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BBC News with Blerry Gogan.
Pakistan has admitted that its relations with India are under serious strain following allegations that the gunmen who attacked Mumbai this week had Pakistani links. The Pakistani government has denied any involvement in the attacks by heavily armed militants which left nearly 200 people dead in India's commercial capital. Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said his government had nothing to hide. Barbara Plett reports from Islamabad.
Mr. Qureshi told reporters he was concerned about what he called a serious situation. He said it was the interests of both countries to defuse tensions over alleged Pakistani links to the Mumbai attacks. He clarified that India had not blamed the government but that it suspected the involvement of Pakistani militants. He pledged that intelligence officials here would fully cooperate with the Indian investigation. But the intelligence chief would not travel to India as earlier reported, something he called a miscommunication.
In Mumbai, security forces have been searching the Taj Mahal hotel, where the last three militants were killed in a gun battle on Saturday morning. Officials have warned that the number of dead could rise.
Hundreds of people are reported to have been killed during religious and ethnic clashes in the central Nigerian town of Jos. Aid workers said more than 200 bodies had been found. One charity put the figure of Muslims dead at more than 300. There is no indication of the number of Christians killed. Alex Last reports from Lagos.
The clashes first began in Jos two days ago, triggered by accusations that a local election had been rigged, an election that'd divided the community along old ethnic and sectarian fault lines. Within hours, groups of men from both sides took to the streets armed with machetes. Houses, mosques and churches were burned, but only now it's the human cost becoming clear. At the city central Mosque, the dead from the Muslim Hausa community were brought in from the streets where they fell. Figures are notoriously unreliable in Nigeria, but the local imam said the number of dead was in the 100s.
The former leading Colombian political figure, Ingrid Betancourt, who was at the central of a dramatic rescue in July, after six years as the hostage of rebels, has returned to Colombia for the first time. Ms. Betancourt was held by the FARC rebels in a remote jungle location before being freed by Colombian troops. From Bogota, Jeremy McDermott reports.
Ingrid Betancourt is back in her native Colombia although not for long. She's believed to be on a humanitarian mission touring several countries in Latin America to promote a foundation dedicated to human rights. She left Colombia after her rescue in July this year due to fears for her security. Fears that the FARC might want to exact revenge for the humiliation of her escape after six years as a captive. Colombian authorities are taking no chances with her safety, giving her 20 bodyguards and armed vehicles during her stay.
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More than 40 people have been injured in a grenade attack on anti-government protesters in Thailand, following another day of violent clashes. It was the latest in the series of attacks on demonstrators who have been occupying the prime minister's office in Bangkok since August. Earlier, police failed to seal off the airport which has been occupied by a larger group of demonstrators for four days.
The oil producers' group, OPEC, has predicted that the price of oil won't rise again until the middle of next year. After a meeting in Cairo to discuss recent steep falls in the price, oil ministers left the cartel's production quotas unchanged. But it's thought that at their next conference in a few weeks they'll agree to cut production to boost prices. From Cairo, Yolanda Neil.(WWw.hxen.net)
There is a growing concern among OPEC's 30 members about plummeting world oil prices. The governments of oil exporting countries are now urgently reviewing their spending plans. The cartel, which controls 40 percent of the global oil supply, announced a cut in production of 1.5 million barrels of oil a day at an emergency meeting last month. In Cairo, several delegates said they wanted to ensure there was 100% compliance with the new quotas before making a further reduction.
The first women Catholic beatification ceremony to be held in Cuba has been attended by President Raul Castro and was being seen as another sign of the warming relations between the island and the Vatican. He joined thousands of Catholics for the ceremony honoring a Cuban Friar Jose Olallo Valdes, who worked with the poor and sick until his death in 1889.
The Icelandic Prime Minister Geir Haarde has ruled out early elections despite a protest for the eighth week running about the country's financial meltdown. Around 5,000 demonstrators braved biting winds to demonstrate outside the Parliament. One had brought along his pet dogs, decked out in the red, white and blue of the Icelandic flag to make the point that the country had gone to the dogs.
fault line: a matter which often causes arguments or splits between different groups in a society.
ethnic and religious fault lines in society.
deck something out : to decorate something with flowers, flags etc
beatification: (Roman Catholic Church) an act of the Pope who declares that a deceased person lived a holy life and is worthy of public veneration; a first step toward canonization
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BBC News with Blerry Gogan.
