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BBC news 2012-08-13

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The closing ceremony of the London Olympic Games is underway featuring miniature landmark buildings of the capital and medley of British musical acts. During the ceremony of the Olympic flag will be passed on to Rio de Janeiro for the 2016 Games. The United  States topped the medal's table with 46 golds followed by China and Britain. Rob Broomby is at the closing ceremony.

Busy Streets, transport chaos and traffic jams kiked off the closing ceremony all set to music inside the Olympic Stadium. There was maverlous too, the band that is, plus acrobats, choreograph dancers and an early appearance by Ryan David of 1960 through the Kinks. London is saying goodby to the Olympics with spectacle, charm and decibels.

The British Prime Minister David Camerron has hosted a conference on world hunger as part of the legacy of the London Olympics. Mr. Cameron called on the world to take decisive action to transform the lives of millions of children. The aim of the summit is to raise enough money to prevent 25 million under fives from suffering stunted growth s the 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil.

The Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi has sacked the powerful defense minister Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi and his deputy. Field Marshal Tantawi took control of the government when the former President Hosni Mubarak was ousted last year. He had previously served as defense minister. Adiel Anran is a spokesman of Mr. Mursi's party the Muslim Brotherhood, he says it is the moment Egypitans have been demanding.

It is the right decision which the Egyptian people have waited it for long to be applied, and actually tell the truth. It came sooner than we thought, we thought that would take months before he and Mr. Mursi can take these steps. But we are extremely happy with the decision there.

Mr. Mursi also announced that he was cancelling constitutional amendments brought in by the military which sought to limit the powers of the President.

A Turkish member of parliament from the main oppostion Republican People's Party has been kidnapped by the armed wing of the Kurdish separistic group PKK. The governor of the province of Tunceli said Huseyin Aygun, who is a Kurdish origin, was abducted after visiting a village in his home province. Bethany Bell has this report.

Mr. Aygun, a pro-Kurdish activist and lawyer from the main opposition Republican People's Party, is a surprising target. In the past, the PKK has kidnapped soldiers, journalists and other civilians, but this is believed to be the first time they have abducted a member of parliament. The incident comes at the time of rising tension between the PKK and the Turkish army as Kurds just over the border in northern Syria are beginning to call for more autonomy.

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The Nigerian security forces say they have killed 20 suspected militants from the Islamist Boko Haram group in the northeastern Bonol state. A security official said the militants were killed during a gun battle near Maiduguri as soldiers raided an Islamist hidout. Boko Haram has been waging an insurgency against the government and killed hundreds of people in gun and bomb attacks in the predominantly Muslim North and more recently in the capital of Abuja.

The authorities in Iran say their main focus after the Saturday's devastating earthquakes is to provide food and shelter to thousands of survivors. More than 300 people died and over 2000 were injured. Our world affairs correspondent Peter Biles has this report.

The two earthquakes have struck jufst 11 minutes apart.  scores of villages were damaged, some north of the provincial capital Tabriz are said to be flattened completely. The rural areas were the worst affected by the earthquakes, but Iranian officials say search and rescue operations are ending. Most people have apparently been unaccounted for and the authorities are now concentrating on getting shelter and emergency supplies to the survivors. About 16,000 people have been helped so far.

The mayor-elect of a city in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosi has been killed. Edgar Morales Perez was shot dead along with his campaign manager, Francisco Hernandez, when gunmen opened fire as they drove home from a party. The motive for the attack is unknown. San Luis Potosi has mostly been spared much of the violence which more northern states have seen. Buth last week, 14 bodies were dumped by a main road.

Saudi media are reporting that the King Abdulah has ordered 15 million dollars worth of aid to be sent to the Muslim minority of Burma, they were Rohingya. Tens of Thousands of Rogingya have fled territory violence in Burma where they are not recoganizied as citizens and are considered to be stateless.

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