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BBC 2007-08-18
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This is a download from the BBC. You will find more information at bbcworldservice.com. Correspondent Andrew Walker reports.
It is far from certain that the Fed's move would be a lasting fix for the problems in American credit markets which were the cause of the stock market turmoil. But in the short term, it has helped. The Dow Jones rose 1.8% during the day. European markets were also reassured. London and Frankfurt ended the week slightly higher. Tokyo is another matter. It was closed and won't react to the Fed move until Monday. The Nikkei ended the week down almost 9%.
The President of Peru Alan Garcia has appealed for calm as conditions continue to worsen for people affected by Wednesday's earthquake. Emergency aid has not yet reached much of the region and some pharmacies and shops have been looted in the most affected cities Pisco and Ica. Local hospitals are so overwhelmed with casualties. The Peruvian leader said he could guarantee that no one would die of hunger or thirst in the aftermath of the earthquake which killed an estimated 500 people. And Mr. Garcia said it would not be long before the situation improved. "I believe that little by little we will return to tranquility and serenity. And we will be able to organize a better distribution of food first and then move on to the reconstruction of houses. I believe that in the next ten days we'll have a situation approaching normality."
The American state of Iowa has agreed to pay nearly a million dollars to settle a lawsuit brought by six elderly people who as children were used in an experiment that tried to induce stuttering. Molly Anna Woods reports.
Twenty two children were used in what's now known as the "Monster study". Plucked from an orphanage in Iowa, they were the unwitting subjects of an experiment that aimed to prove children develop stuttering and other speech impediments because of psychological pressure. Over a period of six months, they were subjected to harassments and negative treatments by a team of university researchers. It was not until 2001 that they finally learned the truth behind their therapy when a Californian newspaper published an article investigating the study.
Southern African leaders meeting in Zambia say talks aimed at ending the political crisis in neighboring Zimbabwe are progressing. At the end of the summit of their regional grouping, SADC, the leaders commended the President Mbeki of South Africa for his efforts to mediate between Zimbabwe's government and opposition. President Mwanawasa of Zambia said there had been no discussions with President Robert Mugabe. The leaders had based their conclusions on a report given to them by President Mbeki.
This is Fiona McDonald with the latest World News from the BBC.
Rescue teams in China are trying to reach more than 170 miners trapped underground by flooding near the city of Xintai, about 400 kilometers south of Beijing. More than 580 other miners have been brought to safety. The cause of the accident is being investigated.
President Putin says Russian bomber aircraft will resume regular long-range flights into international air space. Such flights were suspended after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Rupert Wingfield-Hayes reports from Moscow.
Last month in the middle of a diplomatic spat, British fighter jets were scrambled to intercept a Russian long-range bomber flying down the North Sea. Now President Putin says those flights will become a regular event, he says that Russia unilaterally stopped the long-range sorties in the 1990s, but that other countries had not followed Russia's example. One of the reasons Russia halted its flights 15 years ago was that it could no longer afford the fuel. Today Moscow coffers are stuffed full of oil money. The Kremlin can once again afford the fuel bills and it's determined to show the world that in one area at least it's still a power to rival the United States.
The Brazilian Public Healthcare System will pay for free sex change operations following a ruling by a federal court that they are constitutionally right. Brazil's Ministry of Health said in order to qualify for the operation, a patient must first be diagnosed as a transsexual and undergo a psychological assessment by a panel of doctors. The move has been welcomed by gay and transgender rights groups in Brazil.
One of the longest serving British journalist William Deedes has died at the age of 94. Lord Deedes served as an MP and cabinet minister in the 1960s but continued to write for the Daily Telegraph, a paper that he also edited until his death.
BBC World News.
【电信用户1】在线播放和下载
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This is a download from the BBC. You will find more information at bbcworldservice.com. Correspondent Andrew Walker reports.
It is far from certain that the Fed's move would be a lasting fix for the problems in American credit markets which were the cause of the stock market turmoil. But in the short term, it has helped. The Dow Jones rose 1.8% during the day. European markets were also reassured. London and Frankfurt ended the week slightly higher. Tokyo is another matter. It was closed and won't react to the Fed move until Monday. The Nikkei ended the week down almost 9%.
The President of Peru Alan Garcia has appealed for calm as conditions continue to worsen for people affected by Wednesday's earthquake. Emergency aid has not yet reached much of the region and some pharmacies and shops have been looted in the most affected cities Pisco and Ica. Local hospitals are so overwhelmed with casualties. The Peruvian leader said he could guarantee that no one would die of hunger or thirst in the aftermath of the earthquake which killed an estimated 500 people. And Mr. Garcia said it would not be long before the situation improved. "I believe that little by little we will return to tranquility and serenity. And we will be able to organize a better distribution of food first and then move on to the reconstruction of houses. I believe that in the next ten days we'll have a situation approaching normality."
The American state of Iowa has agreed to pay nearly a million dollars to settle a lawsuit brought by six elderly people who as children were used in an experiment that tried to induce stuttering. Molly Anna Woods reports.
Twenty two children were used in what's now known as the "Monster study". Plucked from an orphanage in Iowa, they were the unwitting subjects of an experiment that aimed to prove children develop stuttering and other speech impediments because of psychological pressure. Over a period of six months, they were subjected to harassments and negative treatments by a team of university researchers. It was not until 2001 that they finally learned the truth behind their therapy when a Californian newspaper published an article investigating the study.
Southern African leaders meeting in Zambia say talks aimed at ending the political crisis in neighboring Zimbabwe are progressing. At the end of the summit of their regional grouping, SADC, the leaders commended the President Mbeki of South Africa for his efforts to mediate between Zimbabwe's government and opposition. President Mwanawasa of Zambia said there had been no discussions with President Robert Mugabe. The leaders had based their conclusions on a report given to them by President Mbeki.
This is Fiona McDonald with the latest World News from the BBC.
Rescue teams in China are trying to reach more than 170 miners trapped underground by flooding near the city of Xintai, about 400 kilometers south of Beijing. More than 580 other miners have been brought to safety. The cause of the accident is being investigated.
President Putin says Russian bomber aircraft will resume regular long-range flights into international air space. Such flights were suspended after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Rupert Wingfield-Hayes reports from Moscow.
Last month in the middle of a diplomatic spat, British fighter jets were scrambled to intercept a Russian long-range bomber flying down the North Sea. Now President Putin says those flights will become a regular event, he says that Russia unilaterally stopped the long-range sorties in the 1990s, but that other countries had not followed Russia's example. One of the reasons Russia halted its flights 15 years ago was that it could no longer afford the fuel. Today Moscow coffers are stuffed full of oil money. The Kremlin can once again afford the fuel bills and it's determined to show the world that in one area at least it's still a power to rival the United States.
The Brazilian Public Healthcare System will pay for free sex change operations following a ruling by a federal court that they are constitutionally right. Brazil's Ministry of Health said in order to qualify for the operation, a patient must first be diagnosed as a transsexual and undergo a psychological assessment by a panel of doctors. The move has been welcomed by gay and transgender rights groups in Brazil.
One of the longest serving British journalist William Deedes has died at the age of 94. Lord Deedes served as an MP and cabinet minister in the 1960s but continued to write for the Daily Telegraph, a paper that he also edited until his death.
BBC World News.
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