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BBC News with Blerry Gogan.
The Libya leader Muammar Gadhafi has said the peace talks he is hosting to end the Darfur conflict are doomed to failure because of the absence of the main rebel leaders. Most of the fragmented rebel groups from Darfur have refused to take part with something they can't join in talks until attacks on them end. There is an agreement for United Nations peacekeeping force to be deployed in Darfur. But the United States special envoy for Sudan Andrew Natsios has warned that the arrival of such force would not by itself solve the region's conflicts. "Every corner of the state could be heard the sound of gunfire. .... I think people in the camps actually believe everything will turn into paradise as soon as the troops arrive. That's simply not true. They don't understand you have to have a political settlement if the peacekeeping force is gonna be fully successful."
Heavy fighting has been taking place in the Somali capital Mogadishu with shells exploding in the south and central of the city. Ethiopian troops backed by tanks and artillery have gone in the attack fanning out across the city to engage in insurgents. Adam Mynott reports.
Ethiopian forces who were reported to have reinforced their presence in the capital have launched a big offensive. Tanks and artillery cannons were seen arriving in Mogadishu on Friday. The Ethiopian forces backed by troops from Somalia's interim government are targeting areas of the city occupied by militia who are remnants of forces loyal to a group of Islamic Courts who were driven out of power at the beginning of the year. At least ten people, civilians and soldiers, are reported to have been killed. But the number of dead may be much higher.
The authorities in California have issued a new warning about the public health effects of the week-long fires that have caused seven deaths and more than one billion dollars in damage. The State's Environmental Protection Agency said the emissions generated by the fires almost equal those of half a million cars for a whole year. The governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger said the authorities were doing everything they could to find the arsonists thought to have started at least two of the fires.
"I want everyone to understand that we would hunt down the people that are responsible for that. And we'll arrest them; we'll prosecute them to the full extent of the law. If I were one of those people who started the fires, I would not sleep soundly right now, I tell you, because we are right behind you. So if I would be you, turn yourself in."
Officials in northwestern Pakistan say thirteen people have been killed by supporters of a radical Muslim cleric hours after troops attacked its stronghold on Friday. Security officials told the BBC that eight of them who belong to the security forces were beheaded.
Israel says it will begin reducing energy supplies to the Gaza Strip after warning earlier this week that it will retaliate for continuing Palestinian rocket attacks. Israeli Deputy Defense Minister said the main aim was to separate Israel from the Gaza Strip.
World News from the BBC.
The Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has criticized European Union countries for failing to extradite wanted members of the Kurdistan Workers Party, the PKK, despite its classification by the EU as a terrorist organization. Turkey blames the group for launching attacks on its territory from bases in northern Iraq. Mr. Erdogan said he wanted western countries to show greater support for turkey's efforts to counter the PKK. There have been protests near the Turkish border with Iraq denouncing the group.
Air France has apologized to passengers affected by a strike by its staff which resulted in the cancellation of more than 100 of its flights. In a statement, the company said the strike action was totally unexpected. There were major check-in delays and angry passengers stood in long queues at several of the country's main airports. Staff at Air France are striking over pay and conditions. Andrew Walker reports.
The sudden walkout by most of its cabin crew, has led Air France to sue the unions and apologize to customers. It follows recent industrial action in the French Ground Transport Network. Although demands differ, salaries and break times in one case, bland pension reforms in the other, both strikes pose a challenge to the reform-minded free market government. Last week, President Sarkozy became the first French head of state in twenty five years to address railway strikers face to face denouncing what he called their privileges. Next year, he will have the law, he signed, as new rules take effect, obliging workers to provide a minimum service.
In Ukraine, the bodies of some 2,000 people killed by the Soviet secret police more than sixty years ago have been reburied near the capital Kiev. Relatives of the victims watched those red coffins were lowered into graves and blessed by a priest at a ceremony in a forest outside Kiev. The bodies were dug up earlier this year in Bykovnya where tens of thousands of people are thought to have been dumped in mass graves during the 1930s and 40s. They included more than 4,050 Poles.
BBC World News.
