:00:11. > :00:16.Hello, this is BBC World News. The top stories: It is a black day for
:00:17. > :00:20.Australian sport. Widespread doping uncovered as well as aengss of
:00:20. > :00:25.match-fixing. A culture of corruption in Afghanistan. A new
:00:25. > :00:29.study reveals just how prevalent bribery is throughout the society.
:00:29. > :00:35.India's government is under attack as a report says that thousands of
:00:35. > :00:39.children are raped every year with many more assaulted in homes,
:00:40. > :00:46.schools and care facilities. The race is on in Russia to finish
:00:46. > :00:51.have beenures for s -- to finish venues for the winter Olympics, we
:00:51. > :01:01.speak to anologyology who helped to stump up $2 billion to help pay for
:01:01. > :01:02.
:01:02. > :01:04.it all. -- oligarch.
:01:04. > :01:08.Hello. Australian sports fans are reeling
:01:08. > :01:11.from the findings of a government investigation which found
:01:11. > :01:15.widespread use of banned drugs across a range of professional
:01:15. > :01:19.sports. The year-long study by the Australian Crime Commission
:01:19. > :01:24.concluded that the doping was facilitated by sports scientists,
:01:24. > :01:30.coaches, and medical staff. That some illegal drugs weredies Buted
:01:30. > :01:35.by organised criminal gangs. From Sydney Chris Bryant has this report.
:01:35. > :01:38.In a country that loves sport and hates cheats, the allegations of
:01:38. > :01:41.such widespread doping have produced what many are calling the
:01:41. > :01:45.blackest day in Australian sporting history.
:01:45. > :01:51.The country's Crime Commission and its Anti-Doping Agency allege that
:01:51. > :01:54.the use of performance enhancing drugs is facilitated by doctors,
:01:54. > :01:59.sports scientists and coaches and also organised crime. Some athletes
:01:59. > :02:06.are using substances not yet approved for human use. In some
:02:06. > :02:11.cases, entire teams have been doped. The findings have shock.
:02:11. > :02:15.They will disgust Australian sports fans. The work that the Australian
:02:15. > :02:21.Crime Commission has done has found that the use of prohibited
:02:21. > :02:24.substances, including pep tides, hormones and illicit drugs is
:02:24. > :02:29.widespread amongst professional athletes.
:02:29. > :02:33.Multiple criminal offences have allegedly been committed. Athletes
:02:33. > :02:39.using illegal substances have been urged to come forward.
:02:39. > :02:42.Standing with some of the CEOs of Australia's major sports is a
:02:42. > :02:48.statement to those who sick to ruin sport. If you want to dope and
:02:48. > :02:51.cheat, we will catch you. If you want to fix a match, we will catch
:02:51. > :02:57.you. Because criminal investigations are under way, the
:02:57. > :03:02.report is short on specifics, which tale teams, which players, which
:03:02. > :03:06.sports, they are questioned left unanswered. The main codes of
:03:06. > :03:13.Australian football and rugby league are under close scrutiny it
:03:13. > :03:18.has left fans asking which athletes and which teams can they trust?
:03:18. > :03:21.Well John Fey is the President of The World Anti-Doping Agency. He is
:03:21. > :03:28.in the Australian state of New South Wales. He is Australian. I
:03:28. > :03:32.asked if he was shocked by the findings? I'm disappointed. I'm a--
:03:32. > :03:35.alarmed by the extent of this report. Without the specifics. It
:03:35. > :03:40.clearly indicates that this problem is widespread.
:03:40. > :03:45.It touches many sports. Many of our major sports.
:03:45. > :03:52.It involves a connection with organised crime it covers not only
:03:52. > :03:58.the prohibited drugs under the wider code that are performance
:03:58. > :04:01.enhancing but also illegal drugs and possibly match-fixing. That
:04:01. > :04:05.connection with the organised crime that shocks me. I have seen it in
:04:05. > :04:09.other parts of the world. I hoped I would never see it in my country.
