rekindle
d after some of his relatives denied agreeing to have the body transferred to Caracas. Other members of his family still want him buried there.
Prosecutors in Germany have dropped an investigation into claims by a Russian dissident couple that they had been poisoned
on orders
from Moscow. Viktor Kalashnikov and his wife Marina were reported to have 50 times the safe level of mercury in their blood and be losing hair and weight. An investigation was launched last month, but prosecutors say there's no evidence they were deliberately poisoned in Germany.
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巴基斯坦最著名的自由派政客,旁遮普省省长塔希尔(Salman Taseer)在伊斯兰堡被枪杀。塔希尔参观一个拥挤的市场时,他的一名保镖向他开枪。Orla Guerin在伊斯兰堡报道。
警方表示,旁遮普省长塔希尔(Salman Taseer)被他的保镖近距离反复枪击。此人是他的安全队伍中的突击队精英,原本应该保护他的人身安全。据巴基斯坦内政部长所说,塔希尔被枪杀的原因是他反对该国有争议的亵渎神明法。巴基斯坦这名最著名的政客遇刺将会进一步深化这里的危机感。这次刺杀事件发生时,政府正遭遇严重的威胁。
非洲外交官表示,巴博已经准备无条件地进行协商,结束目前科特迪瓦的政治危机。但是目前还没有迹象表明他将出让总统职位。然而,他的竞争对手,被国际社会广泛的认可为11月份总统选举获胜者的瓦塔拉的一名发言人表示,他的支持者没有意向进行进一步的谈判,他们只想巴博下台。John James报道。