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BBC news with Ian Perdon 

On the state visit to Britain, the French President Nicolas Sarkozy has said that France will send more troops to Afghanistan subject to certain conditions. Mr. Sarkozy, who was addressing the British Parliament, said the Taliban could not be allowed to regain power in Afghanistan. The United States which has been pressing NATO countries to commit more troops to Afghanistan has welcomed Mr. Sarkozy's remarks. John David reports.

Mr. Sarkozy said that France had proposed a strategy to enable the Afghan people and their government to build peace. He said he would confirm an offer to boost the number of French troops in Afghanistan during a NATO summit next week in Bucharest. The president expects guarantees from the alliance that Afghans will be given more responsibility and the non-military aspects of the mission will be better coordinated.

President Bush said that the Russian President Vladimir Putin had invited him to the Black Sea resort of Sochi early next month. Mr. Bush said they would discuss the United States planned missile defense shield in Eastern Europe which is opposed by Moscow.(www.hXen.com)

The United States and South Korea have warned that time is running out for North Korea to disclose the full details of its nuclear program. The warning came after talks in Washington between the South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-Hwan and the American Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Doctor Rice said although some progress had been made, North Korea needed to do more.

It is really time now for there to be movement on the declaration, so that we can move forward on the next phase which is to actually dismantle the North Korean program, because ultimately that is the only way we are going to be able to realize the vision of a completely denuclearized and peaceful Korean Peninsula.

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The English footballer David Beckham has become the only the fifth man to play 100 times in the England shirt. Beckham, who is 32, was brought back into the England team after an absence of more than two years for a friendly match against France in Paris, which England lost by one goal to nil. Aaron Armstrong reports.

David Beckham's appearance against France cements his place amongst English football’s historical elite. He joins a shortlist of legendary players like Bobby Charlton, Peter Shilton and Bobby Moore. Beckham made his international debut in 1996, captained his country on 58 occasions and is the only English player to score in three World Cup tournaments: 1998, 2002 and 2006. (www.hXen.com)

Scientists in Spain say a fossilized jawbone and a number of teeth unearthed in a cave in Northern Spain proved that humans lived in Europe much earlier than previously believed. An article in Nature magazine says the fossils which were found last year were over a million years old. Until the last decade, there was no evidence that first human settled in Europe until about half a million years ago.

Officials in Ethiopia say 26 people have been arrested after 90 kilos of fake gold was discovered in the vaults of the national bank. A spokesman for Ethiopia's anti-corruption commission said bank officials were among those held and charges were expected in the next two weeks. The fraud was discovered earlier this year when some of the supposed gold was sent to South Africa where it was found to be gold-plated steel.

One of the best-known Hollywood actors of the 1950s and 60s Richard Widmark has died at the age of 93. Widmark, slightly built and blond, burst upon the film scene in 1947 as a giggling psychopathic killer in Kiss of Death for which he was nominated for an Oscar. But he went on to personify the sympathetic hero in a series of notable films, often westerns, such as "Broken Lance", "Two Rode Together", "Warlock", and "The Alamo".

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