:04:09. > :04:14.Today I know differently. When you hear some of the leading
:04:15. > :04:18.figures within some of the sports, like Aussie Rules and rugby league
:04:18. > :04:24.saying that they have a vigorous testing system, that they don't let
:04:24. > :04:28.anything go, do you accept that? Look, there are all code-compliant
:04:28. > :04:31.under the wider code but can they do more? Of course they can. Should
:04:31. > :04:35.they have done more? Yes, they should have.
:04:35. > :04:42.I don't especially single out Australian sport for that. This is
:04:42. > :04:48.the story around the world. If you look at capacity under the manner
:04:48. > :04:54.in which we do catch many cheats, that is by taking samples,
:04:54. > :05:00.analysing those samples, the blood or urine, we have a small number in
:05:00. > :05:06.the single figures of blood tests that are taken, of blood samples
:05:07. > :05:14.that are analysed. Many of the prohibited drubs, including in the
:05:14. > :05:20.hormone area can only be detected if you take blood samples. Staying
:05:20. > :05:24.on that subject, the head of the American branch, the Anti-Doping
:05:24. > :05:30.Agency in the US, Travis Tygart, says that Lance Armstrong wants to
:05:30. > :05:36.help clean up the sport of cycling. Lance Armstrong is being sued for
:05:36. > :05:43.$12 million for an money he was paid that he won in the Tour de
:05:43. > :05:47.France back in 2004 by an American insurance company.
:05:47. > :05:51.Now in the last few minutes, a spokesperson for the governing
:05:51. > :05:56.party in Tunis areas confirmed that they have rejected the Prime
:05:56. > :06:01.Minister's proposal to form a government of techno crats. Hamadi
:06:01. > :06:11.Jebali proposed the plan after violent protests in the country
:06:11. > :06:11.
:06:11. > :06:13.over the killing of an outspoken credit of the government. The BBC's
:06:13. > :06:18.correspondent from there explains the situation.
:06:18. > :06:21.It is a mess. Somebody is going to be upset
:06:21. > :06:28.whatever happens. It is unclear what is going it happen. Nobody
:06:28. > :06:33.knows who killed this critic. A vocal critic of the dom innocent
:06:33. > :06:35.party of Tunisian politics. People took it the streets in their
:06:35. > :06:40.thousands calling for the Government to step down. The Prime
:06:40. > :06:44.Minister comes out, Hamadi Jebali, he said that they would have techno
:06:44. > :06:49.crats, early elections but then there was supporters of the
:06:49. > :06:55.shramentist party who say that they want elections at the end of 2011,
:06:55. > :06:58.why should they step down? So there has been an interview the Vice-
:06:58. > :07:00.President of the party, who is saying that they are not happy with
:07:01. > :07:04.stepping down. As I sairbgs either the Prime
:07:04. > :07:07.Minister is going to upset those opposition supporters that we saw
:07:07. > :07:13.on the streets who want the government to step down, or he is
:07:13. > :07:18.going to upset people within his own party. It feels like Tunisia,
:07:18. > :07:24.which for so long was looking like the model for the Arab Spring is
:07:24. > :07:29.suddenly in disarray. Now to two groups who have been bitter and
:07:29. > :07:34.deadly rivals but could go into government together, Hamas says it
:07:34. > :07:40.is working towards a national unity of administration with Fatah. In an
:07:40. > :07:43.interview with the BBC's hard talk, the Hamas leader, Khalid Meshaal
:07:43. > :07:49.says that they are preparing to hold new elections.
:07:49. > :07:55.TRANSLATION: First, we are moving ahead in our reckon sillation
:07:55. > :07:58.efforts. We are negotiating on the national unity government. Talking
:07:58. > :08:03.about early presidential and party elections. We are moving forward.
