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..of Darfur are getting under way in Tanzania. All the rebel groups on the region are taking part except one, the faction of Abdul Wahid Mohammad al-Nur. Karen Allen reports from the meeting in Arusha.
After some twelve hours of delays and many miles of air travel, dozens of leaders from Darfur's fractured rebel movement began talks on how to find common ground to begin to settle the conflict. At a late-night opening ceremony in Arusha, mediators from the UN and the African Union said it would take commitment, determination and compromise for the fighters to speak with one voice, but this was an opportunity not to mean missed.
President Bush has invited representatives of the world's leading industrialized nations to talks on climate change in Washington next month. The US rejected the Kyoto Protocol setting limits for greenhouse gas emissions, but earlier this year the President signaled a possible change in policy for the period after Kyoto expires. Alletrony Smith reports.
President Bush pledged in May to bring together the global economic powers responsible for most of the greenhouse gases blamed for global warming. It's hoped the talks will set the stage for an agreement by 2008 on a long-term goal to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Until recently, the US had always resisted demands to curb its own contribution to climate change, but at the G8 Summit in June, President Bush finally agreed to make substantial, obvious and specified reductions.
And an American marine sergeant found guilty of murdering an Iraqi civilian has been sentenced to 15 years in prison by a Court Martial in the United States. The sergeant Lawrence Hutchins was reduced in rank to private and dishonorably discharged. All eight members of the patrol led by Sergeant Hutchins have now been convicted.
There has been an outbreak of the extremely virulent Foot-and-Mouth Disease on the cattle farm in southern England. The emergency measures were immediately put into force including a ban on the movement of pigs and cows across the whole of Britain. The Europe Minister Jim Murphy told the BBC about the government's response to the outbreak.
"The government's Emergency Committee Cobra has met this evening, we've put in place the well established and procedures that we learned from the previous outbreak, that the Prime Minister and the Secretary of State also returning from their holidays aimed to take personal control and oversight of this outbreak, so really very quick response from the government at the highest level."
The French president Nicolas Sarkozy has said he's willing to accept a parliamentary inquiry into an arms deal with Libya that's caused a political row in France. French officials have denied any link between France's winning the contract and its role in securing the recent release of Bulgarian medical workers held in Libya. But a call from the opposition socialists for an investigation into the affair has been backed by the President of the National Assembly.
World News from the BBC.
Iraq's national football team has returned to Baghdad after its unexpected victory in the Asian Cup Tournament in Indonesia. The players were taken under heavy guard to a welcome-home reception where they were greeted by the Prime Minister Nur al-Maliki. "I say to our team, the lions of Mesopotamia, you have put smile on the faces of Iraqis, after the terrorists wanted to wipe the joy from the faces of the children and the innocent with their crimes." Many of the players cried as they dedicated their win to Iraqis who died in bomb attacks during the tournament.
The Ganges river system in South Asia is coming under further strain as the monsoon threatens more flooding in the region. In the worst seasonal rains for many years, rising river levels have forced almost 20 million people from their homes in countries from Nepal to Bangladesh. The United Nations humanitarian coordinator in Nepal, Matthew Kahane, told the BBC what the priorities of the relief effort were.
"The first one is emergency shelter, people have been moving to schools, temples and other structures which are above the water, distributing a lot of tarpaulin for a temporary shelter, food stuff, of course, meals ready to eat, as well as water purification tablets because, of course, as always in flooding, one of the worst problems is this: there is a great deal of water but nothing that's fit to drink."
Police in New York are questioning three men after intercepting a curious submersible vessel just off Manhattan. Harbor authorities were summoned when the mysterious spherical-like vessel was seen bobbing about like a sea buoy and getting closer to the liner, the Queen Mary II, at its mooring in Brooklyn. Reports said it appeared to be a replica of the Turtle submarine used in the American War of Independence. Police said that they did not suspect any connection with terrorism. The three men are expected to be charged with breaching harbor regulations.
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tarpaulin: n. (sheet or covering of ) canvas made waterproof, esp by being treated with tar.
