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[Homework(revised) I am Peter Myclub from Voa news center in Washington.
Rebels have entered Chad’s capital Ndjamena in a battling against army units near the presidential palace. This follows a one week rebel offensive to topple the long term president Idriss Déby. Voa’s Nico colanben reports from our regional bureau in Dakar. “Military officials, rivals and international aid workers confirmed the fighting around the presidential palace. Clashes began early Saturday 20 kilometers outside the capital before engulfing the city center. Residents in Ndjamena say they heard increasingly intense heavy arms fire, they say rivals occupied the east and south of the capital and that there was fighting around the airport as well. An exiled rebel spokesman who has been contact with the rebels on the ground, Merkeilo engeibo says Chad’s army has offered little resistance. He says rivals from several groups who allied themselves for this offensive able to cross Chad over the course one week from their base near Sudan and enter the capital in one day. The rivals say that if they take over they will impose transition role for two years before organizing free and fair elections. Chad has had several coups since independence from France in 1960. Nico colanben, Voa news, Dakar.
Sri Lanka’s military says an explosion on a civilian bus in central part of the country has killed at least 18 people and wounded 15 others. The blast occurred Saturday in the town of Dabular located about 150 kilometers north the capital, Colombo. The bus was carrying at least 100 passengers, authorities initially said about 20 people had being killed in the attack, there has been no claim responsibilities, but authorities say they suspect Tamil Tiger rebels.
Iraqi authorities have raised death toll from Friday suicide bombings in two popular Baghdad pet markets to 99, making it the deadest in the capital in several months (cry...). This boy was in a truck carrying a coffin of blast victim. Authorities say the two blasts which occur 20 minutes apart were carried out by two women strapped with explosive set off by remote control, they say both of the women were mentally disabled, about 150 people were wounded in the twin attacks.
Kenya’s government and main opposition party have agreed to take steps to try to end the post-election violence that killed some 850 people. The former United Nations secretary general, Kofi Annan said Friday the sides agreed a frame work for the talks he is leading in the Kenya capital, Nairobi. In Nairobi, the United Nations secretary general, Ban Ki-moo called on Kenyans to stop the violence (I am deeply concerned about this situation, and the number of deaths is just intolerable and unacceptable in modern world.This must stop!). He urged Kenya leader to look past personal and partisan interests to resolve the bitter dispute of last month presidential election.
Weather forecast in China warn more snow and sleet will spread across regions of the country already hard hit by unusually severe winter weather. The National Meteorological Center in Beijing said late Friday, most parts of southern China will receive moderate to heavy snow fall both Saturday and Sunday, at least 60 people have died from weather related causes while million are stranded in train stations, airports and ice-covered highways, more than million people are evacuated from their homes, and on Friday the Chinese state media reported the transportation system was beginning to function again but million are remain stranded because of the heaviest snowfall in decades.
Indonesia official say flooding from torrential rain has killed 3 people in the capital, Djakarta, and left nearly 1500 people homeless. Authorities say the rain stopped Saturday, but much of Djakarta remains flooded.
Pakistan authorities say 3 police men were killed during a raid on a suspected Islamic military hideout Saturday in the northwestern part of the country, the incident took place in the town Marton located about 40 kilometers northeastern Peshawar, the capital of north west frontier province. A local police spokesman said the militancy open fire after they refused to surrender, at least one militant was killed in the shootout.
A top US diplomat has ended a three day visit to North Korea without a complete list of Pyongyang's nuclear weapons programs. Sung Kim, a US state department top nuclear expert told reporters Saturday that he met with North Korean foreign ministry officials and discussed issues related to that list.
I'm Perter Miclock, VOA news. More news on the internet at voanews.com.
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