:08:03. > :08:08.I'm telling you, once we agree on the dates of elections, when there
:08:08. > :08:11.are normal conditions on the grounds allowing Fatah, Hamas and
:08:11. > :08:15.all other personalities to approach the polling stations without
:08:15. > :08:18.difficulties, Hamas will respect and honour any results of the
:08:18. > :08:22.election weather the winner is Fatah or Hamas. We believe in
:08:22. > :08:27.democracy. However, we wish it to be respected by the whole world. We
:08:27. > :08:32.don't want to be victims once again, as in 2006, whether democracy was
:08:32. > :08:36.rejected by the world. Khalid Meshaal there. A report into
:08:36. > :08:40.corruption in Afghanistan suggests that half of the population paid a
:08:41. > :08:47.prescribe to a public official last year. Afghans paid the equivalent
:08:47. > :08:52.of twice the country's domestic revenue, a total of almost $4
:08:52. > :08:55.billion. The report says that the total cost of corruption went up by
:08:56. > :09:01.40% compared with three years earlier. Many Afghans, though,
:09:01. > :09:05.don't think it is a problem. 07% of people surveyed said it was
:09:05. > :09:09.acceptable for a civil servant to top up the salary by accepting
:09:09. > :09:15.bribes. Let's get more on this. Our
:09:15. > :09:25.correspondent is in Kabul. Bilal, some extraordinary figures there.
:09:25. > :09:25.
:09:25. > :09:29.Yet a casual attitude towards corruption, it seems? Well, the
:09:29. > :09:34.revelations are shocking. They will shatter the confidence of the
:09:34. > :09:37.Afghan people and their government. It will make it very hard for the
:09:37. > :09:41.Afghan government, especially in the rural areas to win the support
:09:42. > :09:46.of the local population. You have to remember that the Taliban
:09:46. > :09:50.insurgents are campaigning exactly on corruption. They are saying that
:09:50. > :09:55.there is no corruption in the areas that they control, that the Afghan
:09:55. > :09:58.government is corrupt. It looks bad but it is a bizarre
:09:58. > :10:05.survey. There are more people seemingly accepting that bribery is
:10:05. > :10:13.a part of everyday life but also more people reporting that bribery
:10:13. > :10:16.when it crosses their path? Well, the Afghan people have gotten used
:10:17. > :10:20.to the problems of corruption in most cases. They really don't think
:10:21. > :10:27.that the government will do anything about it.
:10:27. > :10:31.They don't think that they will do anything about it as they see the
:10:31. > :10:34.government's failure of the government to prosecute senior
:10:34. > :10:39.officials. Even some Afghan ministers. What is
:10:39. > :10:42.also shocking about the report is that it is not only the police or
:10:43. > :10:48.the civil servants but even teachers and the education
:10:48. > :10:56.department that have been involved in these corruptions. For example,
:10:56. > :11:00.some teachers have been taking bribes or accept -- accepting gifts,
:11:00. > :11:05.simply to help children better to help them pass an exam. That will
:11:05. > :11:08.be shocking to many Afghans. There were extraordinary figures in that
:11:08. > :11:12.survey. Thank you very much. Stay with us on BBC World News.
:11:12. > :11:18.Coming up in a moment we are getting set for the great New Year
:11:18. > :11:24.fireworks festival. We have a report for you from China's Hunan
:11:24. > :11:28.Province. An exhibition of modern art in
:11:28. > :11:31.India has sparked protest over nudity. The police had to be called
:11:31. > :11:37.after the activists gathered outside of the Delhi Art Gallery.
:11:37. > :11:42.They say that the paintings are offensive to women. The
:11:42. > :11:45.exhibition's organisers will not be deterred, they say. Art galleries
:11:45. > :11:52.are not normally so heavily guarded, but the security forces had to be
:11:52. > :11:56.called in to keep the peace here. A new exhibition called The Naked and
:11:56. > :12:01.The Nude has prompted an outcry of these members. They say that the
:12:01. > :12:06.art inside the gallery is vulgar. That it shows women in a bad light.
:12:06. > :12:11.TRANSLATION: We have an objection with the naked pictures of the
:12:11. > :12:15.women. They don't match our moral, cultural, hind d'you and Indian
:12:15. > :12:21.values. This is not a part of our Indian culture.
:12:21. > :12:25.There has been a series of demonstrations across India against
:12:25. > :12:30.the object fiction of Indian women, following the gang-rape of a
:12:30. > :12:34.student in December. They say that this is an inflammatory time to
:12:34. > :12:39.hold an exhibition like this and demand that it is closed, but
:12:39. > :12:43.modern fans say it is wrong to link violence with the works of famous
:12:43. > :12:47.artists. They are also on display here.
