The victims’ main lawyer, Jacqueline Moudeina has told the BBC that 13 years after Mr. Habre’s first indictment which was then dropped by the Senegalese authorities. These charges came as a great relief. Mr. Habre has been living in exile in Senegal ever since he was overthrown in a coup in 1990. One of his lawyers, El Hadji Diouf said he remained confidence the truth would eventually emerge for Mr. Habre to be cleared.
Portugal’s prime minister has said he is determined to continue in government even after the attempted resignation on Tuesday of the country’s foreign minister who’s also the leader of the junior partner in the governing coalition. On Monday the country’s finance minister resigned. He had been overseen the government’s efforts to reduce Portugal’s debt. Alison Roberts reports from Lisbon.
In his brief statement to the nation, Pedro Passos Coelho said he had not accept the foreign minister’s resignation but the idea that the minister Paulo Portas who also leads the smaller of the two parties in the coalition might stay on after all was filled with skepticism by political commentators who said it seemed more like an attempt to ensure Mr. Portas’ bored blame for any political crisis. The prime minister said he would now talk to officials from Mr. Portas’ party to establish whether the coalition could continue.
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Canadian police have charged a man and a woman in British-Colombia in connection with a plot said to involve pressure cooker devices similar to those used in the Boston marathon bombings in April. It’s alleged the couple intended to detonate three bombs in the city of Victoria on Monday during the country’s Canada Day celebrations.