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Ministers are to consult on how the 2012 Olympics can be used as a catalyst to promote international peace.
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A coroner says the death of a woman, killed by her husband during a violent nightmare, is a “unique” case.
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Ealing Broadway has been cordoned off after the attack Two police officers have been stabbed in Ealing, west London, while carrying out checks on bus tickets.
A Pc has been slashed in the neck and his injuries are said to be life-threatening. A PCSO was knifed in the arms and left seriously injured.
Police said they were stabbed in the Ealing Broadway area at about 1505 GMT.
It is thought they were attacked after it emerged one of the passengers was wanted for recall to prison. A 30-year-old man has been arrested.
“No place for this on the streets of London”
Boris Johnson Mayor of London
A BBC journalist who witnessed the incident said a large group of PCSOs and police were checking whether people had tickets at a bus stop.
She said several officers then jumped on a man and a police officer was left bleeding very heavily from his face and head.
It is understood the suspect was questioned during the stop and checks showed he was wanted for recall to jail.
A source said when the man realised there was about to be an arrest, he pulled out a knife and attacked the officers.
A man driving past the scene said: “I could see two policemen sprinting to the back of a police car to retrieve a green first aid kit.
“They rushed back to assist a policeman who had blood on him.
“I then noticed another policeman who was walking slowly and then collapsed on the pavement. His arm fell to his side.”
The eyewitness continued: “As I drove away I also noticed a number of policemen pinning a man to the ground. He was shouting.
“What disturbed me most of all was the amount of blood on the pavement, it was clear that someone was very seriously injured.”
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said the incident began when the officers stopped a member of the public. A knife was then drawn on the police and they were attacked.
The community support officer’s injuries are not thought to be life-threatening.
The area has been cordoned off and the victims have been taken to hospital by ambulance.
A Met spokesman said: “We can confirm that we have received reports of a police officer and a PCSO having been involved in an incident in the borough of Ealing and having sustained stab wounds.
“The Pc is believed to be in a serious condition. The PCSO is in a non-serious condition.”
Mayor of London Boris Johnson said on Twitter: “Shocked by the stabbing of a police officer and a PCSO in Ealing.
“No place for this on the streets of London.”
Councillor Julian Bell, leader of Ealing Council, described it as a “truly shocking incident”.
A BBC journalist who witnessed the aftermath, Ian Shoesmith, said: “The scene is sealed off behind a thin strip of blue and white as groups of policemen stand near to where the attack took place outside Specsavers and Jessops.
“On the wet pavement there is a clump of clothes, a police officer’s hat and what looks like blood soaked towels.
“Nearby a police information board reads, ‘Happy Christmas from Ealing Police’.”
London Ambulance have declined to comment.
Police vehicles and ambulances are blocking Ealing Broadway, which has been surrounded with police tape.
New Broadway has been closed in both directions, leading to queues in the surrounding area.
Several bus routes have been diverted but Ealing Broadway station, which serves the Central and District Tube lines and London Overground services, remains open.
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Advice given to pregnant women on avoiding soft cheeses and other foods should be extended to cancer patients, say public health experts.
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The economic downturn hit Spain’s construction sector hard The euro has fallen against key currencies after a credit rating agency said it may downgrade Spain’s debt.
Moody’s put Spain’s rating on review – citing concerns about its mounting debt and its funding needs for next year.
Spain has been under scrutiny from international markets since the Irish Republic was forced to take a 85bn euro (£72bn; $113bn) aid package last month.
But Madrid denies similarities between the two economies, despite worries over Spain’s property and banking sectors.
The news pushed the euro down by 0.5% against the dollar to to $1.3312 while it also fell 0.2% against the pound, with one euro worth 0.8462 pence.
Spain’s government has insisted it will not need to apply for a bail-out from the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) – an EU and International Monetary Fund (IMF) backed rescue scheme.
“2011 will be the year when the financial credibility of Spain – and by extension the eurozone as a whole – is likely to receive its severest test”
Moody’s agreed that it did not expect Spain to draw on the fund – but added its “funding requirements, not only for the sovereign but also for the regional governments and the banks, make the country susceptible to further episodes of funding stress”.
