It is twenty three hours thirty universal time and here is the news in Special English on the Voice of America. I’m Jim Tedder in Washington. President Bush has made a short secret visit to American troops in Iraq. The trip was not announced earlier because of security concerns.
White House officials had said the President would spend the Thanksgiving holiday at his Texas home. But late Wednesday Mr Bush fled to Baghdad on the presidential plane Airforce One. He shared a holiday meal with six hundred American troops and several members of the Iraqi governing council in Baghdad. President Bush reportedly left Iraq after about two hours. The head of the Iraqi governing council now says a plan for returning self government to Iraqis should be amended. Council Chairman Jalal Talabani agreed the changes are needed after meeting with Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani in Najaf.
Observers say it is very important that the country’s top Shiite clergyman support the plan. After the meeting, Mr Talabani said the plan remains in place. But he said it would probably be changed to meet the clergymen’s objections. He said the Ayatollah wants direct community and legislative council elections organized by Iraqis, not Americans. Taiwan’s Parliament has passed a bill permitting the island to hold votes on in dependences and other major issues. Part of the measure gives Taiwan’s President the power to call for an independence vote if Chinese attack Taiwan.
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However opponents of the bill succeeded in making sure that the final version permits parliament to consider other possible issues. They will do so before asking citizens to vote. The legislators accepted the measure in Taipei. It now must be signed by Taiwanese President Chen Shui bian. A Chinese born human rights activist has admitted to a United States court that she exported restricted technology to China. Gao jian pleaded a guilty of financial wrongdoing and exporting eighty computer devices to China without United States permission.
The devices could be used to guide military airplanes and identify targets. Lawyers for the government said Gao made over five hundred thousand dollars on the deal. She may go to jail for ten to fifteen years. She will be sentenced down March fifth.
In 2001, Gao was convicted in China on charges of spying for Taiwan. She was released five months later after the United States strongly urged China to free her. You are listening to the news in VOA Special English. British police say they have found explosives in the home of a man believed to be connected to the Al-Qaeda terrorist organization. The twenty-four-year-old man was arrested. He is suspected of planning terrorist acts in the country.
British police are reportedly investigating possible ties between the man and Richard Reid. Mr Reid tried to destroy a United States passenger airplane with a bomb hidden in his shoe in 2001. Police also arrested a thirty-nine-year-old man in Manchester who is suspected of planning terrorist’s attacks. It is unclear if the two arrests are linked.
