ransacked
in the violence. He said the local Murle population was drifting back to the town from which they had fled. MSF has now contacted all but 47 of its staff who'd run into the bush to escape the conflict.
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The former President of Pakistan, General Pervez Musharraf, has said he is ending his self-imposed exile to return to Pakistan despite the threat of arrest on arrival. Addressing a public rally in Karachi from Dubai via a video link, General Musharraf said he'd arrive in Karachi at the end of the month and asked his supporters to prepare for elections. Mr Musharraf is wanted in Pakistan in connection with the murder of the former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. He denies any involvement.
The American government has ordered the expulsion from the United States of the Venezuelan consul general in Miami. The American government hasn't given a reason for the action, but a television documentary recently accused Mr Acosta of participating in an alleged Iranian plot to
hack into
American national security facilities.
The world-famous British scientist Stephen Hawking has been forced by illness to miss a symposium organised to mark his 70th birthday.Some of the most eminent physicists in the world had gathered to honour him. Our science correspondent David Shukman reports from Cambridge.
When he was wished a very happy birthday, the room erupted with loud applause. The talk that he planned to give in person had been pre-recorded and was played without him. He described his journey of scientific discovery, saying he didn't think humanity would survive another thousand years without escaping beyond our planet. But he urged everyone to remain optimistic. "However difficult life may seem," he said, "there's always something you can succeed at. It matters that you don't just give up."