It believes that the central government needs to raise about 170bn euros next year with a further 30bn euros for the regions and 90bn for the banks.
This was “rendered more challenging by the fragile confidence of international capital markets,” it said.
Moody’s cut Spain’s sovereign debt rating from the top, triple-A rating to Aa1 in September.
Its analyst, Kathrin Muehlbronner, added that the “downside risks warrant putting Spain’s rating under review” for a further downgrade.
But she added her firm continued to view Spain as “a much stronger credit than other stressed eurozone countries”.
The threat of a downgrade was not a huge surprise, said Robert Ryan, a foreign exchange strategist at BNP Paribas in Singapore.
But he added: “This just focuses attention back on Spain”.
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On Tuesday, the Spanish government had to offer investors higher returns in its auction of government debt.
The yield on its 12-month bonds rose to 3.45%, up from 2.37% in a similar auction last month.
The rising cost of borrowing reflects investors concern about the outlook for the Spanish economy and its banking sector in particular.
The eurozone has come under increasing scrutiny since Greece needed a 110bn euro from the EU and IMF in May.
After the Irish Republic’s bail-out, Portugal was tipped by many as the next casualty, with questions also raised over Italy’s economy, as well as Spain’s.
Later on Wednesday, the Irish parliament is due to vote on its bail-out loan.
The decision of Prime Minister Brian Cowen to seek parliamentary approval has delayed the IMF approving its portion of the funds.
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Waterford-based call centre company Rigney Dolphin creates almost 300 new jobs in Derry
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Tokyo bans the sale and lease of anime films and manga comics depicting rape, incest and other sex crimes to under-18s.
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A UK-based terror suspect was part of an al-Qaeda plot to launch co-ordinated international bombings, US Justice Department lawyers say.
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The violence after the 2007 election took Kenya to the brink of civil war The prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) is set to announce the names of several Kenyans he accuses of being behind the violence that followed the disputed 2007 elections.
More than 1,200 people were killed and over half a million displaced.
In the peace deal that followed it was agreed that the perpetrators of the violence would face justice either in Kenya or at the ICC in the Hague.
Without court cases taking off locally, the ICC stepped in.
ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo is focusing on two cases of post-election violence. He will name six suspects.
Each will be served with a court summons, but if they fail to turn up or they hinder the investigation, Mr Ocampo will request arrest warrants.
Senior politicians are expected to be on the list.
In recent days there has been a degree of panic amongst some members of the usually untouchable political elite.
Most Kenyans feel these prosecutions are vital in order to undermine the deeply rooted culture of impunity.
Kenya has had a series of violent elections, but the disputed poll in 2007 saw the country taken to the brink of civil war.
Split along tribal lines, communities turned on each other with crude weapons as they were encouraged and even paid by power-hungry politicians.
The police used excessive force and carried out extra-judicial killings. More than 1,200 people were killed and half a million displaced.
The weapons were only put down after the former United Nations chief, Kofi Annan, brokered a peace deal between incumbent President Mwai Kibaki and his arch-rival, Raila Odinga.
As part of the peace deal, they agreed to ensure that perpetrators of the violence were prosecuted either in Kenya or in the Hague. The politicians thwarted all efforts to hold trials in Kenya and so the ICC stepped in.
In recent months several witnesses have been threatened, and the ICC has moved some out of the country.
The key question now is whether those accused will hand themselves over or be shielded by politicians and evade justice.
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A passenger plane carrying 22 people goes missing after taking off from an airport in eastern Nepal.
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Millions of web users are being asked to reset their passwords on major sites such as Yahoo and LinkedIn, following an attack on gossip website Gawker.
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Finance Minister Sammy Wilson says there are no plans for water charges over the next four years, as he delivers his draft budget to MLAs at Stormont.
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Wen Jiabao’s visit is the first by a Chinese premier in four years Chinese PM Wen Jiabao is due to begin a three-day official visit to India aimed at boosting trade ties between the two countries.
China is India’s largest trading partner – two-way trade volumes are set to hit $60bn (£38bn) this fiscal year.
The two nations fought a brief border war in 1962, but ties have improved.
