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BBC News with Blerry Gogan.
The Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has been addressing tens of thousands of supporters at his last rally before Saturday's controversial referendum on constitutional reform. Mr. Chavez told the cheering throng in Caracas his changes would return power to the people. James Ingham reports.
The marchers are all adamant that President Chavez's constitutional reforms will make Venezuela a stronger and fairer place. If they win, their leader will be able to stand for re-election in an unlimited number of times. Many on the streets told me that they'd be happy to see him rule for life. But opponents say these changes simply concentrate power in one man and they've promised to fight to stop, what they say, as an unjust and undemocratic reform.
Correspondents say the campaign has polarized the oil rich nation with significant opposition to Mr. Chavez emerging for the first time in many years.
The British Prime Minister Gordon Brown who is facing mounting pressure after a series of political embarrassments has offered the police his full cooperation over a criminal investigation into a series of donations to his Labor Party. The police are looking at whether the businessman David Abrahams broke the law by giving a large sum to the party through intermediaries in order to stay anonymous, or if the Labor Party committed an offence in accepting it. John David reports.
Mr. Brown is keen to avoid a protracted investigation of the sore that undermined his predecessor Tony Blair. Although no one was charged in that investigation, it overshadowed Mr. Blair's final month in power. Mr. Brown said he'd asked all staff and parliamentarians to cooperate fully in providing relevant information. One of the most damaging aspects of the inquiry Mr. Blair had to face was the constant leaking of information to the press over many months. Mr. Brown said that he had reminded people that there should be no running commentary in the media.
A five-hour standoff at a local campaign office in New Hampshire for the US democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton has ended peacefully. A man said by police to have a history of mental illness had entered the office in Rochester claiming to have a bomb strapped to his body. He took several people hostage and demanded to speak to Mrs. Clinton who was not present. James Coomarasamy reports.
More than five hours after walking into the Clinton campaign office in Rochester, claiming to be carrying a bomb, the hostage taker walked out of the building dressed in grey trousers, a white shirt and tie and surrendered to police. He's been identified as Leland Eisenburg, a local man with a history of mental and emotional problems. As the incident began, a woman and a child were immediately set free before a tense few hours filled with conflicting reports about the number of hostages being held and released. And during which the suspect reportedly asked to speak to Senator Clinton herself. She was in the Washington D.C. area at the time and canceled the speech she was due to make at a gathering of democratic presidential candidates.
This is Blerry Gogan with the latest world news from the BBC.
Ireland says a European Union peacekeeping force, which is about to be deployed in Chad, could be delayed by a lack of equipment. The Irish Defense Minister said the first troops might not be leaving until January because they lacked sufficient logistical support including helicopters. Earlier the French President Nicolas Sarkozy said the deployment in eastern Chad would go ahead despite a warning from rebels that they will fight foreign troops sent there.
A deadline for Ethiopia and Eritrea to demarcate their shared border has expired without agreement. The international commission that set the deadline a year ago after determining the course of the border said it would now consider it as demarcated and its own mandate as being fulfilled. The commission has now dissolved itself but a small United Nations peacekeeping force will remain in the border area until next year.
The celebrated motorcycle stuntman Evel Knievel has died in Florida at the age of 69, following a lengthy illness. Evel Knievel whose name became synonymous with showmanship and daredevilry became internationally famous in the 1970s with a series of spectacular stunts. Rob Norris reports.
Evel Knievel had been a ski jump champion and life insurance salesman before becoming a motorcycle stuntman in the 1960s. Jumping over pits filled with rattlesnakes, he crashed many times on his motorbike spending a total of more than 3.5 years in hospital. One of his most spectacular stunts was an unsuccessful attempt to leap over a canyon in Idaho on a rocket-powered motorcycle. But he regretted none of it, saying that it was best to seize every opportunity and he only wished that he'd have taken more chances.
Iran's top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili has said it's unacceptable to expect his country to abandon nuclear enrichment. The EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana who was trying to persuade Iran to do just that expressed disappointment saying he'd expected more from the negotiations. The United States and its allies are now expected to press for further United Nations sanctions on Iran.
