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BBC news 2012-10-16
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The Portuguese government has unveiled the country's toughest budget in years, combining state tax rises with spending cuts to tackle its large deficit. The opposition socialist party called it a fiscal atomic bomb. Hundreds of protesters who gathered outside the Portuguese parliament called on the government to resign. Alison Robert reports.
After weeks of mixed messages and tensions within the right-centre coalition, Portugal's finance minister finally submitted next year's state budget to parliaments. An hour later he outlined key details of a document that foresees spending cuts and tax increases totaling some five billion Euros, almost $6.5bn. Most of that is in higher income tax, taking away the equivalent of a month salary for any workers. Austerity is already weighing heavily on Portugal’s economy with unemployment hitting a new record high in September.
The Egyptian Football Association has decided to suspend the country's Primer League indefinitely on security grounds. It was initially suspended in February after at least 70 supporters from the Cairo al-Ahly side were killed by rival fans in a stadium in Port Said. Jon Leyne is our correspondent in Cairo.
Members of the al-Ahly supporters club known as the ultras have been particularly vocal in pressing for justice for their fellow football fans. While a number of senior football and security officials have been sacked, it's still not clear that anyone has been held accountable for the tragedy. It happened when al-Ahly fans were attacked to the end of the game in Port Said. Many Egyptian suspect that this is more than just a football stadium disaster, they believe someone wanted to take revenge on the al-Ahly fans, because their political role in confronting the police during the revolution last year.
Doctors say that the Pakistani teenager Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head by the Taliban after campaigning for girl's education has a chance making a good recovery. Malala is undergoing medical assessments at a British hospital that specializes in treating soldiers wounded in battle.
Reports from Libya say around 120 inmates have broken out of a prison in the capital Tripoli. The head of the National Guard has said the security services were on high alert after the breakout from the al-Judaida jail. Rana Jawad is in Tripoli.
The head of Libya's National Guard, Khaled al-Sharif told the BBC that out of the 120 inmates that escaped from al-Judaida prison, at least half have so far been captured. He said that some were illegal African migrants imprisoned for immigration violations and others were Libyans with criminal convictions. The circumstances surrounding the prison break are unclear. A policeman at the scene cited a lack of security there as the main reason, but officials say they will be investigating what led to the escape.
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Police in Tanzania say they have arrested more than 120 people in connection with attacks on churches in the city of Dares Salaam last week. Several churches were burnt down by mobs angry with the reports that a teenage boy had urinated on a copy of the Koran.
The ruling Communist Party in Vietnam has pulled back from taking disciplinary action against the Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung despite public anger at economic problems and a string of financial scandals. Mrs. Dung was widely seen as the target of a statement from the powerful central community which rebuilt the Vietnamese leadership for failing to prevent corruption, inefficiency and wrongdoing.
The British Prime Minister David Cameron and the First Minister of Scotland Alex Salmond have signed an agreement setting out the terms of the referendum on whether Scotland should become an independent nation. The vote would be held in Scotland in 2014. From Edinburgh here's Colin Campbell.
Seven hundred years ago Scotland fought battles with England to maintain its independence; 300 years ago the two countries merged their parliaments, a political union that has held ever since. Today's agreement will give Scottish voters their first opportunity to choose between continued union or independence. There were smiles and handshakes as David Cameron and Alex Salmond made to put pen to paper. But the leaders of the Scotland's two governments are on opposing sides. The British government led by David Cameron does not want Scotland to go. Colin Campbell.
Cuban state media say a Spanish political activist has been sentenced to four years in jail over a road accident on the island which killed a high profile Cuban dissident Oswaldo Paya. The car in which there were passengers was driven by the Spaniard Angel Carromero. Prosecutors said Mr Carromero was speeding. But the family of Mr Paya said the vehicle was deliberately forced off the road.
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