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Police investigating alleged corruption in India's coal mining

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industry carry out raids across the country.

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Who is in and who is out, Britain's Prime Minister shakes up his

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Government with his first Cabinet reshuffle.

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Help needed fighting the flapelts as Portugal appeals to its

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neighbours to tackling dozens of forest fires.

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Another day of disruption for Lufthansa as cabin crew strike.

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Samsung is to inspect its Chinese suppliers after one manufacturer is

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Police in India have carried out raids in ten cities, as part of an

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investigation into alleged corruption in the allocation of

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coal mining concessions. The Central Bureau of Investigation

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said it had filed cases against five mining companies and that a

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number of employees had been charged. This Is based on a report

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from the Government's auditor which said the mining concessions which

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were handed out over a period between 2004 and 2009 were handed

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out in a manner that wasn't transparent. The allocations were

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made to companies, some of whom may not have had the ability to mine

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coal. More importantly, the rates at which they were given out were

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well below market rates and the allegation is the Government could

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have lost $33 billion. The raids that began today which were carried

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out by the central bureau of investigation took place in 30

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locations across ten cities including Delhi, Calcutta and

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Mumbai. The five companies that are are targeted are small companies

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and the suggestion is these are companies may may have only been

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set up before the mining rights were handed out and some may have

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sold their rights for massive profits. The Opposition are trying

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to pin the responsibility for this on the Prime Minister himself?

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Yes, that's right. Manmohan Singh the Prime Minister was in charge of

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the coal ministry at the time the sales were made and the main

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opposition party believes since he was the man in charge, he needs to

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take the blame, he needs to step down. The Prime Minister, no

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Government official, has been named in this report. He himself has

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denied any wrongdoing and rejected the the calls for his resignation.

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For the past few weeks, every session of the national Parliament

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has been disrupted by the Opposition which says that unless

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the Prime Minister steps down and an independent investigation

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carried out, they will not let Parliament function.

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How does this this feed into the problem of perception of corruption

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which gripped India for a long time now?

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Well, this is a very familiar tale now. A massive corruption scandal

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hits the Government which is forced on the defensive. We have had so

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many of them now. The telecoms scandal, the scandal over

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concession and rights during the Commonwealth Games and now this one.

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Allegations that favours were handed out. A lot of money lost by

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the Government. This one in terms of its scale is quite big and given

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its timing, the Opposition sense thats Government is on -- senses

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that the Government is on the back foot and maybe it can push for an

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early election. David Cameron has been shaking up

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his Government. The first Cabinet reshuffle since he became Prime

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Minister. All morning ministers have been coming and going from

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Number Ten, Downing Street. Joining me from our Central London studios

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is Naomi Grimly. There has been a controversial shake-up of the NHS

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by Andrew Lansley and he is out and Jeremy Hunt is in? I should start

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by saying this isn't a really major reshuffle. The major offices of

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State like the Foreign Secretary, the Home Secretary, and the

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Chancellor of the Exchequer, they remain the same, but he has moved

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his Health Secretary after a really stormy passage of a Health Bill

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through Parliament which did the Conservatives a lot of damage. He

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put in his place up-to-date. That isn't without controversy. Up-to-

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date was a minister who got got mired in the phone hacking scandal.

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He was accused of being too close to Rupert Murdoch. There will be

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eyebrows raised at that appointment. We don't know what happened at

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transport. Justine Greening the minister, that is interesting

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because it could change policy on whether Heathrow gets a third

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runway? That's right. There has has been a lot in the press about

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whether David Cameron may do alU- turn about airport expansion,

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particularly Heathrow Airport. There has been a battle running for

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years about whether there should be an extra runway added there and his

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Transport Secretary, who we think is leaving that post, had a

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constituency in South West London underneath the flightpath so it

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looks like he moved her and many people are speculating as to

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whether that means that David Cameron will now let Heathrow be

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expanded. I should point out that David Cameron doesn't really like

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doing reshuffles. This is the first rearrangement of ministers since he

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came to power. So he is doing it almost reluctantly but the reason

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is because he feels the Government needs to be rejuvenated. The

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opinion polls are not good reading for him and he is hoping he can

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inject fresh blood into the Government and get Government back

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on course. Thank you very much indeed.

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George Osborne Was booed at the Paralympics last night giving medal

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away. So the Government aware of needing something of a fresh start.

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We will, of course, keep you across those developments.

