cover up
what he'd done. Conrad Murray again elected not to speak in his own defence. His lawyer focused on his life before becoming Michael Jackson's doctor.
Reports from Ivory Coast say the former President Laurent Gbagbo is on a plane heading for the International Criminal Court in The Hague after a
warrant
was issued for his arrest. Both Mr Gbagbo's lawyer and the country's national prosecutor say that he's left the northern town of Korhogo, where he's been under house arrest since being toppled from power in April. John James reports from Abidjan.
The government of President Alassane Ouattara has been keen for Mr Gbagbo to be sent to the International Criminal Court before National Assembly elections planned for the 11 December. The former president's presence on Ivorian soil caused tension with repeated reports in the newspapers that pro-Gbagbo armed groups would try and free their leader. It's not clear what charges he will face at the International Criminal Court, but around 3,000 people died in a post-election crisis provoked by Mr Gbagbo's decision to stay on in power.
Finance ministers from the eurozone are meeting in Brussels for their latest debt crisis talks. They are trying to raise money for the bailout fund so it's big enough to provide a lifeline to Spain or Italy if needed, but it's thought that they won't reach the proposed trillion euros.
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China is raising its rural poverty line by more than 90% in what it says is an attempt to increase aid to its low-income population. People will be classified as poor in future if they earn less than $1 a day, meaning four times as many people as now will be entitled to government subsidies and training. The Chinese President Hu Jintao demanded more effective action to narrow the gap between rich and poor, which analysts say has widened.