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Egypt's president has approved strigent newcounter-terrorism measures seeking to strengthenthe country's ability to respond to the Islamicmilitant insurgency. Rihgts groups say PresidentAbdel Fattah el-Sisi will use the legislation to crash dissent, lock up his opponents andimpose further restrictions on freedom of exspression. Ben L reports.
"Since Abdel Fattah el-Sisi overthrew President Morsi two years ago, Egypt military hasincreased his grip on the country. In that time Egypt has also seen as considerabledeterioration of its human rights record. President Sisi is under presure to crack insurgency inSinai and combat what he sees as a political threat from the Muslim Brotherhood. The trialprocess for suspected terrorist leaders will now be speeded up and those found guilty face thedeath penalty. Any journalist who now contradicts an official account of militant attack canexpect a fine of at least 25,000 dollars.
Anti-government protesters in Brazil have been demanding impeachment of President DilmaRousseff in demonstrations across the country. They are blaming President Rousseff for aneconomic downturn and for one of the biggest corruption scandals in Brazil's history.Prosecutors alleged that firms paid corrupt politicians from the governing Workers' Party to getlucrative contracts with the state-owned oil giant Petrobras. President Rousseff, who at thattime chaired Petrobras, has not been accused of doing anything illegal. These protestersexplained why they were marching.
"People want good government, because nobody can tolerate the way things are. All the socialclasses are suffering in this country."
"This is a non-partisan demonstration that people without political parties. We are here,people from the left and the right, indignant people who want real change."
"What I want is a better Brazil. I want the Brazilians to make a better choice in the nextelection, because we've had enough of the Workers' Party."
Security has tightened at polling stations across Sri Lanka as voting gets underway shortly inthe general election. Four people have died in violent incident in the month-long campaignalthough monitors reported less violence in previous elections. The former president MahindaRajapakse, who lost power to his onetime health minister Maithripala Sirisena earlier this year, isseeking to return as prime minister.
United States Federal Aviation Authority, the FAA, said a recent software upgraded an air trafficcontrol center in Virgenia may have led to the cancellations of more than 400 flights onSaturday. Tens of thoustands of passengers up and down the East Coast had their journeysdisrupted. FAA said new features in the upgrade are being disabled while they were beingassessed.
World news from the BBC.
The warring parties in South Sudan are due to hold further negotiations in Ethiopia on Sunday.It will be the final day of peace talks before international sanctions are due to be imposed onboth sides over their failure to reach an agreement. But South Sudan's government and rebelssay they might need more time to resolve key issues such as power-sharing in a transitionalgovernment.
A report of gunfire in a number of locations in Eastern Ukraine along lines dividing Ukrainiangovernment forces and Russian-backed rebels. Residents in the port city of Mariupol havereported artillery fire to the east. The Interfacts News Agency said shells are falling on aresidential area. Heavy rocket fire is also reported in a rebel-held stronghold of Donetsk.
The United States has reportedly warned China to stop sending undercover agents to Americato pressurize Chinese fugitives to go back home. The New York Times newspaper quotesofficials of saying the Chinese agents in America are using various strong arm tactics to coerceexpatriates to go back to China. The newspaper said the machine nammed Operation Fox Huntis part of a global Chinese effort to repatriate prominent people suspected of economiccorruption.
Scientists studying how owls are able to swoop on their prey undetected have discovered that,unlike other birds, they are able to suppress the noise of flying. The researchers from DalianUniversity of Technology in China described the owls as "the king of acoustic stealth ". RebeccaG reports.
"It was already known that owls have feathers that absorb aerodynamic sound when gliding.But the new study found that they also suppress the mechanical noise caused by thevibrations that occur when the owl flap its wings. The report's authors say their findings couldhelp engineers develop special materials and structures to help reduce noise created bymachines such as wind turbines."
BBC news.
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