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our top stories: A coach crashes into a ravine in Southern Italy,

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killing 39 people. A wave of car bombings in Iraq,

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aimed at Shi'ite areas, has killed at least 48 people.

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Positions harden on both sides in Egypt as protesters defy the

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army-led government's demand for an end to demonstrations.

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And turning his back on Hollywood. We talk to Johnny Depp about his

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latest film role, and how it may be A coach has fallen about 30 metres

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off a flyover on a major highway in southern Italy. At least 39 people

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have died in what Prime Minister Enrico Letta has described as a very

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sad time for the country. The coach was split in two by the accident

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near the town of Avellino. Investigators are trying to work out

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exactly how it happened. Those on board were returning to Naples from

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a visit to the nearby birthplace of Padre Pio, one of Italy's most

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popular Saints. From Rome, Alan Johnston sent this report.

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The desperate efforts to find survivors, help the injured and

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count the dead. The bus had been carrying 50 passengers down from the

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hills but for some reason, when it reached this stretch, it was badly

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out of control. It went smashing through a line of cars, leaving them

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batted. Then the bus plunged off the highway, falling 30 metres down a

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ravine. It is understood the passengers had been on a visit to an

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area known for its hot springs. They had been on their way back to Naples

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when the bus left the road near Avellino. Exactly what happened is

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not clear. Was the driver to blame? Was there a mechanical problem? The

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enquiry has only just begun. Sandro di Domenico is a

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photojournalist for the Italian newspaper Corriere Del Mezzorgiorno.

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He was at the scene and described cars were hit by the bus before

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going down and they fell off, and down, where in the open country

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there was this bus, with 36 people bodies placed in the ground, and two

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more were still being extracted from under the bus later. This happened

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late in the evening. Is there any indication as to what caused the bus

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to plunge over the flyover? first call the police officer

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received was at 845 PM and it is under investigation. The same police

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officer said he could not examine the scene at this night because of

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the low light but there were no signs of brakes on the ground so he

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could not understand why the driver did not try to stop the bus because

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a head of the bus there was a car slowing after a bend. -- ahead of

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the bus. Some suggestions that other vehicles were involved? At least

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eight other cars. I interviewed a man that was in one of the cars and

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he told us he was alive for a miracle. The driver tried to stop

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the bus most probably with outbreaks on the guardrail, trying not to go

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on the cars. He saved these people, the people in the cars. At least 20

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people. But unfortunately the guardrail fell off with the bus and

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the bus fell down. More than a dozen car bombs have

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been detonated across Baghdad and southern Iraq in less than an hour.

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The series of attacks targeted mainly Shia neighbourhoods and left

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at least 48 people dead. Police say the explosions were coordinated,

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targeting busy markets and crowded streets during the morning rush

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hour. The failure of the authorities to prevent this and other recent

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attacks has created tensions within the governing coalition. With me now

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is Rami Ruhayem, the BBC's Arab affairs editor. This is proving to

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be one of the worst years in terms of violence for Iraq since 2003.

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Perhaps not worse than the full-scale civil war in 2006 and

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2007 but it is definitely one of the worst years since the Americans

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pulled out in 2011. It seems that the sophistication of the attacks is

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increasing, while the inability of the authorities to stop them is also

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on the rise. Who is behind the attacks? The government always

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accuses Al-Qaeda. There are different theories. Some have

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theories about possible involvement of people within the security

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services and the government. Even officials within the government

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acknowledge there are probably some kind of infiltration of the security

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services and that the intelligence effort is not up to the task of

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preventing it. That is an indication that it is divided along sectarian

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lines. To some extent, this is a matter of perception. The dominant

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media discourse and the dominant political discourse in Iraq does

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point to deep sectarian divisions in the country. At least this is what

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the government says when it accuses Al-Qaeda. It also says there are

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certain areas that are opposed to the political processes and would

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provide the militants with the support they need even if they do

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not agree with their tactics. But those opposed to the government say

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it is basically implementing in Ron's agenda in the region and it

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discriminates against the Sunni population in Iraq -- Iran's agenda

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at in the region. How much responsibility lies with the

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government to administer law and order in the country? The problem

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with sectarian politics and power-sharing is that it makes the

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issue of responsibility and accountability very vague. Even the

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Prime Minister cannot go on television and say the government is

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failing -- can go and say the government is failing but then say

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it is not his fault because another minister is from a different party.

