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Concerns from Russia, over the US deployment of Patriot defence

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missiles to Turkey. Susan Rice pulls out of the running

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to be the next US Secretary of State.

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Talks on a global Internet treaty break down.

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Welcome to BBC World News. Also in this programme: A study reveals

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that globally obesity is killing three times as many people as

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malnutrition. Le Grand Depart. Le Tour de

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Yorkshire. The Tour de France does what it has done before, starts in

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Hello. The Russia Foreign Ministry has

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criticised the United States' deployment of two patriot missile

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batteries to protect Turkey from the Syria conflict. A spokesman

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claims the move "creates extra tension", and doesn't assist the

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"political solution". United States Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has

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signed off on two US Patriot missile batteries, to be used on

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the Turkey-Syria border. 400 American troops will operate them,

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as NATO countries try to boost Turkey's defences against the

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threat of Syrian missiles. Panetta is currently in southern Turkey,

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meeting American troops stationed at the Incirlik air base. The

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Patriot missile system is designed to intercept aircraft or missiles.

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Three it is a very important display of alliance with Turkey.

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Turkey asked NATO to deploy these weapons, it has been confirmed

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about the fighting spilling across its own border, mortar fire has

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come across the border from Syria into Turkey. So, this is an

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important diplomatic and political signal of solidarity with the Turks.

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NATO is stressing this is not the first step to establishing a no-fly

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zone over Syria. This is about defending the airspace of a NATO

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ally. And the reaction in Moscow?

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The foreign ministry spokesman was holding his weekly briefing this

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morning. His immediate reaction was this does not help with the

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political solution in Syria, it increases the tension. Russia is

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desperate that everyone should get around the table and talk their way

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out of this, rather than the rebels fighting their way into Damascus.

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They feel every bit of armament which arrives in the region appears

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to assist the rebels and encourages them to continue fighting rather

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than talking. If, for some reason, they decide to use these Patriot

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missiles, that will take the conflict into uncharted territory?

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As NATO insists, this is a defensive measure. I can only

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imagine the circumstances in which these weapons would be used, is if

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Syrian aircraft strayed across the border into Turkey. Or, potentially,

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we have seen in recent days, reports from NATO that ground to

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ground at Scud missiles have been used by the Syrian government

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forces. If one of those weapons were to be seen heading for Turkish

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airspace, then one imagines the Patriot system would come into play.

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But I am not sure these weapons are likely to be used. They are in

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themselves something of a deterrent, to discourage the Syrian air force

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particularly from venturing too close to the border.

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Has the Russian government actually changed its position on what it

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things -- thinks will happen in Syria?

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Their are too macro separate things, what they think might happen in

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Syria. We did get an idea yesterday what it was at the deputy foreign

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minister might -- thought might have been in Syria, he believed the

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opposition could now win, they were taking more and more ground. What

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they have said this morning, that doesn't mean their position has

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changed, they believe a political solution is needed and the fighting

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should stop. They have reiterated their position on Syria has not

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changed, it is just but we got a view yesterday of their prediction

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of what might happen. The American ambassador to the UN, Susan Rice,

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is pulling out of the running to become the next US Secretary of

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State. In a letter to President Obama, she says her confirmation

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process would be "disruptive and costly". She's became the focus of

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Republican criticism over the way the Obama administration responded

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to September's fatal attack on the US consulate in Benghazi.

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Susan Rice's decision to rule himself out from the position of

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Secretary of State is big news in America because it is the highest

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ranking officer in the Cabinet, and presidents almost always get their

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choice. In an interview with NBC, she said pulling out was the best

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thing for the country. I did not want to see a confirmation process

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that was very prolonged, very politicised, very distracting, and

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very disruptive. Susan Rice became the focus of relentless criticism

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by senior Republicans for her account of the 11th September

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attack on the US consulate in Benghazi in Libya which killed a

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master and three other Americans. Five days later, she gave this

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explanation. We do not have information at

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present -- at present that leaves us to believe this was premeditated.

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But Republicans say they already knew this was a pre-planned attack.

