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Anti-government protesters in Ukraine have toppled the statue of the Russian revolutionaryleader Lenin during the huge demonstration in the capital Kiev. One of the demonstrators,Christian Empub watched as the statue fell.
A few minutes ago, the monument of Lenin had fallen down since the people who were here.And I think it happened because people just tired of this government and all of the things whichhappened in our country.
Independence Square in Kiev was packed with hundreds of thousands of people expressingfrustration at President Viktor Yanukovych's decision to reject to trade deal with theEuropean Union in favour of forging closer links with Russia. Our correspondent David Stern isin Kiev.
The tensions between the protesters between the opposition and the government are risingafter today's protest. This was one of the largest protests has been seen since the 2004Orange Revolution. It was mostly peaceful but now with toppling of the statue, things seem tobe growing more tense.
More details have been emerging about atrocities in the Central African Republic where Frenchtroops are trying to restore order after the violence that left hundreds dead. In the capitalBangui, aid agencies say fighter stormed a hospital to shoot wounded Christians. Thomas Fessyhas visited the Muslim quarter in the northern town of Bossangoa where many civilians havebeen killed.
It is a walk of death and desolation. The Muslim teenage girl was killed across the raid. Wewere told her body was then eaten by pigs. On the day the fighting broke out, dozens of peoplefrom the Muslim neighbourhood fled to the Imam's house. When the former soldiers attackedhis house, panic in shoots. The attackers chased people down, three men were shot dead justbefore they could make a turn in escape. Another man left bloody handprints on the doorstepof a house, he was executed in the front room.
A war crimes court in Bangladesh has ordered prison authorities to hang an Islamic leader amonth after he was sentenced to death. The court issued an execution warrant for AbdulKader Mullah of the Jamaat-e-Islami party who was found guilty of crimes against humanityduring Bangladesh's Independence War in 1971. Mr. Mullah could now be hanged at any timeunless he's pardoned by the president or the Supreme Court intervenes. The Jamaat-e-Islamicparty has called for a nationwide shut down on Monday in protest.
The South African authorities say about 60 heads of the state and government will attendmemorial services for Nelson Mandela this week. The former President's funeral will take placenext Sunday in Qunu - the village where he grew up. Today, millions of South Africans havebeen remembering Mr. Mandela in a national day of prayer.
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Police in Singapore have arrested 27 people after clashes between rioters and officers near thecity centre. The trouble began after a migrant worker was knocked down and killed by a bus inthe area. From Singapore Ashleigh Nghiem.
Four hundred people took to the streets of a district called Little India hurling glass bottles andrailings at police and setting fire to police vehicles and ambulances. Three hundred police weresent to the scene and it took them just over an hour to regain control. Sixteen people wereinjured, most of them police. Singapore's police commissioner says it was the first riot in morethan 30 years and has condemned the mob attack as intolerable, wanton violence.
The Farc rebel group in Colombia has announced a month-long ceasefire starting nextSunday. A Farc negotiator of peace talks in Cuba Pablo Catatumbo said the group hope thegovernment would also agree to halt hostilities.
We sincerely believe that the fatherland doesn't deserve this bloodshed. And because of this,unilaterally, we are proceeding to order all our guerilla units and militaries to cease fire inhostilities for 30 days beginning from midnight on December 15th, in response to a deepnational outcry. We hope that the national government matches our gesture and orders a haltto its offensive.
The announcement comes a day after nine people were killed in a Farc bomb attack insouthern Colombia. The government has always said it will stop fighting the left-wing rebelsonly when a final peace accord is reached.
Egyptian police have recovered a statue of Tutankhamun's sister which was stolen duringunrest in August after the ousting of the Islamist President Mohammed Morsi. The head of theEgypt's museum sector said detectives tracked the ancient artefact down to a coffee shopowner in a district of Cairo,he says the statue of Tutankhamun needs some restoration ,but itis in otherwise good condition.
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