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BBC News with David Legg.
A hotel in the Afghan capital Kabul that is used by aid workers and visiting diplomats has been attacked by a suicide bomber. The Taliban spokesman said they’d sent a suicide bomber and four gunmen into the Serena hotel. Police and witnesses said about eight people were killed, four of them foreigners. A spokesman of the Afghan Interior Ministry Zamarai Bashari said many facts were still unclear.
"It was six o'clock in the evening, and that a suicide attack happened in front of the entrance gate of Serena hotel. And after the suicide bombing, there was another explosion, which we are not sure about, that explosion, whether that was a suicide bombing, whether that was a bomb, or whatever. We are investigating that and on the third step there were some shootings that we are uncertain about those shootings, as well. “
The price of gold has fallen back slightly after reaching an all-time high, briefly trading in London at 914 dollars an ounce. This marks a rise of more than a third over the past six months. Analysts say the metal could break the 1000 dollar mark. Jill Leyland, an economic advisor to the World Gold Council in London explains some of the reasons behind the price rise.
"Supply is constrained, because mine output has been, if anything, falling slightly, whereas investors have been turning increasingly to gold, and jewelry demand has also been very strong. A lot of that comes from countries such as India, China, the Middle East where of course the economies have been booming, and a lot of people have been getting richer. “
Princess Diana's former butler Paul Burrell has dismissed all conspiracy theories surrounding her death. Mr. Burrell was testified at an inquest in London into the circumstances surrounding the car crash in which she died more than a decade ago. Mohammad Al Fayed, the father of Diana's lover Dodi Al Fayed has alleged that the Princess and his son were killed on the orders of Prince Phillip, the Queen's husband. The BBC's Peter Hunt reports.
"Paul Burrell who told the court he knew Diana's every waking thought tackled head-on the suggestion the Princess has been murdered in a conspiracy involving prince Phillip. I think that's impossible he said. Diana's servant and confidant said the Princess was excited by her relationship with Dodi Al Fayed. It had happened after she split up with Dr. Hasnat Khan. She was on the rebound. He, Mr. Burrell said had been her soul mate, and Diana had seriously contemplated marrying the heart surgeon. “
The United States navy says it is investigating reports that a prankster may have played a role in the widely reported confrontation between Iranian and American vessels in the Gulf eight days ago. The report has been published in the Navy Times Newspaper. It quotes several veteran sailors as saying that a known radio prankster may have interfered with communications, sending threats to the Americans that did not originate with the Iranians.
World News from the BBC.
The authorities in Colombia say left wing FARC rebels have kidnapped six tourists on a beach on Colombia's Pacific coast. One of the tourists is reportedly a Norwegian national, and the other five are Colombians. A navy spokesman said the military was pursuing a group of rebels who robbed 19 tourists before leaving with the six hostages. The new kidnappings come days after the FARC withdrew worldwide media attention when it released two high-profile hostages.
The European commission says it is launching two new investigations into the software giant Microsoft to discover whether it is abusing its dominant market position. The basis of the investigation is the same as one completed in 2004. Dominate Laury reports.
"For almost 15 years, Microsoft has been the bete noire of European competition authorities, who have long maintained the US firm's dominance has been bad for European consumers. It all seems to have been solved when last October, one of Europe's highest courts said it was charging rivals far too much for access to information. For the basis of the new investigation, this is exactly the same that Microsoft is still shutting competitors out, this time from letting them work with Microsoft's office suite of products, and also that it shouldn't be giving away its web browser Internet Explorer free with its operating systems.
Lecturers' oppose to Pope Benedict's views on science have urged Rome academic authorities to cancel his visit to the city's prestigious La Sapienza university on Thursday. Sixty-seven academics signed a letter saying they were offended by the invitation because it condoned the trial of conviction of Galileo for heresy in 1633 when the astronomer was forced to publicly recant his view that the earth revolved around the sun.
A NASA spacecraft called "Messenger" has flown past Mercury, the smallest of the planets in the Solar system. It got as close as 200 kilometers from the surface and it’s sending back data and photographs.
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