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The American state department has expressed disappointment at Israel’s decision not to extend its moratorium on settlement construction. The administration’s Middle-east envoy George Mitchell is heading back to the region to hold meetings with Israelis and Palestinians. The Palestinian President Mahmound Abbas says he won’t rush into a decision about whether to abandon the peace talks over the issue. Kim Ghattas reports from Washington.

President Mahmound Abbas has said he would consult with Palestinian leaders and other Arab foreign ministers at a regional meeting on the 4th of October. B.G. Crowley, the state department spokesman, said the US was hoping the Arab League would continue to support the negotiations. Despite weeks of international pressure, the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not extend the moratorium. There is no deal inside, but President Abbas is also under pressure, not to walk out and he will not want to be blamed for the failure of the talks.

朝鲜任命金正银为人民军大将

Official media in North Korea say the youngest son of Kim Jong-il has been given the rank of general. Analysts say the promotion of Kim Jong-un could be the start of a succession process. More from John Sudworth in South Korea.

Thought to be around 27 years old, Kim Jong-un has never been mentioned by North Korea’s government-controlled media until now. His promotion to the rank of four-star general comes just a few hours before a rare National

Conference of the North Korean Workers’ Party, the first gathering of its kind in at least three decades. With the country’s leader, his father Kim Jong-il visibly frail and sick, speculation has been mounting that the meeting is designed to officially anoint Kim Jong-un as his chosen successor.

委内瑞拉议会选举结束 执政党获胜

The opposition in Venezuela has made significant gains in parliamentary elections, overturning the two thirds majority that President Hugo Chavez’s Socialist Party needs to pass major legislation without its support. The

opposition says it won just half the popular vote and supporters have now been celebrating. Will Grant reports from Caracas.

The chants are \" we are the majority\of the parliamentary election with jubilation. The parties under the Democratic Unity Table, an opposition coalition had obtained a third of the seats in the National Assembly. And after frustrate, Mr. Chevez’s socialist ambitions for the next five years. For his part, Mr. Chevez decided not to address his supporter from the balcony of the Presidential Palace, choosing to congratulate his supporters via Twitter instead.

IMF力挺英国减赤计划,称经济形势正在好转

The International Monetary Fund has given its strong backing to the British government’s plan for a big squeeze on public spending to cut the country’s record budget deficit rapidly. In an annual report on the British economy, the IMF praises the plans of the Conservative-led coalition government, saying they

will greatly reduce the risk of a costly loss of confidence in the country’s public finances.

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英外交希望伊朗进行有诚意的核谈判

The British Foreign Secretary William Hague has warned Iran of the danger of pursuing the country’s nuclear program in defiance of world opinion. Speaking to the BBC after a meeting with his Iranian counterpart, Mr. Hague said he wanted Iran to enter into real negotiations over a peaceful nuclear energy agreement and not just play for time. Iran has consistently said its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes.

英联邦运动会开幕式在即状况频出

Officials in India who are making preparations for the Commonwealth Games say a fifth of the rooms being built to house athletes are still not ready. Cleaners and other workers are scrambling to tackle dirt, flooding and other problems in the Athlete Village less a week before the opening ceremony. Many in India wanted their hosting of the Games to be a matter of great national pride, but correspondents say the delay has become hugely embarrassing.

《泰坦尼克号》“老年罗丝”百岁去世

The American actress Gloria Stuart who played the shipwreck survivor in the Film Titanic has died at the age of 100. Peter Bowes reports from Los Angeles.

According to her family, Gloria Stuart passed away in her sleep at her home in Los Angeles. In Titanic, she played the elderly survivor Rose who’s portrayed by Kate Winslett as a young woman. The James Cameron film about the doomed luxury liner became the highest grossing movie of all time. The performance earned Ms Stuart an Academy Award nomination for the best actress in a supporting role. Then 87, she was the oldest person ever to be nominated for an Oscar.

墨西哥北部州总部遭抢劫 约70支被抢走

Gunmen have raided a police arsenal in northern Mexico, carrying of dozens of assalt rifles as well as ammunition and bullet-proof vests. Officials said the attackers subdued several officers guarding the state police barracks in Chihuahua and forced them to open the armory. Some reports say the raiders were in police uniform. An investigation is underway into how managed to get into the complex without the alarm being raised. Chihuahua state on the border with Texas is one of the worst affected by Mexico’ drug-related violence.