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Afghan 'police officer' kills six Nato troops

Six Nato troops in Afghanistan were shot dead during a training work out today by a man wearing a border police uniform, the alliance said.

The happening took place in eastern Afghanistan where the majority of distant forces are from the US. There are no British troops in the region. It is the worst happening involving foreign troops in more than a month.

"An individual in an Afghan edge police uniform turned his weapon against International Security Assistance Forces throughout a training mission today, killing six service members in eastern Afghanistan," the Nato-led force said in a declaration. It said the gunman was then killed in an exchange of shots with other troops.

The gunfire occurred in Pachir Wagam district of eastern Nangarhar province, an Afghan administrator told the linked Press.

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Download How Roald Dahl Shaped Pop

Download David narrating Radio 2's How Roald Dahl Shaped Pop here.

On the twentieth anniversary of Roald Dahl's death, David Tennant tells a new tale of the unexpected - the stamp he's left on the world of pop.Kate Nash reveals how Dahl's fantastical children's books have influenced her own storytelling style, stirring her to invent surreal characters and magical places in songs like Mariella and Little Red.Kelly Jones of the Stereophonics explains how he found inspiration for songs such as I Stopped To Fill My Car Up in Dahl's grisly, suspenseful short stories.Plus, David reveals how a song about Willy Wonka gave a Rat Pack legend his only U.S. number one.

Thanks to Lora Colver

US loses leverage in climate talks

A year gone President Barack Obama worked in my opinion to salvage the Copenhagen climate summit, a political shift vegetation the United States with far less power while China moves ahead.

US negotiators in the UN-led talks in Cancun, Mexico, face the tough task of persuade China and other emerging economy to agree to a binding treaty with no offering any concession that could face a backlash in Washington.

Obama's Democratic Party suffered a callous election defeat on November 2 to the Republican Party, which has vowed to go up against a nationwide plan to limit carbon emissions blamed for global warming.

"The United States has the power of any major country but its ability to promise much more is somewhat limited by the marital situation," said Alden Meyer, manager of strategy and policy at the Union of Concerned Scientists.

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David Filming In Tynemouth

David has been filming for United in the North East recently. The following story was in the Sunday Sun:
METRO passengers thought it was a Tardis they’d stepped into and not a train when former time lord David Tennant was spotted at a North station.
The Scottish star appeared in full 1950s garb alongside Sunderland-born star Melanie Hill and some nostalgic props as part of a film shoot in Tynemouth, North Tyneside.
The coastal spot doubled as a set for the day as part of a new BBC dramatisation of the 1958 Munich air crash.
The pair were on Tyneside for his latest role as one of the talented Manchester United team which became the youngest side to win the league, only for the squad to be ripped apart when eight were killed in the disaster.
Called ‘United’, the drama aims to bring to life the tragic event which virtually wiped out manager Sir Matt Busby’s team, nicknamed Busby’s Babes, and the battle to overcome the devastation.
Despite the film being about a team from Manchester, the BBC announced earlier this month that filming would take place in the North East.
Surprised passengers and TV fans coming out of Tynemouth station were stunned to see cameras pinpointed on David, wrapped in a 1950s style camel coat, and stood beside an old-fashioned car.
IT engineer Barry Ward, from Sunderland, was among the starstruck onlookers.
The 27-year-old said: “I asked a security man and was told they were filming the return of Bobby Charlton but I could only see David and a female actor. They got off a train, came out the station and were then getting into the car and I could hear David’s broad Scottish accent.
“I know he’s from Scotland anyway but when you heard him speak he had a very exaggerated accent.
“There were quite a lot of amused faces when people came out and saw Doctor Who was in town.”
David, who recently starred in BBC1 drama Single Father, will play coach Jimmy Murphy, who wasn’t involved in the fatal crash but helped to piece together the team as Busby recovered from his injuries.
A key figure in the film is Ashington-born Bobby Charlton, played by Jack O’Connell, who was among the youngest of the Babes in the crash.
The BBC said it had chosen to film in the region because it was more suited to the authentic period locations, plus the production has been part-funded by the region’s screen agency Northern Film and Media.
Bringing the drama to the North has been as a major coup for culture in the region.
Director of BBC North Peter Salmon said: “This was a tragedy that touched the lives of many people in Manchester both directly and indirectly.
“With its superbly talented cast and powerful script I am proud that BBC North is supporting this project.”
United is due to be shown on a BBC channel next year.

South Korea cancels Yeonpyeong island drills

South Korea has cancelled plans to carry out a live-fire weaponry drill on the island North Korea bombard last week.

Seoul had deployed multiple rocket launchers and long-range howitzers on Yeonpyeong after last week's guns exchange, and population on the tiny island were warned earlier today to take sanctuary tomorrow morning.

Excluding South Korean military officials said later that plans to fire weaponry rounds into waters south-west of Yeonpyeong had been cancelled.

The military gave no reason for the annulment.

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Iranian nuclear scientist killed, another injured in Tehran bombings

A well-known Iranian nuclear scientist was killed Monday and a second was gravely wounded in nearly concurrent car bomb attacks in the Iranian capital, the semiofficial Fars news agency report.

The explosion, which took place near Shahid Beheshti University, are the latest in a string of recent murder attempts in which five doctors and professor have been killed in Tehran.

Iranian establishment blamed agents of Israel and the United States for the killings, saying they want to cause chaos in the country. But leading figures in Iran's resistance movement accused the government of intrigues the attacks in order to increase fear in the capital, where many oppose the regime of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

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