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The Mexican president Enrique Pe?a Nieto has announced to back constitutional reforms and in dissolving municipal police forces across the country to face massive allegations of corruption. The move comes after more than 2 months since the disappearances of 43 students. Our America's editor Kendis Peert reports.
Mr. Pena Nieto’s administration has been deeply criticized by protesters who for months have been demonstrating against the disappearances of the 43 students in Guerrero state 2 months ago. They say he hasn't dealt with organized crime, police corruption and savage mass murders in many regions of the country now dominated by criminal gangs. In response, Mr. Pena Nieto said he plans of raft measures including reforming the police by dissolving corrupt municipal police forces which should be taken over by state police. Mexican currently has 2 federal police forces of the 30 state police units, and is estimated to have thousands of municipal police bodies.
OPEC had said that it would not cut its oil output to shore up international crude oil prices. The decision came after a 5-hour meeting of the 12 representatives of OPEC member countries. Shortly after the announcement, world oil prices plunged to their lowest level for 4 years. The BBC's economic correspondent says the decision was not really a surprise, for their countries, such as Nigeria and Iran, had favored quite a sharp cut in production in an attempt to boost prices. He said Saudi Arabia in particular was unwilling to play its traditional role of balancing the market unless the whole group shared the cuts.
Reports from Nigeria say at least 25 people had been killed in an explosion in Adamawa state in the northeast to the country. 5 of the dead are said to be soldiers. The incident has reported to have occurred near the town of Mubi. Will Ross reports.
A spokesman for the governor of Adamawa State told the BBC that most of the victims of the bomb attack were civilians. The blast was detonated in Maraba near the town of Mubi, close to the border with Cameroon. A 24-hour curfew is being imposed in the area. Last month Mubi was captured by the jihadist group Boko Haram. And its fighters then tried to seize territory further south towards the state capital Yola. But the Nigerian military, with assistance from local vigilante groups and hunters, halted the Boko Haram’s advance and recaptured Mubi earlier this week.
Israel’s security services say they have broken up a Hama’s network in the west bank. There was planning to carry out a series of attacks on targets in Jerusalem, including a football stadium and a light rail system. The security service Shin Bet said it arrested more than 30 Hamas militants who had been trained in Jordan and Turkey. A Hamas spokesman said it was clear that Israel was trying to divert the world’s attention at a time of escalating tension in Jerusalem.
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There has been a flare-up of violence in the border area between India and Pakistan, leaving 10 people dead in India. Reports say group of government wearing army uniforms attacked an Indian army base near Arnia, in a disputed region of Jammu and Kashmir. The State’s Chief Officer Omar Abdullah said 4 civilians, 3 soldiers and 3 of the attackers died in the fighting in crossfire. It’s the worst nightware for attacking Kashmir for many months.
The leader of a rebel group from the Central African Republic has been released from prison in Cameroon, following the release of 16 hostages. 15 of the freed hostages are Cameroonians, the other a Polish priest. The rebel leader, Abdoulaye Miskine, arrived by plane in the Republic of Congo, whereas President Denis Sassou Nguesso, acted as a mediator.
One of the best-known crime writers of the past half century, P. D. James, has died at the age of 94. The British author won numerous awards and honors in a career extending 7 decades, and was praised for bringing in more characters for traditional detective stories. But she didn’t begin writing until her mid-30s as she explained in a BBC interview.
“I knew from early childhood that I wanted to be a novelist, but there were circumstances really, I was 19 when the war broke out, I married Jeon, and there’s just more children, and my husband came home from the war mentally ill, so I had to get a full-time safe job, and the years went by. Then there’s a time came when I realized there was never going to be a convenient moment. I would have to make time, or I would have been failed obviously. ”
The great Brazilian football player Pelé, who’s 74 years old, is receiving special care in a hospital in Sao Paulo. In a statement, the hospital said his healths are deteriorated, 3 days after he was admitted with a urinary tract infection. They said he was being monitored closely. But police spokesman has asserted he’s fine, and that he should be out of the hospital in about a week.