World Update from BBC News
Apollo men decry Obama Moon plansNasa Moon astronauts tell the BBC President Barack Obama's decision to cancel the US lunar programme is "catastrophic".Scouts urge young people to voteThe Scout Association has launched a campaign to encourage young people to vote, amid fears up to half may not be registered on the electoral roll.Three freed in Irish 'Vilks plot'Police in the Irish Republic release three of the seven Muslims arrested over an alleged plot to murder a Swedish cartoonist.Sarkozy's party faces Socialist drubbingFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy faces a strong challenge from the Socialist opposition in regional polls, Emma Jane Kirby reports.Meat processing workers 'abused'An inquiry finds "widespread evidence" that agency and migrant meat plant workers are abused and exploited.Alaska wolves 'killed' US teacherWolves in Alaska are suspected of killing a woman jogger in what would be the first such attack in the US in half a century.Sarkozy and Brown attack US dealNicolas Sarkozy and Gordon Brown criticise the US for "protectionism" over an aerospace deal after talks in London.Queen invented phone, pupils sayChildren's strange misconceptions about science are revealed in a science knowledge quiz.
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