He said national regulators such as the UK's Financial Services Authority must retain their supervisory roles. A debate on the extent of EU regulation comes as FRANCE'S MICHEL BARNIER STARTS AS SINGLE MARKET COMMISSIONER. In a speech on Tuesday, French President Nicolas SARKOZY SUGGESTED MR BARNIER'S APPOINTMENT HERALDS THE VICTORY OF THE EUROPEAN MODEL.

Mr Darling is expected to warn other EU finance ministers HE WILL NOT ACCEPT NEW POWERS FOR EUROPEAN AUTHORITIES to take decisions on future bail-outs for which British taxpayers might have to pick up the bill. In the Times he writes: "Regulatory reform throughout the world is imperative, and Europe, home to the world's largest single market in financial services, has a particular responsibility."

He said: "We must resist measures, however superficially alluring, that could undermine the effective functioning of our cherished single market. National supervisors, such as the FSA, must remain responsible for supervising individual companies. Making companies directly accountable to more than one authority is a recipe for confusion."

Under the First Click Free programme, PUBLISHERS CAN NOW PREVENT UNRESTRICTED ACCESS TO SUBSCRIPTION WEBSITES. Users who click on more than five articles in a day may be routed to payment or registration pages. "Previously, each click from a user would be treated as free," Google senior business product manager Josh Cohen said in a blog post.

"NOW, WE'VE UPDATED THE PROGRAMME SO THAT PUBLISHERS CAN LIMIT USERS TO NO MORE THAN FIVE PAGES PER DAY without registering or subscribing." Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch had earlier accused firms such as Google of profiting from journalism by generating advertising revenue by linking readers to newspaper articles.

BBC technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones said the concession was relatively minor but Mr Murdoch might see it as vindication of his decision to take on Google. Google users may start seeing registration pages appear when they click for a sixth time on any given day at websites of publishers using the program, according to Mr Cohen.

Sceptics claim the e-mails, leaked after a UEA server was hacked into, showed data was being manipulated. The hacking of the computer is being investigated by Norfolk Police. The files stolen from the computer include documents, detailed data and private e-mails exchanged between leading climate scientists.

Professor Jones said he would stand aside as director until the completion of the independent review. It is being conducted in the wake of the allegations by climate "sceptics". The material was taken from servers at the world-renowned research centre before it was published on websites run by climate change sceptics.

Many watching the high-stakes roll of the dice shudder at the thought that nearly 5,900 rooms in three hotels will be awaiting guests when CityCenter's crown jewel - the 4,004-room Aria Resort & Casino - opens December 16. That will increase Las Vegas' already saturated inventory by more than 4 percent at a time when fewer visitors are coming and room prices have fallen 25 percent from last year.

CityCenter's debut might pull rates even lower, but state leaders hope the complex leads Nevada out of two years of economic misery that has hit the state with record unemployment, foreclosures and bankruptcies. A record 39.2 million visitors came to Sin City in 2007, but that dropped to 37.5 million last year as the recession kept many people away.

Sin City's rapid growth came to a halt, crippling casinos and construction, the state's two largest industries. Nevada's unemployment hit a record 13.3 percent in September. MGM MIRAGE AND DUBAI WORLD each have billions in debt, and Dubai World last week asked creditors for a six-month break from payments on the $60 billion it owes creditors.

The result is 18 million square feet in six soaring glass towers and a retail promenade, all built to give visitors a sense of its enormous scale. MGM Mirage and Dubai World hired 12,000 workers from a pool of 175,000 applicants, calling it the largest employment opportunity in the US this year. However, the end of construction at CityCenter will mean about 10,000 laborers must find other projects - something nearly impossible in Las Vegas these days.

The photo, taken in Kandahar, provides more evidence to claims that unidentified drones are flying over Afghanistan, to go along with well-known models - such as the Predator UAV - long acknowledged by the Pentagon. A vexing question remains, though: What's it being used for?

