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Many delegates have walked out of a United Nations conference on racism held in Geneva, because of a speech in which the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called Israel a racist country. Mr. Ahmadinejad accused Israel of exploiting the Holocaust and the persecution of Jews to justify the creation of a racist government in occupied Palestine. He was applauded by a summoned conference hall. But the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was sharply critical.

I deplore the use of this platform by the Iranian President to accuse, divide and even incite. This is the opposite of what this conference seeks to achieve. This makes it significantly more difficult to build constructive solutions to the very real problem of racism.

A demonstration in Madagascar against the closure of two radio stations has led to violent clashes between the security forces and hundreds of anti-government protesters, at least 2 people were killed and 30 others wounded by bullets. The protesters support the exiled president Marc Ravalomanana who was forced from power in March by his rival Andry Rajoelina. Johnny Hook reports from Antananarivo.

The fighting broke out after the security forces attempted to disperse a peaceful sitting outside the court buildings in the centre of the city. They initially used tear gas and detonators to drive back the crowds. But when protesters replied by throwing rocks, the military and police opened fire. The decision by the transitional authorities had to close two radio stations bears strong resemblance to former President Marc Ravalomanana's attempts to close Andry Rajoelina's radio station back in December which also sparked protests and eventually led to Mr. Ravalomanana being forced from the power.

A second woman in Paraguay has accused President Fernando Lugo of fathering her child while he was a bishop in the Roman Catholic Church. President Lugo has already admitted fathering the first boy when he was a bishop. Canters Piet reports.

From a very poor background, the 27-year-old woman said after their child was born, President Lugo has sent her money till her boy was 2. But the money had stopped coming. She also said he'd asked her to keep quiet about the issue during last year's election campaign which he went on to win. In a statement, the president’s office said he was prepared to act within the bounds of truth that he established a special team to deal with illegal cases that might emerge around the subject.

Officials in Sudan say more than 170 people have died in clashes between rival ethnic groups in the south of the country. The commissioner of Akobo Country said whole villages have been burned to the ground in the attacks and warned that the number of dead was expected to rise. It's the latest in a series of battles between the Molo and Nuer ethnic groups.

President Barack Obama has defended his decision to release government papers relating to the treatment of terrorism suspects by the Central Intelligence Agency. Speaking to CIA staff at their headquarters, Mr. Obama said he had acted because American foreign policy was changing. He said the United States believed in the rule of law, unlike Al-Qaida which had no such constrains.

What makes the United States special is precisely the fact that we're willing to uphold our values and our ideas even when it's hard, not just when it's easy; even when we're afraid and under threat. That's what makes us different.

The paper released by President Obama revealed that one leading terrorism suspect Halishad Muhammad was subjected to water-boarding more than 180 times in the space of a month. Another suspect was water-boarded 80 times. The technique was used during the Bush administration but since being banned by President Obama.

The renowned British physicist Steven Hawkins has been taken to hospital for test after feeling unwell for several weeks. Cambridge University where he works, said he was very ill. A later report said his condition was comfortable. Professor Hawkins suffers from motor neurone disease. He has been using a wheel chair for many years and speaks with the aid of a voice synthesizer. He is best-known to the general public for his book ‘’A Brief History of Time’’ about the development of the universe.

A rare 2-seat version of Britain's most famous Fighter plane--The Spit Fire has been sold for a record sum at an auction in London. The Spit Fire discovered in a South African scrap yard in the 1970s and restored to full flying condition over the last 5 years, sold for almost 2.3 million dollars. The aircraft was built in 1944 and like most Spit Fires was a single seat fighter. It was sold to the South Africa Air Force after the war and converted to a two-seat trainer.

日内瓦联合国大会上，由于伊朗总统内贾德发言称以色列是种族主义国家，许多代表纷纷离席。内贾德指责以色列利用犹太人遭受的大屠杀和迫害，使占领巴基斯坦并建立种族主义政府合法化。他的讲话在会场内博得一阵掌声。但是联合国秘书长潘基文对此表示严厉批评。

伊朗总统利用这个平台做出指责、分裂、甚至煽动的言论，对此我感到遗憾。这与此次会议追求的目标是背道而驰的。这对于我们想达到的目标--就种族主义的真正问题找出建设性的解决办法--来说，变得及其困难。

在马达加斯加，两家电台被关引起了游行，并发展为治安警察和数百名反政府抗议者之间的暴力冲突，至少2人死亡和另外30人中弹受伤。抗议者支持被驱逐的总统马克·拉瓦卢马纳纳，拉瓦卢马纳纳三月份被对手安德里·拉乔利纳逼下台。

在市中心法院大楼外，治安警察试图驱散和平静坐的抗议者时，冲突发生了。为赶退人群，起初警察使用催泪瓦斯和炸药。后来，当抗议者扔石块以回应时，军队和警察就开火了。这次过渡政府关闭两家电台一事，与十二月前总统马克·拉瓦卢马纳纳试图关闭安德里·拉乔利纳的电台、最终导致马克·拉瓦卢马纳纳被迫下台一事有很多相似之处，都引发了抗议。

巴拉圭另一名女子指控总统鲁戈任天主教主教时同她生下一子，总统鲁戈已承认任主教时生有第一个孩子。

这名27岁的女子持不太有说服力的证据，声称孩子出生后，总统鲁戈曾寄钱给她，直到孩子两岁。但是现在已经不再寄钱了。她还说，在去年鲁戈取胜的大选中，鲁戈曾要她保守秘密。总统办公室的一项声明表示，鲁戈打算基于事实处理此事，他已成立一个专门小组，来处理与此话题有关的非法案例。

苏丹官方声称，本国南部敌对种族团体之间发生的冲突造成170多人死亡。 Akobo村委员说，冲突中整个村庄已被烧为平地，他警告说，死亡人数可能会继续上升。在Molo族和Nuer族之间的一系列斗争中，这是最近的一次。

巴拉克.奥巴马总统为自己公开政府文件的行为辩护，这些文件与中央情报局(ACI)对待恐怖嫌疑犯的办法有关。奥巴马在ACI总部对其全体员工讲话，他说，他这么做是因为美国的对外政策已经改变。他说，美国信仰法律的裁决，不像基地组织那样没有这样的束缚。

美国之所以与众不同，正好是因为，尽管面对困难，我们还愿意支持我们的价值观和观念，而不仅仅是从容安逸时，甚至是害怕、面临威胁时也会这样。正是这使我们与众不同。

奥巴马总统公开的文件显示，一位恐怖主义嫌疑领导人 Halishad Muhammad在一个月期间被施以180多次水刑。另一名嫌疑犯遭受80次水刑。布什政府时期使用过这些手段，但现已被奥巴马总统取缔。

英国著名物理学奖史蒂芬.霍金感觉不适，已被送往医院，接受数周的治疗。他所就职的剑桥大学声称他已重病。后来的一份报告说他已感觉舒适。霍金教授身患运动神经元疾病。他多年来只能坐在轮椅上，借助发声器“讲话”。他因著作《时间简史》的广为出版而知名，这本书讲述的是宇宙的发展。

英国最有名的、稀有的双座位战斗机“喷火”号在伦敦以打破记录的价格拍卖售出。“喷火”号是20世纪70年代在南非的一个废置场被发现的，过去5年内得到修理，已恢复至完全胜任飞行的状态，这次以2.3百万美元的价格售出。这架战斗机造于1944年，和大多数“喷火”一样，只有一个座位。战后卖给了南非空军，后被改造为两座位机。