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BBC News with Nick Kelly.
The Republican candidate for theUS Washington
John McCain is facing repeated questions about his age and health. He turns 72 in August, and if elected, he would be the oldest person ever to win a first term asUS
Meanwhile, Mr. Obama has repeated his pledge that if elected, he would talk toCuba Florida , he said that his rival John McCain was offering them empty promises in saying he would maintain Washington 's hard-line approach towards Cuba
"John McCain has been going around the country talking about how much I wannna meet Raul Castro, as if I am looking for a social gathering, I'm gonna invite him over and have some tea. That's not what I said, John McCain knows it. After eight years of the disastrous policies of George Bush, it is time, I believe, to pursue direct diplomacy with friend and foe alike, without preconditions."
The British Defense Secretary has insisted that the country's fleet of Nimrod surveillance aircraft is safe -- despite a ruling to the contrary (相反的裁定) by a coroner looking into the deaths of fourteen British servicemen in an air crash in Afghanistan two years ago. The coroner, Andrew Walker, said that in his view, the Nimrod had never been airworthy since it came into service nearly forty years ago, and that the plane still had a serious design flaw. But the Defense Secretary Des Browne said he'd been assured by the Royal Air Force that sufficient changes have been made to the fleet for it to be safe. (www.hXen.com)
A US Marine court of inquiry has decided not to bring criminal charges against two officers whose unit was accused of killing up to nineteen Afghan civilians during an ambush last year. The tribunal concluded that the two officers acted appropriately after their unit was targeted by a car-bomb and the unit opened fire. However, it also found that training issues had to be addressed.
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World News from the BBC.
International relief agencies have given a cautious welcome to the announcement thatBurma Rangoon
"These helicopters, allocated in various positions around the world, will need to be flown in on the heavy-load aircraft intoBangkok , reassembled and then flown on to Yangon . So it will be a few days before we are able to get those helicopters completely operational."
Relief organizations say outside experts are needed to oversee the complicated disaster management operations, and it's not clear whether these will be let in.
The WFP has also sent an urgent appeal for more than $700 million to counter the effects of rising food prices has been met. The WFP said in March that a 50% rise in costs meant it needed the money just to maintain operations at current levels. The BBC'sTom Lane reports from UN Headquarters in New York
The key donation was a windfall fromSaudi Arabia Far East has released a statement calling this contribution of uNPRecedented size. It comes on top of $460 million already raised by more than thirty other countries. Agency officials say the extra money will be spent on further pressing causes.
And the leaders of twelve South American countries have launched a new regional body aimed at strengthening cooperation between them at a summit inBrasilia Brazil said it would help South America to play a more prominent global role.
BBC News.
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BBC News with Nick Kelly.
The Republican candidate for the
John McCain is facing repeated questions about his age and health. He turns 72 in August, and if elected, he would be the oldest person ever to win a first term as
Meanwhile, Mr. Obama has repeated his pledge that if elected, he would talk to
"John McCain has been going around the country talking about how much I wannna meet Raul Castro, as if I am looking for a social gathering, I'm gonna invite him over and have some tea. That's not what I said, John McCain knows it. After eight years of the disastrous policies of George Bush, it is time, I believe, to pursue direct diplomacy with friend and foe alike, without preconditions."
The British Defense Secretary has insisted that the country's fleet of Nimrod surveillance aircraft is safe -- despite a ruling to the contrary (相反的裁定) by a coroner looking into the deaths of fourteen British servicemen in an air crash in Afghanistan two years ago. The coroner, Andrew Walker, said that in his view, the Nimrod had never been airworthy since it came into service nearly forty years ago, and that the plane still had a serious design flaw. But the Defense Secretary Des Browne said he'd been assured by the Royal Air Force that sufficient changes have been made to the fleet for it to be safe. (www.hXen.com)
A US Marine court of inquiry has decided not to bring criminal charges against two officers whose unit was accused of killing up to nineteen Afghan civilians during an ambush last year. The tribunal concluded that the two officers acted appropriately after their unit was targeted by a car-bomb and the unit opened fire. However, it also found that training issues had to be addressed.
World News from the BBC.
International relief agencies have given a cautious welcome to the announcement that
"These helicopters, allocated in various positions around the world, will need to be flown in on the heavy-load aircraft into
Relief organizations say outside experts are needed to oversee the complicated disaster management operations, and it's not clear whether these will be let in.
The WFP has also sent an urgent appeal for more than $700 million to counter the effects of rising food prices has been met. The WFP said in March that a 50% rise in costs meant it needed the money just to maintain operations at current levels. The BBC's
The key donation was a windfall from
And the leaders of twelve South American countries have launched a new regional body aimed at strengthening cooperation between them at a summit in
BBC News.
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