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. . . on themselves to protect their property and fears have been heightened by the escape of more than 600 prisoners from a jail during the earthquake. President Garcia was speaking amid growing fears of looting and some violence.
"It's natural that after a situation of so much collective panic. The people that have recently been fearing death suddenly have another fear, the fear of not having even a liter of water for tomorrow or food for tomorrow. Also remember the prisoners have escaped from a jail, taking advantage of the collapse of walls. They can also be victims. Many people will suffer the problems of delinquency. All this causes a sense of panic, a fear for everyone. "
Forecasters say a major hurricane which is powering through the Caribbean could reach the highest Category five with winds up to 260 kilometers an hour. Hurricane Dean has caused widespread destruction on the islands of St. Lucia and Martinique, claiming three lives. Haiti and the Dominican Republic are under storm alerts. It is expected to hit Jamaica on Sunday morning where emergency shelters have been opened. Rebecca Waddington of the US National Hurricane Center says the storm will bring torrential downpours.
"These rains could cause life-threatening flash floods and mudslides, and in addition to the rain, we're expecting a seven to nine feet storm surge. Ehm, everywhere in Jamaica, but particularly along the coast should be taking every precaution possible, ehm, to save lives. "
Senior Iraqi leaders have begun a series of meetings aimed at overcoming a political crisis that has left nearly half the cabinet seats empty and largely halted the passing of important legislation. Leaders of the Iraq Shiite majority met representatives of the Sunni and Kurdish minorities. From Bagdad, Mike Woodridge.
The pressure is on Iraq's leaders and they are not disguising it. The Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has talked of the need to shake the political paralysis. President Bush in his weekly radio address said political progress at the national level wasn't matching progress he saw being made at the local level. Sunni and some Shiite ministers' quitting the cabinet or boycotting its meetings has brought matters to a head. But now there has been the first meeting of leaders of its kind in two months.
The Ethiopian authorities have pardoned and released 32 more opposition members who have been arrested two years ago following election violence. The latest releases come a few weeks after 38 senior opposition figures were pardoned.
Armed men in Kabul have kidnapped a German woman, the first foreigner to be abducted in the Afghan capital for more than two years. The woman in her thirties works for a Christian relief organization.
World News from the BBC.
Supporters of the Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev are celebrating his apparent victory in the parliamentary election intended to show that Kazakhstan is becoming more democratic. Preliminary results are not due until later on Sunday. Crowds have gathered in the main square of the capital Astana. Our correspondent Natalia Antelava is there.
President Nursultan Nazarbayev came to congratulate his supporters on their choice. He told them he had no doubt about his party's overwhelming victory. The first and government backed exit polls are already proving him right. They show that not a single opposition party got into parliament in an election that the president promised would bring democracy to the country. Mr. Nazarbayev had said that this parliamentary vote will show the world that his oil-rich state is serious about democracy.
Two men who hijacked a Turkish airliner on a flight from Northern Cyprus to Istanbul have surrendered. The plane landed at the southern Turkish resort of Antalya where the pilot said it needed to be refueled. On landing, most of the 130 passengers escaped. The pilots escaped through a cockpit window and after five hours of negotiations the remaining passengers were released.
A key advisor in the White House during the presidency of Ronald Reagan, Michael Deaver, has died at the age of 69. Michael Deaver was both celebrated and scorned as the man who focused on how the president looked as much as what he actually said.
And police in the American state of Florida overseeing a program to exchange guns for designer sport shoes were surprised when a man handed in a surface-to-air missile launcher. Under a scheme called "Kicks for Guns" anyone who handed in a weapon was given a pair of trainers. The man said he found the rocket launcher in a shed and exchanged it for a pair of designer sport shoes.
BBC World News.
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. . . on themselves to protect their property and fears have been heightened by the escape of more than 600 prisoners from a jail during the earthquake. President Garcia was speaking amid growing fears of looting and some violence.
"It's natural that after a situation of so much collective panic. The people that have recently been fearing death suddenly have another fear, the fear of not having even a liter of water for tomorrow or food for tomorrow. Also remember the prisoners have escaped from a jail, taking advantage of the collapse of walls. They can also be victims. Many people will suffer the problems of delinquency. All this causes a sense of panic, a fear for everyone. "
Forecasters say a major hurricane which is powering through the Caribbean could reach the highest Category five with winds up to 260 kilometers an hour. Hurricane Dean has caused widespread destruction on the islands of St. Lucia and Martinique, claiming three lives. Haiti and the Dominican Republic are under storm alerts. It is expected to hit Jamaica on Sunday morning where emergency shelters have been opened. Rebecca Waddington of the US National Hurricane Center says the storm will bring torrential downpours.
"These rains could cause life-threatening flash floods and mudslides, and in addition to the rain, we're expecting a seven to nine feet storm surge. Ehm, everywhere in Jamaica, but particularly along the coast should be taking every precaution possible, ehm, to save lives. "
Senior Iraqi leaders have begun a series of meetings aimed at overcoming a political crisis that has left nearly half the cabinet seats empty and largely halted the passing of important legislation. Leaders of the Iraq Shiite majority met representatives of the Sunni and Kurdish minorities. From Bagdad, Mike Woodridge.
The pressure is on Iraq's leaders and they are not disguising it. The Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has talked of the need to shake the political paralysis. President Bush in his weekly radio address said political progress at the national level wasn't matching progress he saw being made at the local level. Sunni and some Shiite ministers' quitting the cabinet or boycotting its meetings has brought matters to a head. But now there has been the first meeting of leaders of its kind in two months.
The Ethiopian authorities have pardoned and released 32 more opposition members who have been arrested two years ago following election violence. The latest releases come a few weeks after 38 senior opposition figures were pardoned.
Armed men in Kabul have kidnapped a German woman, the first foreigner to be abducted in the Afghan capital for more than two years. The woman in her thirties works for a Christian relief organization.
World News from the BBC.
Supporters of the Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev are celebrating his apparent victory in the parliamentary election intended to show that Kazakhstan is becoming more democratic. Preliminary results are not due until later on Sunday. Crowds have gathered in the main square of the capital Astana. Our correspondent Natalia Antelava is there.
President Nursultan Nazarbayev came to congratulate his supporters on their choice. He told them he had no doubt about his party's overwhelming victory. The first and government backed exit polls are already proving him right. They show that not a single opposition party got into parliament in an election that the president promised would bring democracy to the country. Mr. Nazarbayev had said that this parliamentary vote will show the world that his oil-rich state is serious about democracy.
Two men who hijacked a Turkish airliner on a flight from Northern Cyprus to Istanbul have surrendered. The plane landed at the southern Turkish resort of Antalya where the pilot said it needed to be refueled. On landing, most of the 130 passengers escaped. The pilots escaped through a cockpit window and after five hours of negotiations the remaining passengers were released.
A key advisor in the White House during the presidency of Ronald Reagan, Michael Deaver, has died at the age of 69. Michael Deaver was both celebrated and scorned as the man who focused on how the president looked as much as what he actually said.
And police in the American state of Florida overseeing a program to exchange guns for designer sport shoes were surprised when a man handed in a surface-to-air missile launcher. Under a scheme called "Kicks for Guns" anyone who handed in a weapon was given a pair of trainers. The man said he found the rocket launcher in a shed and exchanged it for a pair of designer sport shoes.
BBC World News.
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