11/03/2012 Reporters

That is the latest. Now on BBC News The agony and grief of Homs.

Residents fleeing the city tell the BBC of atrocities committed their

allegedly by Syrian forces. Women's rights under threat in Afghanistan.

Orla Guerin hears from women who say it now feels like life under

the Taliban. One year after the Fukushima radiation leak, we find

that farmers are trying to make a living despite fears of

contamination. And Olympic legacy. We report from

the Sydney on a lessons for the UK for when the Olympic flame goes out.

Welcome to Reporters mac. Civilians fleeing Homs have accused

the Army of committing atrocities once they had re-entered the city.

Families that have managed to escape have told the BBC that men

and boys were killed in front of them. Opposition activists say

thousands have fled the city, many from the Baba Amr district. Our

correspondent and cameraman or sent this exclusive report from the

outskirts of Homs. I should warn you that it contains graphic

accounts by eyewitnesses. On a road out of harm's, just part

of the exodus from Baba Amr. -- Homs.

They endured weeks under bombardment, then fled, panic,

before troops arrived. TRANSLATION: We have no armed gangs. We and our

children are forced to flee under the cover of darkness.

People are terrified of what government forces will do now. This

group walked for three days to avoid the soldiers. Here is why.

Whoever is taken at a checkpoint will be killed, he says. They took

our husbands, she cries. They took them at the checkpoint. Everyone

shares the same fear, that their husbands are not coming back. For

now, they are on their own, with nothing. It is absolutely freezing

here and these children have got a night in a house with no heat and

no electricity. More than that, they are wondering what on earth

has happened to their father. These families says they witnessed and

massacre. On Friday, troops took 36 men end boys from one district,

they say, killing them all. My son's throat was cut, she says. He

was 12. TRANSLATION: A Butcher and four people. The soldiers were

killing people like these. The victims' hands were tied up.

TRANSLATION: We managed to cross the checkpoint but two of my

brothers were detained. I managed to save one but they took one with

them and killed him. My father's life is not worth more

than the young people we have lost. Can such horror stories be true?

These men defected from an elite Army unit are only last week. They

told me that civilians were targeted, prisoners killed. A

lieutenant gave us the orders, he said. We were told, in this

operation, shoot at anything that moves, civilian or military. Orders

were given to tell people we were about to execute. This is the price

of freedom you were fighting for. People were killed for no reason

whatsoever. The people of Baba Amr say they are

victims of crime. The outside world will want proof. Briefly, they

defied the regime. Now they are scattered, there uprising crushed.

There is international outrage, but no agreement about how to bring

this to an end. The top religious Council in

Afghanistan says males and females should not be allowed to mix at

school, work or in other aspects of daily life. It says women should

not travel without a male relative. The statement was welcomed by the

Afghan President. Human rights campaigners say they are worried he

is trying to placate the Taliban. News time on Afghanistan's Channel

One. With top presenter. Women at newscasters have been in the

headlines lately after the government told them to wear

headscarves and avoid heavy make-up. Now senior clerics say men and

women should not work side by side, unwelcome news for this newsreader.

It is wrong to say we should not work together, she told us. I am

proud of my job and the fact that I work outside my home. But

Afghanistan's top religious Council, which is government-funded, does

not want women roaming freely outside. It says that under Islam

they should be accompanied by a male relative. This is a request

and reminder, the council says. Critics say it is an echo of the

Taliban. There is growing concern among human rights activists and

women's groups that the progress made in recent years could be

rolled back. The fear is that in the push to do a peace deal with

the Taliban President Karzai will be willing to sacrifice women's

rights. Campaigners warn it that this is just the beginning of a

journey back in time. These leading MP, who survived at Taliban ambush,

breads and returned to the dark days of the past. We struggled for

ten years. We have gained so much. They have started taking some of

those basic rights, like working together, living together, going

out like a free human being. You are not allowed to do that anymore.

For now, in his private university in Kabul, young Afghans are allowed

to share a classroom. That is how they want it to stay. Who thinks

men and women should be able to study together? Raise your hands.

This one plans a career in business. Another wants to going business.

That is is the Taliban and clerics do not rewrite their future.

The Somali militant group Al-Shabab has been severely weakened in

recent months. The group has become increasingly unpopular in the

country, partly because of its strict interpretation of Islamic

law. Its stronghold was recently captured by Ethiopian troops

fighting alongside Somali solders. Our correspondent was one of the

first journalists into the region following its fall.

