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The United Nations Security Council has adopted a resolution that moves a step closer to foreign military intervention in Mali. Our UN correspondent Barbara Plett reports.
The resolution reflects growing concern that extremists Islamist rebels have gained control of a large ungoverned space in northern Mali. It also reflects frustration with African attempts to respond to the crisis. Both Mali and West Africa's regional body Ecowas have requested UN authorization of an African-led international force to retake the north. But for some months council members have been asking in vain for a detailed plan of operations. This resolution is an attempt to reenergize the Ecowas effort, it calls for delivery of the plan within 45 days, and expresses readiness to respond positively to it.
This year's Nobel peace prize has been awarded to the European Union. The Norwegian Nobel Committee said the EU had over six decades contributed to the advancement of reconciliation, democracy and human rights. The Committee said the fledgling EU helped to rebuild Europe after World War Two; some critics said Nato had played a bigger role in preserving the peace in post-war Europe.
The BBC will commission two independent internal inquiries into allegations that one of its former presenters Jimmy Savile sexually abused large numbers of underage girl over a period of decades and sometimes on BBC premises. The director general George Entwistle said the first would look into why a BBC program last year shelved its investigation into allegations against Mr Savile. After police approval, a later review would look at whether BBC practices facilitated the abuse, Mr Entwistle apologized to victims.
I have one thing to repeat, that is a profound and heartfelt apology on behalf of the BBC to every victim. It is the victims, these women who were subject to criminal actions, who must be central in our thoughts. And it is the fundamentally criminal nature of many of these allegations that has made supporting the police, my first priority; but the BBC will not avoid confronting the events of its past.
Doctors in Argentina have carried out an abortion on a woman rescued from a prostitution ring follow a Supreme Court ruling allowing the termination. The case led to days of protests in Argentina whether the practice is illegal except in rape case or to protect women's health. From Buenos Aires Vladimer Hnenders reports.
The Argentine Supreme Court had ruled that the abortion can go ahead saying it was well within the country's laws. Argentina allows abortions in rape cases or to protect women's health. But in many provinces, medics, judges or local officials attempt to prevent them by taking the cases to court. In this case, a judge in Buenos Aires blocked the procedure claiming doubts as to whether the woman was actually a rape victim even though she had been kidnapped and kept as a sex slave.
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The Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has apologized to indigenous leaders in the Amazon region for the devastation caused by the rush a century ago to harvest latex from rubber trees. Mr Santos asked for forgiveness for the killing of around 80,000 indigenous people and the destruction of communities. A Peruvian rubber company backed by the Colombian government tapped rubber near the southern town of La Chorrera from 1912 until 1929.
More than eighty people are reported to have been injured in clashes in Egyptian capital Cairo between supporters and opponents of the moderate Islamist President Mohammed Mursi. Jon Leyne reports from Cairo.
The clashes came as two rival groups staged demonstrations in Tahrir square. Opponents of President Mursi started chanting against him. In response supporters of the president tore down a stage being used in the rally. It degenerated into scuffles with a number of injuries though the scale of the confrontation is still relatively limited. Just over 100 days into his term, this is the first time President Mursi has faced a big demonstration against him. His opponents are angry at the proposed new constitution which they say as too dominated by Islam, and they say the President has failed to live up to his promises.
There have been two explosions in the Kenyan capital Nairobi wounded at least one policeman. The blasts happened in a suburb with large ethnic Somali population, it's not known what caused the blasts.
The race director of the Tour de France Christian Prudhomme says the seven titles won by the disgraced cycling champion Lance Armstrong should not be awarded to any other competitor. Cycling's World governing body is currently considering endorsing the US Anti-Doping Agency's proposal to strip Armstrong of his titles. A BBC's sport correspondent says leaving those titles void would avert potential problem as almost all of those who finished close behind Armstrong are also tarnished by doping allegations.
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