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DiverssearchingasubmergedcruiseshipinItalysaytheywillworkthroughthenighttotrytofindmoresurvivors.Fifteenpeoplearestillunaccountedforwhilefiveareknowntohavedied.Earlier,twomorebodieswerefound.FilippoMariniisaspokesmanfortheItaliancoastguard.

"Thebodiesoftwoelderlypeoplehavebeenfound.They'llbeidentifiedassoonaspossible.Thecorrectprocedureswillbeobserved,andthenwewillproceedwithidentification.It'sasadpieceofnewstogive.Ourdivershavefoundthemselveswiththisverysadsituation.Thebodiesarebeingbroughtontothemainland.They'retwoelderlypeoplefoundonthethirdfloorinameetingareasectionoftheship."

Thevessel,theCostaConcordia,smashedintorocksofftheItaliancoastonFriday.Theship'scaptainhasbeenquestioned.Hearguesthatnauticalchartsfailedtoshowanyspikeofrock,buttheauthoritiessayhebroughttheshiptooclosetotheislandofGiglio,whereitranaground.

TheUNSecretaryGeneralBanKi-moonhasharshlycriticisedPresidentBasharal-AssadofSyriaandthewayhe'shandledtheanti-governmentprotestsinthecountry.SpeakinginLebanon,MrBansaidtheArabrevolutionshowedthatpeoplenolongeracceptedtyrannies.

"Today,IsayagaintoPresidentAssadofSyria:Stopkillingyourownpeople.Thepathofrepressionisadeadend.Thelessonsofthepastyearareeloquentandclear.Thewindsofchangewillnotceasetoblow.TheflameignitedinTunisiawillnotbedimmed."

However,theFrenchForeignMinisterAlainJuppehasattackedwhathecalledthesilenceoftheUNSecurityCounciloverSyria.

TheheadofUNhumanitarianoperationsinSomalia,MarkBowden,hastoldtheBBCmanymorepeoplewilldieofhungerbeforethefaminethereisbroughtundercontrol.Hesaidthesituationwasimproving,butthecrisiswouldcontinuetillJulyorAugust.

"Thenumberofpeoplefacingstrictfamineconditionshasbeenreducedfrom750,000toabout250,000,butthatdoesn'tmeanthatthere'snotamajorcrisisinSomalia."

MrBowdensaidthatthefaminehadkilledtensofthousandsofpeoplesinceitwasdeclaredsixmonthsagoandsomeoftheworld'shighestchildmalnutritionrateshadbeenrecordedinSomaliawithhalfofallchildrenbeingmalnourished.

TwoplaneshaveattackedtheSomalicityofJilibinthesouthofthecountry,anareacontrolledbyIslamistsofal-Shabab.EldersinthecityhavetoldtheBBCthatsixchildrenwerekilledinthebombingwhichwasapparentlycarriedoutbyKenyanmilitaryjets.Therearereportsthatal-Shababfighterswereamongthecasualties.TheKenyanmilitaryspokesmantoldtheBBCthathewascheckingwhetherKenyanaircraftwereinvolvedintheraid.

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There'sbeenathirddayoffightingbetweenrivalLibyanmilitiagroupsdespiteeffortsoftheinterimgovernmenttobrokeraceasefire.Atleastthreepeoplehavebeenkilledandmorethan40woundedsinceFridayinclashesnearthetownofGharyan,southofthecapitalTripoli.Theinterimgovernmenthasbeenstrugglingtocontrolarmedgroups.

VotinghasendedinparliamentaryelectionsinKazakhstan,whichthepartyofPresidentNursultanNazarbayevisexpectedtowin.InternationalobservershaveneverdeemedanyelectioninKazakhstanasfreeorfair.RayhanDemytriereports.

InAlmaty,Kazakhstan'slargestcity,theturnoutwaslow.Butnationwideby6pmlocaltime,nearly70%ofvotershadcasttheirballots.ThepresidentialpartyNurOtanisexpectedtowinbyalandslide.Sofarithasbeentheonlypartyrepresentedinparliament.Butanewelectionlawguaranteesthepartywiththesecondhighestnumberofvotessomeseats.ThesixotherpoliticalpartiesthatarestandingdonotposeaseriouschallengetoNurOtan.

ASwiss-Germanconsortiumhasannounceda$2bnprojecttodevelopsolartechnologyinOman.Theinvestorsplantobuild400megawattsofsolargeneratingcapacity,andfactoriestomakesolarpanelsforOmanandforexport.Despiteplentifulsunshine,theMiddleEastregion'ssolarpowerproductionisnegligible,comparedwiththatofEurope,ChinaortheUnitedStates.

RussiasaysitbelievesdebrisfromaspacecraftthatfailedinitsmissiontoMarshascrashedintothePacificOcean.Theprobe,Phobos-Grunt,isoneoftheheaviestandmosttoxicevertofallbackdowntoearthalthoughtheRussianspaceagencysaysmostofitwillhaveburntuponre-entry.ThespacecraftwaslaunchedlastNovemberinanambitiousbidtoscoopuprockyfragmentsfromaMartianmoonandbringthembackforstudy.ButitbecamestrandedinEarth'sorbitafterthelaunchwentwrong.

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