A rare chance to go deep inside Somalia, a flight to a town which

until a few days ago was a key Al- Shabab stronghold. Lending at the

airstrip it is immediately clear who controls the town now,

Ethiopian soldiers with plenty of firepower. The visit was organised

by the Ethiopian Army, keen to show it is winning the war against Al-

Shabab. A look inside what was the is a must militants based. On the

walls, jihadist graffiti, the images of a war that has drawn in

foreign fighters from across the world. The weaponry of the Al-Qaeda

linked militants. Some of these were captured, others were

abandoned as the Ethiopian and Somali troops advanced across the

country. We did the offensive on these places. A key ally to the

West, this is Ethiopia's second major military offensive in recent

years to stop the Islamists from controlling Somalia. About three

years ago Somalis were celebrating on the streets as the Ethiopian

Army pulled out. Those soldiers are back. The challenge for Ethiopia is

to make sure this incursion does not become as unpopular as the last

one. It is not seen as a foreign military invasion. On the streets,

many businesses have stayed shut. That is partly because the battle

for the town may not be over. Nobody knows how long the

Ethiopians will stay, so there is a fear that Al-Shabab could return.

In the presence of Ethiopian officials, Somali elders said they

were grateful for the help in tackling the militants. This man

said the is the most fighters were be welcome back home, if they came

in peace. The ingredients of terror referred these days by Al-Shabab.

It has promised bloodshed. The militants are weakened, but not

Japan has been limbering be victims of the Earth witness in any wicket

be closed when you rigour. 60 doesn't work keel and the area was

devastated. Deng's of the dozens of people were evacuated when a

nuclear up to be kidding us up at a radiation leak. Residents still

only be in a year or radiation. They have come to this sport or to

bite vegetables and at your cap and got up. Be used but that will

produce, but after the nuclear accident vinegary but viewed from

this piece are no longer say it. TRANSLATION: We need to stop kids

from it he contaminated food. There were also at Exeter and East from

the nuclear accident and we need to prevent them from being exposed for

a beer. We cannot trust the government. Expense of mistrust

seems to be she. Them acting East and nature of physical damage to

you any of the buildings will be residents living in a year of

radiation. The community is to buy it. They are still cling to reduce

the level of rates years but Bega puts it at a smart be excellent for

us and it is safe to be in shimmer. At a view that governments are up

its mark you exclusions don't it was neatly in pushing up. This than

any case a bit to stay. East will produce this and even in the winter

under the snow has. An EU has been a show sharp fall in sales even

though he has all its products checked really and radiation has

been detected. TRANSLATION: I expect people's for East to eat

products from he. People speak only of numbers and the States. Are

people be a those numbers. As you wash his peace vegetables he whips

public opinion will to do. It hit eight one-year born Formby disaster.

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months after Kobe for the London Olympics. Him a kiss or we the pro-

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happened up to the Croats winter. We ate Europe in this country you

and someone playing something, as long wait. Many of these

schoolchildren were not even born when the Olympics went on but were

up yet to create it 12 years ago. The job was just beginning win the

Olympics ended. And it marked his but for years there was no master

plan and put this and it looked like many of the skin is marked up

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community. This venue cupboards costs but the park and needs public

subsidy is to stay put. At the Olympic stadium clubs still come in

it since, the star and his the of string play India in the close to

international cricket match. Even your pose for transports and 50p a

year. Begum's float but pop years after the Olympics this stadium

still have a very significant legacy. But it looks Sydney along

and get it right and that is an important this and all done. Sydney

also assumed the us would attract a wave of visitors to its best

destinations. But the boom in tourism and amateur career as. And

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amongst a poppy populations. have to get the current and the

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straight. This victory was a symbol of national unity and as well as

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it you rates are up. To Cuba and the tobacco industry. Teabag, a

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their favourite cigarettes come from. Sales to Russia rose almost

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expensive ones? Yes. All week Cuba has displayed its finest brands in

halls that normally host Communist Party congresses. China is also

developing a taste for the cigars, sales steady. It is a luxury

franchise. We're enjoying the same growth as we have seen worldwide.

It is boosted by the emerging markets in the high growth

countries like China, Brazil and the Middle East. And there is

economic problems and tighter regulations that increase the

number of up fakes on the market. New security measures like these

labels have become a priority. Above all, this week is about

celebrating something Cuba makes better than anyone, the Saqba

festival is the most glamorous event in the social calendar,

drawing enthusiasts from all over the world. This year there is a

celebrity guest from America. The ban there has not stopped some

people are acquiring a taste for them. Cuba makes the best tobacco

in the world. And a cigar smoker, this is a make-up. It is a