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There have been more ethnic and religious killings in the central Nigerian town of Jos. Three Muslims were killed on Saturday evening, and a family of eight Christians died from gunshots early on Sunday. About 80 people have died in the town since Monday.

A Burmese news magazine has published an interview with the pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. It's the first time the authorities have

permit

ted this inside Burma since her release from years of detention. Here's Viv Marsh.

An executive editor at the weekly magazine, the Messenger, told the BBC that the interview was conducted just after Aung San Suu Kyi was freed last November, but that the journal hadn't been authorised to publish it until now. Her release came days after elections that paved the way for a

nominally

civilian government in Burma after nearly half a century of military rule. The interview's subject matter is

relatively

uncontentious. It deals with the prospects for young people in Burma and Aung San Suu Kyi's hopes that they'll study more. But it comes two weeks after she met the country's president amid a series of initiatives by the new administration designed to show it reaching out to former

foe

s.

Early results from a regional election in Germany suggest another setback for the Chancellor Angela Merkel. Her Christian Democrat Party appears to be more than 4% down on its previous result in a northeastern state in 2006. The Christian Democrats