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..of Darfur are getting under way in Tanzania. All the rebel groups on the region are taking part except one, the faction of Abdul Wahid Mohammad al-Nur. Karen Allen reports from the meeting in Arusha.
After some twelve hours of delays and many miles of air travel, dozens of leaders from Darfur's fractured rebel movement began talks on how to find common ground to begin to settle the conflict. At a late-night opening ceremony in Arusha, mediators from the UN and the African Union said it would take commitment, determination and compromise for the fighters to speak with one voice, but this was an opportunity not to mean missed.
President Bush has invited representatives of the world's leading industrialized nations to talks on climate change in Washington next month. The US rejected the Kyoto Protocol setting limits for greenhouse gas emissions, but earlier this year the President signaled a possible change in policy for the period after Kyoto expires. Alletrony Smith reports.
President Bush pledged in May to bring together the global economic powers responsible for most of the greenhouse gases blamed for global warming. It's hoped the talks will set the stage for an agreement by 2008 on a long-term goal to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Until recently, the US had always resisted demands to curb its own contribution to climate change, but at the G8 Summit in June, President Bush finally agreed to make substantial, obvious and specified reductions.
And an American marine sergeant found guilty of murdering an Iraqi civilian has been sentenced to 15 years in prison by a Court Martial in the United States. The sergeant Lawrence Hutchins was reduced in rank to private and dishonorably discharged. All eight members of the patrol led by Sergeant Hutchins have now been convicted.
There has been an outbreak of the extremely virulent Foot-and-Mouth Disease on the cattle farm in southern England. The emergency measures were immediately put into force including a ban on the movement of pigs and cows across the whole of Britain. The Europe Minister Jim Murphy told the BBC about the government's response to the outbreak.
"The government's Emergency Committee Cobra has met this evening, we've put in place the well established and procedures that we learned from the previous outbreak, that the Prime Minister and the Secretary of State also returning from their holidays aimed to take personal control and oversight of this outbreak, so really very quick response from the government at the highest level."
The French president Nicolas Sarkozy has said he's willing to accept a parliamentary inquiry into an arms deal with Libya that's caused a political row in France. French officials have denied any link between France's winning the contract and its role in securing the recent release of Bulgarian medical workers held in Libya. But a call from the opposition socialists for an investigation into the affair has been backed by the President of the National Assembly.
World News from the BBC.
Iraq's national football team has returned to Baghdad after its unexpected victory in the Asian Cup Tournament in Indonesia. The players were taken under heavy guard to a welcome-home reception where they were greeted by the Prime Minister Nur al-Maliki. "I say to our team, the lions of Mesopotamia, you have put smile on the faces of Iraqis, after the terrorists wanted to wipe the joy from the faces of the children and the innocent with their crimes." Many of the players cried as they dedicated their win to Iraqis who died in bomb attacks during the tournament.
The Ganges river system in South Asia is coming under further strain as the monsoon threatens more flooding in the region. In the worst seasonal rains for many years, rising river levels have forced almost 20 million people from their homes in countries from Nepal to Bangladesh. The United Nations humanitarian coordinator in Nepal, Matthew Kahane, told the BBC what the priorities of the relief effort were.
"The first one is emergency shelter, people have been moving to schools, temples and other structures which are above the water, distributing a lot of tarpaulin for a temporary shelter, food stuff, of course, meals ready to eat, as well as water purification tablets because, of course, as always in flooding, one of the worst problems is this: there is a great deal of water but nothing that's fit to drink."
Police in New York are questioning three men after intercepting a curious submersible vessel just off Manhattan. Harbor authorities were summoned when the mysterious spherical-like vessel was seen bobbing about like a sea buoy and getting closer to the liner, the Queen Mary II, at its mooring in Brooklyn. Reports said it appeared to be a replica of the Turtle submarine used in the American War of Independence. Police said that they did not suspect any connection with terrorism. The three men are expected to be charged with breaching harbor regulations.
glossary
tarpaulin: n. (sheet or covering of ) canvas made waterproof, esp by being treated with tar.
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