Russia's powerful investigative committee says it has evidence the number of opposition activists were training to broad as part of alleged foreign sponsor plans to provoke unrest. Here is Tom Esslemont.
In the 12 months since mass opposition demonstrations began in Russia with aim of ending Vladimir Putin's rule, the leader of the both protests have grown more determined and more defiant. Among them, 35-year-old Sergey Udaltsov, he and fellow activists, Leonid Razvozzhayev, and Konstantin Lebedevhe have already been charged with organizing mass disorder. Now the investigative committee, a state body with the extended powers said it has further evidence including witness testimony showing how the men were seeking cash from abroad to fund mass unrest in Russia. The men denied the charged.
The Spanish authorities have for the first time shown some of the treasure from a frigate that sank more than 200 year ago. The treasure estimated to be worth $500m which discovered by a US salvage company. The Spain successfully claimed owner ship.
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The authorities in northern Pakistan say at least 18 people are missing including eight soldiers after they were hit by an avalanche. An official in the Neelum valley in Pakistan-administered Kashmir said a party had been on a mission to find three soldiers who are hit by an earlier avalanche when another avalanche struck.
The governor of Nigeria central bank has defend his call for the number of civil servants to be halved. The governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi told the BBC that the Nigerian government spends 70% of its income on less than 1% of the population. He said spending should be towards education, health and improve power supplies.