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Delegates attending what's seen as a make-or-break round of world trade talks say there are signs of progress. Speaking in Geneva, the European Union Trade Chief, Peter Mandelson said that the proposals on the table were not perfect. But he was very hopeful that a deal could finally be reached. Earlier, the talks seemed on the point of failure.

Imogen Foulkes reports from Geneva.

Later in the afternoon, a piece of paper emerged, new proposals which would require the United States to reduce its ceiling on agricultural subsidies by a further half of a billion dollars. They would also allow developing countries to label up to 12% of their products as special, thus offering some protection. But and this isn't likely to be a sticking point emerging economies would not be allowed to completely protect an entire industrial sector, that will irritate India's growing car industry and please German car manufacturers.

Lawyers for the captured former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic say they filed an appeal against his transfer to the International war crimes tribunal in The Hague. The lawyers said they sent the document // last possible moment in order to delay the legal process. The BBC correspondent in Belgrade says it's almost certain that the appeal will be unsuccessful.

Hospital officials in the Gaza Strip say four Hamas militants and a young girl have been killed near Gaza city when the car they were traveling in was blown up. It was the third bomb attack in Gaza in 24 hours, one of the bloodiest days in the territory since Hamas seized control a year ago. The details are now from // in Gaza city.

The explosion happened on Gaza city s coastal road, close to a crowded beach. The target had been a car carrying four members of Hamas militant wing, of four were killed, so too was a young girl. Many other bystanders, who have been spending the Muslim rest day by the sea, were wounded. Hamas hasn t explicitly accused that its bitter rival Fatah of carrying out the attack, but it has implicated.

Security officials in Lebanon say the number of people killed in renewed sectarian fighting in the Northern city of Tripoli has risen to six. More than 30 people were injured. The latest clashes between pro and anti-Syrian groups came despite an agreement by rival Lebanese politicians two weeks ago to form a government of national unity. Since then, there s been further political wrangling over one of the main its use of contention, weapons held by Hezbollah movement.

The Sudan government has given another strong warning about moves to indict of President Omar al-Basir for war crimes. The Presidential Advisor Bona Malual said that if the International Criminal Court did not indict President al-Basir, Sudan could not be held responsible for the wellbeing of UN peacekeepers and other foreign troops in Darfur. The ICC prosecutor has asked judges to issue an arrest warrant for President al-Basir.

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The American presidential contender John McCain has called for China to address concerns about human rights and free Tibetan prisoners. Mr. McCain the Republican candidate made his comments after meeting with Tibetan spiritual Lama, well, beg you pardon, this is the Dalai Lama in Colorado Earlier Mr. McCain said the policy of his rival Barack Obama on the war in Iraq showed he was not ready to be commander-in-chief.

The United States Coast Guard says very limited ship movement has resumed on the Mississippi river following an oil spill, it's caused massive disruption. Up to 200 commercial vessels were stranded and it could be days before ships can travel unhindered on the river.

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A collision on Wednesday between a barge and an oil tanker closed a 150 kilometers of the river from the Gulf of Mexico to New Orleans, one of the busiest US ports. A traffic // of around 200 ships, various points on the Mississippi could take days to clear. Authorities investigating the crash say there wasn't a properly licensed pilot aboard the tugboat towing the barge. The costs of the accident will include millions of dollars in lost commerce and the bill for cleaning up one of the half million liters of spilt oil.

Engineers from the Australian airline Qantas are set to examine to a three-meter hole which appeared in the fuselage in one of its jumbo jets during a flight from London to Melbourne Thursday. The pilots of the Boeing 747 made an emergency landing in the Philippines capital, Manila, after a section of the fuselage separated from the plane and was rapid decompression of carbon. No one was hurt in the incident.

A computer science professor Randy Pausch, whose last lecture became unlikely publishing an internet sensation, has died at 47 at his home in the United States. He gave the lecture entitled Really achieving your childhood dreams last September at Carnegie-Mellon University shortly after he learned he had terminal pancreatic cancer. He intended it as a guide for his young children, and became a bestselling book.