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BBC News with Jonathan Weekley.
Iraq’s former anti-corruption commissioner Radhi Hamza al-Radhi has given further details of / alleged Iraqi government involvement in widespread corruption. Speaking in Washington, Mr. al-Radhi said his commission had gathered evidence of 3,000 cases which he said had cost Iraq billions of dollars. He said that the government of Nouri al-Maliki had frustrated efforts to prosecute the culprits. A spokesman for Mr. Al-Maliki's al-Dawa party told the BBC that the whole issue of corruption was being taken very seriously by the authorities. "We all know there is corruption. There is corruption from all sectors, from the officials in the multinational forces, the Americans, there are within ministries, gangs operating who belong to the former regime. And there are even some of the political blocs who are engaged in corruption. We know that. The whole point is that the prime minister is adamant that he is serious about investigating all cases of corruption."
The American Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is returning to the Middle East today for further meetings with Israeli and Palestinian leaders to try to agree the framework for an international conference on Palestinian statehood. The conference is expected to be held in late November in the United States. Correspondents say there is growing skepticism among Arab governments on whether the conference will tackle what they see as the core issues in the conflict with Israel.
A senior United Nations envoy says he is encouraged after meeting leaders of South Sudan's main political party, the SPLM, to discuss their decision to withdraw from the unity government. The SPLM told the envoy Taye-Brook Zerihoun that they would continue to have dialogue with Sudan’s ruling National Congress Party. Diplomats and political leaders have been working to shore up the two-year-old peace agreement since the SPLM announced that it was withdrawing from the government last week.
Voters in the West African country of Togo are going to the polls today in the first parliamentary elections in almost 20 years to be contested by all the main opposition parties. Dozens of parties and independent candidates are competing for seats following a largely peaceful campaign. This report from Will Ross.
Things have certainly changed in Togo. Past elections have often been little more than a sham, and were for years boycotted by the opposition. Until his death in 2005, Gnassingbe Eyadema was the longest serving president in Africa, in power for almost 40 years. Gnassingbe Eyadema’s death was followed by further outcry, when his own son was installed as president. Faure Gnassingbe did step down in order for elections to be held. But it was no great surprise when he emerged the victor. But now, after reconciliation talks and political agreements, Togo is inching forward. And if these elections are seen as free and fair, the European Union and other international donors are expected to resume aid.
World News from the BBC.
On the eve of a scheduled new parliamentary session in Australia, it seems increasingly likely that the Prime Minister John Howard will call a general election for next month. He visited Government House where he was expected to seek permission to call a national vote. From Sydney, here is Nick Bryant.
John Howard has performed the pre-election procedure of visiting the Governor General, the Queen’s representative in Australia, asking for / permission to dissolve parliament and finally setting a date for this long-awaited election. The economy here is booming with a stock market at / record highs and unemployment at a 33-year low, usually enough to win the incumbent government another term in office. But Mr. Howard has been lagging way behind in the polls all year. The latest one shows him 18 points behind and facing annihilation. And we just heard that the Australian Prime Minister John Howard has announced that a general election will be held on the 24th of November.
At least 24 people have been killed in a gold mine accident in Colombia. Local people were reported to have been digging at the mine near the town of Suarez, southwest of the capital Bogota. From Colombia, Jeremy Mcdermott reports.
As often happened in the Colombian Andes, where gold deposit abounds, locals found a vein of precious metal and set about excavating / the area with no view to safety or long-term stability of the mine.Torrential rains across the country over recent days have led to / landslides unleashed by water-loosened soil. It appears that the site of the excavation undermined by constant digging and loosened by rain simply collapsed on some 50 miners as they looked for their lucky strike that could change their life.
Tens of thousands of English rugby union fans celebrated late into the night in Paris after their team knocked out the French host to progress into the final of the World Cup. England eventually beat France by 14 points to 9, having been behind for most of an intense and closely-fought contest .In the final, England will now face either South Africa or Argentina.
BBC News.