Tensions remain, however, between the rising powers over their shared 3,500-km (2,170-mile) border, decades on from the conflict, which China won.
During his visit Mr Wen will hold talks with his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh, External Affairs Minister SM Krishna and the ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi.
In October he told Mr Singh on the sidelines of a regional meeting in Vietnam that there was “enough space” in the world for both countries to develop.
Mr Wen – the first Chinese premier to visit India in four years – is expected to be accompanied by 400 businessmen.
“Economic ties constitute literally the bedrock of our relations. Both sides are keen to further enhance mutually beneficial trade and are looking at new initiatives,” an Indian foreign ministry spokesman was quoted as saying by Reuters news agency.
Though bilateral trade is booming, analysts say the relationship is not flattering for India.
China reopened the Nathu La pass to border trade; an agreement on defence ties was signed in 2006 “India faces a ballooning trade deficit with China and the dumping of Chinese goods that is systematically killing local manufacturing. Mr Wen comes with a huge trade delegation to fortify this asymmetrical relationship,” said Indian strategic affairs analyst Brahma Chellany.
Ties between the two countries were strained in August when India cancelled defence exchanges after China refused a visa to a Kashmir-based general.
Last year, India protested against the Chinese practice of issuing visas to Kashmiris on separate pieces of paper, unlike the standard visas it offered to other Indians. China gave no explanation for the move.
China is also strongly critical of India for granting residence to the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama.
It is also close to India’s traditional foe, Pakistan, with whom it is co-operating on military and missile development, cross-border infrastructure, and a deep-water port.
“Relations are very fragile, very easy to be damaged and very difficult to repair. Therefore they need special care in the information age.” China’s envoy to India, Zhang Yan, told reporters ahead of Mr Wen’s visit.
Mr Wen will travel to India’s nuclear-armed neighbour, Pakistan, for a two-day official visit after completing his India trip.
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Despite a rise, the jobless figures remain below the high point for 2010 The number of those out of work in Wales has risen for the first time in six months.
The latest official figures show that 125,000 people are unemployed – up 4,000 on the quarter for the three months to October.
It means the unemployment rate in Wales stands at 8.6%, while the UK average is at 7.9%.
However, the number of people claiming jobseekers benefits in November remained unchanged at 71,000.
Despite the latest rise, the number jobless remains below the high point for 2010, which was 133,000 people out of work
The highest rate of benefit claimants in Wales remains in Blaenau Gwent at 6.3%, which is a drop of 1.2% on the month.
Monmouthshire and Ceredigion have the lowest rate, at 1.9%.
The latest figures released by the Office for National Statistics also show how different industry sectors have fared over the last year.
“The aftershocks of the recession are still being felt ”
Ieuan Wyn Jones Deputy First Minister
The number of people employed in manufacturing in September 2010 in Wales has dropped by 20,000 posts.
The drop in workplace jobs in the health and social service sector has fallen by 12,000, while in information technology the reduction is 9,000 places.
At the same time, the number of people employed in the retail industries has jumped up by 29,000 since September 2009.
The rise in the food and accommodation sectors is even greater – with 36,000 more people now employed in those areas than a year ago.
Commenting on the labour market figures, Deputy First Minister Ieuan Wyn Jones said: “It is true that these latest figures show two encouraging signs.
“The number of people in work in Wales has gone up over the year, while the claimant count, the most timely measure of how many people are seeking support, has dropped by 12.3% over the year, more than the UK.
“Despite this progress we remain cautious.
“The aftershocks of the recession are still being felt and the data suggests that the rate of improvement in the UK economy has slowed.
“All of us need to continue working together to make sure this slow recovery is properly established and here to stay.”
The assembly’s Conservative spokesperson on the economy, Darren Millar said the statistics showed that the UK government was taking the right approach in cutting the economic deficit.
He added: “More needs to be done at an assembly level to help stimulate job creation, which is why Welsh Conservatives would abolish business rates for the majority of Wales’ small businesses and encourage entrepreneurship in our schools.”
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Weir Group is fined £3m for breaching UN sanctions by doing business with Saddam Hussein’s regime.
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