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Water bombing planes from France and Spain have been sent to

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Portugal to help fight forest fires. The request was made after 3,000

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firefighters failed to contain blazes. Officials told the BBC that

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the situation has eased. Up to 3,000 firefighters have been

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engaged in battling the latest wildfires in Portugal. 20 separate

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fires broke out on Sunday fuelled by strong winds and high

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temperatures and weather conditions are expected to remain the same

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same for the next few days. It is worrying for local residents whose

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homes are in the path of the flames. There are a lot of people in this

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area with many houses near here. There are a lot of small villages

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throughout this region. On Monday this helicopter crashed

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as it was trying to douse the flames. Now Spain offered two

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firefighting aircraft and two more are being deployed from France

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through the European Union. TRANSLATION: It was time to

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implement the European Union's civil protection mechanism. We did

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it as a prevention due to the to the present situation and taking

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into account the weather forecast for the coming days.

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Firefighters force their way into a burning house. It is more than a

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threat to life and property. Elsewhere, a factory has been

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destroyed. On Monday a man in his 50s was found burnt to death. He

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was trying to save his chicken farm. The wildfires come after many

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others this summer. Over 70,000 hectares have been destroyed in

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fires this year and police say they have detained around 40 suspected

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arsonists. There has been a lot of disruption

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for passengers going through Lufthansa's airports in Germany?

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Yes, they have they have they have striked again. The first strike was

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in Germany. About 200 flights on Friday were cancelled. We are

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expecting huge disruptions today, but they have upped the ante the

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union and the cabin crew because they have targeted Frankfurt

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airport and in 20 minutes time, they are targeting Munich which is

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is Lufthansa's second biggest airport.

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So thousands affected here? Absolutely. This stems from a long

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discussion, I I believe the talks have been going on for 13 months.

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The cabin crew who haven't received a pay rise are asking for a 5%

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increase backdated to January this year. The airline is going, "No, we

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put an offer on the table of 3.5 percent." Let's listen to the

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reaction. TRANSLATION: I saw it on my phone,

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my flight has been cancelled. I have to get to the United States,

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we have a big conference there. I don't know what will happen.

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I think Lufthansa won't give in because they would have done it

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already after the strike last week. I have the impression both parties

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want to take it out on the passengers to show their power and

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it is a shame because it is not our fault if an employer and employees

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can't a I gree. -- agree.

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Let's go to Berlin and speak to Stephen Evans. Stephen, good to see

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you again, I want to talk about the passengers and the feeling on the

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ground. They seemed to have upped the ante, the union and the cabin

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crew. How disruptive are we expecting these to be? Pretty

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disruptive. We had a strike on Friday, single airport, 28,000

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passengers affected. We have three airports today so it will be more.

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Both sides are serious about this. As you say, it is a pay dispute,

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but actually the background is about restructuring an airline.

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Lufthansa is trying to compete with Emirates on the long haul routes to

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Asia and with budget airlines in Europe, in a market which is

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growing, not at all, at best, shrinking it other parts of Europe,

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it wants a new budget airline for example. The cabin staff feel that

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they will be casual employees in the new budget airline therefore,

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their pay and conditions will be squeezed. So it might ostensibly

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about pay, but it is about more than that.

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You mentioned the tough competition facing Lufthansa and the national

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carriers. But what are you hearing on on the ground. Lufthansa is an

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airline that has $1 billion in the bank. That's a lot of money and the

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union which have told me on Friday they have a pretty big car chest.

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If nobody budges, this could go on for sometime? Yes. Both sides are

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saying they are determined, but that's the way industrial disputes

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are. Both sides, I think, feel this isn't just another industrial

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dispute which they can afford to lose. There are bigger things at

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stake. The next move would probably be to escalate the thing from

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strikes taking place in parts of a day to all day strikes. The airline

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on the other hand lost substantial sums of money at the beginning of

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the year. It badly needs to restructure it feels so it too has

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a big stake in winning the thing. There is no sign to sum-up of this

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dispute, of this strike today being the end of the process.

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Well, all eyes and ears on that. Stephen, thank you very much indeed.

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Stephen Evans joining us live from Berlin.

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Samsung will inspect its Chinese suppliers. 250 firms to see whether

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they comply with its labour policies. It comes after a US

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campaign group accused money manufacturer of using child labour.

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The South Korean company said an internal audit didn't find anyone

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younger than 16 working at the company, but there were problems

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with working conditions. They have expressed concern that a

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Samsung supplier, of phones and DVD players, HEQ Electronics employed

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seven children younger than 16 in the factory. Samsung officials said

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they did their investigation and and they found no under-age workers,

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but identified several instances of poor management and improper safety

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measures. The Korean company warned HEG to improve its working

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conditions or else its contract would be terminated.

