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As forecasters say that a cloud of volcanic1 dust spreading from Iceland across Europe shows some signs of moving, officials have expressed hope that up to half of all flights across Europe could operate on Monday. The European transport commissioner2 and Spanish minister for Europe were speaking after talks with the air traffic agency Eurocontrol. Warren Bull reports.
After adopting a cautious approach up till now, the airline industry has increasingly pushed the European authorities to end the flight restrictions3 which have caused travel chaos4 in Europe and beyond. Several airlines, including KLM and Lufthansa, have expressed anger that the decision to ground flights appears to have been taken solely5 on the basis of a computer simulation. They say they've carried out their own test flights and reported no problems. Conscious of a need to show strong leadership over the air travel crisis, European Union transport ministers are expected to hold an emergency video conference on Monday.
The Polish President Lech Kaczynski has been buried with his wife in the city of Krakow, eight days after they died in a plane crash in Russia. Crowds threw flowers as the hearses passed through the streets to the cathedral which is the burial place of Polish kings and statesmen. The Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who attended the funeral, said later that tragedies like the plane crash often drew people together. It was a theme echoed by the Archbishop of Krakow, Stanislaw Dziwisz, in his funeral address.
"The tragedy of eight days ago released a lot of good flowing from people and from nations. Compassionate6 help which we've experienced over these days from our Russian brothers inspires hope for unifying7 and bringing closer our two Slavic nations. I direct these words especially at the president of Russia."
During his visit to Malta, Pope Benedict has told a group of alleged8 victims of pedophile priests that the Church will do everything in its power to secure justice for those who've suffered abuse. In his first foreign trips since the scandal came to a head, the Pope promised to implement9 what he called effective measures to protect young people in the future.
Turkish Cypriots have elected the veteran nationalist politician Dervis Eroglu as the new president of the breakaway Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. He defeated his main rival Mehmet Ali Talat, who's been pursuing a process aimed at reuniting Cyprus. Tabitha Morgan reports.
Mr Eroglu has been prime minister for the past year. He's strongly opposed to the diplomatic process in which Mr Talat was engaged, seeking to reunify the island in accordance with principles adopted by the United Nations and the Republic of Cyprus. The Eroglu's solution to the long-standing Cyprus problem would involve separate Greek and Turkish Cypriot states, linked by loose confederal ties. It's a vision which is totally unacceptable to the majority of Greek Cypriots.
Tabitha Morgan in Nicosia
This is Mike Cooper with the latest World News from the BBC.
Reports from South Africa say the youth leader of the governing African National Congress, the ANC, Julius Malema faces a disciplinary hearing for bringing the party into disrepute. Local media said the charges are set to include promoting racism11 and fermenting12 intolerance. Genc Lamani of our Africa desk reports.
Mr Malema, who leads the ANC youth wing, has recently embarrassed party leaders by ejecting a BBC journalist from a news conference and defying an ANC order to stop singing a song inciting13 hatred14 against white farmers, which was banned by the South African courts. He also ignored party policy by publicly supporting Zimbabwe's president Robert Mugabe. The reported hearing follows several calls by the ANC and President Jacob Zuma, who had urged party leaders to avoid making public statements that could be misunderstood.
A court in Iran has sentenced a journalist to three and a half years in prison and 50 lashes15 for criticizing the country's top leadership. Mohammad Nourizad was arrested last November for denouncing the government over the unrest that followed the disputed presidential election. Mr Nourizad maintained his right as a journalist to criticize.
Three Italian medical workers arrested in Afghanistan last week have been set free. They were accused of involvement in an alleged plan to assassinate16 the governor of Helmand province. A statement from the Afghan National Directorate of Security said investigations17 had shown the Italians were not guilty.
A foreign affairs minister in the Indian government Shashi Tharoor has resigned over a scandal involving the country's premier18 cricket league. Press reports said that Mr Tharoor, who served for decades as a prominent diplomat10 at the United Nations, was asked to step down by the Prime Minister Manhohan Singh. It's been alleged that a female friend of the minister was granted a free stake in a new cricket team from his home state. Mr Tharoor has denied any wrongdoing.
