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An apparently bugged conversation between two top US diplomats discussing Ukraine hasbeen published online. In the recording, the Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland andthe US ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyat talked about two opposition leaders, Klits, theformer boxer, Vitaly Klitschko, and Yats, thought to be Arseniy Yatseniuk.

What do you think?

Ah,I think we're in play. The Klitschko piece is obviously the complicated electron here,especially the announcement of him as deputy prime minister, and you’ve seen some of mynotes on the troubles in the marriage right now, so we’re trying to get a really very fast onwhere he is with this stuff. But I think your argument to him, which you’ll need to make, havingbest next phone call you want to set up. It’s exactly the one you made to Yats. And I’m gladyou sort of put him on the spot in where he fits in in this scenario, and I’m very glad he saidwhat he said in respond.

Good, so, I don’t think Klits should go into the government. I don't think it’s necessary. I don'tthink it’s a good idea.

A spokesman for the State Department did not challenge its authenticity. A White Housespokesman said the tape was posted on Twitter by a Russian official. It comes on the day asenior advisor to Putin accused the United States of meddling in Ukraine’s politics and trainingthe Ukrainian opposition. Sergei Glazyev said US’s interference gave Russia the right tointervene.

The United Nations says it's ready to deliver aid to the besieged Syrian city of Homs as soon asthe safe passages agree between the government and rebel forces. A spokeswoman said theUN had agreed with the Syrian government that there will be a humanitarian pause in theembattled zone of the old city, allowing civilians to leave. There is not yet been any statementfrom the rebels.

A court in Egypt has ordered a retrial of 21 people sentenced to death in connection with aninfamous football riot in Port Said in 2012. Clashes broke out after a match between theCairo-based team Al Ahly and Al Masry of Port Said in the worst outbreak of violence in Egypt’sfootballing history. Our comment Macher reports.

More than 70 people were killed, most of visiting fans from Al Ahly who soon accused theInterior Ministry of plotting the attack and shutting the exit. They said they have been down inretaliation for the part of Al Ahly had played in the uprising that ousted Hosni Mubarak. In theintervening two years, the political climate has changed and now a retrial has been ordered.

The World Bank is to launch $1bn project to map Africa’s natural resources. It said the projectknown as the Billion Dollars Map will unlock the continent’s unexploited mineral wealth, usingsatellite imagery and geological service. A mining specialist working for the World Bank saidthere was an enormous amount of mineral wealth left to be discovered.

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Mexican police have found a mass grave for at least 20 bodies in the troubled western stateof Michoacan where vigilante groups began an offensive a month ago against the notoriousKnight Templar drug cartel. A spokesman for the vigilante groups said the killings were probablya revenge attack by the drug cartel.

Hundreds of people have gathering in the Malian capital Bamako to mark an international day ofcampaigning against female genital mutilation. Community leaders from 14 different ethnicgroups in Mali vowed to abandon the practice. It’s estimated more than 125m women and girlshave been subjected to the practice in Africa and the Middle East.

Scientists in the United States say they believed they’ve found out how Pacific salmonperformed one of nature’s greatest migrations. Rebecca Morelle reports.

Born inland in rivers and streams, Pacific salmons swim for thousands of kilometers to reachthe open ocean, only to return years later to the same fresh waterside where they spawn andthen die. Now scientists have found the evident that the Earth magnitude field is helping thefish to make this epic migration. A team from the US found that exposing the fish to differentmagnitude fields made them changed the direction they were swimming in. The researchers saythis is because the Earth’s magnitude field differs in density and angle depending on yourposition on the planet. And the salmon is using this information to establish where they areand where they need to go.

Police in the US city Milwaukee say they Stradivarius violin stolen there last week has beenfound in good condition. Police said the 300-year-old instrument was located in an attic afteran anonymous owner offered a $100,000 reward for information to safely retrieve it. Worthmillions of dollars, it was on loan to a concert violinist who was attacked by a robber with astun gun as he left the concert hall.

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