World Update from BBC News
New York agrees 9/11 dust payoutNew York City is to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to rescue workers who say their health was damaged by dust at Ground Zero.UN critical of Israel over GazaThe UN's top humanitarian official criticises Israel for linking the 2006 capture of one of its soldiers to the Gaza blockade.Japan arrests whaling activistAn activist from New Zealand who boarded a Japanese whaling ship last month is arrested by Japan's coastguard.Rove 'proud' of US waterboardingFormer US President George W Bush's advisor, Karl Rove, says he is proud of waterboarding as he believes it prevented attacks.Turkey and Sweden in genocide rowTurkey withdraws its ambassador to Sweden after the parliament votes to describe as genocide the killing of Armenians in WWI.
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