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The President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych has saidhe was deeply outraged by the use of force againstprotesters opposed to his decision not to sign apartnership deal with the European Union. Ukraine'sPrime Minister Mykola Azarov said there had been investigations into the early morning clashesbetween police and demonstrators in the capital Kiev.
“Having familiarized myself with information, I deeply regret the fact that such events took placea thorough analysis is yet to be held by the prosecutor's office and by law enforcementbodies. All the evidence recordings need to be analyzed and assessed. Please, tell me whywould the President and the government need this in this difficult situation?”
Both the European Union and the United States have criticized Ukraine and several thousandpeople continue to protest throughout Saturday.
Soldiers in Thailand have been called in to help thousands of police defend governmentbuildings ahead of what the opposition calls a people's revolt on Sunday. The anti-government movement says it's preparing a mass occupation of official buildings in anattempt to bring down the administration of the Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.
Protests have been held in Israel against a draft law to resettle tens of thousands of Bedouinliving in the Negev desert region. Thousands joined in what they called a day of rage in theNegev itself, Haifa and Jerusalem. Our Middle East correspondent Kevin Connolly reports.
Before the creation the state of Israel in 1940s, groups of Bedouin Arabs lived a semi-nomadiclife in the forbidding expanses in the Negev desert. In modern times as many have settled inwhat's known as unrecognized villages. Israel has a plan to move the villages into formallyplanned towns with better basic services. But the Bedouin and their supporters see the moveas a smoke screen for program to cut the historic links between the Arab communities andtheir land and to replace them with new Jewish settlements.
Works have been continuing in the United States to resolve problems with Federal websitewhich is essential to President Obama's flagship health care reform law. The government hadpromised it would complete it overall by the end of the Saturday but the site is due to be takenoff-line for several hours on Sunday morning for further maintenance. From Washingtonhere's Katy Watson.
Technicians have been working around the clock in the past few weeks to try and solve theglitches on the website and allow millions of Americans to finally sign up for their new healthinsurance plans. After being severely burnt by the crisis, the administration has been carefulnot promised too much warning that the overhauled site won't work for everyone and could stillbe overwhelmed by traffic during busy times. The Affordable Health Care Act known to peoplehere as Obamacare is the most important law that the president has introduced with the aim ofgiving affordable health care to millions of Americans.
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Heavy rain has been battering Cuba since Friday causing widespread flooding and killing atleast two people. Many buildings are collapsed under the weight of the torrential downfalls inthe capital Havana. From there Sarah Rainsford reports.
Every time there is heavy rain residents of the older parts of Havana worry, much of thehousing there is poorly maintained and in a highly precarious state. And rain this time wasrelentless, lashing the city in much of the northern coast of Cuba for more than 24 hours. Thedownpour turned city streets into rivers, the seafront Malecon was closed as waves crashedover the wall. Families bailed water from their homes and outside traffic police at some junctionsstill up to their ways in the water.
The Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has promised to help Afghanistan in its attempts toseek peace with the Taliban. Mr. Sharif was visiting Afghanistan for the first time since he tookoffice in May. From Kabul Karen Allen reports.
It would appear to have been a brief and cordial meeting between the two leaders, PrimeMinister Nawaz Sharif assured President Hamid Karzai that Pakistan would facilitate efforts toreopen peace talks with the Taliban. Key to this was a promise to ensure a meeting would takeplace between Afghan representatives and an influential Taliban commander, Mullah Baradarwho was recently released from custody in Pakistan but whose whereabouts remains unknown.
Heads of state from the East African community have agreed to set up a single currency withinthe next ten years. The Presidents of Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi meeting inUganda agreed that before accepting it to the Union, each country would have to meet targetson inflation and debt.
The former Prime Minister of Spain, Joss Maria Aznar, has denied a media report that he’s beeninvolved in commercial arms deals. Allegations in an online newspaper have linked him withlucrative arms sales to Libya and Venezuela.
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