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...divided peninsula. This is the BBC in London. We begin with the bulletin of World News.
BBC News with Nick Kelly.
Days after Burma's military leadership used lethal force to suppress anti-government protests, the country's Foreign Minister Nyan Win has announced to the United Nations that normality has returned to his country. From the UN, Laura Trevelyan reports.
Defiant in front of an international audience, Burma's Foreign Minister Nyan Win announced that neocolonialism had reared its ugly head and was spreading disinformation that his country had committed gross human rights abuses. What Mr. Win called the challenging situation would never have arisen, he said, had not the protest of a small group of activists been exploited by political opportunists. When the mob became unruly, said the foreign minister, security personnel had no choice but to take action to restore the situation.
The Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he may seek to become prime minister once he steps down as the country's leader next March as he's required to do by the Constitution. He told the Congress of the dominant political party United Russia that he would head the party’s list of candidates for parliamentary elections in December. But Mr. Putin made two conditions before he would consider becoming prime minister. "First, United Russia has to win the second of December elections of the State Duma. And second, a decent, hard-working, efficient, able and modern-thinking person, someone you can work together with, has to be elected president of the country. " The BBC Moscow Correspondent says that as Mr. Putin will handpick the next president. The second condition is a foregone conclusion.
Shares in the United States have surged again to send the Dow Jones Index to an all-time high despite continuing problems with the banking sector. The Dow reached the 14 thousand mark for the first time since July and then edged past the old record. Analysts say investors seem to think the current problems will be short-lived. Alex Young of the Market Analysts Standard & Pools says dealers expect further interest rate cuts from the US Central Bank, the Federal Reserve. "We think the market is continuing to bet on continued Fed easing as something that's gonna stimulate some of the weaker parts of the economy as we move forward. So while the data may not be that great right now, a lot of that weaknesses have already pressed into the market and the market's looking ahead to Fed, more Fed rate cuts."
The South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun is on his way to Pyongyang for talks with his North Korean counterpart Kim Jong-il. The summit will be only the second between leaders of the two states since the Korean Peninsula was divided by war in the early 1950s. As President Roh left Seoul, he said his aim was to enhance peace. A BBC correspondent says North Korea is likely to benefit economically from the summit. But South Koreans are skeptical about what they'll receive in return. The first such summit took place in 2000.
World News from the BBC.
Officials in Senegal have warned that the country's peacekeeping troops in the Sudanese region of Darfur could be withdrawn following Saturday's rebel attack on an African Union base. One Senegalese soldier was among the ten members of the mission killed in the fighting. Senegal has one of the largest contingents in the 7,000 strong African Union force in Darfur. Robert Walker reports.
The attack on the African Union force over the weekend was the worst since the mission was deployed to Sudan three years ago. Armed men in thirty vehicles overwhelmed a small deployment of AU troops, looting and destroying their base. The Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade has warned that he will withdraw his country's forces from Sudan if it's found that the AU troops were not equipped to defend themselves. It's been reported that some of the soldiers ran out of ammunition during the battle on Saturday night. And Mr. Wade said he would not send people to be slaughtered.
The FBI is to investigate the role of the US security firm Blackwater in the fatal shooting of 11 Iraqi civilians last month. An FBI spokesman said criminal charges were possible if the inquiry agreed with the Iraqi government, which has accused Blackwater guards of opening fire on innocent people. The firm which guards US diplomats in Iraq says its personnel acted in self-defense.
The new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the United States Admiral Mike Mullen says he will be preparing the American military for challenges beyond Iraq and Afghanistan. At his swear-in ceremony, Mike Mullen said fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan would one day end and the military must be ready for what followed. He's openly expressed doubts over the war in Iraq.
And the Spanish King Juan Carlos who normally remains neutral on political issues has been defending the role of the monarchy in modern Spain. Juan Carlos reminded Spaniards that since the death of the dictator General Franco in 1975, he presided over the country's longest period of democratic stability.
BBC News.
