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BBC 2007-12-20
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BBC news, I'm Roy Lamar.
The Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has accused the United Nations of damaging the humanitarian situation in Somalia by overplaying the facts. In an interview with the BBC almost one year after Ethiopian troops took control of Mogadishu from the Union of Islamic courts, Mr. Meles dismissed warnings by the UN Relief Coordinator John Holmes that insecurity in Somalia was rampant.
"The situation in Mogadishu is not as bad as it is perceived by those who depend on their information when people associate it with Islamic court. How they've said that is still bad enough and as I said, our intention is to give the Somali state and the Somali people some space for them to progress in their creation of the Somali state. " The UN envoy to Somalia said humanitarian personnel were usually accurate but admitted that they had no presence on the ground to attest the figures.
Western countries have acknowledged the failure of United Nations' talks on the future of the disputed Serbian province of Kosovo, and say there is no point in any further negotiations. The United States and the European Union said the EU would now take the lead in charting Kosovo's future. Russia warned that any moves towards unilateral independence for Kosovo would contravene international law. The Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica agreed with that view.
"United States first, and some European countries, actually oppose to the ideas of the respect of international law. We have a resolution file forty four. It is valid and as long as it's not substituted by new resolution, it will be in force. "
The American Investment Bank Morgan Stanley has revealed losses in $9 billion linked to problems in the US housing market. The bank which is America's second largest investment house is the latest in a line of illustrious Wall Street names to announce huge losses sparked by the US mortgage crisis. (At) The same time, the bank announced that it was selling a ten-percent stake in its businesses to the Chinese government to help raise cash.
The solar power industry in the United States has described a new energy bill as a step backwards for alternative energy manufacturers. Because it fails to include tax breaks for wind and solar projects. President Bush said the legislation he signed aimed to reduce America's dependence on imported fossil fuels.
"This dependence harms us economically through high and volatile prices at the gas pump. Dependence creates pollution and contributes to greenhouse gas emissions. It threatens our national security by making us vulnerable to hostile regimes and unstable regions of the world. It makes us vulnerable to terrorists who might attack oil infrastructure. "
World news from the BBC.
At the end of the biggest ever trial related to the Basque Separatists' Organization ETA a court in Spain has sentenced forty-seven people to up to twenty years in prison for actively supporting the armed group. The defendants belonged to organizations which said that they offered peaceful support for Basque Separatism, but the judge said that they were at the heart of ETA.
Three British residents who were held as terrorism suspects at Guantanamo Bay have been flown back to Britain where they, were immediately taken into police custody. Two have been arrested. The man, born in Algeria and the Middle East were released from Guantanamo after the intervention of the British government. Gordon Corera reports.
"Their arrival followed four months of difficult negotiations between London and Washington. Negotiations focused on US demands that Britain take measures to deal with what they claimed was a security risk surrounding the men. The Pentagon has claimed that all three had links to al-Qaida. But lawyers for the men said there was no evidence to back that up. Tonight it appears that both Jamil Al-banna and Omar Deghayes may be subject to extradition request from Spain. Extradition request may well have been part of the package of measures to deal with the men agreed between the US and UK, although the exact nature of that agreement remains unknown. "
The dissident Congolese General, Laurent Nkunda, has told the BBC he's willing to send a delegation to peace talks with President Joseph Kabila's government. The authorities want to hold a peace conference by the end of this month in eastern Congo.
Police in Canada have charged the owner of a convenience store with stealing a lottery ticket and claiming a prize worth $5. 7 million. Police said that the suspect lied to four people who jointly bought the ticket, telling them that it was not a winning entry in the lottery in June, 2004. He later claimed the prize for himself.
BBC news.
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BBC news, I'm Roy Lamar.
The Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has accused the United Nations of damaging the humanitarian situation in Somalia by overplaying the facts. In an interview with the BBC almost one year after Ethiopian troops took control of Mogadishu from the Union of Islamic courts, Mr. Meles dismissed warnings by the UN Relief Coordinator John Holmes that insecurity in Somalia was rampant.
"The situation in Mogadishu is not as bad as it is perceived by those who depend on their information when people associate it with Islamic court. How they've said that is still bad enough and as I said, our intention is to give the Somali state and the Somali people some space for them to progress in their creation of the Somali state. " The UN envoy to Somalia said humanitarian personnel were usually accurate but admitted that they had no presence on the ground to attest the figures.
Western countries have acknowledged the failure of United Nations' talks on the future of the disputed Serbian province of Kosovo, and say there is no point in any further negotiations. The United States and the European Union said the EU would now take the lead in charting Kosovo's future. Russia warned that any moves towards unilateral independence for Kosovo would contravene international law. The Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica agreed with that view.
"United States first, and some European countries, actually oppose to the ideas of the respect of international law. We have a resolution file forty four. It is valid and as long as it's not substituted by new resolution, it will be in force. "
The American Investment Bank Morgan Stanley has revealed losses in $9 billion linked to problems in the US housing market. The bank which is America's second largest investment house is the latest in a line of illustrious Wall Street names to announce huge losses sparked by the US mortgage crisis. (At) The same time, the bank announced that it was selling a ten-percent stake in its businesses to the Chinese government to help raise cash.
The solar power industry in the United States has described a new energy bill as a step backwards for alternative energy manufacturers. Because it fails to include tax breaks for wind and solar projects. President Bush said the legislation he signed aimed to reduce America's dependence on imported fossil fuels.
"This dependence harms us economically through high and volatile prices at the gas pump. Dependence creates pollution and contributes to greenhouse gas emissions. It threatens our national security by making us vulnerable to hostile regimes and unstable regions of the world. It makes us vulnerable to terrorists who might attack oil infrastructure. "
World news from the BBC.
At the end of the biggest ever trial related to the Basque Separatists' Organization ETA a court in Spain has sentenced forty-seven people to up to twenty years in prison for actively supporting the armed group. The defendants belonged to organizations which said that they offered peaceful support for Basque Separatism, but the judge said that they were at the heart of ETA.
Three British residents who were held as terrorism suspects at Guantanamo Bay have been flown back to Britain where they, were immediately taken into police custody. Two have been arrested. The man, born in Algeria and the Middle East were released from Guantanamo after the intervention of the British government. Gordon Corera reports.
"Their arrival followed four months of difficult negotiations between London and Washington. Negotiations focused on US demands that Britain take measures to deal with what they claimed was a security risk surrounding the men. The Pentagon has claimed that all three had links to al-Qaida. But lawyers for the men said there was no evidence to back that up. Tonight it appears that both Jamil Al-banna and Omar Deghayes may be subject to extradition request from Spain. Extradition request may well have been part of the package of measures to deal with the men agreed between the US and UK, although the exact nature of that agreement remains unknown. "
The dissident Congolese General, Laurent Nkunda, has told the BBC he's willing to send a delegation to peace talks with President Joseph Kabila's government. The authorities want to hold a peace conference by the end of this month in eastern Congo.
Police in Canada have charged the owner of a convenience store with stealing a lottery ticket and claiming a prize worth $5. 7 million. Police said that the suspect lied to four people who jointly bought the ticket, telling them that it was not a winning entry in the lottery in June, 2004. He later claimed the prize for himself.
BBC news.
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