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Body parts suspect Luka Magnotta returns to Canada

A Canadian porn actor suspected of murdering and dismembering his lover has arrived back to Canada after being extradited from Germany.

Luka Magnotta, 29, has been held for the murder of Jun Lin, a Chinese university student whose body parts were sent through the post.

Earlier, Canadian Justice Minister Rob Nicholson confirmed Mr Magnotta was being brought home by Canadian military transport to face charges.

He was arrested in Berlin on 4 June.

Mr Magnotta is wanted for first-degree murder, defiling a corpse, threatening the prime minister and using the postal system to send "obscene, indecent, immoral or scurrilous" material.

'Swift and decisive'
 
"We're extremely happy with the result today," Montreal police commander Ian Lafreniere said.

"This is not the end of the investigation. We're missing an important part of the investigation, which is the head of the body."

Police said they would ask Mr Magnotta where the head is.

The suspect is to appear in court on Tuesday, Mr Lafreniere said. A lawyer is likely to be assigned to him then, the Quebec prosecutors' office told the Associated Press.

Montreal investigators said on Friday they had obtained a longer version of a video posted on internet which appears to show the murder.

In a statement Mr Nicholson said the suspect was in the custody of Montreal police as he thanked the German government "for their swift and decisive action in this matter".

Mr Magnotta did not oppose his extradition, according to German officials.

Police detained him in an internet cafe in Berlin after an employee recognised his face from a newspaper.
Before his arrest, Interpol had put Mr Magnotta on its wanted list.


French police said Mr Magnotta, who had worked as a bisexual porn actor and model, initially flew from Montreal to Paris.

He is accused of sending his victim's feet and hands to two Canadian political parties and to two Vancouver schools.

Ratko Mladic war crimes trial suspended over evidence error

 

 

General Mladic's trial was meant to resume on 25 June

The trial of Bosnian Serb Gen Ratko Mladic has been suspended until further notice, the UN war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia says.

Mr Mladic's trial was due to resume on 25 June after it was halted in May.

Monday's suspension is a result of an error in the disclosure of documents to the defence, the court in The Hague said in a statement.

He denies 11 charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity dating back to the 1992-1995 Bosnian War.

The trial was first halted in May when it first emerged that the prosecution had not disclosed evidence to the defence.

Seventy-year-old Mr Mladic is the last of the key figures wanted for war crimes during the Bosnian War.
On the run for 16 years before his arrest, Mr Mladic has refused to enter a plea.

Some of the relatives of victims and survivors of the war have expressed concern that if the trial takes too long, Mr Mladic, who has suffered from heart problems, will die before a verdict is reached.

Chinese media's US expansion

18 June 2012 Last updated at 22:51 GMT Help

Chinese state-owned media is expanding its news services in foreign countries as it seeks to offer its vision of global events.
The government in Beijing has traditionally been inward looking, but Chinese news channels, papers and websites are now available in English for a worldwide audience.
Tom Brook reports.

inside India's human laundry

18 June 2012 Last updated at 23:06 GMT Help

It has been described as one of the world's largest laundries - Dhobi Ghat in the centre of Mumbai is where hundreds of thousands of clothes are washed daily, in a ritual which has - so far - stood the test of time.
But with more Indians now owning washing machines, what future does this old tradition have in modern India?
Rajini Vaidyanathan has been taking a look.

Men in Afghan police uniform shoot dead Nato soldier

 

 

Isaf forces are training their Afghan counterparts ahead of a full handover in 2014

A Nato soldier in eastern Afghanistan has been shot dead by three men in Afghan police uniform, officials say.

The men fled the area after Sunday's attack, Nato's International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) says.
It says the incident is now under investigation.

There have been a growing number of cases where Afghan soldiers have killed Nato colleagues. More than 20 foreign troops have been killed in "rogue shootings" this year.

Observers say this has eroded morale among foreign forces.

Isaf provided no further details about Sunday's attack and did not specify the nationality of the dead soldier.
However, a police source said the attack took place in Kandahar province, according to the AFP news agency.

Members of the Nato-led Isaf force are training their Afghan counterparts in preparation for a full handover of responsibility for security by 2014.

Revelations in February that US troops burned copies of the Koran at a base in Afghanistan - reportedly by accident - as well as the shooting of 16 Afghans by a US soldier in March have inflamed public opinion against the foreign forces.

Remote Tongan island searched for missing sailors

Rescuers are searching a remote Tongan island for two Australians missing since their yacht broke up last week.