UAVs, once an esoteric military weapon, have grown in use and prominence in recent years, particularly in the CIA's expanded "drone war" in Pakistan. Confirmation of this new, secret UAV, however, raises the intriguing question of WHETHER THE PUBLIC IS STILL ENTIRELY IN THE DARK ABOUT SOME ASPECTS OF THIS MILITARY STRATEGY.

While earlier reports speculated the mystery aircraft could be an armed drone, the new photographic evidence seems to point to a stealthy spy plane with surveillance and communications equipment. But that still leaves other questions. "WHY USE A STEALTH AIRCRAFT AGAINST AN ADVERSARY THAT DOESN'T HAVE RADAR?" Sweetman asks. It may take the Pentagon to provide those final answers.

Dr Sari Nusseibeh, of Birzeit University in Ramallah, threw acid on the propaganda campaign that tries to convince Arabs that the First and Second Temples never existed. He wrote in a book, "THE LEGENDARY TEMPLE OF JERUSALEM MAY BE THE PLACE OF THE PRESENCE OF THE ALMIGHTY AND WHERE THE HIGH PRIESTS SERVED HIM." PA officials are furious with Nusseibeh, a scion of a distinguished Arab family, who now is in hiding and cannot be contacted even by mobile phone.

However, Dr Mordechai Kedar, Middle East expert at Bar-Ilan University, told Arutz 7 that Nusseibeh actually is "small potatoes" compared to A MUSLIM GRAND MUFTI, IN THE DAYS OF THE BRITISH MANDATE, WHO WROTE IN 1929 THAT THE HOLY TEMPLES ON THE TEMPLE MOUNT WERE JEWISH,

Although Nusseibeh fears for his life, Dr Kedar says he will continue his often outspoken statements against the Arab propaganda machine without worrying about being targeted by Muslims. Dr Kedar frequently has been interviewed by the Al Jazeera television network, where he boldly charged Muslims with lying and trying to make Jews a punching bag.

THOSE FORCES, WHICH LITERALLY CONTROL AMERICA'S HEALTH INDUSTRY, ARE BASED ON SICKNESS. The sicker you are, the more drugs you will buy. In addition, insurance companies, working hand in hand with the AMA and the drug companies, refuse to provide coverage for the wellness approach. Most won't pay for natural supplements nor will they pay for visits to homeopaths or chiropractors.

The only thing most Americans can do when sick (and unable to afford to pay for natural treatment out of their pockets) is to stick with the big pharma/AMA game plan. IN SHORT, IT IS CHEAPER TO BE SICK THAN TO TRY TO STAY WELL. However, in spite of a stacked deck in favor of the sickness agenda, more Americans are going for wellness and the natural supplement industry is growing. In response, and to preserve their dominance over health care, big pharma is lobbying hard to get the FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION TO MAKE MANY NATURAL SUPPLEMENTS AVAILABLE ONLY BY PRESCRIPTIONS issued by AMA licensed doctors.

In other efforts, they seek to drastically reduce the dosage of natural supplements sold over the counter, making them useless. AGAIN, ONLY A PRESCRIPTION WOULD ALLOW A WORKABLE DOSAGE. As the drug industry works to get the FDA to take control of supplements here in this nation, there is also an international body working to make such regulations world-wide.

The research team, funded by a major sausage maker and the Dutch government, USED CELLS FROM A LIVE PIG TO GROW PORK MUSCLE TISSUE IN A PETRI DISH. After extracting cells called myoblasts from the muscle of a live pig, the scientists then incubated the myoblasts in a nutrient solution, which allowed the cells to multiply and create muscle. The implications of this breakthrough in "in vitro meat," as it's sometimes called, are potentially enormous.

Physiology professor Mark Post of Eindhoven University, who led the research team, BELIEVES IT COULD MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO END WORLD HUNGER. "You could take the meat from one animal and create the volume of meat previously provided by a million animals," he told the media in the United Kingdom. MAKING MEAT IN A LABORATORY INSTEAD OF A FEED LOT COULD ALSO REDUCE CLIMATE CHANGE by eliminating billions of tons of methane and other greenhouse gases emitted each year by farm animals across the globe.