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The new thing about this attack is it appears to be creating fishes

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even within the Shia dominated block because all the components of the

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block are trying to deflect blame upon each other. We saw fights

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between for example the Justice Ministry and the Interior Ministry

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after the jailbreak over whom the blame should fall on for the failure

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to protect the prisons. This kind of thing definitely reflects growing

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anger among the population, who are basically asking why big government

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is failing so spectacularly. Tragically complex in Iraq today.

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Thank you very much. Syria state TV says troops have

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fully captured the key rebel district in the embattled city of

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Homs. Khaldiyeh has been held by rebels since 2011. Opposition

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activists have conceded that government forces have control of

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most of the area but rebel forces remain control in other parts of the

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city. Homs is important because a major highway runs through it

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connecting the north to the coastal areas.

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Spain will hold a mass funeral service today in the city of

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Santiago de Compostela, for the victims of the train crash last week

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that killed 79 people. Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, several

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ministers and the King's children Prince Felipe and Infanta Elena will

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attend the ceremony this evening. 70 people remain in hospital, with 22

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in a critical condition. The train driver Francisco Jose Garzon Amo

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faces multiple counts of reckless homicide. He has been released from

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custody but has had his train licence taken away and must attend

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court once a week. The effect of Australia's tough new

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immigration rules is being felt no more acutely than in Sri Lanka.

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Since the war ended there four years ago, thousands of Sri Lankans,

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mostly Tamils, have fled the country. Australia has been a

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popular destination for those risking their lives by leaving in

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boats. But it is now forcibly deporting planeload after planeload,

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leaving many Sri Lankans back on home soil, afraid and destitute.

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From eastern Sri Lanka, Charles Haviland reports.

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The region is recovering after three decades of violence, yet many young

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people still yearn for better economic opportunities and to flee

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continuing political difficulties. Last September, this man, scared to

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be identified, pawned his grandmother 's jewellery. He needed

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$9,000 to pay an agent to take into Australia. He says government armed

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groups had killed his grandfather and threat attempt for campaigning

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for an opposition Tamil party. He spent 18 days on board a boat in

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appalling conditions. The boat almost capsised near Indonesia. We

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had no food or water for three days. The skippers would beat us.

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There was no space to breathe or sit. They reached Australian

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territory but the officials there deported him and 16 others. This is

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the type of very common fishing vessel in which so many shrill and

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cans have been trying to get to shrill -- Australia. Really

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uncomfortable conditions. 6400 managed to get to Australian

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territory last year in boats like this. Prospects are bleak for those

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who have been deported. There are not nearly enough jobs. Decades of

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conflict have severely damaged farming and fisheries, traditionally

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vital here. This man fled because of political threats but he was also

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sent back from Australia. Now he says he can't find work because the

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police have a file on him and life offers little hope.

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TRANSLATION: I have lost everything as a result of leaving and getting

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deported and the police have a whole file on me. I feel suicide is my

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only way out. He faces an ongoing court case charged with leaving the

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country illegally. Both of these men live mainly in hiding, fearing

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abduction and punishment, although the government insists they faced no

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threats. Australia has deported 1000 Australian boat people since August

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-- shrill anchor and boat people. But the deportees are impoverished

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and scared of what the future might bring.

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Still to come: Taiwan's Defence Minister resigns after outrage over

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the death of a conscript in military detention. And Middle East peace

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talks are set to resume for the first time in three years.

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Throughout the financial crisis, Germany has been held up as a model

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of financial probity and stability but Europe's economic powerhouse is

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suffering its own economic headaches and it is a story of the haves and

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have-nots. Income inequality is rising faster in Germany than in any

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other western European nation. With an election less than two months

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away, it is a hot topic for. Up to 3 million youngsters live in

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Germany. That number is growing fastest in this West German region.

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This is a citizens initiative which relies on donations, helping to feed

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underprivileged children. Germany is a rich country. Maybe! I don't know!

