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>> and now, "bbc world news." >> after the turmoil, the prime minister says the new government will work toward democracy, but critics say it is a shambles reagan and end -- is a shambles. human rights group called for the prosecution of duvalier, who has returned from exile. coming up later, the brazilian military is cut off by floods and mudslides that killed more than 670 people. dothe tunisian prime minister hs
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announced the formation of a transitional unity government following the popular results last week. there is concern opposition leaders will be given posts in the new government. the new government also announced 78 people have been killed in the country since the beginning of the unrest. n.y>> the morning after the revolution, it is time to sweep away the mess and get ready for a new john kerry goode tunisia is still reeling from the turmoil and super -- get ready -- to sweep away the mess and get ready for the new. tunisia is still reeling from the turmoil. they have cleared away the good sense -- goods.
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the damage repair bill is vast, but the country is trying to roll up its sleeves and move on. the manager says he is hiring extra staff so he can open tomorrow. messages have been buzzing around, urging people not to stay home but to go to work and make it look as if to visa is getting back to normal. -- as if to nietzsche -- tunisia is getting back to normal. >> our job is to provide them with food. >> symbols of the past have been crashing down. the home of the family of the former president have been looted. anything not nailed down has been taken away. this afternoon the prime minister announced his interim government.
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it will include opposition and now and figures outside conventional politics. he also said as political prisoners will be freed during your -- will be freed. the two nations and -- tunisians have not lost their appetite for change. they are hurling insults of the old regime. good the police watched at first seemed to commend -- for get the new commitment to allow greater freedom of speech. there is a sign the dark days may not be completely over. >> president obama has welcomed indictment against the suspects of the murder of the former lebanese and president years ago.
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the charges and names have not been released, but information points to the radical group. >> almost six years after the car bomb, no one has faced many charges. in the immediate aftermath of the assassination, allies assumed this man was responsible. he was forced out soon after by street demonstrations. now comes the first details of indictments.
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the news has divided opinion. you>> i think it is the right, d it seems somebody has something to hide. i do not think that is the case. we respect each other's eyes lebanese. >> i do respect the truce, but i do not know what is in the indictment. >> they suggested those involved are hezbollah. hezbollah has denied any involvement in the assassination. it wants the interim prime minister to cut links with the
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tribunal. so far, he has refused to do that. lebanon remains region calm region rea -- remains calm. >> trouble broke out when christians were delivering election information. police opened fire to break of the attack, and the death of 26 patients in havana a year ago. the deaths from hypothermia exposed failings in the public health system which the communist government hailed as one of its main achievements.
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the african union's mediator says he has made progress in what he calls discussions. he said he proposed a meeting. international human rights groups are calling for the prosecution of duvalier, who returns to his homeland after exiled. they say he should be held accountable for the torture and killing of thousands of people. >> duvalier comes back to haiti from afar, 25 years after he fled. the once shobi playboy claims he came back to show solidarity with the people.
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even this divided figure is welcomed by hundreds. >> since he left the city, we never had a good president. there are always problems, so he is welcome. >> this comes at a time of problems in haiti. the earthquake created an atmosphere of nervous uncertainty. when lies behind his dramatic disappearance? >> he says he has come back with concern for haiti. maybe he perceived a political opening. maybe he thought this would be a time to test the water. >> baby doc's infamous father
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used voodoo and corruption. baby doc stands accused of using the notorious militia to torture and kill thousands of political opponents. human rights groups say it is time for baby doc to be held accountable for his actions. >> haitian people have not forgotten what he stayed -- did, and we continue to take action to prevent this. >> to the already toxic mix of trouble, and the unexpected mixture of of a dictator. baby doc says this will be a quick visit. already they wonder if this will encourage another ousted
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leader to return to. >> it seems a long time since they were in charge. >> there were the main regime that ruled. they controlled the country with an iron grip. they have so much power of -- power at that point. people say they committed crimes against humanity and that is why this should be done. >> some people are concerned about the timing, but others say it is within his rights to go
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home. >> if you are born there, you can come back, but many people say this could be a situation. we have those elections in which people were hoping to bring some stability. there were three candidates fighting for two spaces. at the moment they say the candidate should be excluded. this makes it even more divisive. not only are they looking to choose a candidate but are they pro or nt region an -- or anti. >> the white house seems keen to see a prosecution, but how likely is that? >> very unlikely. not the prime minister said he would like to see the process of
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law goes through. it is unlikely anything will happen to him, but the american state department spokesperson actually said he was not very happy, and also the government in haiti says it is a real problematic time. >> there are other problems that need more pressing attention and some long winded tribunal or prosecution. >> in millions of people are still homeless in port-au- prince. a cholera epidemic killed thousands. others say that justice and movement within the country needs to be addressed, and that can make people feel as if the state is effective. >> thank you very much. still ahead, a former swiss banker tells wikileaks what he
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thinks is evidence of tax evasion by hundreds of corporations. the world bank in scotland has admitted a large number of bankers are paid more than they are worth, but he blames the culture of investment banking, and he also says bonuses are not a true reflection of the performance of most stakes. -- banks. >> blue monday is the gloomiest days of the year, probably not if you are an investment banker looking forward to your bonuses, but are they worth all that money? not all of them according to the chairman of the royal bank of scotland. >> there are quite a lot of people who get paid an astonishing amount who looked to be average. why does that happen? >> i am not sure i have an answer for that, but i agree it
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is a challenge. the star quality seems to filter down to people who do not seem very star quality, and the disparity between the top stars and some of the attorney men players greeted the journeymen players is not as smart as it should be -- and some of the journeymen players is not as sharp as it could be. tens of thousands of people are extraordinarily highly paid. the most serious thing about it if you look at the last 10 years is that the performance of shareholders has been pretty disastrous across most headaches. some have gone out of business altogether, and -- across most thanks. some have gone out of business altogether. >> this will be seen as a huge money, especially when the
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chairmen concede some of the recipients are overpaid. >> you are watching bbc news. to the show cost prime minister says the new government will work towards democracy. -- tunisia's prime minister says the new government will work towards democracy. and word of leaking information to hezbollah. the brazilian military is increasing its efforts to rescue people in the state of rio they janeiro over the last week. after criticism of its response, the british -- the brazilian government decided to give increasing warning in with
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natural disasters. rafael, some terrible pictures of the devastation. what are conditions like out there? >> the conditions today were better than in previous days, because there has not been in the rain here, -- been any rain here, and the rescue workers are still working to get to the bodies. they are definitely under the mud. they are beneath many meters of my mu -- mud, and more than 660 people are concerned. they expect many more bodies under the mud. >> now the concern has become the spread of disease.
