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There has been fierce fighting at a Chinese-owned oil facility in Ethiopia, and there have been heavy casualties. The clash was between Ethiopian soldiers guarding the facility and forces of a separatist group operating in the area, the Ogaden National Liberation Front. The Ethiopian government said 74 people were killed, 65 Ethiopians and 9 Chinese. Abdirahman Mahdi is a London representative of the Ogaden Liberation Front. Mr. Mahdi said his group had warned the Chinese that the area was not under the control of the Ethiopian government.
"We have warned the Chinese, see, we have been warning them since 1997, we have written to their government, to their embassies. We, we have publicly issued statements saying that Ethiopia is not in the effective control of, of the Ogaden, that's our territory where we believe under our occupation, and we had, they have no right to drill anything in our, in our territory. "

The armed wing of the Palestinian Hamas movement has said that the five-month truce with Israel is now over. The statement came after the group launched rockets and mortars into Israel. It's said the attack was in revenge for the killing of 9 Palestinians by the Israeli military in the West Bank in Gaza. The truce has been largely observed since November despite some violations on both sides. The BBC's Matthew Price sent this report from M, close to where rockets were being fired from the Gaza Strip.

Israel's response so far has been relatively limited, they have weathered the storm if you like, but I think today's attack is, in many senses, very different and that's because it's been claimed by the Palestinian militant group Hamas, Hamas, remember, is in the Palestinian national unity government, and that may well mean that the Israeli government decides that it has to have some sort of, perhaps stronger but certainly different response to today's attack.

Thousands of people have been queuing in Moscow to file past the coffin of the former Russian President Boris Yeltsin who died on Monday. Many of the mourners paying their respects carry flowers and candles. Mr. Yeltsin who led the country from authoritarian communism to capitalism and democracy is lying in state at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in central Moscow. His funeral will take place on Wednesday which has been declared a national day of mourning.

The new American Ambassador to the United Nations Zalmay Khalizad has told reporters that in his new post, he intends to engage others and to listen and be respectful, and he says he doesn't believe that Americans have all the answers. Mr. Khalizad said he would focus especially on the situation in Iraq and in Darfur.
"My priorities will be to improve the situation in Iraq as well as some other regional conflicts, second, to work with others again to deliver on the UN commitment, on the responsibility to protect particularly with regard to Sudan in the current circumstances. "

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The United States military has charged a Canadian man being held at the Guantanamo Bay detention centre with murder, spying and supporting terrorism. The man, Omar Khadr, was detained in Afghanistan in 2002 at the age of 15 and sent to Guantanamo Bay shortly afterwards. US military prosecutors say they will not seek the death penalty for Mr. Khadr, but he could face life imprisonment if he is found guilty of the charges against him. From Washington, James Coomarasamy reports.
The Toronto-born detainee was just 15 years old when he was captured in July 2002 in eastern Afghanistan. He’d been injured in an exchange of fire between Taliban and US forces. It's alleged he threw a grenade which killed a US army sergeant and wounded another, and that he spent time in an al-Qaede training camp. Omar Khadr will appear at US courthouse in Guantanamo Bay within a month to formally hear the charges against him.

The Legislative Assembly in Mexico City has begun debating a controversial bill which will legalize abortion in the Mexican capital. Police have stepped up security around the assembly building where demonstrators for and against the bill have gathered. At present abortions in Mexico are allowed only in the event of rape, severe birth defects or if the woman's life is at risk.

Green Party lawmakers in Europe have released a report saying that shuttling the European Parliament back and forth between Strasbourg and Brussels once a month generates around 20,000 tons of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas blamed for global warming. The report says that if parliament were held in Brussels alone, the EU could dispense with 2, 000 offices, a debating chamber and 15 conference rooms which alone will save 4,000 tons of carbon emissions.

Sri Lanka have claimed a place in the final of the Cricket World Cup after beating New Zealand by 81 runs. They will face either defending champions: Australia or South Africa, in the final on Saturday in Bridgetown, Barbados. Sri Lanka last won the cup in 1996.