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The United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has arrived in the Lebanese capital Beirut to discuss the planned deployment of 15, 000 UN peacekeepers in the country, two weeks after bitter fighting between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas was brought to an end. In talks with the Prime Minister Fouad Siniora and the parliamentary speaker, Nabih Berri, who is a close ally of Hezbollah, Mr. Annan is expected to stress the responsibility of Lebanon to ensure the militant group abides by the UN ceasefire resolution. After arriving in Beirut, Mr. Annan said he wanted to discuss the situation with Lebanese officials in person.
"It's important that I come here myself to discuss with the Lebanese authorities, the aftermath of the war and the measures we need to take to implement the UN resolutions and also to underscore international solidarity. And we are going to work with the government, and I look forward to my meetings with the prime minister and the other ministers and look forward to discussing with them the work we all have ahead of us. "
A suicide bomber has killed 17 people in a crowded market in southern Afghanistan. At least 47 other people were injured when the bomber set off explosives strapped to his body in a market at Lashkah Gah, capital of Helmand province. Shattered glass and body parts were scattered at the site of the explosion in the marketplace. Roland Buerk reports from Kabul.
The suicide bomber struck in a busy marketplace in Lashkah Gah, the provincial capital of Hehlmand. It was near the city's police station. And among the dead, was a former senior officer CM, he served as the province's police chief during the 1990s. According to local officials, nearly 50 people were injured, among them, 15 children. All the victims were civilians. A purported spokesman for the Taliban has told the BBC they were responsible for the blast and CM was the target. But he disputed reports it was a suicide bombing, saying the device was remote controlled.
Four members of the Palestinian security forces have been killed by the Israeli military in the Gaza Strip. Hospital officials had initially identified all four as Hamas militants who joined the security forces. But they later said that two were members of President Mahmoud Abbas's guards unit.
Clashes between the Iraqi army and Shiite militiamen in southern Iraq are reported to have killed at least 23 people, most of them soldiers. An Iraqi army spokesman said the clashes in the southern city of Diwaniyah broke out when troops launched raids to oust the militiamen. Elsewhere in Iraq, 11 people were killed and 35 others wounded in the capital Baghdad when the suicide bomber blew up a vehicle at the compound housing the Iraqi Interior Ministry. From Baghdad, James Shaw reports.
The bombing outside the Interior Ministry happened at a time when the roads were busy and there were many police officers outside the building. In the past, officers from the Interior Ministry have been accused of being in death squads linked to Shiite political parties which have carried out sectarian attacks against Sunnis. There is bound to be speculation that this bombing is in retaliation for such killings.
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Officials in India say at least 130 people have died in floods that have submerged a large area of the desert state of Rajasthan. The situation is worst in the district of Barmer, where the authorities say naval divers are continuing to search for bodies. Helicopters have been used to drop relief supplies to thousands of villagers affected by the flooding.
An Austrian teenager who was abducted and kept prisoner for more than 8 years in a cellar has defended her kidnapper and asked to be left alone. Natasha Kampusch made a statement through her psychologist, her first public comments since she escaped from her captor Wolfgang Priklopil in the town near the capital Vienna. He committed suicide when he discovered her disappearance last Wednesday. C reports from Vienna.
Natasha Kampusch's statement was delivered by the psychologist who has been counselling her. It's said the teenager wanted it known that her abductor who committed suicide after her escape was not her master as the media reported. She said he had wanted her to call him that, but she had not. "He was a part of my life", said Natasha, and so in a certain way I grieve for him and his death was unnecessary. The young woman, who was 10 when abducted on her way to school, said she knew her youth was different from others but she does not feel she missed anything.
Up to a million people are expected to attend the busiest day of the Notting Hill carnival in London today. The street festival was started by Britain's immigrant West Indian community more than 40 years ago and retains a strong Caribbean influence with music, costumes and dance.
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