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Russia is recalling its ambassador from the Georgian capital Tbilisi in a growing row over the detention of four Russian army officers on spying charges. Moscow has dismissed the espionage charges as absurd and has ordered the partial evacuation of Russian personnel from Georgia, a move the Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili has described as hysterical. From Tbilisi, Matthew Collin reports.
Russia is increasing the pressure on Georgia to release its officers. The Russian foreign ministry says the planned evacuation is due to what it called the growing security threat in Georgia. It has also advised Russians not to visit Georgia and has stopped issuing visas to Georgian citizens. The Georgian government says the Russian officers who have been detained were part of what it's called a dangerous spy ring. It has released audio and video tapes which it says demonstrate that the alleged spies were trying to gain information about the Georgian army and the country's energy system. But the Russian Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov said the charges against the officers were false.
NATO defence ministers have formally approved plans for the alliance to assume command of peacekeeping across the whole of Afghanistan. A NATO spokesman said the decision would be implemented within the coming weeks. He said it would mean that 12,000 US troops in the east could come under NATO control. Here's our defence and security correspondent Rob Watson.
Although experts said the decision by the defence ministers is still something of a vote of confidence in NATO. The alliance says recent expansion into the south has seen British and Canadian forces engaged in fierce battles with the resurgent Taliban, far worse than anything NATO had planned or bargained for. But NATO officials say the alliance has survived that test and while the Taliban have not been defeated, they have blatantly failed to scare off NATO forces.
The British government says President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan has accepted assurances from the Prime Minister Tony Blair that a leaked defence document criticizing the Pakistani intelligence service, the ISI, did not represent government policy. A spokesman for Mr. Blair said the issue was raised during two hours of talks at Mr. Blair's country residence. The leaked document had earlier been angrily denounced by President Pervez Musharraf.
The man said to be the new leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq says more than 4, 000 foreign insurgents have been killed in fighting there since the America-led invasion in 2003. The statement was contained in an audiotape posted on Internet sites used by militants and it's the first time any such figure has been given for insurgent losses. On the tape, a man who identified himself as Abu Hamza Al Muhajir says many more Iraqi fighters have also died. Jim Muir reports from Baghdad.
Abu Hamza Al Muhajir was named the new leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq in June after his predecessor Abu Musab Al Zarqawi was killed by an American air strike. This was Abu Hamza's first purported public message since he took the job. He appealed determined to cause a stir. In an obvious attempt to win political ground in the Iraqi struggle, Abu Hamza also offered an amnesty to Iraqis who have cooperated with the US-led coalition provided they repented during Ramadan.
The head of the national police in Canada has apologized publicly over the case of a man deported to Syria after being forcedly labelled an Islamic extremist. The police commissioner Giuliano Zaccardelli admitted his false had made major mistakes in the case. The report of a public inquiry said the Canadian police have spread misleading and false information about the man that contributed to his deportation to Syria.
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The governing party in Nigeria has suspended the membership of the vice President Atiku Abubakar because of corruption allegations. The move will stop him being considered by the party for its nomination of a successor to President Olusegun Obasanjo whose term of office ends next year. From Lagos, Alex Last reports.
The presidential ambitions of the Nigerian Vice President Atiku Abubakar have taken another blow. He is already feuding with the president over corruption allegations which could bar him from contesting next year's elections. Now the national executive of the ruling party, the PDP, has suspended his party membership for three months. That means he would miss the PDP primaries in December and therefore not be able to contest the presidential elections as a ruling party candidate. The vice president spokesman said the decision would be challenged in court.
Russia has agreed to grant credit worth 350 million dollars to Cuba, a staunch ally from Soviet times and restructure some of its recent debt. The move came during a visit to Cuba by the Russian prime minister.
That's the BBC world news.
Words and Expressions: feud - If one person or group feuds with another, they have a quarrel that lasts a long time. You can also say that two people or groups feud
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