The men were sailing from the Caribbean to Australia when their boat ran aground off the island of Late on 14 June.
Debris from the boat has been found but an aerial search has turned up no sign of the men.
High seas had prevented the rescuers from landing on Late until Tuesday morning.
"The searchers have been landed ashore and they will camp overnight if necessary," rescue coordinator Mike Roberts said in a statement from Maritime New Zealand, which is co-ordinating the search.
"In addition, we hope to have a vessel do a shoreline search around the island, using kayaks and dinghies."
Sixteen people are combing the the 6km-long (4-mile-long) uninhabited island, which is dominated by a dormant volcano and surrounded by rocky cliffs.
Maritime New Zealand said a search of the island could take two days.
The two missing men, both in their sixties, used a satellite phone to call relatives in Australia as their vessel broke up. One of the men is reported to be a dual Australian-UK national.

Brics nations to increase contribution to IMF resources

 

 

The IMF has been seeking the help of emerging economies to boost its resources

 

The Brics economies have said they will increase their contribution to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Brics refers to Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, five of the fastest growing emerging economies in the world.
The move comes as the IMF has been looking to boost its finances to help prevent any future financial crisis.
The Brics nations have also asked for a greater say at the fund.
"These new contributions are being made in anticipation that all the reforms agreed upon in 2010 will be fully implemented in a timely manner, including a comprehensive reform of voting power and reform of quota shares." the Brics economies said in a statement on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Mexico.

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There is concern that the firewall available may not be adequate to deal with contagion”

Manmohan Singh Indian Prime Minister

The IMF has been called upon to lend money to countries such as Greece that have been affected by the ongoing sovereign debt crisis in the eurozone.

There are concerns that the fund may need to step in again if the debt crisis worsens and spreads to the region's bigger economies like Spain and Italy.
To prepare for this eventuality, it has been seeking to shore up its reserves so that it can provide help when needed.
China, the biggest Brics economy and the world's second-largest, confirmed it will contribute $43bn (27.4bn).
Two other Brics members, India and Russia, said they will enhance their contribution by $10bn each.
"There is concern that the firewall available may not be adequate to deal with contagion," said India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Mr Singh added that a faltering global recovery and slowing growth in emerging economies had made things more complicated.
"The global economic situation is deeply worrying."

Burma unrest: Death sentences in Rakhine murder case

Two men have been sentenced to death in a case that sparked violent clashes between Muslims and Buddhists in Burma, lawyers have told the BBC. 

 

The violence spread to several towns and villages, including the state capital Sittwe

 

The men were convicted of raping and killing a Buddhist woman in Rakhine state last month.
A third suspect who died in jail was given a posthumous conviction.

At least 50 people died in revenge attacks and riots that followed the incident, and thousands have been displaced.

Analysts say it is unlikely that the men will be put to death, as no prisoners have been executed in Burma since before 1988.

Following the woman's murder, a bus carrying Muslims was attacked and 10 people were killed, prompting more unrest in several towns and villages in Rakhine.

The violence has led to hundreds of Muslim refugees from the Rohingya minority trying to enter neighbouring Bangladesh by boat.

But they have been turned away by coast guards and border security, with Bangladeshi authorities saying on Monday that another group of about 150 had been denied entry.

President Thein Sein declared a state of emergency in Rakhine on 10 June.

Activists have criticised the state of emergency, saying it hands control of Rakhine state to the military.

The pressure group Human Rights Watch says the Burmese army has a history of brutality against both Buddhists and Muslims.

Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has warned that the strife would continue without "the rule of law".

Burma opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi visiting UK

Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is due to arrive in the UK, where she is due to meet members of the Royal Family and address Parliament.

 

 

Aung San Suu Kyi's visit to the UK will include a visit to Oxford, where she lived for a number of years

Ms Suu Kyi will begin her tour at the London School of Economics and is set to meet the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall later in the week.

It is part of her first tour of Europe since 1988.

The pro-democracy leader spent much of the last 24 years under house arrest in Burma. She was freed in late 2010.

Her two-week-long trip - seen as another milestone for Burma's political progress - includes visits to the UK, Switzerland, France and Norway.

It is her second recent overseas trip, after visiting Thailand in May.

Her decision to travel has been seen as a sign of confidence in the government of President Thein Sein, who has pursued a course of reform since coming to power last year, in Burma's first elections in 20 years.

Earlier this month Ms Suu Kyi gave her Nobel Peace Prize speech in Oslo more than 20 years after being awarded the prize.

She chose not to travel to Norway's capital in 1991 to collect her prize in person fearing she would not be allowed to return to Burma.

China property prices drop further raising growth fears

Property prices in China fell further in May indicating that government policies put in place to curb speculation are having the desired effect.

Prices of new homes fell in 55 of 70 Chinese cities from a year earlier.

Beijing has been trying to curb property speculation amid fears that asset bubbles may be forming.

