01/12/2012 BBC Weekend News


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Good evening. Tens of thousands of supporters of the Egyptian

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President Mohamed Morsi have taken to the streets of Cairo to back his

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decision to grant himself sweeping powers and introduce a new

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constitution. The last week has seen protest against the Egyptian

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leader, whose austerity has come into conflict with the country's

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judges. This is the response of Britain and

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North Sea's supporters to the way the protests have gone against him.

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-- President Morsi. They have come from across Egypt and many are

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hardline Islamists who want this to be estate guided by religion. Some

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just want a strong president to help them out of the current

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deadlock. We need to stop going back to work. That is why I am here.

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-- we need to start. I support every single word he says. We like

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Islam, we like our God and the Prophet. We love Islam. This is why

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we are here. It has been a bewildering 10 days for McCarthy.

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First he helped to mediate the Guardia -- v Karzai-Israel

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ceasefire. A day later, he gave himself sweeping powers. On

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Thursday night, the president's supporters voted through a new

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draft constitution. That all might vote has further inflamed the

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opposition. They accuse the President of using the constitution

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to try to impose Islamic values on the country. Today, scuffles

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erupted in the City of Alexandra between supporters and opponents of

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the President. It is the Muslim Brotherhood and there is slimmest

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allies are organised this show of strength in Cairo. -- there is

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slimmest allies. Another sign of how deeply divided this country is.

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The battle-lines are well and truly drawn. The supporters have shown

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they can bring their people out onto the streets in huge numbers

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but the Liberals have already made their home in Tahrir Square. Around

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the square itself, the liberal opposition have posted sentries in

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case they come under attack. Those tensions can only build as this

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country prepares for a referendum on the constitution and its very

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future. Work is underway to demolish five

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homes in Whitby. They are in danger of collapsing after a landslide.

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The hillside in front of the row of houses gave way during torrential

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rain on Tuesday and engineers decided the only option was to

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dismantle them brick by brick. Brick by brick, tile by tile, the

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demolition began. Four days on from the landslip that condemned these

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cottages, the ground is too unstable for a conventional

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demolition. And so this is Howard has to be. We have got structural

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engineers on site 24 hours to monitor the situation in case we

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have to give warning of, you know, imminent collapse or anything like

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that which would mean we would then have to evacuate people further

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down. I all but one of these cottages was a holiday home. The

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residents were not here today to see the demolition begin. It is not

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difficult to see the attraction of living here. Panoramic views over

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historic which the. Whitby is a tourist town, yet today it has a

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new attraction. The stricken cottages are a novelty and a source

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of sadness. What a shame. And what a beautiful view as well. I should

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imagine these people are pretty sick about it. Nothing they can do.

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It is there, really? Apart from tear them down. These homes have

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stood for 150 years. Their gardens were washed away overnight. The

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painstaking demolition means they, too, will slowly vanish from the

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skyline. He Australia has become the first

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country to ban tobacco companies from using any advertising or

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branding on cigarette packets. The rules are the most stringent in the

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world and showed pictures the damage that can be done to people's

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health are now allowed. A warning that this report contains shocking

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images. Any colour you like as long as it

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is green. This is the future for smokers in Australia. Plain

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packaging where one brand is barely distinguishable from another.

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Australia's 3 million smokers will now be deprived of their favourite

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colour coded brands. There of 35,000 outlets where you can buy

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cigarettes across Australia and from now, they will come and his

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plain packaging. A world first - gone are the colours and the logo

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has of the tobacco company. Once you take all of that colour-coding

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and imagery a way, and everything is standardised, with massive

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health warnings, you really do de- at glamorisation product and de-

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normalise smoking. This was how cigarettes used to be sold.

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Cigarette packs became the last advertising platform for tobacco

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companies. That is why they fought so hard against plain packaging in

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the courts. On grounds that logos are protected property and

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cigarettes are legal. There are some serious unintended

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consequences from this, including the growth in the illegal tobacco

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market and a reduction of illegal tobacco prices. But has Australian

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a packs away the old packets, are the countries like Britain and

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India are gearing up campaigns to take on tobacco companies in the

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battle of the cigarette box. Rugby now, and England have storm

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to an extraordinary win over New Zealand this afternoon at

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Twickenham, beating them 38-21. It is their biggest ever winning

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margin of the All Blacks, while the current world champions. No such

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luck for Wales, who were up against Australia.

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Nothing like the arrival of New Zealand to focus the mind. They are

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unquestionably the best side in the world. Earlier this week, a virus

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swept through their squad and in the first half they were distinctly

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off-colour. England's Owen Farrell simply had the key gene. He landed

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three penalties and a drop goal. New Zealand had not registered a

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point at half-time. That had not happened since 1998. After the

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break they did briefly burst into life with two converted tries, the

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second from Kieran Read, narrowing the gap to one point. After that,

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England were simply Magnificat -- magnificent, with tries from Brad

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Barritt and Chris Ashton. The great All Blacks were in tatters. Manu

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Tuilagi could afford to walk in the third. England's win against New

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Zealand since 2003. Possibly their best ever. Wales also securing --

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looking to secure a victory this autumn. Leigh Halfpenny scored all

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of the points Wales and kicked them 12-9 ahead. But Welsh hearts were

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broken in the dying seconds. Wales were then condemned to weigh 7th

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straight defeat. The former England cricket captain

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Andrew Flintoff has won his professional boxing debut. He beat

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Richard Dawson, the American, on points, despite being knocked down

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in the second round. The first bout came after months of training with

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his coach, Barry McGuigan, and it was filmed for a documentary.

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He Flintoff! When Freddie Flintoff walked out at his peak as a

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cricketer, he put fear into the opposition. But that was three

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years ago and this is a different world. He said he could not have

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trained any harder for a few rounds of a few minutes. It was obvious he

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wanted to make every second count against Richard Dawson. The

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American caught him in the second and the Manchester Arena held its

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breath. No training could put pressure over this. Could he take a

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punch? He could! He did not hold back in the third and 4th rounds,

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throwing further punches. At the final bell, the home crowd thought

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they knew who had won. And so did he. Freddie Flintoff! There are

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plenty of people who wanted him to fail here tonight but he trained

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properly, came here to fight and proved a few people wrong, and he

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has done just that. I think a lot of experience. I got a Cambus, a

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black high... It was amazing, the people of Manchester, friends,

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family. It was like an out-of-body experience. I think he degree and!

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Key out-boxed the American ex-boxer a good! -- I think he did a

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