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I just see parents and children and they tell me the children have no

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food. They are not rich. This used to be the motor of the booming

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German economy, of wealthy western Germany, but heavy industry has had

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its heyday and now this place has been dubbed the biggest slum in

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Germany. Income inequality is reported to be growing faster in

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Germany than in any other Western European nation. 7.4 million Germans

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are paid less than 400 euros a month. Germany's Paul say they are

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cynical about the politician 's pre-election promises -- poorest.

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TRANSLATION: The politicians don't listen to us little people, those on

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welfare. I have to feed each of my children on 2 euros a day. I am

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supposed to give them healthy food but I can only afford meat once a

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week and fruit three times a month. All political parties in Germany

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agree more must be done to pull people out of poverty and billions

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of euros have been pumped into former communist East Germany since

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the fall of the Burlington wall. Progress there seems impressive, as

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does Germany's low unemployment rate but as many Germans will tell you,

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looks can be deceptive. You are with BBC World News, these are our top

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stories: Reports say at least 39 people have been killed after a

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coach fell 30 metres off a viaduct in southern Italy. A wave of car

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bombings in Iraq targeting Shia neighbourhoods has killed at least

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48 people. Egypt's Fiesta visions are

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continuing to be played out in violent scenes on the streets. --

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fierce divisions. Supporters of ousted President Morsi have called

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for a march to take place in Cairo on Tuesday as they continue to seek

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his reinstatement. The army backed government has been warning them not

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to go beyond peaceful demonstration. Meanwhile, two leading members of

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the moderate Islamist party have been arrested. The BBC's Jim Muir is

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in Cairo, and I asked him about the arrests of these moderate party

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leaders and whether it indicates opposition to the military led

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government lies not only with the Muslim Brotherhood. This party is a

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small, perhaps generally regarded as quite moderate Islamist party, that

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is bracketed with the Muslim Brotherhood in a kind of alliance.

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Pit stop two leaders were arrested early on Sunday, and they are

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accused of inciting violence. They were apparently found in an

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unfinished building somewhere in the hills on the east side of Cairo. But

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it will certainly increase the perception that there is a kind of

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political crackdown, a political witchhunt going on. Of course,

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almost all of the Muslim Brotherhood leadership itself are either under

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arrest or wanted, and of course the most well-known is President Morsi

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himself, who has not been seen since he was detained after the army coup,

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or the move against him to oust him on the 3rd of July. And Catherine

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Ashton, the EU foreign policy chief is back in Cairo, the second time in

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almost as many weeks, what is her message? Well, the message is quite

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clear. She would like to see, as would most of the outside world, a

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kind of inclusive transition - in other words, rapid movement towards

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a new political future, elections and so on, but Wisley Muslim

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Brotherhood very much gauge in that process. That is a very difficult

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thing to imagine at the moment. The Muslim Brotherhood is thoroughly

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alienate it, its position is clear, it wants President Morsi to be

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reinstated before it gets involved in dialogue. They insist on the step

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of reinstating the elected president. From the point of view of

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the interim authorities, that is not something that is going to happen,

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so bridging that gap is the problem, and that polarisation is

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very evident on the ground, where of course the huge camp set up by Morsi

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supporters around the mosque in eastern Cairo and of course near to

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the university, to the west of the city, is an open wound in the sense

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that an explosion there seems almost inevitable with both sides hardening

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their positions. For the first time in nearly three

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years, the Israelis and the Palestinians are set to hold

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face-to-face peace talks in Washington later today. They are

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only talks about talks, but they are being seen as something of an

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achievement. We can go live to Jerusalem and Bethany Bell, and this

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result of this intense diplomatic activity led by US Secretary of

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State John Kerry. Yes, there is a feeling that that intense American

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pressure was that thing that really helps to galvanise this process back

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into action. A few months ago, many people would have been very

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sceptical about the possibility of talks resuming at all. Today, later

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today in Washington, negotiators from the two sides will sit down and

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try to work out a framework as to the way discussions might proceed

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over the next few months. But very difficult issues like a head, the

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Israeli leader and the Palestinian leader, neither are saying very much

