World Update from BBC News
UK banks 'forced to seek £50bn'Major UK banks are being told they need to seek up to £50bn to boost their balance sheets, the BBC learns.Peers to vote on anti-terror planThe government is facing defeat in the House of Lords as it votes on its plans to extend the terror detention limit to 42 days.World 'to fail' on nature targetThe world's governments will fail to meet their agreed target of curbing biodiversity loss by 2010, conservationists tell the BBC.Music fans back legal downloadsOnline music pirates can be put off by warnings from their net firm, suggests a survey.Mbeki seeks to save Zimbabwe dealEx-South African President Thabo Mbeki is due in Harare for talks aimed at breaking the political impasse in Zimbabwe.
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