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BBC Micro News for Friday 3rd September 2010

• Sentencing for murdered boy pair

  A babysitting couple who left a three-year-old boy with more than 70 injuries are due to be sentenced for his murder.

• Greek drivers told to end strike

  The Greek government issues a rare emergency order to force lorry drivers back to work after a three-day strike.

• Rise in parental child abductions

  The number of UK children abducted by a parent to a country not party to a global abduction treaty rose 39% in 12 months, the FCO says.

• Plan to axe fixed retirement age

  The government is to announce it wants to scrap the default retirement age of 65 from October next year.

• Zetas suspects in Guatemala trial

  Fourteen alleged members of a Mexican drug cartel are standing trial in Guatemala over the 2008 killing of 11 people.

• Time travel

  Floating canal classroom takes pupils on journey through history

• UN declares right to clean water

  The UN declares that access to clean water and sanitation is a fundamental human right, in a non-binding resolution.

• Budget review panel set to report

  The Independent Budget Review panel is poised to release its report on options for prioritising public spending in Scotland.

• Public health fear in NHS revamp

  The overhaul of the NHS may harm the public health drive, a health think tank is warning.

• Warning on local council pensions

  Council workers across England face having to retire later or pay more into their pension scheme, the public spending watchdog warns.

• Maradona hits out at 'betrayal'

  Diego Maradona accuses the Argentine Football Association of 'lies and betrayal' after his reign as national coach ends.

• Pakistan mourns air crash victims

  Pakistan observes a day of national mourning after 152 people were killed in the country's worst-ever air disaster.

• Man held over pub injuries death

  A man is arrested in connection with the death of a man found with serious injuries outside a West Dunbartonshire pub.

• NHS defends boss's ?2,557 a day

  A Dorset hospital trust defends paying its interim chief executive ?2,557 a day while trying to save ?20m.

• Braga 3-0 Celtic

  Celtic have a mountain to climb to stay in the Champions League after an toothless display in their opening qualifying tie in Braga.

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