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BBC news with Jerry Schmitt.
The Saudi Interior Ministry says it's arrested 208 people in recent weeks for allegedly planning assassinations and sabotage attacks. An Interior Ministry spokesman Mansour al-Turki told the BBC that militant cells had been plotting to kill security officials and Muslim clerics and to attack oil installations. He said that while there may be no direct link to Al-Qaeda, but militants were clearly influenced by what he called Al-Qaeda's goals of terrorism.
"We always say that we have not yet come to the point where we could say that we eliminated the terrorism. The problem arises from the Al Qaeda ideology. There is a problem with the internet. There are people who believe in this ideology and they use this ideology to recruit people either inside the Saudi Arabia or in and any other parts of the world"
The United States Defense Department has issued a formal protest to China over its refusal to allow an American aircraft carrier to dock in Hong Kong last week. The USS Kitty Hawk was forced to return to its home port when the Chinese authorities barred the warship from entering Hong Kong. From Washington, John Donathen reports. “The stopover had been planned for months to allow crew members to meet with their families. However, the ship was turned back and hundreds of sailors had to abandon their holiday plans. A Pentagon spokesman said the Defense Department was officially expressing its displeasure with the incident. The White House says President Bush raised the issue when he met the Chinese Foreign Minister in Washington on Wednesday. A White House spokeswoman said the minister had assured the president that it was a simple misunderstanding.”
After President Bush and Israeli and Palestinian leaders met to launch the first formal Middle East peace negotiations in seven years, the United States has appointed a new envoy for Middle East security. He is General James Jones, a former commander of NATO. From Washington, Jonathan Beale reports. “Condoleezza Rice said General James Jones would fulfill a vital mission. Announcing his appointment, she described the former marine as an experienced leader who could address the regional security challenges as the Palestinians and the Israelis began to negotiate. General Jones will focus on the development of Palestinian security forces while trying to build confidence with Israelis. He will be working alongside U. S. Lieutenant General Keith Dayton. He has been in the region for the past two years on a similar mission. The new appointment is clearly designed to reaffirm America's commitment to follow through on the Annapolis talks.”
Police investigating alleged corruption in English football have arrested the manager of the Premier League team Portsmouth. Harry Redknapp was among five people detained in raids across Britain, one of the others was Portsmouth s chief executive Peter Storrie. Police in London held the men on suspicion of false accounting and conspiracy to defraud
World news from the BBC.
The Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has said he will have no further contact with his Colombian counterpart Alvaro Uribe for as long as Mr. Uribe remained in power. Addressing a rally in western Venezuela, Mr. Chavez accused the Colombian leader of being a pawn of Washington and a barefaced liar. There have been atrophic exchanges between the two men since Mr. Uribe abruptly ended the Venezuelan leader's attempts to broke a hostage exchange with Colombia's largest rebel group.
The Sudanese authorities have charged a British teacher with blasphemy and inciting hatred after her class named a teddy bear Mohammed. If convicted, Gillian Gibbons could face a sentence of forty lashes, six months in prison or a fine. From Khartoum, Amber Henshaw reports.
The decision to charge Gillian Gibbons with inciting hatred, insulting religion and showing contempt for religious beliefs has come as a shock to diplomats in Khartoum. The fifty-four-year-old teacher had been questioned by police since she was arrested on Sunday, after complaints to the Ministry of Education that she'd insulted Islam's prophet. The news of the case is just beginning to spread to ordinary Sudanese in the capital Khartoum. Many say that if it was unintentional and Gillian Gibbons apologized for her mistake, they at least would be willing to forgive her.
Scientists say they have the best evidence yet that the planet Venus once had oceans of water on its surface like planet Earth. The scientists are trying to find out why Venus changed. One of the theories they are trying to test is that it experienced a runaway bout of global warming. The claim is based on initial atmospheric data received from a European Space Agency's spacecraft now orbiting the planet.
The American Internet company Google says it will invest hundreds of millions of dollars in finding more efficient ways to produce environmentally friendly energy. A director of the company said it wanted to help to slow down climate change by making electricity from renewable energy.
BBC News.
