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The Afghan President Hamid Karzai has accusedNATO forces are failing to bring stability to the war-torn nation. In an interview with the BBC, Mr. Karzaisaid the NATO campaign had caused a lot ofsuffering in Afghanistan. Mr. Karzai also said he was personally talking to the Taliban and urgingthem to contest forthcoming elections. Here is our diplomatic James Robbins.
He has presided over this period which he is so critical of NATO,and American forces inparticular, nevertheless, he agreed, of course, the negotiated terms through force agreementswith those very powers who have been in his country so long. On the Taliban question, he isalso pretty inconsistent because it was he who raised questions about the American responseof talks with the Taliban earlier this year. He is off and quiet consulting in his dealings, so I thinka very mixed message that people will judge quite carefully, quite cautiously.
Teachers protested in Brazil have ended in violent confrontation on the streets of Rio de Janeiroand Sao Paulo. The city centre in Rio was packed with more than 10,000 people marchingpeacefully, but when it go dark, some protesters threw fire bombs at public buildings and riotpolice responded with tear gas. A protest in Sao Paulo in support of the teachers in Rio alsoended in violent confrontation with police after many banks which have been striking for morethan two weeks of being ransacked by hooded protesters.
The Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper says he's reviewing his country's financial supportfor the commonwealth because of human rights abuses in Sri Lanka. He said the governmentthere had yet to investigate allegations of atrocities in its war against Tamil Tiger rebels. LeeCarter reports from Toronto.
Stephen Harper had a long list of reasons why he remains disturbed by the human rightssituation in Sri Lanka. They include reported jailings and intimidations of political leaders andjournalists, harassment of minorities and reported disappearances. Sri Lanka's envoy to Canadaimmediately disputed Mr. Harper's comments, but they are bound to win approval withinCanada's largest community of Sri Lankan Tamils, many of whom flight conflict and turmoil backhome.
The head of Bolivia's coca control and industrialization agency has been arrested overaccusations of the illegal sale of coca leaves, extortion and abuse of power. Will Grant reports.
Among the charges against Luis Cutipa, the head of the government agency for coca control isthat he illegally diverted some 45 tons of cocoa leave through his family and other contacts tosell on the black market. He also stands accused of having over charged coca growers for theofficial licence they need to produce coca and of having falsified documents to obtain hisposition. Mr. Cutipa has appeared in front of the state prosecutor to hear the charge againsthim, he denies any wrongdoing.
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A federal court in the American state of Missouri has jailed a businessman for 14 years forsupplying funds to al-Qaeda. Khalid Ouazzani who'd pleaded guilty three years ago had faced upto 65 years in prison for bank fraud, money laundering and conspiracy to support terroristgroups. In a plea bargain, he explained, how he borrowed money for his business interest butsent to Dubai where he bought and sold apartment given the profits to al-Qaeda alongsideother funds.
The Supreme Court in Maldive has annulled the results of the first round of presidentialelections held last month and ordered a fresh vote that followed a petition by Qasim Ibrahim,the candidate who came third. Charles Haviland reports.
Two weeks ago, the Supreme Court ordered a delay to the presidential election runoff, now theentire electoral process has been annulled by four votes to three, the Supreme Court accepteda petition from the third placed candidate, who said more than 5,000 votes in the first roundwere tainted. The court ruling flies in the face of observers from India, the Commonweath, theEU and the US who had all praised the conduct of the first round.
A Saudi Arabian preacher who was accused of torturing his 5-year-old daughter and beating herto death - apparently because he believed she'd lost her virginity - has been sentenced to 8years in prison and 600 lashes. The case of Fayhan al-Ghamdi made headlines around the worldearlier this year when he has suggested that the Saudi court might let him walk free.
A family feud in Australia between one of the world's richest women and two of her estrangedchildren over a multi billion dollar trust will come up for hearing before a court on Tuesday. Twoof Gina Rinehart's children claimed she refused to give them a share of the family fortune whichis worth more than $4bn. Ms. Rinehart denies allegations of misconduct.
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