World news round up - Wednesday February 4th
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World news round up - Wednesday February 4th
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In the US, John Kerry remains favourite to claim the democratic candidacy after exit polls awarded him Delaware, Missouri, Arizona, North Dakota and New Mexico in the latest round of presidential primaries. Wesley Clark and John Edwards are still in the race after winning Oklahoma and South Carolina respectively. Joe Lieberman has however dropped out.
UN secretary general Kofi Annan has said he will send representatives to Iraq to oversee the hand over of power. The coalition provisional authority has lobbying hard in recent months for the UN to return to Iraq. UN officials pulled out last year when their Baghdad headquarters was targeted by suicide bombers.
The South African government has announced plans to cut its spending on the treatment of Aids over the rest of the financial year. The move has prompted concern from campaigners as South Africa has up to five million Aids sufferers.
In Brussels the European Commission yesterday ordered low cost airline Ryanair to repay some of the state subsidies it received from Charleroi Airport in Belgium. The company's chief executive Michael O'Leary slammed the decision as bad news for passengers as it would mean an increase in air fares.
Japanese troops have arrived in Iraq as part of a peacekeeping initiative announced last month. The Japanese government has said that the troops will perform a non-combat role in support of the coalition government.
In the UK, police are planning to stop convicted football hooligans from leaving the country during this summer's European Championships. Known troublemakers could have their passports confiscated in an effort to avoid the violence that has marred previous tournaments.
In sport, Middlesbrough are through to the Carling Cup final after beating Arsenal 2-1 at the Riverside Stadium last night. The Teessiders went through 3-1 on aggregate and will now face Bolton Wanderers in the final.
Finally a self-confessed computer nerd has named his son after a computer software term. Engineer Jon Blake Cusack, from Holland, Michigan, told local newspapers that he felt the US practice of adding "Junior" or "II" after a boy's name was too common. Instead, Mr Cusack has named his son, born last week, Jon Blake Cusack 2.0, like a software upgrade.
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