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BBC News with Ian Perdon.
Prosecutors of The Hague War Crimes Tribunal say they expect the extradition of the former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic to be delayed. Mr. Karadzic's lawyer said he’ll appeal against the extradition at the very last minute on Friday, so the earliest the wartime leader can be transferred to The Hague will be Monday or Tuesday next week. If extradited, Mr. Karadzic plans to conduct his own defense. The spokeswoman for the tribunal's chief prosecutor Olga Kavran says she hopes that lessons have been learned from the trial of the former Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic.
The Milosevic's case was exacerbated by the fact that there were many health issues that in combination with self-representation led to the situation where we had three half days of trial every week, many breaks, some of them quite long, some for a couple of months, which made the case last much longer than it was initially anticipated, then that perhaps should not have been the case and we certainly hope not to see that again.
The Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has rejected a draft law aimed at paving the way for provincial elections. The measure was passed by the Iraqi parliament on Tuesday, but Kurdish members boycotted the vote. Their main objection is to provisions for the disputed province of Kirkuk. Jim Muir reports.
The provincial elections law is one of the pieces of benchmark legislation the Americans are impatient to see passed. It's already been heavily delayed. The elections originally scheduled for October 1 have slid into December and are now under an even bigger question mark. In the furious reaction to the parliamentary vote on Tuesday, President Talabani said it was a blatant violation of the constitution which could threaten the country's existing achievements and also its national unity.
The Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has won parliamentary backing for a crime package that critics say discriminates against immigrants. The legislation allows courts to jail illegal immigrants rather than expel them. David Willey reports.
Silvio Berlusconi's election promise to combat crime, perceived here as being caused mainly by foreigners who've entered the country illegally, led to draconian new measures which have now been confirmed by both houses of the Italian parliament. Suspected illegal immigrants can now be detained without trial for up to 18 months, and upon conviction, can receive prison terms of up to four years. The new measures have been strongly criticized by the left-wing opposition, by Roman Catholic groups and by human rights organizations.
The Nigerian Parliament has begun an official investigation into the operations of the state oil company after allegations that it was providing protection money to militants. The inquiry was opened after the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation's managing director said the corporation paid $12 million to militants in the Niger Delta to allow workers to continue repairs on a vital oil pipeline.
World News from the BBC.
Two of the richest men in the world, Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York, and Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft, have launched a campaign aimed at tackling smoking in the developing world. They say they'll be donating half a billion dollars over the next five years to programs that will help people stop smoking. Speaking in New York, Mr. Gates said the tobacco industry's expansion in poorer countries would have dire consequences.
Today, about 50% of the deaths from tobacco are in the rich world, and about 50% in the developing world, but if you go out into the future, say out to 2030, that shifts, as you might expect, because the epidemic is spreading so much in these countries that 70% of the deaths by then will be in these poorer countries, so only 30% in the richer countries.
The Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on a rare visit to the region of Darfur has denounced as destruction the call for his arrest by the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. Addressing a crowd of about 10,000 people in the city of Alfasha, President Bashir acknowledged past injustices in Darfur, but he said the enemies of Sudan were trying to use the crisis to destroy the country. (Www.hxen.net)
The Democratic Party's contender for the American presidency Barack Obama has spent the day in Israel and the West Bank, holding separate meetings with Israeli and Palestinian leaders. In the Israeli town of Sderot, often targeted by Palestinian militants firing rockets from Gaza, Mr. Obama repeated his support for Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, but insisted its final status should be decided through peace talks.
Weather forecasters in the United States say Hurricane Dolly has made landfall in southern Texas, bringing winds of up to 160 kilometers an hour and heavy rain to coastal areas of the state and northern Mexico. In Cameron County in Texas, 2,000 people have been moved to temporary shelters.
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BBC News with Ian Perdon.
Prosecutors of The Hague War Crimes Tribunal say they expect the extradition of the former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic to be delayed. Mr. Karadzic's lawyer said he’ll appeal against the extradition at the very last minute on Friday, so the earliest the wartime leader can be transferred to The Hague will be Monday or Tuesday next week. If extradited, Mr. Karadzic plans to conduct his own defense. The spokeswoman for the tribunal's chief prosecutor Olga Kavran says she hopes that lessons have been learned from the trial of the former Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic.
The Milosevic's case was exacerbated by the fact that there were many health issues that in combination with self-representation led to the situation where we had three half days of trial every week, many breaks, some of them quite long, some for a couple of months, which made the case last much longer than it was initially anticipated, then that perhaps should not have been the case and we certainly hope not to see that again.
The Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has rejected a draft law aimed at paving the way for provincial elections. The measure was passed by the Iraqi parliament on Tuesday, but Kurdish members boycotted the vote. Their main objection is to provisions for the disputed province of Kirkuk. Jim Muir reports.
The provincial elections law is one of the pieces of benchmark legislation the Americans are impatient to see passed. It's already been heavily delayed. The elections originally scheduled for October 1 have slid into December and are now under an even bigger question mark. In the furious reaction to the parliamentary vote on Tuesday, President Talabani said it was a blatant violation of the constitution which could threaten the country's existing achievements and also its national unity.
The Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has won parliamentary backing for a crime package that critics say discriminates against immigrants. The legislation allows courts to jail illegal immigrants rather than expel them. David Willey reports.
Silvio Berlusconi's election promise to combat crime, perceived here as being caused mainly by foreigners who've entered the country illegally, led to draconian new measures which have now been confirmed by both houses of the Italian parliament. Suspected illegal immigrants can now be detained without trial for up to 18 months, and upon conviction, can receive prison terms of up to four years. The new measures have been strongly criticized by the left-wing opposition, by Roman Catholic groups and by human rights organizations.
The Nigerian Parliament has begun an official investigation into the operations of the state oil company after allegations that it was providing protection money to militants. The inquiry was opened after the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation's managing director said the corporation paid $12 million to militants in the Niger Delta to allow workers to continue repairs on a vital oil pipeline.
World News from the BBC.
Two of the richest men in the world, Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York, and Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft, have launched a campaign aimed at tackling smoking in the developing world. They say they'll be donating half a billion dollars over the next five years to programs that will help people stop smoking. Speaking in New York, Mr. Gates said the tobacco industry's expansion in poorer countries would have dire consequences.
Today, about 50% of the deaths from tobacco are in the rich world, and about 50% in the developing world, but if you go out into the future, say out to 2030, that shifts, as you might expect, because the epidemic is spreading so much in these countries that 70% of the deaths by then will be in these poorer countries, so only 30% in the richer countries.
The Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on a rare visit to the region of Darfur has denounced as destruction the call for his arrest by the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. Addressing a crowd of about 10,000 people in the city of Alfasha, President Bashir acknowledged past injustices in Darfur, but he said the enemies of Sudan were trying to use the crisis to destroy the country. (Www.hxen.net)
The Democratic Party's contender for the American presidency Barack Obama has spent the day in Israel and the West Bank, holding separate meetings with Israeli and Palestinian leaders. In the Israeli town of Sderot, often targeted by Palestinian militants firing rockets from Gaza, Mr. Obama repeated his support for Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, but insisted its final status should be decided through peace talks.
Weather forecasters in the United States say Hurricane Dolly has made landfall in southern Texas, bringing winds of up to 160 kilometers an hour and heavy rain to coastal areas of the state and northern Mexico. In Cameron County in Texas, 2,000 people have been moved to temporary shelters.
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