Just days before the 25th anniversary of the world’s worst nuclear disaster at Chernobyl in 1986, about 2000 people who took part in the cleanup operation have held a demonstration in the Ukrainian capital Kiev. They were protesting against sharp cuts to the benefits and pensions they and tens of thousands of others receive to compensate them for their exposure to radiation. Ukraine’s government says budget
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来自尼日利亚总统选举的初步结果显示,现任总统乔纳森(Goodluck Jonathan)似乎在第一轮选举中赢得了彻底的胜利。乔纳森是来自盛产石油的尼日尔三角洲的基督徒,目前为止他的选票是主要竞争对手,前军事领导人穆罕默杜·布哈里(Muhammadu Buhari)的两倍。支持布哈里的主要基地在穆斯林占大多数的北方地区。Caroline Duffield在阿布贾报道。
似乎尼日利亚现任总统乔纳森获得选举的胜利已成定局。选举结果仍然不断出炉,由尼日利亚选举机构正式宣布。但是各区域发表的官方数字显示,乔纳森总统已经获得了赢得第一轮选举所需的关键投票。根据区域选举结果,他已经在24个州赢得了至少25%的选票。目前为止,他获得了2030万张选票,而与他最接近的对手布哈里获得了1040万选票。
埃及前总理纳吉夫(Ahmad Nazif)和政府其他两名前官员将因滥用公共资金指控接受审判。Yolande Knell在开罗报道。