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BBC 2009-06-07


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The Brazilian military has found 2 bodies from the Air France flight that went missing over the Atlantic last weekend. 228 people were on board when the plane disappeared on its way from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. Gary Duffy reports from Sao Paulo

The Brazilian Air Force says the bodies were recovered from Atlantic after debris was spotted from the air early on Saturday. And navy vessels were directed to the location. Two male bodies were retrieved from the water as well as a blue air plane seat with an identifiable serial number, a laptop, and a rucksack as well as a case with an Air France ticket inside it. The discoveries were made in an area that is not far from where the last electronic signal was received from the missing airbus.

A violent confrontation between police and indigenous protestors in Peruvian jungle state of Amazonas has continued with the death of another 9 police officers. It brings to 22, the number of officers to have died since the clashes erupted on Friday. The violence began when security forces moved in, to break up a roadblock on a main highway set up by indigenous groups, opposed to government development plans. Emilio San Pedro reports.

At the heart of the conflict between the government and the indigenous groups in the Peruvian, Amazon are a serious of laws promoted and signed by President Garcia aimed at opening up parts of the Amazon for oil and gas exploration as well as wood harvesting and mining. Mr. Garcia says the laws make simple business sense. The indigenous groups say that the laws put their way of life in danger, and amount to nothing less than the theft of their ancestral lands.

President Barack Obama says the course of history was changed by the bravery of allied forces on D-Day in northern France 65 years ago today. President Obama said so much of the progress that defined the 20th century came down to the battle for a small slice of beach in Normandy. The landings paved the way for the allied victory over Nazi Germany. President Obama said the bravery of the men who fought on the Normandy beaches was an inspiration to everyone today.

‘We cannot help but draw strength from those moments in history when the best among us were somehow able to swallow their fears and secure a beachhead on an unforgiving shore, to those men who achieved that victory 65 years ago. We thank you for your service. May God bless you, and May God bless the memory of all those who rest here.

The leaders of France, Britain and Canada also pay tribute to those who had fought and died.

There's been a suicide bomb attack on a police station in the Pakistani capital Islamabad. Two people were killed, one of them a policeman , and at least two others injured. Taliban militants have threatened to attack cities in Pakistan in retaliation for the army's offensive in the Swat Valley.

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Pirates operating off the coast of Somalia are reported to have released a Nigerian ship captured 10 months ago, ending what have become the longest hijacking in the region. A NATO official Lieutenant Caroline Ghijsen says the Dutch warship patrolling the area received the news of the release of the tugboat, the Yenegoa Ocean. She said the NATO marines boarded the freed ship and found the 10 member crew in good health.

Hundreds of mourners have attended the funeral of a murdered American doctor who carried out late term abortions. George Tiller was shot dead last Sunday as he attended a church service in the American city of Kansas. John Donaldson reports.

Close to 700 people attended doctor Tiller's funeral at College Hill Methodist Church in Wichita, a short distance from where he was murdered 6 days ago. Outside a small number of anti-abortion protesters demonstrated, but they were strongly outnumbered by those who supported the controversial doctor. The doctor's nearby clinic was one of the few in the US to carry out third-trimester abortions. There had been previous attempts on his life carried out by anti-abortion campaigners. But his murder has nevertheless shocked people on both sides of the abortion debate.

At least 35 children are now known to have died in a fire at a day-care center in northwest Mexico. Most of them are thought to have died from asphyxiation. Many others are in intensive care with severe burns. Mexico's President Felipe Calderon has ordered an investigation into how it started.

The first teams have qualified for next year's Football World Cup finals in South Africa, Japan led the way beating Uzbekistan 1-0 in Tashkent, closely followed by Australia and South Korea, also from the Asia Football Confederation. Then the Netherlands becomes the first European finalist by beating Iceland 2-1 in Reykjavik.

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identifiable: adj. that can be clearly identified

outnumber: vt. be larger in number

third-trimester abortions : late-term abortion(which is risky)

asphyxiation: n. suffocation; the condition of being deprived of oxygen