:12:47. > :12:51.The rape case has aggravated this whole thing. That is what is
:12:51. > :12:55.demeaning. That is what they should put down. That is what they should
:12:55. > :13:00.protest against. These are just drawings sketches, works of arts.
:13:00. > :13:04.This is an artists perogative. The gallery refused to remove the
:13:04. > :13:09.works featured. The director says that the protesters misunderstood
:13:09. > :13:19.the purpose of the exhibition. They are calling the pictures
:13:19. > :13:23.vulgar, provocative. I would say if you look at Hindu culture and
:13:23. > :13:28.mythology it is replete in art. It does not make sense. The human body
:13:28. > :13:33.theme is a very popular theme in Indian art.
:13:33. > :13:38.The gallery says that they will not bow to the demands of people.
:13:38. > :13:44.They intend to keep the exhibition open as planned until mid-March.
:13:44. > :13:54.As ever, more on this story and the others you see on BBC World News
:13:54. > :14:01.
:14:01. > :14:07.You are watching BBC World News. Thank you very much.
:14:07. > :14:12.Let's have a look at our main stories this hour: There have been
:14:12. > :14:20.allegations of widespread doping across a number of Australian
:14:20. > :14:29.sports throughout the country. That's what we are going to focus
:14:29. > :14:36.on for the moment. We can speak now to the ABC sports commentator Matt
:14:36. > :14:39.Clinch. He is on the line from Australia. Matt, it is all focused
:14:39. > :14:46.and all eyes on Australia at the moment. We heard the Justice
:14:46. > :14:49.Minister say had is shocked. We spoke to John Fey, the head of the
:14:49. > :14:55.World Anti-Doping Agency, who is not so much shocked as alarmed. How
:14:55. > :14:58.do you view it? It is probably the day that the Australian sport lost
:14:58. > :15:03.its incense, to be honest. We have watched the events taking place in
:15:03. > :15:07.Europe and the rest of the world but to think it would happen.in
:15:07. > :15:11.Australia, whether that is the naivety of the sporting bodies,
:15:11. > :15:14.that they thought it would be minuscule, it has now led to
:15:14. > :15:19.everyone being shocked. That is the most surprising and scary part
:15:19. > :15:23.about it. The findings are believable as the result of good
:15:23. > :15:28.police work. It reveal as problem that sport has not been able to
:15:28. > :15:34.identify themselves. This is a revelation by the police. As I
:15:34. > :15:38.mentioned, this is now figuring with international sporting events,
:15:38. > :15:42.with Lance Armstrong, with all of the cycling stuff that came out and
:15:42. > :15:47.in contrast, the difference is that it is crossing over into other
:15:47. > :15:52.sports. It is evolving. You followed the sports closely. In
:15:52. > :15:57.particular, Australian Rules, is this a bolt from the blew or have
:15:57. > :16:07.there been rumours, suggestions, speculation for ages that there may
:16:07. > :16:13.
:16:13. > :16:17.It's started when one of the most successful clubs had to say there
:16:17. > :16:22.had been injections that had taken place throughout last season and
:16:22. > :16:28.they were not sure what had been injected to their players. It was
:16:28. > :16:32.suggested it had been vitamins but it has opened a legal loophole.
:16:32. > :16:37.They're saying they acted under the advisement of doctors and club
:16:37. > :16:43.officials. They did not know what they were being injected with but
:16:43. > :16:49.followed the guidance of the club. Since more has come out, we have
:16:49. > :16:53.had a variety of administrators from all Australian Rules football,
:16:53. > :17:02.the national rugby, cricket all came together to try to give the
:17:02. > :17:06.powers required to the Sports Commission to act on these cheats.
:17:06. > :17:11.On the combination of legal crimes that had taken place and illegal
:17:11. > :17:18.drug codes which has led to the present state Australia has to deal
:17:18. > :17:26.with. It becomes a sense of what is the next step? People will be held
:17:26. > :17:36.responsible. There is over 100 cases added on to the police and it
:17:36. > :17:40.will be placed upon them to act upon that. Clearly a long way to go.
