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d by a Taliban group blamed for launching attacks against western forces in Afghanistan.

This is World News from the BBC in London.

The mayor of the Somali capital Mogadishu has ordered hundreds of families living near the city's main airport to

demolish

their houses and move elsewhere. The mayor said the houses posed a security threat because they had been built with money from insurgents. Residents denied that.

The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin anyahu">Netanyahu has

ruled out

any

concession

on the building of Jewish settlements in occupied East Jerusalem, despite international pressure on him to change course. Mr Netanyahu said he had written to the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to remove any doubt about the issue. He's expected to meet President Obama on Tuesday.

Conservationists have warned that the Internet is emerging as a major threat to endangered species. The International Fund for Animal Welfare says the Internet is making it easier than ever before to buy and sell endangered animals on online auction sites and in chat rooms. The findings

coincide with

a meeting on endangered species in Doha, from where Stephanie Hancock reports.

Thousands of endangered species are regularly traded online as buyers and sellers take advantage of the

anonymity

and vast global market the worldwide web can offer.

Those trying to police illegal sales say the size of the problem is almost impossible to estimate. They say everything from live baby lions to wine made from tiger bone have been traded online. Currently the United States is the biggest market, but experts say Europe, China, Russia and Australia also play a large part.