An Italian man has been kidnapped by Islamist militants in Gaza.Vittorio Arrigoni is an activist who's been campaigning against the Israeli blockade of Gaza. He was abducted on Thursday morning and a video has since been posted on a Islamist website showing him blind-folded, having apparently been beaten. In the footage, the kidnappers demand the release of prisoners from the Salafist movement who are being held by the Hamas authorities in Gaza.
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英国石油伦敦年会遭抗议者搅局
Protests have interrupted the annual general meeting in London of the oil giant BP, the first since last year's oil rig blast and huge oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Several protesters were ejected and fishermen from the US Gulf coast were refused entry to the meeting where they've planned to complain about the continued effects of the pollution. Inside the campaign a read out statement by the father of one of the 11 men who died in the blast in which accused BP of prioritizing profits over safety.
欧洲部分国家限制向美国出售用于死刑的药物
The British and Danish governments have both attempted to prevent drugs made in their countries being used for executions in the United States. The British Business Secretary Vince Cable said he was blocking the export to the US of three drugs used to administer lethal injections. He said Britain was opposed to the death penalty in all circumstances. The Danish government says it will ask the United States to carry out lethal injections to stop using a drug produced in the US by a Danish company.