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BBC News with Marion Marshall.
The Syrian government has agreed to a temporaryceasefire in its conflict
with rebels to go inside withthe Muslim Festival of Eid al-Adha. As the
truceapproaches, rebel fighters are reported to havemade gains in the central
city of Aleppo, which is being a battleground for weeks. From theTurkey-Syria
border, James Reynolds reports.
In Syria's northern city of Aleppo, shelling and gunfire suggested that a
truce was not the mainconcern among those fighting the war. Opposition rebels
say that they've now taken control oftwo neighbourhoods to the north of the city
center. It's not yet clear if the Syrian army will tryto take back the
districts. The military promises that they'll observe a four-day truce to
markthe Muslim holiday of Eid. By its pledge comes with important conditions,
the army warns thatit will respond if rebels attack or even resupply. These
conditions may mean that the promise(-d) truce does not fully take hold.
The Burmese government says more than 50 people have been killed in a new
upsurge ofviolence between Muslims and Buddhists in the western state of
Rakhine. Abby Mosley reports.
The clashes between Buddhists Rakhine and Muslim Rohingya communities begun
on Sundayand have spread despite a curfew being inplace in many areas. A
spokesman for the stategovernment said more than a half the fatalities were
women, and nearly 2,000 homes have beenburnt down. The United Nations says large
numbers of people are fleeing the conflict headingfor overcrowded camps where
tens of thousands are still stranded after a wave of communalviolence in
June.
United States military has said the two of its soldiers have been shot dead
in Afghanistan by aman wearing Afghan police uniform. It's the latest in a
series of insider attacks againstinternational troops. It happened in the
southern Uruzgan province. A spokeswoman said itwasn't clear whether the
attacker was a member of the Afghan police or had worn the uniformto get close
to the Americans.
A policeman in New York has been charged with plotting to kidnap, rape and
kill women andthen eat them. Detectives have said they've found details of more
than 100 women on thecomputer of Gilberto Valle. In the event, no one was
harmed. Barbra Plett reports.
The ghoulish story of Gilberto Valle has shocked hardened lawenforcement
officials here. Actingon a tip off, the FBI searched his computer and found
E-mails and other electronic messagesabout schemes to abduct and cannibalize
women. He'd allegedly create records of at least 100potential victims getting
some of the information illegally from a Federal crime database. In onereported
online exchange with a co-conspirator, Mr Valle discusses how best to cook
anidentified woman and whether she'd fit into his oven. He didn't get a chance
to act on the plan,but he did get as far as meeting her for lunch. Barbara
Plett.
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The latest study of fish in the sea around a wrecked nuclear power station
of Fukushima inJapan suggested the radio activity is continuing to escape into
the environment. Fish caughtoff the coast still have raised levels contamination
more than a year after the plant wasdisastrously damaged by an earthquake. About
40% of the fish caught nearby is unfit forhuman consumption. A BBC science
correspondent says it has been expected that thecontamination would start to
decline by now.
The Spanish authorities have rescued 17 people who were aborad a small boat
that capsized offthe Moroccan coast. The bodies of at least 40 others were
recovered. One of the survivors saidthe boat was carrying more 70 migrants, who
were trying to reach Spain.
Microsoft has unveiled a new version of its Windows operating system to
address the wayconsumers are moving from personal computers to smart phones and
other mobile devices.Windows 8 is seen as crucial to Microsoft's efforts to
regain ground lost to its rivals Appleand Goolge. From News York here's Mitchell
Flary.
Microsoft's newest operating system Window 8 has been described as
make-or-break for thecompany. The world's largest software firm hopes its latest
offering will help it regain groundlost to Apple and Google as mobile computing
has taken off. The launch took place in the pieralong New York's Hudson River
which was transformed with Windows 8 devices scatteredamong a model of the city
Skyline. Microsoft is also making one of its rare ventures intohardware making
with its own tablet computer.
People in the Bahamas have been preparing for the arrival of Hurricane
Sandy, the violentstorm that earlier battered Jamaica, Hanti and Cuba killing at
least two people. Public schools,government offices, airports and bridges were
closed across the Bahamas. In southeasternCuba the hurricane created a storm
surge and led severe flooding along the coastline atSantiago de Cuba.
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