[02:14.69]The spokesman of the Somali president says the government is ready to give him amnesty provided he denounces violence.

[02:21.85]Aweys is seen by many as the father of Jihadists in East Somalia since early 1990s after the collapse of Somalia’s last functioning government.

[02:30.55]He is considered a terrorist by both the UN and the United States.

[02:34.55]A hunger strike by asylum seekers camped out in the centre of Munich in southern Germany is reaching a critical phase.

[02:41.23]About 50 people from countries including Pakistan, Nigeria and Afghanistan have eaten nothing for more than a week and refused water since Thursday.

[02:49.45]The German authorities say they won’t be blackmailed into giving them asylum without going through the required legal procedures.

[02:56.78]World News from the BBC

[02:59.65]A Christian girl who was falsely accused of blasphemy in Pakistan has fled to Canada with her family to start a new life.

[03:07.40]Rimsha Masih was 14 when she was arrested last August accused of burning pages of the Koran.

[03:13.31]Orla Guerin reports from Islamabad.

[03:15.81]When the young Christian girl was arrested and sent to a maximum security prison there was an international outcry.

[03:23.42]Doctors here said Rimsha was just 14 and had a mental age of less than that.

[03:28.91]After her release, campaigners warn she would not be safe in Pakistan where mobs have killed others suspected of blasphemy.