美一发电厂爆炸数十人伤亡（有声）
这起事件发生在美国东部时间7日上午11：30分左右，巨大的爆炸声传至16公里外，许多当地民众甚至误以为是发生地震。据悉，当地救援部门正在积极救援伤者，通过直升飞机空运伤者到附近的医院救治，具体伤亡人数仍在统计中。
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BBC News with Dabura Mccarthy.
Exit polls in Ukraine suggested the presidential election has been won by the pro-Moscow candidate Viktor Yanukovych. The unofficial polls indicated that Mr.Yanukovych defeated his rival, the Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko by 3 to 6 percentage points. Since Tymoshenko's campaign manager says the result has too early to call and is also alleged that extensive fraud has taken place. Richard Galpin reports from Kiev.
The results of the exit polls will release immediately after voting ended on Sunday night. Mr.Yanukovych had been the front runner in the race all along. If his victory is confirmed by the Central Election Commission on Monday, it would be an extraordinary indictment of the failure of the leaders of Orange Revolution to deliver on their promises over the past five years, which is that so many hear deeply disillusioned.
A large rescue operation is underway at an energy plant in the American state of Connecticut after a powerful blast which may have injured dozens of people. The authorities in Middletown say two people are confirmed dead and four others are seriously injured. An official said at least 40 construction workers were inside the power plant when the explosion happened. Here is our Washington correspondent Imtiaz Tyab.
A huge search of rescue effort is underway at the clean energy plant in Middletown Connecticut. Emergency personnel are focusing mainly on one building which were the brunt of the blast which was reported cause by a gas pipeline explosion. The structure that suffered the most damage was apparently under construction and our concerns that maybe people buried under the steel and concrete. A massive explosive was felt nearly 50 kilometers away.
French police have closed down a makeshift shelter for illegal immigrants in northern France just 24 hours after it was opened. The disused warehouse in the Port of Calais was being used by about 100 migrants, mostly from Afghanistan. Here is our Paris correspondent Hugh Schofield.
The migrants mainly from Afghanistan and Iraq head the back of a local campaigning group called "No border". On Saturday, they took it a warehouse, not far from Calais Port, but it apparently of turn it into permanent shelter. Police arrived the building, allow migrants to leave in search of food but not to return. Eventually, there were only a half of migrants of activists remaining in warehouse when police moved in the kidnap mid afternoon Sunday.
Iran says it will begin enriching uranium to a high grade from Tuesday, prompting abjections from several western governments who say it could eventually lead to the production of a nuclear bomb. Britain said the enrichment would be a deliberate breach of UN resolutions while Germany and United States said it could lead to new sanctions on the Iranian government. The statements followed an order to officials from the Iranian President to increase uranium enrichment from 5 to 20 percent.
World News from the BBC.
The Afghan President Hamid Karzai has told a conference of the world's top defence officials in Germany that he is considering introducing conscription to help strengthen Afghan forces so they can take control of security. This comments come as American-led forces prepare to launch a major offensive in southern Afghanistan. NATO Commander say the operation will be the biggest against Taliban insurgents since the war began.
Iraqi police say a female candidate in next month's parliamentary elections has been shot dead in the northern city of Mosul by an unknown government. The woman, Suha Abdel Jarallah was writing on the list of a secular non-sectarian coalition headed by the former Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi.
The former American Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin has said it would be absurd for her not to consider running for President in 2012. In an appearance on the Fox News Television Channel, she said her focus at rival since she was governor of Alaska. Mrs.Palin attracted widespread support among conservative voters during the 2008 campaign.
The biggest annual event in American sport, the Super Bowl takes place in Miami shortly. The Indianapolis Colts are favorites to win. But many American are expected to support the New Orleans Saints whose city is still recovery from the devastation of hurricane Katrina in 2005. Here is Alex Capstick.
When hurricane Katrina and subsequent floods rapped the city in 2005, the New Orleans Saints Stadium, the Superdome became a refugee camp for thousands of homeless people. It was a key image of the city's ruling. It's renaissance as a sports venue and improved fortunes for the football team which plays there have been recognized as a symbol of the city's recovery. Before Katrina, the New Orleans Saints had an unenviable record, but since the devastation five years ago, the Saints have been revitalized into a contender for America's biggest sporting prize.
BBC News.
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