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There is another story with Samsung because two of its new televisions

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have gone missing en route to Berlin to a big technology trade

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fair. Lost in transit? Yes. Or lost in translation. The German police

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and South Korean police are investigating. They think it could

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be industrial espionage because only a handful of companies that

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make televisions have this technology.

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Thank you, Aaron. Still to come.

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What is it like for a blind person to navigate their way across the

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A 15-year-old Dutch boy has been found guilty of murdering a 15-

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year-old girl after a dispute on Facebook. In court, Jinhau K was

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said to have a serious behavioural disorder with psychopathic traits.

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He received the maximum sentence for a juvenile of one year. The

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victim's father said the sentence was too low and called the Dutch

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justice system "powerless". Joyce Hau, seen here on the left,

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was just 15 when she was repeatedly stabbed on her own doorstep. Her

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killer was a boy the same age who had never even met her. The reason?

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Joyce and her friend, a 16-year-old known only as Polly W, have fallen

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out over alleged comments the victim had made on Facebook.

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Prosecutors said the killer, a Jinhau K, had been instructed by

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others to murder a teenager, a crime for which she received the

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maximum sentence for a juvenile. has killed a 15-year-old girl and

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he has attempted manslaughter on her father, and these are very

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serious facts. That is why the court is saying the maximum

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sentence is justified in this case. But in Dutch law, under sixteens

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cannot serve longer than one year in jail. The killer will then spend

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a further three years in psychiatric care. The court said he

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had his serious behavioural disorder with psychopathic traits.

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But the victim's dad said the sentence was too lenient.

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TRANSLATION: And I am not happy with the one-year sentence for the

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crime that took my daughter's live, but that is written in the law, so

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that is powerless, the justice is powerless. The crime has shocked

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the Netherlands, where it has sparked fierce debate over the role

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of social media in violent crime. But exactly why the attack took

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place remains unanswered. The victim's friend Polly and her 17-

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year-old boyfriend are accused of ordering and planning the murder.

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They will appear in court next month.

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Tuesday marks the second anniversary of a devastating 7.1

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magnitude earthquake which struck New Zealand's South Island. There

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were no fatalities, but Christchurch, the country's second-

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largest city, suffered serious damage. Then a strong aftershock

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followed five months later, killing 185 people. Much more on all other

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news on the website. This is BBC World News. The

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headlines: Police investigating alleged

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corruption in India's coal mining industry carry out raids across the

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country. Britain's Prime Minister shakes up

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his government with his first cabinet reshuffle.

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The race is hotting up for the US Presidential election, with the

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Democrat National Convention kicking off in North Carolina later

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today. With opinion polls currently too close to call, Barack Obama

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will be hoping it will help push him above his rival Mitt Romney in

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the race for the White House. From Charlotte in North Carolina, Steve

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Kingstone reports. In this convention season, the

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weather is proving strictly impartial. A A deluge as Democrats

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arrived in Charlotte, a week after a tropical storm washed out their

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Republican rivals. This city is heavily and is a be policed.

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Protesters of various persuasions are expected to make their presence

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felt. The man of the moment is touring the swing states that will

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decide his future. For a partisan crowd in are higher, the President

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mocked the speech of his opponent - - a higher. Mitt Romney had the

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chance to let you in on the secret source of job creation. He did not

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offer you a single new idea. It was just a retread of the same old

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policies that have been sticking it to the middle-class for years.

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Fighting talk. But for millions of Americans, this historic presidency

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has been a wild a ride as the attractions at this Labour they

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fared just outside Charlotte. Under Barack Obama, unemployment in North

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Carolina has soared to over 11%. It is a state he won by a whisker four

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years ago and it is split whether he deserves more time. It hasn't

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made a big impression on me that he has really done anything to help

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the average person. He didn't start this best to begin with, so four es

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is not enough time for him to fix it -- years. So I think he needs

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more time. Give him more time will be the theme of tonight's headline

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speaker. In rehearsal, Michelle Obama has been finding her bearings

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on stage. Had natural warmth as a plus for a husband who is often

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seen as cool and distant. When Barack Obama speaks here on

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Thursday night, he will acknowledge the pain of the past four years,

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but he will also warned that under Mitt Romney, things would be even

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worse, especially for the middle class. It is essentially a negative

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message, a long way from Hope and change.

