A large crowd has protested in the

Sri Lanka

capital Colombo against government moves to impeachthe country's chief justice. Here's Charles Haviland.

A crowd of more than 1,000 people includinghundreds of lawyers moved through the city center denouncing what they say aremoves by the executive headed by the all powerful President Mahinda Rajapaksato cut the judiciary down to size. It came four days after government MPshanded the speaker a motion to impeach the chief justice, ShiraniBandaranayake. He'll decide soon on whether to take the process further. Thegovernment hasn't said exactly why it seeks to impeach the top judge.Opposition figures say the government is furious that she delayed passage of akey bill that centralizes development funds.

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron hasordered an urgent investigation into allegations of sexual abuse at children'shomes in Wales in the 1970s and 80s, although this has been examined before,there is renewed concern after a victim alleged recently that he was abused bya senior politician from the governing Conservative Party at that time.

One of

Argentina

'sbest known film directors Leonardo Favio who was also an actor and singer hasdied in Buenos Aires.He was 74. His most successful film the Nazarene Cross and the Wolf wasreleased in 1975 and depicts a boy who turns into a wolf on nights with thefull moon, soon after he went into exile after a military coup.