However there are concerns that if prices fall too much too soon, it may hurt China's overall economic growth.

"There is a huge amount of downward pressure on the property market that stems from the fact that all the administrative measures remain in place and at the same time growth in China is slowing," Alistair Thornton of IHS Global Insight told the BBC.

Over-tightening?
 
China has put in place various measures over the past couple of years to curb speculation in the market.
These include a restriction in some cities on the number of homes an individual can own and higher down-payments for property purchases.

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The broad goal is to stimulate the overall economy enough to achieve about 8% growth this year but keep the property market subdued”

Alistair Thornton IHS Global Insight

 

Analysts said that while the moves had helped keep prices in check, there are concerns that they may now start to hurt growth in the sector. 

"There is a real risk that the authorities may have over-tightened in the property market and the overall economy," said Mr Thornton.

"The property market continues to weigh on economic growth and will be a drag on the economy through to end of the year."

In a fix
 
The fall in China's property prices comes as its economic growth has been slowing.

The world's second-largest economy expanded at an annual rate of 8.1% in the first quarter, the slowest pace in almost three years.

In a bid to sustain growth, China has been easing some of its monetary policies. Earlier this month, China's central bank cut interest rates for the first time since 2008.

The bank has also reduced the amount of cash that banks must keep in reserve three times in the past few months to encourage more lending.

However analysts said that while China was expected to relax its policies further, there were worries that such moves may spark fresh round of speculation in the property market.

"The broad goal is to stimulate the overall economy enough to achieve about 8% growth this year but keep the property market subdued," said Mr Thornton.

He said that if curbs on the property market were lifted, large amounts of capital might flow into the sector, which may result in asset bubbles being formed.

"This time it is going to be worse than the last time."

Australia's Fairfax cuts jobs and changes newspapers

 

Fairfax Media says the cuts will save the company millions of dollars

Australia's Fairfax Media will shed 1,900 jobs over three years and give two high-profile broadsheets a new "compact" format, it has announced. 

Websites of the two newspapers, The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald, will also introduce pay walls from 2013.

Two printing facilities in Sydney and Melbourne are also to be closed by 2014 as part of the cost-cutting measures.

Fairfax said it was taking "decisive actions to fundamentally change the way we do business".
"No one should be in any doubt that we are operating in very challenging times," said Fairfax Chief Executive Greg Hywood.

"Readers' behaviours have changed and will not change back."

The moves are expected to save Fairfax A$235m ($237m, £151m) annually by mid-2015, the company said.
 
It said editorial standards and content at the two newspapers would not change despite the new format.
Cuts are also expected at Fairfax's biggest rival, Rupert Murdoch-owned News Ltd, Australian media reports say.

The two companies together dominate Australia's newspaper market.

Bus carrying Shias is bombed in Pakistan's Quetta city

 

 

It is unclear if the bus was the target of the attack

 

At least four students were killed and many injured by a bomb blast which hit a university bus in the Pakistani province of Balochistan, officials say. 

Police say the bomb was planted on a vehicle parked in a suburb of the provincial capital, Quetta.
Passengers on the bus were mostly from the minority Shia Hazara community.

Balochistan has seen growing attacks - widely blamed on Sunni militants - on the Hazara community over the last year.

Officials say that bus was travelling to the Balochistan University of Information Technology when the bomb went off.

The volatile Balochistan region is one of Pakistan's most strategically important areas - sharing borders with Afghanistan and Iran.

It is also home to various different ethnic groups including the million-strong ethnic Hazara community - mainly migrants from Afghanistan.

Quetta is also located on the main route of Shia pilgrims going to Iran - which remains the spiritual headquarters for Islam's Shia community.

While Balochistan has often been hit by sectarian violence, ethnic Baloch separatists have long demanded more autonomy and a greater share of Balochistan's natural resources.

Afghan and Western officials have also in the past said parts of the Taliban leadership are based in Quetta - a claim Pakistan denies.

But Taliban militants have also launched attacks in the province in recent years.
Earlier in June, at least 15 people died after a bomb attack on a religious school in Quetta.
 

Top chief says Bo Xilai scandal 'damaged' China's image

The new leader of China's city of Chongqing has said that the Bo Xilai scandal "gravely damaged" the image of the country and the Communist Party.

Zhang Dejiang spoke at a municipal party congress ahead of a major Communist Party leadership change in October.

Former party chief Bo Xilai was sacked in March and is under investigation for breaking party discipline.

 

 

Zhang Dejiang replaced Bo Xilai as Chongqing leader in March

His wife is a suspect in the death of British businessman Neil Heywood.

The scandal surrounding Mr Bo, seen as the biggest political shake-up in China in years, made headlines and exposed divisions in the Communist Party leadership.