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...divided peninsula. This is the BBC in London. We begin with the bulletin of World News.
BBC News with Nick Kelly.
Days after Burma's military leadership used lethal force to suppress anti-government protests, the country's Foreign Minister Nyan Win has announced to the United Nations that normality has returned to his country. From the UN, Laura Trevelyan reports.
Defiant in front of an international audience, Burma's Foreign Minister Nyan Win announced that neocolonialism had reared its ugly head and was spreading disinformation that his country had committed gross human rights abuses. What Mr. Win called the challenging situation would never have arisen, he said, had not the protest of a small group of activists been exploited by political opportunists. When the mob became unruly, said the foreign minister, security personnel had no choice but to take action to restore the situation.
The Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he may seek to become prime minister once he steps down as the country's leader next March as he's required to do by the Constitution. He told the Congress of the dominant political party United Russia that he would head the party’s list of candidates for parliamentary elections in December. But Mr. Putin made two conditions before he would consider becoming prime minister. "First, United Russia has to win the second of December elections of the State Duma. And second, a decent, hard-working, efficient, able and modern-thinking person, someone you can work together with, has to be elected president of the country. " The BBC Moscow Correspondent says that as Mr. Putin will handpick the next president. The second condition is a foregone conclusion.
Shares in the United States have surged again to send the Dow Jones Index to an all-time high despite continuing problems with the banking sector. The Dow reached the 14 thousand mark for the first time since July and then edged past the old record. Analysts say investors seem to think the current problems will be short-lived. Alex Young of the Market Analysts Standard & Pools says dealers expect further interest rate cuts from the US Central Bank, the Federal Reserve. "We think the market is continuing to bet on continued Fed easing as something that's gonna stimulate some of the weaker parts of the economy as we move forward. So while the data may not be that great right now, a lot of that weaknesses have already pressed into the market and the market's looking ahead to Fed, more Fed rate cuts."
The South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun is on his way to Pyongyang for talks with his North Korean counterpart Kim Jong-il. The summit will be only the second between leaders of the two states since the Korean Peninsula was divided by war in the early 1950s. As President Roh left Seoul, he said his aim was to enhance peace. A BBC correspondent says North Korea is likely to benefit economically from the summit. But South Koreans are skeptical about what they'll receive in return. The first such summit took place in 2000.
World News from the BBC.
Officials in Senegal have warned that the country's peacekeeping troops in the Sudanese region of Darfur could be withdrawn following Saturday's rebel attack on an African Union base. One Senegalese soldier was among the ten members of the mission killed in the fighting. Senegal has one of the largest contingents in the 7,000 strong African Union force in Darfur. Robert Walker reports.
The attack on the African Union force over the weekend was the worst since the mission was deployed to Sudan three years ago. Armed men in thirty vehicles overwhelmed a small deployment of AU troops, looting and destroying their base. The Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade has warned that he will withdraw his country's forces from Sudan if it's found that the AU troops were not equipped to defend themselves. It's been reported that some of the soldiers ran out of ammunition during the battle on Saturday night. And Mr. Wade said he would not send people to be slaughtered.
The FBI is to investigate the role of the US security firm Blackwater in the fatal shooting of 11 Iraqi civilians last month. An FBI spokesman said criminal charges were possible if the inquiry agreed with the Iraqi government, which has accused Blackwater guards of opening fire on innocent people. The firm which guards US diplomats in Iraq says its personnel acted in self-defense.
The new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the United States Admiral Mike Mullen says he will be preparing the American military for challenges beyond Iraq and Afghanistan. At his swear-in ceremony, Mike Mullen said fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan would one day end and the military must be ready for what followed. He's openly expressed doubts over the war in Iraq.
And the Spanish King Juan Carlos who normally remains neutral on political issues has been defending the role of the monarchy in modern Spain. Juan Carlos reminded Spaniards that since the death of the dictator General Franco in 1975, he presided over the country's longest period of democratic stability.
BBC News.
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