:17:40. > :17:44.The Indian Government has been accused of failing to stop the
:17:44. > :17:49.widespread sexual abuse of children, especially in schools and state run
:17:50. > :17:54.childcare facilities. Human Rights Watch says more than 7,000 cases of
:17:54. > :17:58.child rape on reported every year, but victims are mistreated and
:17:59. > :18:06.humiliated by the police. Experts believe the true number is probably
:18:06. > :18:15.much higher. We have a child rights campaigner and she agreed with the
:18:15. > :18:20.findings. I am sure the findings have lots to reveal through
:18:20. > :18:26.research like this. At the same time, the fact is people have known
:18:26. > :18:31.these things have existed in this society for so long now. The report
:18:31. > :18:35.throws light on some aspects which we intend to overlook and
:18:35. > :18:41.simplified, so it is the whole area of what kind of investigation is
:18:41. > :18:46.required, what kind of medical examination should take place. What
:18:46. > :18:52.is going on in institutions. Or all institutions covered in the
:18:52. > :18:59.existing law? It is looking at the whole area of problems in the law,
:18:59. > :19:04.investigation, medical examination and the rehabilitation of victims.
:19:04. > :19:11.President Putin has sacked a senior member of Russia's Olympic
:19:11. > :19:17.Committee teams over delays to the completion of the ski jumping ahead
:19:17. > :19:21.of next year's Winter Olympic Games. It is exactly a year away. It is in
:19:21. > :19:26.the south of the country and the organising committee is saying
:19:26. > :19:31.construction is still on schedule, but the cost has gone up, rising to
:19:31. > :19:34.something like $50 billion. Daniel sand that has been talking to one
:19:34. > :19:38.of the Russian oligarchs who is putting some of that bill at the
:19:38. > :19:42.ski resorts he has built from scratch.
:19:43. > :19:47.One of the interesting things from these Winter Olympics his irons
:19:47. > :19:53.standing near the top of the men's downhill ski run. On A clear day
:19:53. > :19:57.you can see the Black Sea. It is going to be skiing up here and palm
:19:57. > :20:02.trees and skating on the coast. Another intriguing thing is the way
:20:02. > :20:06.it has been finance, with some of Russia's richest men funding the
:20:07. > :20:12.facilities. I have spoken to one of them to ask him why he agreed to
:20:12. > :20:18.pay for part of the Games. It is mostly the payback issue. Because
:20:18. > :20:23.we are talking a lot in Russia about the question of whether it is
:20:23. > :20:28.there or not that we have a lot of rich people, and of course a lot of
:20:28. > :20:32.poor people. And how do we change that? It is not possible to change
:20:32. > :20:38.it overnight by doing something like paying some kind of find a
:20:38. > :20:43.what about. Rich people have to work more for the country. That is
:20:43. > :20:47.how they can change the image of somebody who is just rich, from
:20:47. > :20:54.somebody who is doing something good for the country. It is the
:20:54. > :21:02.legacy issue. Do you think some pressure has been applied on some
:21:02. > :21:11.of the businessman saying, it is time you gave something back?
:21:11. > :21:15.country is a young country in response to market regulations. We
:21:15. > :21:22.are living in different times from when the Government and the state
:21:22. > :21:28.did not decide a lot. Now it is a more powerful, may be too powerful.
:21:28. > :21:33.We can have episodes when people are under pressure. That happens in
:21:33. > :21:40.our country. We do not think the Olympics is the case. You have
:21:40. > :21:46.spent more than $2 billion, what made it so expensive? It is a good
:21:46. > :21:55.question, where there it is expensive or not. It is a whole
:21:55. > :22:02.city which was razed from scratch. It will be the first big, new venue
:22:02. > :22:06.in Europe that 50 years. Nobody has constructed such kind of green
:22:06. > :22:10.field projects for many years. has been quite an achievement. It
:22:10. > :22:16.is amazing to think five years ago there was nothing here apart from
:22:16. > :22:22.mountains and trees. Today it is a ski resort that is good enough to
:22:22. > :22:26.host the Winter Olympic Games. It is nearly Chinese New Year so
:22:26. > :22:30.for the next week, the days and nights will echo with the sound of
:22:30. > :22:34.fireworks. Every year there are reports of bad accidents, this year
:22:34. > :22:39.also, there are concerns fireworks will make air pollution worse in
:22:39. > :22:43.some of the bigger cities in China. But as we report from Beijing, for
:22:43. > :22:50.most Chinese people, the New Year celebrations wouldn't be complete
:22:50. > :22:58.without them. China's lunar New Year is welcomed
:22:58. > :23:05.in with a bank. All, what seems like a million bangs.