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It is clear the information she gave the American people was

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incorrect. In November, Susan Rice tried to convince her credit she

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had not been misleading and had merely been repeating the early

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assessments of the intelligence agencies. But she failed to win

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them over. I am more disturbed than I was before, that the 16th

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September explanation about how four arrogance died in Benghazi, by

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Susan Rice, does not do justice to the reality at the time --

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Americans. Barack Obama angrily defended her. John Terry is now the

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favourite to be Secretary of State. He has been chairman of the silent

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-- foreign relations committee. If nominated, he is likely to get the

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backing of the Senate which means Barack Obama would have one less

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political fight on his hands. A major study into health around the

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world says that, for the first time, obesity is killing more people than

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hunger. The investigation looked at health problems in 2010, and

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compared them to results from 20 years ago.

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In the earlier study, malnutrition was given as the main cause of

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illness. But, in 2010, obesity was killing three times as many people

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as lack of food. Joining me from London is Jane Draper, the BBC's

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health correspondent. Which countries are we talking about?

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This is a fascinating report looking at all the countries around

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the world. The Eid told from a beastie is more pronounced in the

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developed world as you would expect. What an extraordinary result, 3

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million deaths from obesity in 2010, three times more than those caused

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by Mal nourishment. In some ways, these results showed the huge

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progress being made in tackling the big killer of infectious diseases,

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to additional problems of mile nourishment. We may be living

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longer but in a second state. These studies highlight the rise of

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chronic diseases such as heart disease and stroke and the problems

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those are causing. Does the report make any recommendations? The

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obvious problem is how you get all that high calorific food from the

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countries that don't need it, to the areas and countries that do?

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away, this is such a massive projection of data, and the report

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hasn't reached conclusions on the policy front. They present this

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data for policy analysts to take forward. Obesity is something that

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the world is increasingly looking at and will have to divert

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resources to. What comes out of this is, sub-Saharan Africa is

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still a specific region of the world with its own problems. One of

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the other diseases which hasn't gone away, HIV-AIDS, causing 1.5

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million deaths in 2010. Still, a significant problem. These are

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diseases one associates with lack of exercise and being overweight,

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diabetes, heart conditions? That is right. Diabetes. Heart disease and

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stroke were the leading problems of death in 2010. They caused one in

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four deaths looked at by researchers. That came to about 13

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million deaths. They want people at an individual level to look at how

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they can live their lives, as they are living longer, but sicker. And

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diet and exercise, thinking about how they take physical activity.

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Time now for the business news. A row over who controls the

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internet. Two weeks of negotiations in Dubai have broken up, with the

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US, the UK and Canada, amongst others, refusing to sign an

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agreement to decide on how to govern the internet. They argue

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that the treaty, which has just been signed, limits web commerce,

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and plays into the hands of authoritarian regimes.

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Leo Kelion has been working on this story for the BBC website. What did

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these countries object to in this deal? What they are worried about

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is this treaty could be used to legitimise the indifference of

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internet governance, deciding what specifications the internet France

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Web. And also content, they could somehow be used to further

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censorship. Some countries felt it was all right and gone ahead and

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signed up. They must have felt it did achieve something, what do they

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feel it achieved? The treaty talks about a lot of things. Things like

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playing transparent remain fees. Coming up with technical

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specifications to target Spam. There is part of the treaty which

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is not part of the official regulations, which are non-binding,

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which talk about governments having an equal role and this was ability

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for international internet governance. It sets the stage for

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if further debate over who should really be in control of some of the

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decisions. Some countries feel anachronistic is that the US get to

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decide which body should be responsible for the internet

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address system. That is a legacy of the US helping fund, which gave

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birth to the internet. There are questions over why the US should be

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in control of that. As a result, a large part of the world will be

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governed by this treaty, another part is not. Do you think anyone

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all -- anything will change? treaty sets the stage for further

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debate. There is no official mechanism to enforce the

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regulations in it. But, it sets the stage between the US and some

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countries on one side, filling their shouldn't be regulations over

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the internet, it should be allowed to develop with experts. And other

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governors who feel they should have more say into how it is developed.