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at the moment, and the US Secretary of State, John Kerry, has warned

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that the best chance for these talks to succeed is it not too much is

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said in public. It has to be said that many Israelis and Palestinians

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are very sceptical about the chances of a peace deal finally coming

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through, after so many failed attempts in the past. Many people

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will wonder whether their leaders are capable of reaching a deal or

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even able to start talking together. Thank you very much, Bethany Bell,

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our correspondent there in Jerusalem. Taiwan's defence minister

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has resigned after the death of a soldier who was being held in

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military detention. He died after he was. Perform intensive physical

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exercises as part of a punishment. This comes after widespread outrage

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in a country that is struggling to find enough recruits to turn its

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military into a volunteer force. Four army officers have been

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arrested in connection with the incident. In the studio with me as

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Raymond Li, editor of the BBC Chinese servers. Tell us, what does

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this incident tell as about? Well, it is a case involving a soldier,

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and as you said, he died on July the 4th, allegedly because of the

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excessive physical exercise he was asked by the officer. But then there

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was also an allegation that, before then, he already had an argument

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with his superior. So they are saying that it may be because of the

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punishment due to that argument. So highlighting, there is some sort of

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situation, happening in the Taiwanese army. Some soldiers have

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been subject to mistreatment. instrument of mistreatment in the

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Taiwanese army has then led, has grown in significance and has led to

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the resignation of the defence minister. Yes, unfortunately that is

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the case. Obviously, he is the defence minister, and he has to take

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political responsibility for what happened. Actually, it is a bit

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unfair, I would say, to the defence Minister, because what happened, the

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incident, he was not in Taiwan, he was on an overseas trip. But because

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of the lack of response from senior officers, causing huge public outcry

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on that. That is the interesting thing, isn't it, the fact that this

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particular incident resonated so deeply with the Taiwanese public

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that they actually forced his political departure. In a way, yes,

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because it seems the case that there have been reports by the media, and

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it has caused huge public anger in Taiwan, and only a few days ago

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there was a big demonstration outside the Ministry of Defence

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building, which is quite unusual in Taiwan. OK, thank you very much for

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that, Raymond Li, editor of the BBC Chinese service. Let's change gear a

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little bit, because Hollywood superstar Johnny Depp has told the

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BBC he may quit acting soon, but there is at least one more Pirates

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Of The Caribbean movie planned. He was speaking to Susanna Reid as his

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latest movie, The Lone Ranger, in which he plays Tonto, it's a cinema

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screens around the world. It is part of American heritage and

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so famous, this relationship between the Lone Ranger and Tonto, and

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everybody remembers it in a certain way, so you feel that when you

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approached it, he wanted to do something a little bit different.

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What was that? Namely, what I wanted to do was take the idea of the

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Indian sidekick to the cowboy, or the Native American lesser than the

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white man, and flip that on its head.

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Hold it right there! I'm afraid I but think there are elements of Jack

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Sbarro in that kind of quirky portrayal. Did you take that very

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successful character and those characteristics and bring them to

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Tonto? Do think there is something of him in there? Of Jack Sparrow, I

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think what you are seeing is me. You know, more than anything. That is

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what they share! That is the deal. If you went back and looked at a few

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different characters, I am sure you would notice that everything has to

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come from some basis of truth. said to Rolling Stone that you

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thought there might be a point at which you would pack it all up,

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acting, and that may be part of it had not been the happiest part of

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your life. Is that still a danger, that you might throw in the towel?

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At a certain point, you need to start thinking, and when you add up

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the amount of dialogue that you saved per year, for example, and you

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realise that you have said Britain words more than you have had a

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chance to save your own words, you start thinking about that as kind of

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an insane option for a human being. Our there quieter things that I

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wouldn't mind doing, you know? Yes, I wouldn't mind that. So I would not

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say that I am dropping it, but it is probably not too far away.

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And we stay with Hollywood matters, because a collection of costumes

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from the classic movie The Sound Of Music has sold for $1.3 million at

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auction in California. Inevitably, I guess, they included this dress,

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worn by Maria, of course played by Julie Andrews, when she sang Do Re

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