:23:05. > :23:09.TRANSLATION: Fireworks after the mythical beast. We like fireworks
:23:09. > :23:15.to create noise and scare it away. Fireworks are part of Chinese new-
:23:15. > :23:19.year. They were not only invented in China, but they have spent
:23:19. > :23:25.centuries trying to perfect the dangers of art of making them as
:23:25. > :23:33.well. China makes more than 90% of the world's fireworks and the
:23:33. > :23:39.majority of those are produced here in central China. This village had
:23:39. > :23:44.been assembling fireworks by hands for almost 1,400 years. Paper tubes
:23:44. > :23:50.are rolled in bunches and then knitted together. Gunpowder is then
:23:50. > :23:58.sifted, before it is packed in the tubes very, very carefully! This
:23:58. > :24:02.part is done alone in tiny bunkers. TRANSLATION: We Designed the one
:24:02. > :24:06.person, one workshop model. If there is an accident in one
:24:06. > :24:11.workshop, it will mock hurt other people. Accidental explosions are
:24:11. > :24:15.still common, like last week's destruction of this bridge by a
:24:15. > :24:21.truck carrying fireworks. The Government is pushing to regulate
:24:21. > :24:25.the industry, but there is little public support for an outright ban.
:24:25. > :24:30.Children love fireworks, the whole family reunites and fireworks will
:24:30. > :24:39.us with happiness. Fireworks may be dangerous, yes,
:24:40. > :24:43.but most here are willing to take the risk with this reward.
:24:43. > :24:47.After decades of neglect for one of the world's best preserved Roman
:24:47. > :24:52.sites, a multi-million dollar site has been announced to protect the
:24:52. > :24:56.ruins of Pompeii. And and $50 million is to be invested by the
:24:56. > :24:59.Italian Government and the European Union. The money comes with
:24:59. > :25:05.stringent conditions attached to prevent it being diverted to the
:25:05. > :25:11.Mafia. Pompeii is a town frozen in a
:25:11. > :25:16.catastrophic moment, when nearby Mount Sue Beesley erupted. It is an
:25:16. > :25:21.invaluable record of Roman life in the first century. But it has been
:25:21. > :25:25.allowed to fall in such neglect, it has been officially declared to be
:25:25. > :25:31.in a state of emergency. Much of the site is so dilapidated it can
:25:31. > :25:36.no longer be visited. The House of the Gladiators, where the fighters
:25:36. > :25:41.used to train, has completely collapsed. Now a major effort has
:25:41. > :25:46.begun to restore Pompeii. An EU delegation was present as work
:25:46. > :25:51.started on one particularly famous villa in the ruins. A spokesman
:25:51. > :25:57.said preserving Pompeii could have enormous economic benefits. He
:25:57. > :26:04.talked of the potential for high quality tourism to attract new jobs.
:26:04. > :26:09.But everyone involved knows the local Mafia, will also be drawn by
:26:09. > :26:14.the money now being invested in the site. And the EU and Italian
:26:14. > :26:18.Government officials stress their determination to prevent organised
:26:18. > :26:25.crime from siphoning off the millions that Pompeii so badly
:26:25. > :26:30.needs. Time to tell you about the real
:26:30. > :26:34.business story of the day. It is all change on the Monopoly board.
:26:34. > :26:40.They are not revaluing the real estate, but they are revamping
:26:40. > :26:47.little tokens you play with. Very bad news if you're lucky token was
:26:47. > :26:54.the iron. That is what is replacing the iron, it is a cat. The iron