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In other business news this Friday. Switzerland's biggest bank, UBS,

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may be fined more than $1 billion, for its role in trying to rig the

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Libor interbank lending rate. That's according to several reports

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which suggest UBS will settle with confirmed, it would be double the

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Daily, China's biggest English- language newspaper, has launched an

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African edition. The state-run weekly, which also comes in digital

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form, will be based in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, but available

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across the continent. Its editor says it will explain "the

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relationship between China and the African continent." Earlier this

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year, China Central Television launched CCTV Africa, also

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headquartered in Kenya. Xinhua news agency and Chinese radio are also

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expanding in the continent. Growth in China's manufacturing

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sector picked up in December, according to a survey by HSBC,

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which comes ahead of official data, with a rise in new orders and

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employment. The HSBC flash purchasing managers' index for

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December rose to 50.9, a 14-month high, and the fifth straight

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The markets are not showing much at all. For Fiscal Cliff, the problem

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of raising of taxes, cutting taxes in the United States is meant to

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kick in soon. It could be a disaster for the global economy. We

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could be going for a renaissance of the economy if they manage to sort

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it out. It is the feeling if a deal can be done which is dictating how

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those markets are moving at the You're watching BBC World News.

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Still to come: Universities in the UK support students studying online.

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Venezuela's government has admitted the President suffered bleeding

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during his latest six-hour cancer operation. It says Hugo Chavez

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needed corrective measures to deal with the bleeding and will now

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require time to recover. Prayers for the President. They are

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gathered in Caracas, shedding tears and lighting candles for Hugo

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Chavez. TRANSLATION: We are praying for his

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health, praying for him to get better. Venezuela is waiting for

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him. I wish for him to get better, even

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though I am from the opposition. I am opposed to his Government, but

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as a human being he deserves to be healthy.

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Earlier in the week the Government warned the President faced a long

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and difficult recovery. But now, the vice-president told supporters

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his situation is improving. TRANSLATION: In the last few hours,

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his process of recovery has a ball from stable to favourable. It

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allows us to continue saying there is a growing recovery in Hugo

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Chavez's situation,. In cue -- Cougar, where he went for his

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operation, they show solidarity for his recovery.

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TRANSLATION: Cuban legislators reiterate to Hugo Chavez, we love

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and admire him very much and are confident in his ability to resist

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and overcome. The it was only in October he was elected for a 4th

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term of office. Despite the apparent improvement in his

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condition, there are questions as to whether he will be well enough

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to return for his inauguration in January.

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The South African president, Jacob Zuma, says Nelson Mandela is

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continuing to recuperate in hospital after receiving treatment

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for a lung infection. Speaking just before he unveiled a statue of Mr

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Mandela, President Zuma wished the former president a speedy recovery.

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The annual Geminid meteor shower hit its peak a few hours ago.

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Stargazers around the world have been looking skywards to see the

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light show. It happens as the Earth passes through the path of an

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asteroid. More pictures on the BBC News

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website. This is BBC World News, the

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headlines: The US Secretary of Defence has signed an order to send

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two batteries of Patriot air missiles to Turkey, along with 400

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troops. Susan Rice has withdrawn her name

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from a list of candidates to become the US Secretary of State.

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A coroner has ruled the multi- Merrow s, Eva rousting died as a

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result of the... Police discovered her decomposed body in July in

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London. Her husband was given two suspended sentences after he

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admitted preventing the unlawful -- pardon me, the unlawful hiding and

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preventing his wife's burial. The Tour de France will be starting

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in Yorkshire. It is great news for Yorkshire and for cycling, what

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does it mean for France? It does cap the most remarkable year for

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British cycling. Bradley Wiggins victory in the Tour de France, the

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remarkable Olympic Games, and huge crowds. I think it sealed it for

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Britain. The growth in participation and all of the other

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signs this country is becoming the Cycling superpower. Yorkshire is

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very excited. They beat Barcelona. Florins and Edinburgh, to host the

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Grand Depart of the 2014 the Tour de France. It is the furthest of

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the country it has been. In 2007, London staged the beginning. It was

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a real success. It proved Britain got cycling and could stage this

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kind of event. There will be two stages in Yorkshire, and the third

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stage travelling down the country on the way back to France,

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finishing in London. Probably trying to recapture the spirit is

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so at the Olympic Games. I guess it has got to be on the Mile, come

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across the River Thames and the tarmac in Box Hill in Surrey is

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still good to go. That was such a challenge during the Olympics?

