BBC News
with Sue Montgomery
英国君主百年来首次访问爱尔兰
The British monarch Queen Elizabeth has made a symbolic visit to a
memorial
in the Republic of Ireland dedicated to the many Irish people who fought for an end to British rule. She stood alongside the Irish President Mary McAleese as they laid wreaths. The visit to Ireland is the first by a British monarch since Irish independence 90 years ago. Daniela Relph reports from Dublin.
Inside the Garden of Remembrance, the British national anthem was played, the sound of God Save the Queen in this place dedicated to those who died fighting against the British Crown. There will be few more poignant moments during the Queen's visit to Ireland. With a huge security cordon keeping both protesters and any curious members of the public well away, the Queen laid a wreath, her head bowed in tribute to those who fought for Irish independence. It is diplomatic protocol for all visiting heads of state to lay a wreath here, but the British monarch doing so comes to the added significance - such is a troubled history between Britain and Ireland.
利比亚石油部长加尼姆叛逃突尼斯
The Libyan Oil Minister Shukri Ghanem appears to have
defected
according to security sources in Tunisia. Mr Ghanem, who's also a former prime minister, was said to be on the island of Djerba. A UK-based spokesman for the Libyan opposition group, the Transitional National Council, says Mr Ghanem is on his way to a European country. This will be the second high-level defection after the former Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa defected to the United Kingdom. Here's Andrew North in Tripoli.