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A suicide bomb has killed at least 15 people and injured more than 70 others in the Algerian city of Batna. The bomb exploded in a crowd of people awaiting a scheduled visit by President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. The President said the bomb was an attack on the Algerian people. "We tell the extremists whoever they are that they have no choice other than reconciliation and they have no choice than loving each other, embracing each other and uniting their ranks in the interest of the Algerian people and Algeria."
An opinion poll commissioned by the BBC World Service suggests that support for keeping foreign troops in Iraq has fallen significantly. The survey found that more than two-thirds of the people from around the world think that the US-led forces should leave Iraq within a year. But almost half of those polled believe the Americans will actually establish permanent bases in the country, something Washington has denied. The survey was carried out by the Globe Scan Organization in 22 countries. Here's our world affairs correspondent Nick Childs.
67% of those polled said US-led forces should leave Iraq within a year and for most of those, the pullout should be immediate. The US and British governments say the forces should stay as long as they are needed. But this finding suggests support for keeping foreign troops in Iraq until security is improved has fallen significantly since an earlier world service poll released in February 2006. Strong majorities among Americans and the British polled favor pulling out within a year.
The United Nations' mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo says it s not very optimistic about the ceasefire that the Congolese army and the militia group in the east of the country agreed on Thursday. A spokesman said the truce between the army and forces loyal to the renegade General Laurent Nkunda was very fragile. The UN's top Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes said up to 700, 000 people have now been displaced. "Obviously, the fighting gets worse. What we really fear is another big wave of displacement and possibly the kind of atrocity that has gone with that in the past. Protecting the civilian population has to be a priority. The levels of sexual violence in this region are appalling, from, by any standard. And they are the worst in the world. We hope that they are willing to improve, we need to find ways of tackling that and the government gotta to help us do that."
The media arm of al-Qaeda has announced that it intends to release in the next few days a video recording of its leader Osama Bin Laden. A statement of that affair was posted by the Al-Saha group on extremist websites just days ahead of the sixth anniversary of the September 11 attacks. In the past, similar announcements have been made but no recording has been released. Al-Saha also put up a picture of Osama Bin Laden in which his beard appears to have been dyed black, unlike in his last video message in 2004 when his beard was grey with dark streaks.
World News from the BBC.
A Federal judge in the United States has ruled the part of the Patriot Act which permitted the FBI to demand records from Internet providers without advising their customers is unconstitutional. The legislation allowed the FBI to oblige businesses to provide customer information without a subpoena. In his ruling, the judge said the act offended fundamental constitutional principles of checks and balances and said the order violated the First Amendment guarantee of free speech.
President Bush has called for the strengthening of democracy across Asia in a speech to business leaders ahead of the Asian Pacific Summit in Sydney. Mr. Bush said free countries should work together to support and sustain democratic institutions across the region. He singled out Burma, calling on the military government to free all political prisoners including the opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. And he urged China to use next year s Olympics to introduce more openness and tolerance.
American scientists at Harvard University say they've developed some ultra-thin film that could be used to create artificial muscles. They believe tissue produced with their technique would have the flexibility and strength of real muscles and could be used to repair hearts and severe burns or even build complete organs. So far, the muscular tissue has only been tested on rats but human trials are planned soon. Doctor Kevin Kits Park of Harvard University says there are many possible applications. "If you have a heart attack and you have part of your heart is dead, we could build a patch of muscular cells on the thin films that could patch over that dead cardiac tissue. You could eventually build an artificial organ. You can use these thin films to do this kind of thing."
Scientists in the United States have discovered that a virus introduced from Australia may be the main cause for the deaths of billions of honeybees in the US. The virus was found in 96% of the colonies where bees had disappeared or died.
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BBC World News with Inn Turkon.
A suicide bomb has killed at least 15 people and injured more than 70 others in the Algerian city of Batna. The bomb exploded in a crowd of people awaiting a scheduled visit by President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. The President said the bomb was an attack on the Algerian people. "We tell the extremists whoever they are that they have no choice other than reconciliation and they have no choice than loving each other, embracing each other and uniting their ranks in the interest of the Algerian people and Algeria."
An opinion poll commissioned by the BBC World Service suggests that support for keeping foreign troops in Iraq has fallen significantly. The survey found that more than two-thirds of the people from around the world think that the US-led forces should leave Iraq within a year. But almost half of those polled believe the Americans will actually establish permanent bases in the country, something Washington has denied. The survey was carried out by the Globe Scan Organization in 22 countries. Here's our world affairs correspondent Nick Childs.
67% of those polled said US-led forces should leave Iraq within a year and for most of those, the pullout should be immediate. The US and British governments say the forces should stay as long as they are needed. But this finding suggests support for keeping foreign troops in Iraq until security is improved has fallen significantly since an earlier world service poll released in February 2006. Strong majorities among Americans and the British polled favor pulling out within a year.
The United Nations' mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo says it s not very optimistic about the ceasefire that the Congolese army and the militia group in the east of the country agreed on Thursday. A spokesman said the truce between the army and forces loyal to the renegade General Laurent Nkunda was very fragile. The UN's top Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes said up to 700, 000 people have now been displaced. "Obviously, the fighting gets worse. What we really fear is another big wave of displacement and possibly the kind of atrocity that has gone with that in the past. Protecting the civilian population has to be a priority. The levels of sexual violence in this region are appalling, from, by any standard. And they are the worst in the world. We hope that they are willing to improve, we need to find ways of tackling that and the government gotta to help us do that."
The media arm of al-Qaeda has announced that it intends to release in the next few days a video recording of its leader Osama Bin Laden. A statement of that affair was posted by the Al-Saha group on extremist websites just days ahead of the sixth anniversary of the September 11 attacks. In the past, similar announcements have been made but no recording has been released. Al-Saha also put up a picture of Osama Bin Laden in which his beard appears to have been dyed black, unlike in his last video message in 2004 when his beard was grey with dark streaks.
World News from the BBC.
A Federal judge in the United States has ruled the part of the Patriot Act which permitted the FBI to demand records from Internet providers without advising their customers is unconstitutional. The legislation allowed the FBI to oblige businesses to provide customer information without a subpoena. In his ruling, the judge said the act offended fundamental constitutional principles of checks and balances and said the order violated the First Amendment guarantee of free speech.
President Bush has called for the strengthening of democracy across Asia in a speech to business leaders ahead of the Asian Pacific Summit in Sydney. Mr. Bush said free countries should work together to support and sustain democratic institutions across the region. He singled out Burma, calling on the military government to free all political prisoners including the opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. And he urged China to use next year s Olympics to introduce more openness and tolerance.
American scientists at Harvard University say they've developed some ultra-thin film that could be used to create artificial muscles. They believe tissue produced with their technique would have the flexibility and strength of real muscles and could be used to repair hearts and severe burns or even build complete organs. So far, the muscular tissue has only been tested on rats but human trials are planned soon. Doctor Kevin Kits Park of Harvard University says there are many possible applications. "If you have a heart attack and you have part of your heart is dead, we could build a patch of muscular cells on the thin films that could patch over that dead cardiac tissue. You could eventually build an artificial organ. You can use these thin films to do this kind of thing."
Scientists in the United States have discovered that a virus introduced from Australia may be the main cause for the deaths of billions of honeybees in the US. The virus was found in 96% of the colonies where bees had disappeared or died.
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