Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Monday 15 Nov 2010

Our popular news catch-up service is posted Monday to Friday at 8.0 am. You can rely on it to keep you up to date through the working day with the main news talking points. ANOTHER QANTAS JET TURNS BACKAnother Qantas jet has been forced to turn back after experiencing problems in mid-air. The Boeing 747 was heading from Sydney to Buenos Aires when the cockpit filled with smoke following an electrical fault. Pilots donned oxygen masks and returned to Sydney. The incident is the fourth since an engine explosion on board a Qantas Airbus A380 on November 4. CHANDLERS 'SKINNY AND BONY BUT FINE'Paul and Rachel Chandler told reporters they were "skinny and bony - but fine" after being released on Sunday by the Somali pirates who had held them captive for 13 months after boarding their yacht off the Seychelles in October 2009. It is understood a ransom of approximately $1m was raised privately. The couple stayed the night in Nairobi before preparing to return home to Tunbridge Wells. Chandlers' freedom: The story of Mohamed Aden MCCANNS SIGN MADELEINE BOOK DEALKate and Gerry McCann (above) have signed a deal with the publisher Transworld to write a book about their daughter Madeleine's disappearance on the Algarve in May 2007. All proceeds will go to the Find Madeleine Fund which was in danger of running dry. Kate McCann said: "My reason for writing is simple - to give an account of the truth." IRELAND resists EU BAILOUT Ireland is resisting pressure to apply for an €80bn (£68bn) bailout from the European Union. Dublin is saddled with debts worth 32 per cent of its GDP and nervous investors are selling Irish bonds in their droves, which has pushed up borrowing costs. Now the anxiety is spreading to Portugal and Spain, and although Ireland insists it has enough money to survive until mid-2011, it may be forced into a bailout for the greater good. SUNDERLAND STUN CHELSEAChelsea suffered the shock of the season as they were comprehensively beaten at home by unfashionable Sunderland on Sunday. The Blues, who were without John Terry, Frank Lampard and Michael Essien, were taken to the cleaners by the Black Cats, who won 3-0. Although Chelsea remain top of the Premier League, Arsenal are now just two points behind them after a 2-1 victory over Everton. CHOLERA CLAIMS 900 IN HAITI - SO FARThe cholera epidemic in Haiti has now claimed more than 900 lives, according to authorities in Port-au-Prince. On Friday, the death toll stood at 917 and the number of people hospitalised at 14,600. Epidemiologists say the worst is yet to come: despite aid groups rushing to set up new treatment centres, the UN predicts 270,000 will be affected. WARNING OVER ANTI-VIRUS COMPUTER SCAMThe campaign group Get Safe Online, backed by the police and government, has issued a warning to all home computer owners: beware of cold callers offering to install anti-virus software. It could be a scam to install software that will steal personal information. Get Safe Online says some gangs are now so sophisticated they have set up call centres to target the public en masse. TIME TO LIFT BURMA SANCTIONS?Aung San Suu Kyi, released from house arrest, could call on western governments to lift the sanctions against Burma which were intended to target the generals but which have ended up hurting ordinary people. The UK Foreign Office says: "It remains to be seen whether she [San Suu Kyi] will be able to assume a role of her choosing in Burma's political life." Suu Kyi is free for now but Gen Than Shwe is watching AIDEN GRIMSHAW OUT OF THE X FACTOREighteen-year-old Aiden Grimshaw, once the bookies' favourite to win The X Factor, was voted off the talent show on Sunday. The judges were deadlocked after the sing-off between Grimshaw and Katie Waissel, in which he performed Crowded House's Don't Dream It's Over, and she sang Christina Aguilera's Save Me From Myself. It went to the public vote and he was out. THIRD OF OVER-50S HAVE NO PENSIONOne in three workers aged over 50 have no private pension plan, according to a survey of 1,150 people by the financial services firm MetLife Europe. They will have to rely on the meagre state pension. Ros Altman of Saga said: "It's a real national scandal. We've got millions of people coming up to pension age, what are they going to live on?"

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