03/09/2011 BBC Weekend News


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Good afternoon. Human rights investigators in Libya say

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documents they have uncovered in Tripoli show close co-operation

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between MI6 and the CIA and the Gaddafi regime. The group at Human

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Rights Watch says the correspondence shows that British

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intelligence officers gave the regime information about Libyan

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dissidents in this country. The Foreign Office says it does not

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comment on intelligence matters. We have not been able to

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independently verified these documents. They seem to be genuine.

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They seem to be pretty embarrassing for the CIA and MI6. Both agencies

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appear to have had a cosy relationship with the Gaddafi

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regime, to the point where British intelligence even wrote a draft

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speech for Colonel Gaddafi. Gaddafi's regime was believed to

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torture people. And yet it seems that Western intelligence still

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sent terror suspects to Tripoli for interrogation. The secret documents

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found here seem to show close links between the CIA and MI6 and curl

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Gaddafi's intelligence service, with several suspects being put in

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secret on two planes to Libya, so- called Black flights. We stumbled

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across a room which contained the files of correspondence between the

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Libyan external security, headed by Colonel Gaddafi's right-hand man,

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Moussa Koussa, and the CIA, MI6, French intelligence and other

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Western intelligence agencies. is alleged that the CIA and MI6 co-

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operated -- corroborated on operated -- corroborated on

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intelligence as long ago as 2002 with Colonel Gaddafi. It is claimed

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that Western intelligence agencies even offered advice to corral

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even offered advice to corral Gaddafi. There is a draft, the CIA

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and MI6 drafted a speech that Colonel Gaddafi gave. It is alleged

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that British and intelligence -- British and American intelligence

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agencies had an unhealthily close relationship with Moussa Koussa, a

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man said to have much blood on his hands, who defected to Britain

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several months ago. The documents me -- the documents we found start

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off saying dear Moussa Koussa, thank you for the oranges to send

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us. That kind of cosy relationships with the intelligence services. He

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was known for torturing and disappearing people. There are

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thousands more or documents here yet to be studied and yet to give

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up their secrets to the world. In response to the discovery of

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these documents, the CIA in Washington has said that nobody

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should be surprised that they work with foreign governments to protect

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American citizens. In London, when Hague has said that these documents

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relate to the last Labour Government's time in office and he

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has no knowledge of what went on behind the scenes then.

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Here, police have arrested a man in connection with the murder of a 77-

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year-old woman in Hexham. Graeme Jarman was arrested at a library in

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North Yorkshire. In nationwide appeal had been made to track him

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down after he went missing from his home in Durham on all the 17th. --

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17th August. RBS has said it will defend itself

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vigorously against legal action brought by the American government

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for the losses suffered on mortgage-based investments which

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helped bring about the global financial crash. RBS, Barclays and

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HSBC are among 17 banks being sued by the US Federal Housing Finance

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Agency. Joe Lynam. They were some of the seminal

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images of the financial crisis, when 5 million American households

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lost their homes in 2008 and 2009. Many have long believed that the

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banks had offered mortgages to people they had known could ill-

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afford to pay them. The Government is suing 17 of the world's largest

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banks, including RBS, Barclays and HSBC. The American government

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believe that these banks mis-sold specialised products worth billions

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of dollars and contributed to the financial crisis. Of the three

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British banks being sued, only RBS This is quite a significant

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lawsuits because regardless of ability or otherwise of these

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allegations, many of these big banks are likely to end up paying

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billions of dollars in compensation to the US government. It will be a

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costly settlement at best. It comes at a difficult time for the banking

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industry, which has seen profits declining and has been buffeted by

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the global economic problems. banks are bracing themselves for

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the imminent publication of the vicar's banking report which may

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force them to make dramatic changes to how they are run in Britain.

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Since the financial crisis, Britain's banks have seen a lot of

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change. They are now paying a substantial bank levy and the money

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they pay their staff is monitored closely, and they could soon be

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forced to separate their investment banking activities from their

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retail banking activities. As in a lawsuit from the United States and

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that could cripple banks already trying to find their feet. -- and

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in a lawsuit. The Government has offered to hold

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talks with opponents to its planning reforms following

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criticism from the Campaign for Rural England. But Planning

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Minister has denied he is considering a U-turn over the

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controversial proposals to change the law in order to encourage more

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house building. The Government has written to all MPs telling them

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that health ministers will be voting against a proposal to change

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the way that advice is given to women in England to why seeking an

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abortion. The Conservative backbencher Nadine Dorries has

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tabled an amendment to the Government's health bill stating

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that abortion advice should not be given by organisations but also

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carry out terminations. -- that also.

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Police say they still have hundreds of people to interview about in

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Stockport. Charges have been dropped against Rebecca Leighton,

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in Mercer who spent six weeks in custody in connection with the case.

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-- a nurse. Nick Ravenscroft is at a hospital. What is the latest?

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Rebecca Leighton has described the weeks she spent in prison as a

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living hell. The charges against her had been dropped through lack

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of evidence of what prosecutors have made it clear that if new

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evidence emerged, proceedings could be begun again. Her friends that I

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have spoken to say that she will struggle to return to normal life.

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Far from normal life that a hospital here. Two months on, from

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the first suspicious deaths, police are looking at a total of 40

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patients who could have been affected by contaminated saline.

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Seven of those have died. Security is tight and the patients and

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families are uneasy. I spoke to one woman earlier and she put it to me,

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"Potentially we're talking about a killer being at large.

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" thank you very much. In football, Scotland's hopes of qualifying for

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Euro 2012 have been dented with a 2-2 draw with the Czech Republic at

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Hampden Park. Kenny Miller put Scotland ahead before half-time

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with his 15th goal for his country but the Czech Republic pulled one

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back. Darren Fletcher sent Scotland on the way to an important when,

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but in the last minute, the Czech Republic were awarded a penalty and

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levelled the score. Craig Levein's side will be frustrated after they

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were denied a penalty in injury time. Their next game is against

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Lithuania on Tuesday. The star of athletics, Usain Bolt

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returns to the track today. He was determined to make up for his

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disqualification in the 100 metres. He ran the 4th fastest time in

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history to retain his world 200 metre title.

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Changing South Korea's sporting customs will take more than a week

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of world-class athletics. These children in Daegu are practising

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tae kwon do, the national sport. Next door, the media have been

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trying to catch a glimpse of a one man who is certain to leave his

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mark on this country. Usain Bolt's false start in the 100 metres final

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last Sunday has made him bigger news than ever. Surely like being

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could not strike twice? -- like men. -- lightning. Play it safe, Usain

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Bolt was the slowest out of the box Bolt was the slowest out of the box

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but he soon hit the front. From then on, the result was not in

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doubt. The Jamaican produced his third fastest 200 metres ever, to

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retain his title and to banish retain his title and to banish

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memories of last weekend's problems on the starting line. All I had to

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do was relax and listen for the gun. I listened as much as possible.

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centre of attention again. Usain Bolt is the Pied Piper of track and

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field. After this victory, Daegu became at the stage for his one-man

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show. There was no sense of disappointment or anti-climax for

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the crowd here tonight. Usain Bolt resume normal service. What they

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have witnessed is not just an athlete capable of running

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extraordinarily fast, but a showman, whose charisma is only comparable

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