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BBC News with Jonathan Weekley.
Iraq’s former anti-corruption commissioner Radhi Hamza al-Radhi has given further details of / alleged Iraqi government involvement in widespread corruption. Speaking in Washington, Mr. al-Radhi said his commission had gathered evidence of 3,000 cases which he said had cost Iraq billions of dollars. He said that the government of Nouri al-Maliki had frustrated efforts to prosecute the culprits. A spokesman for Mr. Al-Maliki's al-Dawa party told the BBC that the whole issue of corruption was being taken very seriously by the authorities. "We all know there is corruption. There is corruption from all sectors, from the officials in the multinational forces, the Americans, there are within ministries, gangs operating who belong to the former regime. And there are even some of the political blocs who are engaged in corruption. We know that. The whole point is that the prime minister is adamant that he is serious about investigating all cases of corruption."
The American Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is returning to the Middle East today for further meetings with Israeli and Palestinian leaders to try to agree the framework for an international conference on Palestinian statehood. The conference is expected to be held in late November in the United States. Correspondents say there is growing skepticism among Arab governments on whether the conference will tackle what they see as the core issues in the conflict with Israel.
A senior United Nations envoy says he is encouraged after meeting leaders of South Sudan's main political party, the SPLM, to discuss their decision to withdraw from the unity government. The SPLM told the envoy Taye-Brook Zerihoun that they would continue to have dialogue with Sudan’s ruling National Congress Party. Diplomats and political leaders have been working to shore up the two-year-old peace agreement since the SPLM announced that it was withdrawing from the government last week.
Voters in the West African country of Togo are going to the polls today in the first parliamentary elections in almost 20 years to be contested by all the main opposition parties. Dozens of parties and independent candidates are competing for seats following a largely peaceful campaign. This report from Will Ross.
Things have certainly changed in Togo. Past elections have often been little more than a sham, and were for years boycotted by the opposition. Until his death in 2005, Gnassingbe Eyadema was the longest serving president in Africa, in power for almost 40 years. Gnassingbe Eyadema’s death was followed by further outcry, when his own son was installed as president. Faure Gnassingbe did step down in order for elections to be held. But it was no great surprise when he emerged the victor. But now, after reconciliation talks and political agreements, Togo is inching forward. And if these elections are seen as free and fair, the European Union and other international donors are expected to resume aid.
World News from the BBC.
On the eve of a scheduled new parliamentary session in Australia, it seems increasingly likely that the Prime Minister John Howard will call a general election for next month. He visited Government House where he was expected to seek permission to call a national vote. From Sydney, here is Nick Bryant.
John Howard has performed the pre-election procedure of visiting the Governor General, the Queen’s representative in Australia, asking for / permission to dissolve parliament and finally setting a date for this long-awaited election. The economy here is booming with a stock market at / record highs and unemployment at a 33-year low, usually enough to win the incumbent government another term in office. But Mr. Howard has been lagging way behind in the polls all year. The latest one shows him 18 points behind and facing annihilation. And we just heard that the Australian Prime Minister John Howard has announced that a general election will be held on the 24th of November.
At least 24 people have been killed in a gold mine accident in Colombia. Local people were reported to have been digging at the mine near the town of Suarez, southwest of the capital Bogota. From Colombia, Jeremy Mcdermott reports.
As often happened in the Colombian Andes, where gold deposit abounds, locals found a vein of precious metal and set about excavating / the area with no view to safety or long-term stability of the mine.Torrential rains across the country over recent days have led to / landslides unleashed by water-loosened soil. It appears that the site of the excavation undermined by constant digging and loosened by rain simply collapsed on some 50 miners as they looked for their lucky strike that could change their life.
Tens of thousands of English rugby union fans celebrated late into the night in Paris after their team knocked out the French host to progress into the final of the World Cup. England eventually beat France by 14 points to 9, having been behind for most of an intense and closely-fought contest .In the final, England will now face either South Africa or Argentina.
BBC News.
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