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Four British Christians who claim they lost their jobs as a result of

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discrimination against their beliefs are taking their cases to

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the European Court of Human Rights today. The court must decide

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whether their right to act in line with those beliefs extends to

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wearing a cross at work against company policy or refusing to

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provide services to gay people. 15 police officers have been

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injured in a second night of violence in Belfast in Northern

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Ireland. Three of them were taken to hospital. Officers fired baton

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rounds and used water cannon when they came under attack from rioters

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throwing petrol bombs and bricks. The violence began over the weekend

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when pro-British Protestants in the city attacked an Irish Republican

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parade Another night in north Belfast and

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another riot. Like on Sunday evening, the police came under

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sustained attack as they tried to keep loyalist and republican crowds

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apart. The trouble was in the same place, the Carlisle Circus area,

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I'd be a mile from Belfast city centre. 47 police officers were

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hurt on Sunday. More were injured last night. They were hit with

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stones, bottles, bricks, golf balls, petrol bombs and fireworks. Police

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responded with water cannon and they fired a number of plastic

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rounds. Tensions have been simmering since July, when a

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loyalist band was accused of playing his sectarian June outside

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a Catholic Church. There were a number of clashes last month, but

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nothing on this scale. Politicians across Northern Ireland have

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condemned the violence, but they haven't found a way of stopping it.

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Prince Harry has made his first public appearance since those

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photographs were published of him naked at a party in Las Vegas. He's

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attended an awards ceremony organised by the WellChild charity

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to support seriously ill children and their medical staff. This

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report from our royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell contains some

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flash photography. This was Harry attempting to

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restore his image so it is closer to what people expect to see the

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Royal Family doing and away from the seediness of that late night in

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Las Vegas. He has been patron of the charity WellChild for five

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years, it recognises the courage of children and their carers who are

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faced with medical adversity. At a reception, Harry did what he always

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did well, chatting easily with some of the youngsters. And at an awards

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ceremony, he presented the most inspirational Child Award to two 5

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euros, Alexander Lurgan who suffers from leukaemia, and hope Hillis,

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who has had more than 50 operations -- two five year-olds. It was

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difficult, Harry said, to find the words to describe how inspiring he

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finds this. It is you who represents the very best of Britain.

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Your spirit triumphs to adversity and makes our everyday worries seem

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very, very insignificant. It had been an opportunity for Harry to

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demonstrate the side of him that perhaps people most admire. A

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caring prince with an easy manner. That and his ongoing military

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commitments as a helicopter pilot well, his advisers have, or sooner

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raised or at least soften the images of a weekend away that got

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out of hand. The Fuego volcano in central

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Guatemala spewed ash at least, to into the air yesterday. There have

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been lava flows down the east and west of the volcano and authorities

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say the ash could affect air traffic.

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For blind and visually impaired fans making their way to the

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Paralympic Games this week, navigating London's transport

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network could seem quite daunting. To get an understanding of what

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it's like to make that journey, the BBC World Service's Mani Djazmi -

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who's been blind since childhood - travelled from the centre of the

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city to the Paralympic Park. Welcome to the heart of the

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Paralympic city. Usually teeming with tourists, but for the moment,

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many of these are going east, where the Paralympic Games are taking

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place. Of course, for the Paralympic athletes, getting around

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the venues and the village is fairly straightforward. They get

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chauffeured to wherever they need to be. But what if you are a

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disabled fan and you want to get to the Games by yourself? For me as a

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blind person, my journey will always start with my favourite mode

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of transport in London, the tube. The first thing I need to do is

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find a helpful member of staff. Would you mind showing me to the

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top of the Victoria northbound escalator, please? Of course. This

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way. That is very kind, thanks a lot for

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your help. Cheers. You can ask members of staff to go

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all the way to the platform with you, but I know this station really

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well, so I will make my own way there.

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It is all very well for me to swan around the place like Ioan it, but

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that is because I am very familiar with here. Just close your eyes and

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imagine you are a blind person who has come here for the first time.

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You emerge onto the platform, there are people everywhere, there is the

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noise of the train, you don't care how far away from the age you are,

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you don't care who you could walk into. Every step is a voyage of

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discovery. -- From the Edge.

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We are off at King's Cross. Three stops. One of the best things about

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the underground is the announcements, because even if you

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don't quite know where you are, what you have lost your bearings,

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you have a chance of getting off at Backs a lot for your help. Have a

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good day. -- thanks a lot. Is this And here I am at the Paralympic

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Park. You may have noticed that the journey getting here was pretty

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straightforward and that may have had something to do with the fact

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that we alerted Transport for London, so that their staff were

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perhaps a little bit extra prepared for make and not every day is that

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