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They're coming from the north. I don't think they will write down

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the M1. We are speculating, we will get the detail on the three stages

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in the middle of January in a press conference in Paris, are probably

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one in Leeds as well. It will be a northern loop for the first phase.

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Stage two might bring some West Yorkshire, Sheffield and Wakefield

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perhaps. I will be amazed if it did not finish on the Mall. A SFA as

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the organisers are concerned, how much of this is their repair

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operation? We are looking at Bradley Wiggins pictures now, a

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completely clean. But we have had a lot in the papers over the past

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couple of months, talking about Lance Armstrong, talking about

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doping and Tour titles being stripped. And the organisers

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obviously want to shunt the event away from all that negativity?

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Absolutely. The first elements to that is the positive and good news

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about British cycling. I have spoken to Brian Robinson, who rode

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the Tour in 1955 and was the first winner of a stage in 1958. I asked

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him, and said, surely when you challenge the Continent will prize

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for the first time, you never thought British Cycling would reach

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these heights? He said, he did. He thought when British Cycling

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cleaned itself up, British riders would stand a chance. Cycling is

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trying to broaden its appeal beyond France, Belgium, the Netherlands

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and Italy. It is a good news story for cycling. 11 universities in the

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UK are supporting a new project which will allow students to study

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courses online for free. Bristol, Leeds, Cardiff and St Andrews are

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joining the scheme, which is being led by the Open University.

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For many students, university is about moving away into a new life

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and full-time learning. But that is not for everyone. Since 1969, the

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Open University has offered the chance to study from home

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relatively cheaply and often alongside a job. American

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universities have develop new ways of delivering higher education.

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They have signed up millions of new recruits to online courses. And

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today, 11 UK universities have responded to the challenge. They

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are launching a website, headed by the Open University, blinking to

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the likes of Kings College London, Bristol, Leeds, Cardiff and St

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Andrews universities. Using computers, tablets or smartphones,

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the public can access academic lectures. At first it will mostly

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be freed. Universities and may decide to stay charge for

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invigilate it exams or one-to-one mentoring. Government ministers

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welcome it. It is important Britain stays with the game. It is a way in

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which we can recruit students from abroad he wants to study in Britain.

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It is a way of ensuring people in Britain and around the world, he

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just wants to learn by going online, have the opportunity. Universities

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hope online courses will be a stepping stone to more conventional,

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full-time degrees. But with the cost of higher education in the

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spotlight, learning on the internet and maybe seen by some, as not so

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much as a bridge into campus life, but an alternative to it.

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Conservationists in Australia is marking the first anniversary of

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living in a treat. Miranda Gibson has spent the past 12 months in the

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tree protesting against plans to cut down the Forest of Tasmania. As

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Duncan Kennedy reports, her home is equipped with every kind of

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technology. Christmas in a eucalyptus. Miranda

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Gibson is about to spend her second yuletide, topside. She first climb

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the tree on December 14th, 2011, and has not put her foot on the

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ground since. Food is taken up, waste is sent down. Power comes

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from a solar panel, enabling her to do everything from cooking to

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computing, sending the message that this Forest needs protecting.

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sitting on a platform, 60 metres above the ground. It is in the

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middle of a forest that was promised immediate protection for

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months ago by the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard. The campaign she is

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leaving -- leading, says she wants to stop logging in Tasmania's

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Forest. The Government says it is protecting many areas and the

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industry provides jobs. Miranda Gibson says it has been worth it.

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It has been an incredible and amazing year to be a peer. I have

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not set foot on the ground in that whole time. And to win his his

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Forest every day has been amazing. -- witness this forest. So's I am

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staying here until Forest get the protection they need. It has been

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bleak at times. It is snowing. and a birthday alone have tested

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her resolve. Her colleagues have protested in more of orthodox ways

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on the grounds, but there is no sign yet they will have -- their

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demands will be met. Miranda says she is expecting to spend another

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year on her cannot be taking a stand for conservation. -- platform.

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Christmas has come early for some of the inhabitants of London zoo's.

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