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BBC news with Blerry Gogan.
The Iraqi government says that an official investigation has concluded that guards from the American security firm Blackwater had not been provoked when they shot Iraqi civilians dead in Baghdad last month. A spokesman said the convoy of US diplomats being protected by Blackwater employees hadn't even been hit by a stone. Simon Watts has the details.
The Iraqi government ordered this investigation which is one of several to find out exactly what happened in the Blackwater shooting incident. A spokesman said it had shown that the convoy of US diplomats being protected by Blackwater had, as he put it, not even been hit by a stone before the shooting started. He described the incident as deliberate killing and called for the Blackwater employees to be punished. The company says its staff responded lawfully to an attack. News of the report came as American and Iraqi officials met for the first time to discuss how to improve procedures for private security firms in Iraq.
The part-time police officer has shot dead six people in the American state of Wisconsin before he himself was reported had been killed by a police sniper. The suspect who was employed by the Forest County sheriff's office opened fire at a house party in the remote town of Crandon not far from the border with Canada. Tom Athmon reports.
It's now been confirmed that the gunman was a 20-year-old off-duty police officer. He was brought down by a police sniper after the incident which was thought to have left dead six young people all at the same house in Crandon in northern Wisconsin. He's believed to have entered the house in the early hours, opening fire several times according to witnesses who heard the shooting. The reason for the killings is not clear, although one local resident suggested that the gunman had had relationship with one of his victims.
Mental health experts in Britain say one in seven adults are reluctant to have children because of concerns over perceived global threats such as terrorism. The British charity, the Mental Health Foundation says its research indicates that people are more anxious about perceived threats such as terror attacks than they worried by climate change. The group's Chief Executive Andrew McCulloch said he'd been surprised by the findings.
I am much more frightened of global warming myself as I found it pretty surprising as well. But there is some psychological evidence that says this intentional threats from other human beings that disturb most people most, and clearly terrorism is an archetypal intentional threat from another human being.
Kurdish fighters from the separatist group PKK have killed thirteen Turkish soldiers in an attack close to the country's border with Iraq. As one of the heaviest losses, the Turkish military has sustained in clashes with the group. Reports say only one PKK fighter was killed. In response to the attack, the Turkish military shelled the border area in an attempt to prevent the fighters from fleeing to northern Iraq.
World news from the BBC.
The United Nations Mission to Sudan says a town in the Darfur region has been destroyed with all but a few buildings burned down and its market looted. The UN statement said government forces had taken control of the town of Haskanita last week after suspected rebels attacked a nearby base of the African Union force. Rebel forces have blamed Sudanese government forces who they say acted in an apparent retaliation for the attack on the AU base. There's been no word from the Sudanese government. A spokesman for the UN office for Humanitarian Affairs in Khartoum Orla Clinton said most of the town's population had fled.
We know that there were seven towns and civilians in Haskanita. And there were very few of them to be seen. For more to understand, the buildings seemed to have been burned to the ground. The civilian population has dispersed into various locations around Haskanita. And it would take another assessment, a full assessment to determine what their needs are.
Hundreds of thousands of Costa Ricans have been voting in a referendum on a free trade agreement with the United States. President Oscar Arias said it would be collective suicide for Costa Rica to reject greater access to the US market. Opponents of the deal fear greater competition could ruin the country's successful economy and put the welfare system at risk.
A human rights research in Paraguay has produced a document which shows that military governments in South America were working together in the 1960s to capture the revolutionary Che Guevara. The document indicates that the Paraguayan and Brazilian authorities monitored Che Guevara's rival in the region in 1966. Monday is the fortieth anniversary of the capture of Che Guevara in the remote southeast of Bolivia.
Rugby Union Argentina has won the last quarter final of the World Cup, beating Scotland 19-13. It's the latest in the series of victories for the Argentinians over northern hemisphere opponents. Argentina will go on to play South Africa in the semi-finals while England take on the host nation France.
BBC World News.
