incumbent
on all of us to keep the pressure on Assad to meet the commitment that he's made, and that's our intention over the next few days."
The plan,
brokered
by Kofi Annan, calls for a UN-monitored end to the fighting, the pull-out of government troops from opposition cities and humanitarian access.
The discovery of eight fossilised foot bones in Ethiopia 3.4 million years old has given scientists a rare insight into the evolution of humans and their ability to walk. Jonathan Amos reports.
The eight small bones of a right foot unearthed in the Afar region of central Ethiopia are an important discovery. Scientists know of one human ancestor that lived in this location 3.4 million years ago: the creature famously dubbed "Lucy", whose skeleton displayed a clear preference to walk upright - a key marker of what it is to be human. But researchers tell the journal Nature these new bones are not from Lucy. They are more
primitive
with a big toe that could grasp branches in a tree. Nonetheless, they too show an ability to walk upright on occasions albeit with a different
gait
.
The deposed President of Mali, Amadou Toumani Toure, says he's safe and in the capital Bamako. He didn't give his precise location, but said he isn't being held by the soldiers who staged last week's coup. Mr Toure's whereabouts hadn't been known previously. Thousands of people marched through the streets of Bamako today in support of the coup, chanting slogans against the West African regional grouping Ecowas.