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>> the ministry of health already sent 250,000 vaccines to the mountain side of rio, but the people we talked to on the streets are already worried about some fevers, and they are already looking for a vaccine. >> tell us about this alert system the government is promising. how quickly can that be set up her? >> this alert system for natural disasters was announced today. it was supposed to gather weather information to present these kinds of happenings, but the government said it was supposed to be effective only in 2015, so it is really not going to be much help in the present
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situation. >> we said there has been a break in the rain. what is the forecast over the next few days? >> forecast is for some occasional rain on the mountainsides, but the weather was much better than previous days. saturday there was some heavy rain, but actually, the forecast is for rain, but this rain is not supposed to be as heavy as what we had previously. >> thank you very much. severe rainstorms caused widespread flooding in the southern australian state of victoria this has hit 1400
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homes. the australian prime minister gillard gave this update. >> communities are anxiously waiting as floodwaters rise and many townships have already been impacted by flood waters. >> meanwhile in the northeastern state of queensland, they have investigated and made a direct appeal for more help from the federal government triggered >> we cannot do it on our own. we need community members doing what they are doing, and digging into their pockets and putting some money into the relief. >> a chief executive of apple, steve jobs says he is taking an absence to focus on his health. he will still be involved in major strategic decisions.
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towels shares fell from the announcement. he went -- apple shares fell after the announcement. he underwent treatment for pancreatic cancer. aunt evidence ofs what he says is tax corruption. he faces charges of stealing from a bed. dave -- bank. >> again, sensitive information. this one apparently contained details of thousands of swiss bank said it -- swiss bank accounts. a man who handed him over is a former swiss banker. >> i know how much it is documented and how much it lost, but i think that is
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exceptional, because i am against the system. >> wikileaks now has in its possession details of the bank account of around 2000 people. that apparently include celebrities, business leaders, and politicians. it is said to detail evidence of money laundering and tax evasion. >> it has become a problem, and authorities think there are billions of pounds they can still recover for the amount of taxes been evaded, so that is a great incentive for them to chase after people. >> many of the accounts are thought to be held in places like the cayman islands, where the man who the the information used to work. he ran of branches of the swiss bank. he is accused of breaking the country apostates secrecy laws.
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-- country's secrecy laws. >> i do dain and now something is wrong. >> rudolph elmer says he tried to pass this document to the government, but some have questioned why he is now giving it to really -- to wikileaks. the founder is still pending an extradition request to sweden. the site was settled for sensitive information. a press conference was more like a parade. >> nine people have been killed and two injured from shootings in mexico. the report is that a shooter went into a house and shot people inside. three were shot dead on the street. thousands of people have been killed from drug-related violence in mexico since 2006.
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and airbus says it delivers more than 500 planes and received 574 orders in 2010 after a late surge. if you or anyone you know is looking for a job, part of the problem is making sure your resume stands out above all the others. more people are using the internet. >> looking for a job, it has not really changed much in years. send off your carefully prepared cv in the post, but now they are transforming the business. if you really want to stand out, you might be better off skipping the paper and put yourself on youtube.
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>> i and 20, and i am a student. >> i am specializing in the event management. >> he realized he needed to go high-tech when he was looking for a new job, and he produce this product. >> welcome to my interactive video. >> we got across of the key information. is inject some more life -- this inject some more life into it. >> it works. he got a job at this london p.r. company, and he is surprised more people do not resort to high-tech street -- high check tr-- high-tech tricks. >> the situation is different, so it has really opened up our lives to how it could be done.
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>> new technology can also harm if your job prospects. employers are scourings social networks for information good or bad about potential recruits. >> they want to use every bit of data to find out whether people are good or not. it is not so if the social network. they are going to use every piece of information they have to make sensible recruiting tools. >> the other teaks -- techniques do not count if you do not have what they want, but standing not from the crowd is half the battle. >> the new interim government in tunisia is promising growth of democracy, but there are
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