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BBC news with Blerry Gogan.
The Iraqi government says that an official investigation has concluded that guards from the American security firm Blackwater had not been provoked when they shot Iraqi civilians dead in Baghdad last month. A spokesman said the convoy of US diplomats being protected by Blackwater employees hadn't even been hit by a stone. Simon Watts has the details.
The Iraqi government ordered this investigation which is one of several to find out exactly what happened in the Blackwater shooting incident. A spokesman said it had shown that the convoy of US diplomats being protected by Blackwater had, as he put it, not even been hit by a stone before the shooting started. He described the incident as deliberate killing and called for the Blackwater employees to be punished. The company says its staff responded lawfully to an attack. News of the report came as American and Iraqi officials met for the first time to discuss how to improve procedures for private security firms in Iraq.
The part-time police officer has shot dead six people in the American state of Wisconsin before he himself was reported had been killed by a police sniper. The suspect who was employed by the Forest County sheriff's office opened fire at a house party in the remote town of Crandon not far from the border with Canada. Tom Athmon reports.
It's now been confirmed that the gunman was a 20-year-old off-duty police officer. He was brought down by a police sniper after the incident which was thought to have left dead six young people all at the same house in Crandon in northern Wisconsin. He's believed to have entered the house in the early hours, opening fire several times according to witnesses who heard the shooting. The reason for the killings is not clear, although one local resident suggested that the gunman had had relationship with one of his victims.
Mental health experts in Britain say one in seven adults are reluctant to have children because of concerns over perceived global threats such as terrorism. The British charity, the Mental Health Foundation says its research indicates that people are more anxious about perceived threats such as terror attacks than they worried by climate change. The group's Chief Executive Andrew McCulloch said he'd been surprised by the findings.
I am much more frightened of global warming myself as I found it pretty surprising as well. But there is some psychological evidence that says this intentional threats from other human beings that disturb most people most, and clearly terrorism is an archetypal intentional threat from another human being.
Kurdish fighters from the separatist group PKK have killed thirteen Turkish soldiers in an attack close to the country's border with Iraq. As one of the heaviest losses, the Turkish military has sustained in clashes with the group. Reports say only one PKK fighter was killed. In response to the attack, the Turkish military shelled the border area in an attempt to prevent the fighters from fleeing to northern Iraq.
World news from the BBC.
The United Nations Mission to Sudan says a town in the Darfur region has been destroyed with all but a few buildings burned down and its market looted. The UN statement said government forces had taken control of the town of Haskanita last week after suspected rebels attacked a nearby base of the African Union force. Rebel forces have blamed Sudanese government forces who they say acted in an apparent retaliation for the attack on the AU base. There's been no word from the Sudanese government. A spokesman for the UN office for Humanitarian Affairs in Khartoum Orla Clinton said most of the town's population had fled.
We know that there were seven towns and civilians in Haskanita. And there were very few of them to be seen. For more to understand, the buildings seemed to have been burned to the ground. The civilian population has dispersed into various locations around Haskanita. And it would take another assessment, a full assessment to determine what their needs are.
Hundreds of thousands of Costa Ricans have been voting in a referendum on a free trade agreement with the United States. President Oscar Arias said it would be collective suicide for Costa Rica to reject greater access to the US market. Opponents of the deal fear greater competition could ruin the country's successful economy and put the welfare system at risk.
A human rights research in Paraguay has produced a document which shows that military governments in South America were working together in the 1960s to capture the revolutionary Che Guevara. The document indicates that the Paraguayan and Brazilian authorities monitored Che Guevara's rival in the region in 1966. Monday is the fortieth anniversary of the capture of Che Guevara in the remote southeast of Bolivia.
Rugby Union Argentina has won the last quarter final of the World Cup, beating Scotland 19-13. It's the latest in the series of victories for the Argentinians over northern hemisphere opponents. Argentina will go on to play South Africa in the semi-finals while England take on the host nation France.
BBC World News.
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