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BBC News with Blerry Gogan.
The Libya leader Muammar Gadhafi has said the peace talks he is hosting to end the Darfur conflict are doomed to failure because of the absence of the main rebel leaders. Most of the fragmented rebel groups from Darfur have refused to take part with something they can't join in talks until attacks on them end. There is an agreement for United Nations peacekeeping force to be deployed in Darfur. But the United States special envoy for Sudan Andrew Natsios has warned that the arrival of such force would not by itself solve the region's conflicts. "Every corner of the state could be heard the sound of gunfire. .... I think people in the camps actually believe everything will turn into paradise as soon as the troops arrive. That's simply not true. They don't understand you have to have a political settlement if the peacekeeping force is gonna be fully successful."
Heavy fighting has been taking place in the Somali capital Mogadishu with shells exploding in the south and central of the city. Ethiopian troops backed by tanks and artillery have gone in the attack fanning out across the city to engage in insurgents. Adam Mynott reports.
Ethiopian forces who were reported to have reinforced their presence in the capital have launched a big offensive. Tanks and artillery cannons were seen arriving in Mogadishu on Friday. The Ethiopian forces backed by troops from Somalia's interim government are targeting areas of the city occupied by militia who are remnants of forces loyal to a group of Islamic Courts who were driven out of power at the beginning of the year. At least ten people, civilians and soldiers, are reported to have been killed. But the number of dead may be much higher.
The authorities in California have issued a new warning about the public health effects of the week-long fires that have caused seven deaths and more than one billion dollars in damage. The State's Environmental Protection Agency said the emissions generated by the fires almost equal those of half a million cars for a whole year. The governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger said the authorities were doing everything they could to find the arsonists thought to have started at least two of the fires.
"I want everyone to understand that we would hunt down the people that are responsible for that. And we'll arrest them; we'll prosecute them to the full extent of the law. If I were one of those people who started the fires, I would not sleep soundly right now, I tell you, because we are right behind you. So if I would be you, turn yourself in."
Officials in northwestern Pakistan say thirteen people have been killed by supporters of a radical Muslim cleric hours after troops attacked its stronghold on Friday. Security officials told the BBC that eight of them who belong to the security forces were beheaded.
Israel says it will begin reducing energy supplies to the Gaza Strip after warning earlier this week that it will retaliate for continuing Palestinian rocket attacks. Israeli Deputy Defense Minister said the main aim was to separate Israel from the Gaza Strip.
World News from the BBC.
The Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has criticized European Union countries for failing to extradite wanted members of the Kurdistan Workers Party, the PKK, despite its classification by the EU as a terrorist organization. Turkey blames the group for launching attacks on its territory from bases in northern Iraq. Mr. Erdogan said he wanted western countries to show greater support for turkey's efforts to counter the PKK. There have been protests near the Turkish border with Iraq denouncing the group.
Air France has apologized to passengers affected by a strike by its staff which resulted in the cancellation of more than 100 of its flights. In a statement, the company said the strike action was totally unexpected. There were major check-in delays and angry passengers stood in long queues at several of the country's main airports. Staff at Air France are striking over pay and conditions. Andrew Walker reports.
The sudden walkout by most of its cabin crew, has led Air France to sue the unions and apologize to customers. It follows recent industrial action in the French Ground Transport Network. Although demands differ, salaries and break times in one case, bland pension reforms in the other, both strikes pose a challenge to the reform-minded free market government. Last week, President Sarkozy became the first French head of state in twenty five years to address railway strikers face to face denouncing what he called their privileges. Next year, he will have the law, he signed, as new rules take effect, obliging workers to provide a minimum service.
In Ukraine, the bodies of some 2,000 people killed by the Soviet secret police more than sixty years ago have been reburied near the capital Kiev. Relatives of the victims watched those red coffins were lowered into graves and blessed by a priest at a ceremony in a forest outside Kiev. The bodies were dug up earlier this year in Bykovnya where tens of thousands of people are thought to have been dumped in mass graves during the 1930s and 40s. They included more than 4,050 Poles.
BBC World News.
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