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The Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir who's been indicted1 by the International Criminal Court for alleged2 war crimes in Darfur says the number of people killed there has been fabricated. In his first interview with Western media since his indictment3, Mr. Bashir told the BBC that figures of more than 300,000 dead in Darfur were part of a propaganda war against him. He said his government was fighting an insurgency4 in Darfur, but was not responsible for civilian5 deaths.
"The number of casualties in Darfur is not even one tenth of any figure mentioned. All the figures doing the rounds are fabricated, totally made-up numbers. We dare anyone to prove them. All events in Darfur are monitored. Be there fighting between the armed forces and the rebels or fighting between tribes. There are tribal6 conflicts. But we challenge anyone to prove that the national army carried out any operations against the civilian population. "
The United Nations' humanitarian7 coordinator8 John Holmes has described as absolutely awful, the plight9 of civilians10 in northeastern Sri Lanka. He said the Sri Lankan government was intent to continuing its military offensive. The civilians were caught in the middle, and many of them were being forced to remain there by the rebels.
"This is an absolutely awful situation where the fighting is continuing, the government wants to continue its offensive against the LTTE to the end. The LTTE shows no willingness to surrender. And the civilian population is caught in the middle of that. The LTTE are clearly still holding onto that population against their will, using them as human shields.”
The United States has been elected to the Human Rights Council of the United Nations, ending a boycott11 by the former Bush administration. Other countries elected to the 18 seats available included China, Cuba and Saudi Arabia. The Bush administration had regarded the UN body as biased12 against Israel and dominated by human rights abusers. The new UN ambassador Susan Rice said the aim now was to reform the Human Rights Council from within.
"Obviously there will always be some countries whose respect and record on the human rights is sub-par. We have not been perfect ourselves, but we intend to lead based on the strong, principled vision that the American people have about respecting human rights, supporting democracy. We look forward to the review that is coming up in 2011 as an important opportunity to strengthen and reform the council."
The Mexican Health Minister Jose Angel Cordova has rejected allegations by the former Cuban leaders Fidel Castro that his government deliberately13 failed to reveal the existence of swine flu to avoid missing out on a visit by President Obama last month. Mr. Cordova said Mexico had been extremely forthcoming in dealing14 with the swine flu outbreak.
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The leaders of the main British political parties have tried to tackle the continuing row over expense claims made by Members of Parliament. In a statement, the Prime Minister Gordon Brown said he wanted all expenses claimed in the last four years to be re-examined by an independent committee. The government measures come after the leader of the opposition15 David Cameron said Conservative Members of Parliament would repay substantial amounts in taxpayers16' money.
"With these arrangements, what I've set out about being able to claim for the rent, the mortgage, the overnights' stay, the basic utility bills. No more furniture, no more bath plugs, no more barbecues, no more patio17 heaters, no more of the things that had caused so much unease. There isn’t some precise science about this. Part of it is just about understanding what we should be asking people to pay for, and what actually is unreasonable18."
Five men have been convicted in Miami of plotting attacks against several US targets, including the Sears Tower in Chicago. Prosecutors19 say the men, mostly US nationals, had conspired20 to provide material support to Al-Qaeda with aim of blowing up the tower and several federal government offices.
The Italian motor racing21 team Ferrari has threatened to withdraw from Formula One at the end of the season because of a dispute over new regulations for next year. Two weeks ago, a motor sports governing body decided22 on changes that would include a budget cap of 60 million dollars for Formula One teams. The president of Ferrari said it wouldn’t register for the 2010 World Championship unless the rules were changed. Because he believed the budget cap would create a two-tier system in the sport.
A rare blue diamond has sold for more than 8.4 million dollars at an auction23 in Geneva. The diamond found in South Africa last year is one of the only a few blue diamonds ever found.
被国际刑事法庭以在达尔富尔发动战争罪起诉的苏丹总统巴希尔称在该地区被杀害的人数是编造的。巴希尔被通缉以来第一次接受西方媒体采访，他告诉BBC记者，所谓的超过300,000人的死亡数字只是反对他的人斗宣传斗争的一部分。他说，他的政府确实在达尔富尔地区抗击叛乱分子，但是对平民伤亡没有责任。
“达尔富尔地区的伤亡人数不到所提到数字的十分之一。所有的数字都是捏造的，全都是编造的。我们敢让任何人去证实这一点。达尔富尔地区的一切事件都是受到监控的。那里在进行武装分子和叛乱分子之间的斗争，各部落之间也在进行斗争。各部落之间有很多冲突。但是我们可以让任何人去证明，国家军队没有实施任何反对平民的举动。”
联合国人道主义协调者John Holmes称斯里兰卡东北部平民的处境绝对非常可怕。他说，斯里兰卡政府意图继续其军事进攻。平民被困其中，其中许多被叛乱分子困在那里。
“战争继续进行的地区形势非常可怕，政府希望继续进行打击泰米尔猛虎解放组织(LTTE)的行动，一直到最后。LTTE没有任何想要投降的意愿。平民被夹在中间。很明显，LTTE仍然潍坊平民的医院，将他们当作人肉盾牌。”
美国被选为联合国人权主义委员会成员，结束了布什政府的抵制政策。其他当选的十八个席位包括中国，古巴和沙特阿拉伯。布什政府曾经声称，联合国在对台以色列问题上存在偏见，而且由侮辱人权的人控制。新任联合国大使Susan Rice称现在的目标是从内部对人权主义委员会进行改革。
“很明显，总会有一些国家人权的尊重和记录方面稍微达不到标准。我们本身也不是完美的，但是我们的领导是基于这样一种强烈的，原则性的角度：美国人民尊重人权，支持民主。我们期望2011年是对人权委员会进行加强和改革的重要机会。”
墨西哥卫生部长科尔多瓦驳斥前古巴领导人菲德尔·卡斯特罗所说的，墨西哥政府有意隐瞒猪流感的存在，以防影响美国总统奥巴马上月的国事访问。科尔多瓦称墨西哥在处理猪流感爆发的问题上一直非常积极。
BBC新闻。
英国主要政党领导人试图解决仍在继续的议会成员报销费用的争论。在一份声明中，英国首相布朗表示，他希望在过去四年中报销的费用由独立委员会重新审核。反对党领袖David Cameron声称议会保守党员应该向纳税人归还的钱数目众多。随后，政府出台了该措施。
“通过这些安排，可以报销房租，贷款，通宵上班费用，基本设施账单。不再有家具，不再有浴室插头，不再有烤肉，加热器，不再有任何引起纷乱的东西。关于这一点并没有什么精确的科学。其中的一部分仅仅是理解我们可以要求纳税人为我们支付什么，而哪些项目确实是不合理的。”
迈阿密五名男子涉嫌图谋袭击美国设施，包括芝加哥希尔斯大厦罪名成立。公诉人称，这些男子大部分是美国国籍，图谋向基地组织提供物质支持，试图炸毁希尔斯大厦和其他几做联邦政府办公楼。
由于对明年的新规章存在争议，意大利赛车队法拉利威胁本赛季结束后退出F1。两周前，国际汽联决定为F1车队引入每年6,000万美元的预算帽。法拉利主席称除非更改规章制度，否则他们不会注册2010年的世界锦标赛。因为他相信，预算帽会对使未来的运动出现双轨制。
一颗稀有的蓝色钻石在日内瓦的拍卖会上以840多万美元的价格售出。这颗钻石于去年在南非发现，是目前为止发现的稀有钻石之一。
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