Of course, all these potential boons depend on whether consumers think the man-made meat is tasty enough to eat. And even the scientists had to admit to reporters that they don't know if their creation is flavorsome, because laboratory regulations forbid them from tasting anything they create. It certainly doesn't sound very appetizing. It's hard to imagine ordering up eggs and "wasted muscle tissue," which is how Post described his creation.

In an op-ed piece to be published in Sunday's Washington Post, Bernanke criticizes two moves aimed at limiting the Fed - a proposal in the Senate to strip the central bank of its regulatory powers and a House Financial Services Committee vote to audit monetary policy deliberations and actions.

"These measures are very much out of step with the global consensus on the appropriate role of central banks, and they would seriously impair the prospects for economic and financial stability in the United States," Bernanke wrote. Bernanke says the congressional moves are a byproduct of THE PUBLIC FRUSTRATION OVER THE FINANCIAL CRISIS and the government's response, especially the bailout of large banks.

"The government's actions to avoid financial collapse last fall - AS DISTASTEFUL AND UNFAIR AS SOME UNDOUBTEDLY WERE - were unfortunately necessary to prevent a global economic catastrophe that could have rivaled the Great Depression in length and severity, with profound consequences for our economy and society," he wrote.

The TUC warned the Tories against undermining a political consensus on health and safety and added many examples used were "distortions" or "misunderstandings". But the Institute of Directors said a curb on excess regulation would be welcome.

Mr Cameron recognised the "noble" intentions behind health and safety rules, and admitted legislation had saved many lives. But he added: "I think we'd all concede that SOMETHING HAS GONE SERIOUSLY WRONG WITH THE SPIRIT OF HEALTH AND SAFETY IN THE PAST DECADE. When children are made to wear goggles by their headteacher to play conkers. When trainee hairdressers are not allowed scissors in the classroom."

"When office workers are banned from moving a chair without expert supervision; when staff at a railway station don't help a young mum carry her baby son's buggy because they are not insured. When village fetes are cancelled because residents can't face jumping through all the bureaucratic hoops. It is clear that what began as A NOBLE INTENTION TO PROTECT PEOPLE FROM HARM HAS MUTATED INTO A STULTIFYING BLANKET OF BUREAUCRACY, suspicion and fear that has saturated our country, covering the actions of millions of individuals as they go about their daily lives."

Mr Cameron cited the death of Jordan Lyon in September 2007 as an example, saying THE 10 YEAR-OLD "DROWNED IN A POND, HAVING RESCUED HIS YOUNG SISTER, BECAUSE OFFICERS WERE TOLD NOT TO INTERVENE AS THEY HADN'T UNDERTAKEN THEIR 'WATER RESCUE' HEALTH AND SAFETY TRAINING."

But amid criticism of Israel's settlement activities during the two-day solidarity event, Israeli officials were bracing for Palestinian diplomats to declare new diplomatic strategies during a General Assembly debate on Monday. Specifically, officials were expected to use the platform TO ASK THE SECURITY COUNCIL TO DECLARE A PALESTINIAN STATE along 1967 borders, with east Jerusalem as the state's capital, according to reports published in recent weeks.

Israeli Ambassador Gabriela Shalev, slated to address the assembly on Tuesday, is expected to reject the concept of a one-sided establishment of a Palestinian state, emphasizing that the only way to achieve peace is through negotiations, Israel officials said.

Palestinian representative to the UN, Riyad Mansour offered assurances that the Palestinians were commitment to peace. "We have never been an obstacle to a desired peace," he charged. "It is time, after all these years of engagement that have not yielded any results, for the international community, particularly the Security Council, to shoulder its responsibility and take immediate and decisive action."

In his message marking the solidarity event, the UN's Ban expressed concern over stalled peace talks. "IT IS VITAL THAT A SOVEREIGN STATE OF PALESTINE IS ACHIEVED," he said. "This should be on the basis of the 1967 lines with agreed land swaps and a just and agreed solution to the refugee issue - a state that lives side-by-side in peace with Israel, within secure and recognized borders."

