United Nations' military observer mission in Syria major general Robert Mood has confirmed more than 90 people have been killed in the town of Houla. It's one of the bloodiest attacks since ceasefire was declared across the Syria last month. General Mood describes what the observers have seen.

We can verify that 32 children under the age of 10 and

approximately

additional 62 others were counted as dead. The observers also confirmed from the residential area where they saw the impact but they could verify the use of small arms, machine gun, artillery and tanks. Such

indiscriminate

and disproportional use of forces unacceptable and I would also say unforgivable.

The UN Secretary General Ban Kim Moon and the international envoy Kofi Annan have condemned the killings in Houla as a

flagrant

violation of international law. They demanded the Syrian government immediately cease the use of heavy weapons in populated areas.

House authorities in Chile have begun evacuation of nearly half a million alive pigs from the country's biggest processing plant. It follows a dispute with local people who complained about the smell. Gideon Long in Santiago has more.

The pigs entered the plant in the town of Freirina in Northern Chile. Local say the stench is unbearable, and last week they successfully blocked the entrance to the site. Workers couldn't get in for five days. Some of the pigs died and the government has ordered the plant to be shut. The company that owns it is burying the corpse of dead animals in specially prepared