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BBC World News with Mary Small.
The House of Representatives in Washington has voted in favour of taking US combat troops out of Iraq by April 2008. The House, controlled by the democrats, voted 223 to 201 to approve the legislation in the hope that it will put pressure on the US Senate to attach a similar withdrawal timetable to a military bill that it's debating. Andrew Bolton reports.
This is the third time this year that the House has voted for timetables to end the US involvement in the War in Iraq. The previous efforts either failed in the Senate or were vetoed by President Bush. The latest attempt calls for the Pentagon to start pulling combat troops out of Iraq within 4 months but would allow some US forces to stay in Iraq to train the Iraqi army and carry out counter-terrorism operations. Earlier President Bush said there had been only limited military and political progress in Iraq following his decision to reinforce US troop levels there.
Democrats have generally been scathing about President Bush's interim report on Iraq. A democratic congressman Tom Lantols told the BBC he was very pleased that some goals had been met but he said the policy of escalation was no longer acceptable to the American people or to Congress.
President Musharraf of Pakistan has defended his government's decision to use force to end the siege of the Red Mosque in Islamabad in which at least 85 people died. General Musharraf said the Mosque's leaders had been acting against Islam and were teaching young people to be terrorists. But he insisted his government had acted with restraint and as a result more than 3, 000 people had safely left the Mosque. The president added that the fight against terrorism needed to continue. "My brothers and sisters, I want to say this very clearly: Extremism and terrorism have not been eliminated from Pakistan with this action. We should be clear about this. But it is our aim. It is our aim that wherever there is extremism and terrorism in the country, in any province, we have to eliminate it. "
The Spanish Civil Guard has intercepted a boat operated by an American company which recently said it had discovered a huge hull of golden, silver coins in a ship wreck dating from the time of the Spanish Empire. The Civil Guard had orders from the Spanish judge to take the vessel to be searched. Andy Gallagher reports.
The Spanish government has already taken legal action against Odyssey Marine Exploration, the American firm, who say they've recovered the treasure legally, albeit the location they are keeping secret. Now the Spanish police have boarded, searched and seized the vessel belonging to the company as it left the port of Gibraltar. Odyssey say their boat was illegally boarded as they were in international waters, but the Spanish government says there is a possibility of an offence against Spanish heritage.
World News from the BBC.
Tamil Tiger Rebels in Sri Lanka have threatened to launch attacks on economic targets if the government forces continue their military advance. The threat follows the government's announcement it had defeated the rebels in the eastern Sri Lanka and was now in control of the entire area. More from Ronald Buerk in Colombo.
The head of the Tamil Tiger's political wing, S. P. Thamilselvan, insisted they were not losing the war, despite the announcement by the military that it had taken control of the entire east of the country. Mr. Thamilselvan said the Tigers would respond to the military's advances by attacking economic targets. He said the aim was to weaken Sri Lanka's government. With government officials vowing to wipe out the rebels militarily, the focus of the fighting could now shift to the north.
Scientists say they've seen one of the fastest evolutionary changes ever observed in a species of butterfly that developed a way of fighting back against parasitic bacteria. The bacteria had a devastating effect on the Blue Moon Butterfly population on two islands in the South Pacific. But the butterflies fought back.
Evolution is normally fought over the process taking centuries if not longer. But the team behind this new research says the fightback of the Blue Moon Butterfly shows that the species can adapt in only 5 years. In 2001, males had been so devastated by a bacteria that they accounted for just 1% of the Blue Moon population on the island studied. But by last year, the butterflies had developed a gene to keep the bacteria in check, and male numbers were up to about 40%. " Simon Wilson's reporting.
And amid cheering from traders, the United States stock market has closed at a record high on Thursday with investors boiled by encouraging consumer spending reports. The Dow Jones rose by nearly 290 points, its biggest one-day-gain in 4 years.
BBC World News.
Glossary
scathe: vt. 1. 严厉批评，痛斥 2. 伤害，损伤 3. 灼伤；使枯萎
parasitic: adj. 1. 寄生（性）的；寄生动（植）物的；寄生体（质）的
parasitic diseases
2. 寄生性疾病 3. 寄食的；靠别人为生的
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BBC World News with Mary Small.
