in China last year is jailed five years for subversion.
- Toyota makes mass recall of Prius
Toyota recalls thousands of Prius hybrid cars in Japan because of braking problems, as it tries to limit damage from a stream of problems.
- Pressure on Ukraine PM to concede
Ukraine is waiting for Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to either contest results from the presidential election, or quit.
- Philippine poll campaign begins
The campaign for presidential and senatorial candidates begins in the Philippines ahead of May's elections.
- Haitian 'lasts 28 days in rubble'
The family of a Haitian man says he has survived four weeks under rubble since the devastating quake hit of 12 January.
- BBC to reveal total performer pay
The BBC is to reveal the total amount paid to its performers who broadcast on radio and television.
- Smartphone keys get quantum trick
A quantum physics trick is set to give smartphones and hand-held devices pressure-sensitive switches and touchscreens.
- Fertile forties pregnancy warning
Experts fear older women are ditching contraception in the mistaken belief that fertility inevitably wanes at a certain age.
- Teacher qualifications 'too low'
MPs say entry requirements for teacher training courses in England are too low and damage the status of the profession.
- Inquiry into Scottish trafficking
An inquiry begins to establish the extent of human trafficking in Scotland and whether victims have enough protection.
- US soldier 'waterboards' daughter
A US soldier is arrested after allegedly waterboarding his four-year-old daughter for not reciting the alphabet, say Washington state police.
- Ice 'probable cause' of BA crash
The fault which caused a plane to crash land at Heathrow airport in January 2008 was "unrecognised", a report says.
