mike wooldridge, bbc news. >> in greece, and to bonds in baghdad -- bombs and back said. police say the first bomb went off in a narrow alley and a second more powerful blast happened nearby as people gathered. a verdict to be delivered in the trial of a bbc journalist from tajikistan owho was charged with association with a banned group. he denies all charges. the government of sudan denied allegations that the sudanese police abducted and killed displaced civilians close to a u.n. peacekeeping base in the border region. human rights campaigners from the u.s.-based group enough project says they have eye witness accounts of abuse as but a city spokesman rejected the claim. the racial divide in the united states has been one of the most contentious episodes in its history, and its legacy still persists today. well, on sunday at a ceremony in washington, president obama will be inaugurating a memorial to one of the people will help end racial segregation in america, martin luther king. it will be the first time anything other than a president has been honored in this way.

watching their statements with me, mike wooldridge. look at the press interest, mike. it's absolutely incredible. we are going to get a verdict, but not before this evening. >> that's right. i mean, that kind of media attention, of course, we've heard in many ways throughout the whole trial, and what we've really had today is both amanda knox and raffaele sollecito trying to defend their characters as much as to protest, once again, their innocence in this case, to try to suggest to the judge and jurorser who now weighing up the whole case that they could not have been associated with that level of brutality. >> sorry so interrupt. we're going to listen to this statement from outside the court. >> absolutely fair and i'm not going to say anything else on that. this is -- what has been said during the first and second degree trial, we've heard about it now, we have different opinion anyway. what will the judge have to do in order to say that they are guilty? well, i'm not going to suggest anything to the judges. i can only say that they've heard from every party what ha

mike wooldridge is with me to run through this. you mentioned ellen johnson sirleaf, she was the first name out of the hat. it's a female. >> and she faces potential re-election if she's to win just next week. so maybe an important point she's been chosen now. but the committee has said in advance that they thought their winner -- they said in advance yesterday it would just be one winner and would be widely accepted, much more consensual candidate this year than last year. so an interesting choice that they spread it beyond ellen johnson sirleaf to widen it out , also very much known as a peacemaker, peace activist, organization there, the women of liberia mass action for peace. they'll be involved in monitoring those elections, so interesting for that. and then the third figure, so-called karman. >> which is sort of a rain spring link if we're looking for one. >> precisely. and that's a name that had been at least as much in the speculation at all. but once again, it's a woman confirming that they particularly wanted to emphasize