Pakistan has admitted that its relations with India are under serious strain following allegations that the gunmen who attacked Mumbai this week had Pakistani links. The Pakistani government has denied any involvement in the attacks by heavily armed militants which left nearly 200 people dead in India's commercial capital. Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said his government had nothing to hide. Barbara Plett reports from Islamabad.
Mr. Qureshi told reporters he was concerned about what he called a serious situation. He said it was the interests of both countries to defuse tensions over alleged Pakistani links to the Mumbai attacks. He clarified that India had not blamed the government but that it suspected the involvement of Pakistani militants. He pledged that intelligence officials here would fully cooperate with the Indian investigation. But the intelligence chief would not travel to India as earlier reported, something he called a miscommunication.
In Mumbai, security forces have been searching the Taj Mahal hotel, where the last three militants were killed in a gun battle on Saturday morning. Officials have warned that the number of dead could rise.
Hundreds of people are reported to have been killed during religious and ethnic clashes in the central Nigerian town of Jos. Aid workers said more than 200 bodies had been found. One charity put the figure of Muslims dead at more than 300. There is no indication of the number of Christians killed. Alex Last reports from Lagos.
The clashes first began in Jos two days ago, triggered by accusations that a local election had been rigged, an election that'd divided the community along old ethnic and sectarian fault lines. Within hours, groups of men from both sides took to the streets armed with machetes. Houses, mosques and churches were burned, but only now it's the human cost becoming clear. At the city central Mosque, the dead from the Muslim Hausa community were brought in from the streets where they fell. Figures are notoriously unreliable in Nigeria, but the local imam said the number of dead was in the 100s.
The former leading Colombian political figure, Ingrid Betancourt, who was at the central of a dramatic rescue in July, after six years as the hostage of rebels, has returned to Colombia for the first time. Ms. Betancourt was held by the FARC rebels in a remote jungle location before being freed by Colombian troops. From Bogota, Jeremy McDermott reports.
Ingrid Betancourt is back in her native Colombia although not for long. She's believed to be on a humanitarian mission touring several countries in Latin America to promote a foundation dedicated to human rights. She left Colombia after her rescue in July this year due to fears for her security. Fears that the FARC might want to exact revenge for the humiliation of her escape after six years as a captive. Colombian authorities are taking no chances with her safety, giving her 20 bodyguards and armed vehicles during her stay.
World News from the BBC.
More than 40 people have been injured in a grenade attack on anti-government protesters in Thailand, following another day of violent clashes. It was the latest in the series of attacks on demonstrators who have been occupying the prime minister's office in Bangkok since August. Earlier, police failed to seal off the airport which has been occupied by a larger group of demonstrators for four days.
The oil producers' group, OPEC, has predicted that the price of oil won't rise again until the middle of next year. After a meeting in Cairo to discuss recent steep falls in the price, oil ministers left the cartel's production quotas unchanged. But it's thought that at their next conference in a few weeks they'll agree to cut production to boost prices. From Cairo, Yolanda Neil.(WWw.hxen.net)
There is a growing concern among OPEC's 30 members about plummeting world oil prices. The governments of oil exporting countries are now urgently reviewing their spending plans. The cartel, which controls 40 percent of the global oil supply, announced a cut in production of 1.5 million barrels of oil a day at an emergency meeting last month. In Cairo, several delegates said they wanted to ensure there was 100% compliance with the new quotas before making a further reduction.
The first women Catholic beatification ceremony to be held in Cuba has been attended by President Raul Castro and was being seen as another sign of the warming relations between the island and the Vatican. He joined thousands of Catholics for the ceremony honoring a Cuban Friar Jose Olallo Valdes, who worked with the poor and sick until his death in 1889.
The Icelandic Prime Minister Geir Haarde has ruled out early elections despite a protest for the eighth week running about the country's financial meltdown. Around 5,000 demonstrators braved biting winds to demonstrate outside the Parliament. One had brought along his pet dogs, decked out in the red, white and blue of the Icelandic flag to make the point that the country had gone to the dogs.
fault line: a matter which often causes arguments or splits between different groups in a society.
ethnic and religious fault lines in society.
deck something out : to decorate something with flowers, flags etc
beatification: (Roman Catholic Church) an act of the Pope who declares that a deceased person lived a holy life and is worthy of public veneration; a first step toward canonization
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