Mr Zhang, who replaced Mr Bo in March, said that the work of the city's party committee had some "problems and deficiencies".

"Especially the Wang Lijun incident, death of Neil Heywood and serious discipline problems of comrade Bo Xilai, which have gravely damaged the party and nation's image, and seriously affected Chongqing's reforms and development," he said, based on a transcript of his speech published on a government news website.

But he added that Chongqing's achievements over the last five years and the hard work of other officials must be strictly separated from the scandal surrounding Bo Xilai.

Mr Zhang said that the need to "resolutely uphold the principle that all are equal before the law, and never let any person or group put themselves above the law" was important.

"Leading officials must especially set an example in following the law," he said.

Mr Bo - a high flier who was once expected to reach the top echelons of office - has not been seen in public since he was removed from his political posts.

Reports say that he is under house arrest in Beijing, while his wife is in formal detention.

His downfall was triggered when his police chief, Wang Lijun, fled to the US consulate, reportedly to seek asylum after falling out with Mr Bo over his investigation into the death of Neil Heywood.

Mr Heywood was found dead in a hotel in Chongqing on 15 November 2011.

Local officials initially said he died of excessive drinking, but the government announced in April that it was investigating Mr Bo's wife in connection with the case.

Shenzhou-9 docks with Tiangong-1

China's Shenzhou-9 capsule, with its crew of three, has docked with the Tiangong-1 space lab.

The docking was an automated procedure, with computers in control of events

The coupling of the vehicles occurred at 14:07 Beijing time (06:07 GMT; 07:07 BST).
The latest Shenzhou mission was launched on Saturday, taking the nation's first female astronaut into orbit.
Thirty-three-year old Liu Yang flies with Commander Jing Haipeng, 46, and fellow flight engineer, Liu Wang, 42.

It was another two hours after the docking before the astronauts moved between the vehicles.
They first had to wait for pressures inside the vessels to be equalised before they could open the hatches.
Commander Jing led the way into the lab, followed by Mr Liu. Ms Liu initially stayed behind in the Shenzhou capsule in case of emergency.

A video camera inside Tiangong relayed pictures of the entrance of the two men, who waved into the lens. They immediately set about checking systems.

After 20 minutes, Ms Liu followed her male colleagues into Tiangong, and the three then turned to the camera as a group to wave.

This is China's fourth manned mission. It follows on from last year's unmanned Shenzhou-8 outing which completed successful rendezvous and docking manoeuvres at Tiangong.

That gave Beijing authorities the confidence to put astronauts on the current flight.

Monday's docking was an automated procedure; computers - not the crew - were in charge of events.
A suite of radar, laser and optical sensors aligned Shenzhou with Tiangong. The capsule's thrusters then drove it into the space lab's docking ring.

The union happened at an altitude of about 340km (210 miles). Ms Liu operated a handheld video camera to record the moment of docking.

It is understood that for most of the time, only two members of the crew will work in the lab. The third individual will tend to hold back in the Shenzhou craft.

During the flight, a range of scientific experiments are planned, including a number of medical tests geared towards understanding the effects of weightlessness on the human body.

At some point in the next few days, the astronauts will attempt a manual docking.

This would see the crew uncouple their vehicle from the lab, retreat to a defined distance and then command their ship to re-attach itself.

Liu Wang will take the lead in this activity. "We've done over 1,500 simulations," he said during the pre-launch press conference.

"We've mastered the techniques and skills. China has first class technologies and astronauts, and therefore I'm confident we will fulfil the manual rendezvous."

China is already talking about a Shenzhou-10 mission to Tiangong sometime in the next year.

The lab is a prototype for the type of modules the nation hopes to join in orbit later this decade to form a permanently manned space station.

At about 60 tonnes in mass, this proposed station would be considerably smaller than the 400-tonne international platform operated by the US, Russia, Europe, Canada and Japan, but its mere presence in the sky would nonetheless represent a remarkable achievement.

Concept drawings describe a core module weighing some 20-22 tonnes, flanked by two slightly smaller laboratory vessels.

Officials say it would be supplied by freighters in exactly the same way that robotic cargo ships keep the International Space Station (ISS) today stocked with fuel, food, water, air, and spare parts.

China first put a man in orbit in 2003 (Shenzhou-5). This was followed by a two-man mission in 2005 (Shenzhou-6). In 2008, the Shenzhou-7 spacecraft carried three astronauts into orbit to perform the nation's first spacewalk.

Shenzhou-9 Commander Jing Haipeng was also involved in that venture, making him now China's most experienced spaceman.

Mr Jing's crew are expected back on Earth before the end of the month.