by the brown, swirling water. Homes collapsed, farm animals were killed and thousands of families lost almost everything they owned. Now the first help has arrived. The UN is calling for further donations of food, tents and household goods.
Reports from Ivory Coast say the secretary general of former President Laurent Gbagbo's party has been arrested – the third senior party official to be detained in just over a week. A spokesman for the Ivorian Popular Front said police took Laurent Akoun into custody in Adzope north Abidjan. Government sources alleged he is implicated in attacks on government troops.
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The Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says the current crisis in his country is a plot against the whole region, of which he said Syria was the cornerstone. Mr Assad's latest comment follows claims by opposition activists that government forces have massacred more than 300 people in Darayya near the capital Damascus. There's no independent confirmation of the claim. Barbara Plett reports from neighboring Lebanon.
叙利亚总理阿萨德说,该国目前的危机是针对整个地区的阴谋,而叙利亚就是该地区的奠基石。阿萨德之所以发表这番言论,是因为反对派活动人士称政府军在首都大马士革附近的德拉雅屠杀了300多人。目前对此尚无独立消息来证实。Barbara Plett在黎巴嫩报道。