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The Portuguese government has unveiled thecountry's toughest budget in years, combining state tax rises with spendingcuts to tackle its large deficit. The opposition socialist party called it afiscal atomic bomb. Hundreds of protesters who gathered outside the Portugueseparliament called on the government to resign. Alison Robert reports.
After weeks of mixed messages and tensionswithin the right-center coalition,Portugal's finance minister finallysubmitted next-year's state budget to Parliament. An hour later he outlined keydetails of a document that foresees spending cuts and tax increases totalingsome five billion Euros, almost $6.5bn. Most of that is in higher income tax,taking away the equivalent of a month salary for any workers. Austerity isalready weighing heavily onPortugal’seconomy with unemployment hitting a new record high in September.
The Egyptian Football Association hasdecided to suspend the country's Primer League indefinitely on securitygrounds. It was initially suspended in February after at least 70 supportersfrom the Cairo al-Ahly side were killed by rivalfans in a stadium in Port Said.Jon Leyne is our correspondent in Cairo.
Members of the al-Ahly supporters clubknown as the ultras have been particularly vocal in pressing for justice fortheir fellow football fans. While a number of senior football and securityofficials have been sacked, it's still not clear that anyone has been heldaccountable for the tragedy. It happened when al-Ahly fans were attacked to theend of the game in Port Said.Many Egyptian suspect that this is more than just a football stadium disaster,they believe someone wanted to take revenge on the al-Ahly fans, because theirpolitical role in confronting the police during the revolution last year.
Doctors say that the Pakistani teenagerMalala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head by the Taliban after campaigning forgirl's education has a chance making a good recovery. Malala is undergoingmedical assessments at a British hospital that specializes in treating soldierswounded in battle.
Reports fromLibyasay around 120 inmates have broken out of a prison in the capital Tripoli. The head of theNational Guard has said the security services were on high alert after thebreakout from the al-Judaida jail. Rana Jawad is in Tripoli.
The head ofLibya's National Guard, Khaledal-Sharif told the BBC that out of the 120 inmates that escaped from al-Judaidaprison, at least half have so far been captured. He said that some were illegalAfrican migrants imprisoned for immigration violations and others were Libyanswith criminal convictions. The circumstances surrounding the prison break areunclear. A policeman at the scene cited a lack of security there as the mainreason, but officials say they will be investigating what led to the escape.
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Police inTanzaniasay they have arrested more than 120 people in connection with attacks onchurches in the city of Dares Salaamlast week. Several churches were burnt down by mobs angry with the reports thata teenage boy had urinated on a copy of the Koran.
The ruling Communist Party in Vietnam haspulled back from taking disciplinary action against the Prime Minister NguyenTan Dung despite public anger at economic problems and a string of financialscandals. Mrs. Dung was widely seen as the target of a statement from thepowerful central community which rebuilt the Vietnamese leadership for failingto prevent corruption, inefficiency and wrongdoing.
The British Prime Minister David Cameronand the First Minister of Scotland Alex Salmond have signed an agreementsetting out the terms of the referendum on whetherScotlandshould become anindependent nation. The vote would be held inScotlandin 2014. From Edinburgh here's ColinCampbell.
Seven hundred years agoScotlandfought battles withEnglandtomaintain its independence; 300 years ago the two countries merged theirparliaments, a political union that has held ever since. Today's agreement willgive Scottish voters their first opportunity to choose between continued unionor independence. There were smiles and handshakes as David Cameron and AlexSalmond made to put pen to paper. But the leaders of theScotland's twogovernments are on opposing sides. The British government led by David Camerondoes not wantScotlandto go. Colin Campbell.
Cuban state media say a Spanish politicalactivist has been sentenced to four years in jail over a road accident on theisland which killed a high profile Cuban dissident Oswaldo Paya. The car inwhich there were passengers was driven by the Spaniard Angel Carromero.Prosecutors said Mr Carromero was speeding. But the family of Mr Paya said thevehicle was deliberately forced off the road.
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