There are clear signs of glacial retreat and ice melt from other parts of the world, but few field studies have been carried out in the Himalayas. Its glaciers too were widely believed to be receding fast. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) had said that Himalayan glaciers were receding faster than in any other part of the world. The panel observed: "If the present rate continues, the likelihood of them disappearing by 2035 and perhaps sooner is very high if the Earth keeps warming at the current rate."

But some scientists claim that glaciers in the Himalayas are not retreating as fast as was believed. Others who have observed nearby mountain ranges even found that glaciers there were advancing. Kenneth Hewitt, a glaciologist from Wilfrid Laurier University in Ontario, Canada, is one of these scientists. He has been doing field studies in Pakistan's Karakoram Mountains at the western reaches of the Himalayan range for the last 40 years.

Just back from that region, he told BBC News that he saw at least half a dozen glaciers that had been advancing since the last time he saw them - five years ago.

The government needs the support of the Liberals to pass the legislation in the Senate. The Liberal revolt throws Mr Rudd's plans into turmoil. Mr Rudd had wanted the legislation to pass the Senate - where his party does not have a majority - by the start of the Copenhagen climate change summit next week. Last week he secured Mr Turnbull's support for the bill, prompting the angry reaction from some Liberal lawmakers that triggered the leadership challenge.

Mr Abbott won the final vote against Mr Turnbull by 42 votes to 41. A third challenger, Joe Hockey, was eliminated in first-round voting. Minutes after his victory, Mr Abbott told a news conference that he would fight the ETS bill. "We will seek to refer the legislation to [a Senate] committee for further scrutiny. If we cannot get the support for that course of action we will oppose the legislation in the Senate this week," he said. "I think on something of this magnitude, it is much more important to get it right than to rush it," he added.

The government's immediate hopes of passing the bill now rest on the possibility of some opposition lawmakers rebelling and voting with it. But if the Senate fails to back the scheme - as now looks likely - Mr Rudd could call a snap election, correspondents say.

The Conservative leader drew battle lines for the general election with a scathing attack on Children's Secretary Ed Balls, who had said marriage was not the key to a happy family. Mr Cameron told the Daily Mail that 'CELEBRATING' AND 'ENCOURAGING' MARRIAGE WAS THE NORM IN MOST EUROPEAN COUNTRIES and a Tory government would follow suit by changing the tax system. He dismissed speculation that the Conservatives might limit their long-standing commitment to support marriage to couples with children, or those on low incomes.

All those who tie the knot or enter a civil partnership would qualify, he insisted. Signalling that Labour also regards the family as a key election battleground, Mr Balls said yesterday that government proposals to be published next year will assert that children's welfare is not necessarily best protected through marriage, but instead through 'stable and lasting relationships between parents'.

The traditional family unit also came under attack from the Family and Parenting Institute, a state-financed organisation set up by Labour to speak for parents and children. Its head Dr Katherine Rake suggested that the model of the nuclear family is no longer 'the norm' and said THERE WOULD BE NO SUCH THING AS A 'TYPICAL FAMILY' IN THE NEXT TEN TO 20 YEARS.

The Foreign Office last night conceded that the crew of the Kingdom of Bahrain may have 'inadvertently strayed' into Iranian territorial waters as they sailed from Bahrain to Dubai for the start of an international race. It appears that the high-tech yacht was swept towards Iran by strong winds after its propeller was damaged.

Last night 21-year-old Mr Porter's mother Beverley said her husband Charles had spoken to their son on his mobile phone. She said the sailors had strayed into Iranian waters by only 500 yards, but were now being held somewhere off Iran. Diplomats say they have been in 'indirect contact' with the hostages and that they are confident they are being well treated. Privately the officials are furious that the news broke. They had hoped to keep the incident secret in order to avoid a new diplomatic incident with Iran.

The worst case scenario would see the sailors charged with espionage, handing the regime in Tehran another international propaganda coup. Iran's foreign ministry is expected to make a statement on the sailors today. The kidnap comes at a time of growing tensions with Iran over its nuclear weapons programme. Earlier this year PRESIDENT MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD PROCLAIMED THAT BRITAIN WAS A WORSE ENEMY OF IRAN THAN THE UNITED STATES.