The House of Representatives in Washington has voted in favour of taking US combat troops out of Iraq by April 2008. The House, controlled by the democrats, voted 223 to 201 to approve the legislation in the hope that it will put pressure on the US Senate to attach a similar withdrawal timetable to a military bill that it's debating. Andrew Bolton reports.
This is the third time this year that the House has voted for timetables to end the US involvement in the War in Iraq. The previous efforts either failed in the Senate or were vetoed by President Bush. The latest attempt calls for the Pentagon to start pulling combat troops out of Iraq within 4 months but would allow some US forces to stay in Iraq to train the Iraqi army and carry out counter-terrorism operations. Earlier President Bush said there had been only limited military and political progress in Iraq following his decision to reinforce US troop levels there.
Democrats have generally been scathing about President Bush's interim report on Iraq. A democratic congressman Tom Lantols told the BBC he was very pleased that some goals had been met but he said the policy of escalation was no longer acceptable to the American people or to Congress.
President Musharraf of Pakistan has defended his government's decision to use force to end the siege of the Red Mosque in Islamabad in which at least 85 people died. General Musharraf said the Mosque's leaders had been acting against Islam and were teaching young people to be terrorists. But he insisted his government had acted with restraint and as a result more than 3, 000 people had safely left the Mosque. The president added that the fight against terrorism needed to continue. "My brothers and sisters, I want to say this very clearly: Extremism and terrorism have not been eliminated from Pakistan with this action. We should be clear about this. But it is our aim. It is our aim that wherever there is extremism and terrorism in the country, in any province, we have to eliminate it. "
The Spanish Civil Guard has intercepted a boat operated by an American company which recently said it had discovered a huge hull of golden, silver coins in a ship wreck dating from the time of the Spanish Empire. The Civil Guard had orders from the Spanish judge to take the vessel to be searched. Andy Gallagher reports.
The Spanish government has already taken legal action against Odyssey Marine Exploration, the American firm, who say they've recovered the treasure legally, albeit the location they are keeping secret. Now the Spanish police have boarded, searched and seized the vessel belonging to the company as it left the port of Gibraltar. Odyssey say their boat was illegally boarded as they were in international waters, but the Spanish government says there is a possibility of an offence against Spanish heritage.
World News from the BBC.
Tamil Tiger Rebels in Sri Lanka have threatened to launch attacks on economic targets if the government forces continue their military advance. The threat follows the government's announcement it had defeated the rebels in the eastern Sri Lanka and was now in control of the entire area. More from Ronald Buerk in Colombo.
The head of the Tamil Tiger's political wing, S. P. Thamilselvan, insisted they were not losing the war, despite the announcement by the military that it had taken control of the entire east of the country. Mr. Thamilselvan said the Tigers would respond to the military's advances by attacking economic targets. He said the aim was to weaken Sri Lanka's government. With government officials vowing to wipe out the rebels militarily, the focus of the fighting could now shift to the north.
Scientists say they've seen one of the fastest evolutionary changes ever observed in a species of butterfly that developed a way of fighting back against parasitic bacteria. The bacteria had a devastating effect on the Blue Moon Butterfly population on two islands in the South Pacific. But the butterflies fought back.
Evolution is normally fought over the process taking centuries if not longer. But the team behind this new research says the fightback of the Blue Moon Butterfly shows that the species can adapt in only 5 years. In 2001, males had been so devastated by a bacteria that they accounted for just 1% of the Blue Moon population on the island studied. But by last year, the butterflies had developed a gene to keep the bacteria in check, and male numbers were up to about 40%. " Simon Wilson's reporting.
And amid cheering from traders, the United States stock market has closed at a record high on Thursday with investors boiled by encouraging consumer spending reports. The Dow Jones rose by nearly 290 points, its biggest one-day-gain in 4 years.
BBC World News.
Glossary
scathe: vt. 1. 严厉批评，痛斥 2. 伤害，损伤 3. 灼伤；使枯萎
parasitic: adj. 1. 寄生（性）的；寄生动（植）物的；寄生体（质）的
parasitic diseases
2. 寄生性疾病 3. 寄食的；靠别人为生的
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