Microsoft's Information Rights Management system for email in Office 2003 could at best cause confusion and at worse balkanization of Internet email into Outlook and non-Outlook users. [Blog.org]

Notorious criminal Charles Sobhraj is formally charged in a Nepal court with the murder of two women tourists. [BBC News | World | Asia-Pacific | UK Edition]

Formal charges are filed against seven policemen in Nepal for the alleged gang rape of two teenage girls, security officials say. [BBC News | World | South Asia | UK Edition]

A British army officer and a team of Nepalese nationals who went missing after encountering Maoist rebels return to safety. [BBC News | World | South Asia | UK Edition]

GIBSON LINES UP FOR BBC SHOWS
World Champion James Gibson can be seen in action once again on BBC1 tonight when the Breaststroke specialist appears on comedy sports quiz They Think It's All Over.
21 October [british swimming news]

RUSHMOOR MEDAL HAUL
Rushmoor SSC picked up a trio of golds at the ASA National Age Group Synchronised Swimming Competition at Crawley Leisure Centre in West Sussex last weekend.
01 October [british swimming news]

FOSTER FINISHES FOURTH
British Swimming’s World Championship silver medallist Mark Foster finished a hard-fought fourth in the first episode of the BBC’s resurrected Superstars show.
17 October [british swimming news]

Mayor’s embattled adviser accuses council of racism [new start news]

London jobs plan slated for ‘surrendering’ to City [new start news]

End of SRB leaves £60m hole in projects’ funding [new start news]

Barrow plans to make a splash as Bermuda of north
As shipyard jobs go, 'Gateway to Lake District' aims to reverse decline by attracting cruise ships. [guardian regeneration news]