预报员称，覆盖在整个欧洲上空的冰岛火山灰已经显示出移动的迹象，相关官员表示，周一预计50%的欧洲航班有望正常飞行。欧洲交通专员和西班牙欧盟事务长与空中运输管理机构Eurocontrol对话后发表了讲话。Warren Bull报道。
到目前为止，欧洲一直采取非常谨慎的态度，航空行业一直催促欧洲管理部门终止飞行禁令，因为这已经导致欧洲及其他地方的旅行混乱。包括KLM荷兰皇家航空公司和德国汉莎航空在内的几家航空公司已经表示愤怒，因为他们认为停飞所有航班的决定完全基于电脑模拟。他们称已经进行了自己的试航，没有出现任何问题。意识到需要表现出应对航空旅行危机有力的领导力量，欧盟交通部长们将在周一召开紧急视频会议。
在俄罗斯撞击事件中遇难八天之后，波兰总统卡钦斯基和夫人在克拉科夫下葬。当灵车缓缓经过街道前往埋葬波兰国王和政要的大教堂时，人们纷纷献上鲜花。俄罗斯总统梅德韦杰夫参加了葬礼，他稍后表示，飞机坠毁这样的灾难通常能够将人们团结起来。克拉科夫总教主Stanislaw Dziwisz在葬礼悼词中也表达了同样的观点。
“八天前的灾难使民众和国家表现出了许多友好的致意。这些天以来，我们从俄罗斯兄弟那里获得的充满同情心的帮助激发了统一和拉近两个斯拉夫国家的希望。我当着俄罗斯总统的面直接表达这一愿望。”
访问马尔他期间，教皇本笃告诉一些恋童癖神父的受害者，教堂将在权力允许的范围内，尽最大努力为受害者伸张正义。在丑闻爆发以来的首次国外旅行中，教皇承诺实施他所说的“有效措施”，在将来更好地保护年轻人。
土耳其塞浦路斯人选举民族主义政治家艾洛格鲁(Dervis Eroglu)为分裂的土耳其北塞浦路斯共和国的新总统。他击败了主要竞争对手Mehmet Ali Talat。Mehmet Ali Talat一直致力于重新统一塞浦路斯。Tabitha Morgan报道。
过去的一年，艾洛格鲁一直担任总理。他一直强烈反对Talat参加的外交程序，按照联合国和塞浦路斯共和国要求的寻求统一该岛国。艾洛格鲁对长久的塞浦路斯问题的解决方法包括独立的希腊和土耳其塞浦路斯国，由松散的联盟纽带联系在一起。而对于希腊塞浦路斯多数派来说，这是完全不能接受的。Tabitha Morgan在尼科西亚报道。
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来自南非的报道称，执政党非洲国民大会党(ANC)青年派领袖尤利乌斯·麦勒玛(Julius Malema)因使该党派蒙羞而面临纪律审讯。当地媒体称，指控将包括推行种族差别主义和煽动不容忍的态度。非洲办事处Genc Lamani报道。
尤利乌斯·麦勒玛(Julius Malema)是ANC青年派领袖。最近，他在一次新闻发布会上驱逐一名BBC记者，而且蔑视ANC要求停止唱引起人们对白人农民仇恨的歌曲的命令，这是南非法庭禁止的。这一切都使ANC领袖非常尴尬。他还无视党派方针，公开支持津巴布韦总统穆加贝。ANC和总统祖马多次要求进行审讯。祖马敦促党派领袖不要发表公开声明，以免引起误解。
一名记者因批评伊朗高级领袖被法庭判处三年半的监禁和50下鞭笞。去年11月份，Mohammad Nourizad因在有争议的总统选举过后的动乱中批评政府而被捕。Nourizad仍然坚持他作为记者拥有批评的权利。
上周在阿富汗被捕的三名意大利医疗工作者获释。他们被指控卷入谋杀赫尔曼德省省长的阴谋。阿富汗国家安全理事会发表的一份声明表示，调查显示这三名意大利工作人员无罪。
印度政府外事部长Shashi Tharoor因该国板球超级联赛卷入的丑闻而辞职。媒体报道称，Shashi Tharoor几十年来一直担任出色的联合国外交官，但是印度总理辛格要求其下台。据称，这位部长一名女性朋友获准对来自他家乡的一支板球队下注。Tharoor否认任何罪行。
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commissioner
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chaos
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solely
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compassionate
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alleged
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racism
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fermenting
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inciting
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hatred
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assassinate
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investigations
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