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United States officials say the Pentagon is to release hundreds of previously unpublished photographs showing the alleged abuse of prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan
The American Civil Liberties Union has been trying for some time to get access to photos which it believed show prisoners being abused inAfghanistan and Iraq Baghdad
Iraq has seen one of its bloodiest days in recent month, with 60 people killed in an attack on the most important Shiah Muslim shrine in Baghdad
The Mexican government says it’s preparing a mass vaccination campaign to tackle a new kind of deadly swine flu. The World Health Organization says the outbreak appears to have killed at least 57 people. More than 800 others are believed to have been infected. The WHO is planning an emergency meeting soon to decide if there’s an international public health threat. FromMexico City , Sidon
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Finance Ministers and Central Bankers from some of the world’s biggest economies say there are signs that the global financial crisis should begin to ease slightly later this year. But the statement after a G-7 meeting inWashington
The good news in the G-7’ s views is that things aren’t getting worse as rapidly as they were. But the host to this meeting, the US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner was not prepared to conclude that the recovery is imminent. The G-7 statements said that should begin later this year, but it’s likely to be weak. There was also a commitment to tackle the problem in the banks, that’s been identified by the International Monetary Fund as the most important obstacle to a recovery. The IMF says there has been progress on that front but not enough.
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The President of Paraguay Fernando Lugo says he will not resign over claims by several women that he fathered children with them while he was a Catholic Bishop. At a televised news conference, Mr. Lugo asked for forgiveness from anyone who’ve been offended by the revelations but said he would complete his five-year term despite what he called rumors of instability and conspiracy.
The African Union has praised the conduct of a general election inSouth Africa
The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund have warned the prospects for poverty reduction in the developing world are looking bleaker, because of the global financial crisis. In their annual report on progress towards the targets known as the Millennium Development Goals, the two Agencies say up to 9 million more people could fall into extreme poverty. The reports say the health targets are going to be the worst affected.
Farmers in parts ofEurope are to be allowed to resume the practice of leaving dead livestock in their fields for vultures to feed on. The European Parliament voted to overturn a ban which had been brought in to tackle Mad Cow disease. Kris Mason reports from Brussels
Environmentalists describe the vultures as nature’s cleaners. They are capable of stripping a dead cow or sheep carcass in a matter of hours, but many have been starving to death since European law aimed at tackling mad cow disease, meant all dead livestock have to be cleared away. This forced the birds to embark on some rather long-haul journeys. One was even spotted recently perched on top of a bush shelter here inBrussels Brussels
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The American Civil Liberties Union has been trying for some time to get access to photos which it believed show prisoners being abused in
The Mexican government says it’s preparing a mass vaccination campaign to tackle a new kind of deadly swine flu. The World Health Organization says the outbreak appears to have killed at least 57 people. More than 800 others are believed to have been infected. The WHO is planning an emergency meeting soon to decide if there’s an international public health threat. From
Finance Ministers and Central Bankers from some of the world’s biggest economies say there are signs that the global financial crisis should begin to ease slightly later this year. But the statement after a G-7 meeting in
The good news in the G
You’re listening to the latest world news from the BBC.
The President of Paraguay Fernando Lugo says he will not resign over claims by several women that he fathered children with them while he was a Catholic Bishop. At a televised news conference, Mr. Lugo asked for forgiveness from anyone who’ve been offended by the revelations but said he would complete his five-year term despite what he called rumors of instability and conspiracy.
The African Union has praised the conduct of a general election in
The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund have warned the prospects for poverty reduction in the developing world are looking bleaker, because of the global financial crisis. In their annual report on progress towards the targets known as the Millennium Development Goals, the two Agencies say up to 9 million more people could fall into extreme poverty. The reports say the health targets are going to be the worst affected.
Farmers in parts of
Environmentalists describe the vultures as nature’s cleaners. They are capable of stripping a dead cow or sheep carcass in a matter of hours, but many have been starving to death since European law aimed at tackling mad cow disease, meant all dead livestock have to be cleared away. This forced the birds to embark on some rather long-haul journeys. One was even spotted recently perched on top of a bush shelter here in
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