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BBC news with Jerry Schmitt.
The Saudi Interior Ministry says it's arrested 208 people in recent weeks for allegedly planning assassinations and sabotage attacks. An Interior Ministry spokesman Mansour al-Turki told the BBC that militant cells had been plotting to kill security officials and Muslim clerics and to attack oil installations. He said that while there may be no direct link to Al-Qaeda, but militants were clearly influenced by what he called Al-Qaeda's goals of terrorism.
"We always say that we have not yet come to the point where we could say that we eliminated the terrorism. The problem arises from the Al Qaeda ideology. There is a problem with the internet. There are people who believe in this ideology and they use this ideology to recruit people either inside the Saudi Arabia or in and any other parts of the world"
The United States Defense Department has issued a formal protest to China over its refusal to allow an American aircraft carrier to dock in Hong Kong last week. The USS Kitty Hawk was forced to return to its home port when the Chinese authorities barred the warship from entering Hong Kong. From Washington, John Donathen reports. “The stopover had been planned for months to allow crew members to meet with their families. However, the ship was turned back and hundreds of sailors had to abandon their holiday plans. A Pentagon spokesman said the Defense Department was officially expressing its displeasure with the incident. The White House says President Bush raised the issue when he met the Chinese Foreign Minister in Washington on Wednesday. A White House spokeswoman said the minister had assured the president that it was a simple misunderstanding.”
After President Bush and Israeli and Palestinian leaders met to launch the first formal Middle East peace negotiations in seven years, the United States has appointed a new envoy for Middle East security. He is General James Jones, a former commander of NATO. From Washington, Jonathan Beale reports. “Condoleezza Rice said General James Jones would fulfill a vital mission. Announcing his appointment, she described the former marine as an experienced leader who could address the regional security challenges as the Palestinians and the Israelis began to negotiate. General Jones will focus on the development of Palestinian security forces while trying to build confidence with Israelis. He will be working alongside U. S. Lieutenant General Keith Dayton. He has been in the region for the past two years on a similar mission. The new appointment is clearly designed to reaffirm America's commitment to follow through on the Annapolis talks.”
Police investigating alleged corruption in English football have arrested the manager of the Premier League team Portsmouth. Harry Redknapp was among five people detained in raids across Britain, one of the others was Portsmouth s chief executive Peter Storrie. Police in London held the men on suspicion of false accounting and conspiracy to defraud
World news from the BBC.
The Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has said he will have no further contact with his Colombian counterpart Alvaro Uribe for as long as Mr. Uribe remained in power. Addressing a rally in western Venezuela, Mr. Chavez accused the Colombian leader of being a pawn of Washington and a barefaced liar. There have been atrophic exchanges between the two men since Mr. Uribe abruptly ended the Venezuelan leader's attempts to broke a hostage exchange with Colombia's largest rebel group.
The Sudanese authorities have charged a British teacher with blasphemy and inciting hatred after her class named a teddy bear Mohammed. If convicted, Gillian Gibbons could face a sentence of forty lashes, six months in prison or a fine. From Khartoum, Amber Henshaw reports.
The decision to charge Gillian Gibbons with inciting hatred, insulting religion and showing contempt for religious beliefs has come as a shock to diplomats in Khartoum. The fifty-four-year-old teacher had been questioned by police since she was arrested on Sunday, after complaints to the Ministry of Education that she'd insulted Islam's prophet. The news of the case is just beginning to spread to ordinary Sudanese in the capital Khartoum. Many say that if it was unintentional and Gillian Gibbons apologized for her mistake, they at least would be willing to forgive her.
Scientists say they have the best evidence yet that the planet Venus once had oceans of water on its surface like planet Earth. The scientists are trying to find out why Venus changed. One of the theories they are trying to test is that it experienced a runaway bout of global warming. The claim is based on initial atmospheric data received from a European Space Agency's spacecraft now orbiting the planet.
The American Internet company Google says it will invest hundreds of millions of dollars in finding more efficient ways to produce environmentally friendly energy. A director of the company said it wanted to help to slow down climate change by making electricity from renewable energy.
BBC News.
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