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BBC News with Blerry Gogan.
The Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has been addressing tens of thousands of supporters at his last rally before Saturday's controversial referendum on constitutional reform. Mr. Chavez told the cheering throng in Caracas his changes would return power to the people. James Ingham reports.
The marchers are all adamant that President Chavez's constitutional reforms will make Venezuela a stronger and fairer place. If they win, their leader will be able to stand for re-election in an unlimited number of times. Many on the streets told me that they'd be happy to see him rule for life. But opponents say these changes simply concentrate power in one man and they've promised to fight to stop, what they say, as an unjust and undemocratic reform.
Correspondents say the campaign has polarized the oil rich nation with significant opposition to Mr. Chavez emerging for the first time in many years.
The British Prime Minister Gordon Brown who is facing mounting pressure after a series of political embarrassments has offered the police his full cooperation over a criminal investigation into a series of donations to his Labor Party. The police are looking at whether the businessman David Abrahams broke the law by giving a large sum to the party through intermediaries in order to stay anonymous, or if the Labor Party committed an offence in accepting it. John David reports.
Mr. Brown is keen to avoid a protracted investigation of the sore that undermined his predecessor Tony Blair. Although no one was charged in that investigation, it overshadowed Mr. Blair's final month in power. Mr. Brown said he'd asked all staff and parliamentarians to cooperate fully in providing relevant information. One of the most damaging aspects of the inquiry Mr. Blair had to face was the constant leaking of information to the press over many months. Mr. Brown said that he had reminded people that there should be no running commentary in the media.
A five-hour standoff at a local campaign office in New Hampshire for the US democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton has ended peacefully. A man said by police to have a history of mental illness had entered the office in Rochester claiming to have a bomb strapped to his body. He took several people hostage and demanded to speak to Mrs. Clinton who was not present. James Coomarasamy reports.
More than five hours after walking into the Clinton campaign office in Rochester, claiming to be carrying a bomb, the hostage taker walked out of the building dressed in grey trousers, a white shirt and tie and surrendered to police. He's been identified as Leland Eisenburg, a local man with a history of mental and emotional problems. As the incident began, a woman and a child were immediately set free before a tense few hours filled with conflicting reports about the number of hostages being held and released. And during which the suspect reportedly asked to speak to Senator Clinton herself. She was in the Washington D.C. area at the time and canceled the speech she was due to make at a gathering of democratic presidential candidates.
This is Blerry Gogan with the latest world news from the BBC.
Ireland says a European Union peacekeeping force, which is about to be deployed in Chad, could be delayed by a lack of equipment. The Irish Defense Minister said the first troops might not be leaving until January because they lacked sufficient logistical support including helicopters. Earlier the French President Nicolas Sarkozy said the deployment in eastern Chad would go ahead despite a warning from rebels that they will fight foreign troops sent there.
A deadline for Ethiopia and Eritrea to demarcate their shared border has expired without agreement. The international commission that set the deadline a year ago after determining the course of the border said it would now consider it as demarcated and its own mandate as being fulfilled. The commission has now dissolved itself but a small United Nations peacekeeping force will remain in the border area until next year.
The celebrated motorcycle stuntman Evel Knievel has died in Florida at the age of 69, following a lengthy illness. Evel Knievel whose name became synonymous with showmanship and daredevilry became internationally famous in the 1970s with a series of spectacular stunts. Rob Norris reports.
Evel Knievel had been a ski jump champion and life insurance salesman before becoming a motorcycle stuntman in the 1960s. Jumping over pits filled with rattlesnakes, he crashed many times on his motorbike spending a total of more than 3.5 years in hospital. One of his most spectacular stunts was an unsuccessful attempt to leap over a canyon in Idaho on a rocket-powered motorcycle. But he regretted none of it, saying that it was best to seize every opportunity and he only wished that he'd have taken more chances.
Iran's top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili has said it's unacceptable to expect his country to abandon nuclear enrichment. The EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana who was trying to persuade Iran to do just that expressed disappointment saying he'd expected more from the negotiations. The United States and its allies are now expected to press for further United Nations sanctions on Iran.
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