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It's still not clear whether the final round of presidential election in Afghanistan will go ahead, following the withdraw by the opposition leader Abuallah Abuallah who said he felt the runoff vote would not be fair. The incumbent Karzai has said the issue should be decided by the Afghan independent election commission. This report from Andrew North in Kabul.

It was hoped to Afganistan second presidential election since the ousting of the Taliban would be an improvement on the first. Instead, it's ended in disarray with the challenge Doctor Abdullah Abdullah, pulling out of the runoff. The course he said not enough had been done to stop, yet more fraud. He supporters are applauded, but some Afgans are unhappy that they are may now not be a proper contest. The Taliban are promising more violence if there is a second round. So efforts are now on their way to find a legal means of bringing things to an end.

Officials in Sri Lanka have confirmed that the US authorities intend to interview the country's senior military commander about alleged war crimes during the army's confict with Tamil Tiger rebels. Sri Lanka's Government Source told the BBC that objections had been raised with the Americans about their plans to question General Sarath Fonseka who’s currently on an official visit to the US.

Two people have been arrested in Thailand for allegedly spreading rumors about the health of the country's king that led to a slump in the Thai's stock market last month. Police said the two who charged with spreading false imformation,as Abby Mosly reports.

Thailand's king Bhumibhol Adulyadej who is 81, was admitted to hospital almost 6 weeks ago with what Thailand's officials described as fever and fatigue. In mid of October, Thai's stock tumbled as rumors spread that he might be more sick than officials were letting on.The king's health is a matter of extreme anxiety in Thailand. He’s seen by many as a unifying figure through decades of political instability,prompting concerns about what would happen when he dies.

Israeli police say they are holding a jewish settler who they say has confessed to a strain of high profile hate attacks carried out over many years. They say they believe the man acted alone. Catherine Utley reports.

The police say the man they are holding, Yaakov Teitel, an American immigrant, was arrested last month as he was handing out leaflets condemning homosexuals.Among the crimes they say he is confessed to are the killings of two Palestinians more than a decade ago. And the bombing last year of the home of the professor Zeev Sternhell, an israeli peace activist well known for his opposition to west bank settlements. After that attack in which professor Sternhell was wounded, posters were found offering a reward to anyone killed a member of the Israeli group Peace Now, which also campaignis against settlements. Catherine Utley reporting.

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The Iraqi parliament has again failed to vote on an election law despite warnings from the election commission that further delay could force a postponement of polls during January.Earlier the UN warned that it couldn't guarantee to endorse the parliamentary election if MPS didn't pass the bill. MPS told the BBC that the vote might not be held for several days.

United States says Mexico has extradited the hundreds of suspected criminals to face trial in America so far this year, a record annual total. The latest group of 11 defendants are accused of offences including murder, rape and drug trafficking. The US Attorney General Eric Holder said the extradition sent the message that suspected criminals could not escape justice by fleeing across the Mexican border.

Venezuela says 11 players of Clumbian amateur football team who were kidnapped and killed on its territory last month were members of paramilitary group. And Venezuela's Defense Minister Ramon Carrizales said the men appeared to have been training in the border region as part of a plan to distablize Venezuela and may have been killed by a rival Columbian armed group. The killings have fueled growing intension between Venezuela and Columbia.

The former US president Bill Clinton has attended to the unveiling of a statue of himself in the Kosovo's capital Pristina. Thousands of people turned out to watch. Here is our board correspondent Mark Lowan.

It's over three meters tall, weights around 900 kilograms and it's sprayed in gold. A smiling statue of Bill Clinton that will permanently be marked the centre of Pristina on Bill Clinton Blvd. Ten years ago, the Clinton white house sanctioned NATO 78-day bombing campaign against Yugoslavia. Forcing Belgrade to withdraw its troops from Kosovo. And so this work of art is a gesture of gratitude to Mr Clinton for his support. Unveiling the statue, the former US president said he had to take a photo to show his wife to prove he hadn't made the whole thing up.

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