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world<br />
growing rumours that this<br />
is the case. The rumours<br />
were sparked by the company's<br />
hiring Jones Day, a<br />
law firm which specialises in<br />
handling bankruptcy cases.<br />
It also comes on the back<br />
of shares in the company<br />
plummeting last week following<br />
the revelation that<br />
Kodak planned to borrow<br />
£103 million for "general corporate<br />
purposes". Kodak has<br />
explained away its trip to the<br />
lawyers by saying that it was<br />
"not unusual for a company<br />
in transformation to explore<br />
all options".<br />
bANGlAdesH<br />
A tribunal investigating the<br />
1971 independence struggle<br />
between Bangladesh and<br />
Pakistan has charged its first<br />
suspect. Delawar Hossain<br />
Sayedee, a senior leader of<br />
Bangladesh's largest Islamic<br />
party, is accused of mass<br />
murder and torture – claims<br />
he denies. In total he will<br />
face 20 charges when the<br />
case opens in full in late<br />
October. The total death toll<br />
from the struggle between<br />
Pakistan and Bangladesh<br />
is estimated at three million<br />
over nine months, with<br />
thousands of women raped.<br />
Sayedee is accused of collaborating<br />
with Pakistani forces<br />
to commit atrocities.<br />
UK<br />
Good news for the UK econ-<br />
omy on Monday as Standard<br />
& Poor's confirmed the UK's<br />
AAA credit rating. The credit<br />
ratings agency justified the<br />
decision on the basis of the<br />
UK's "diversified economy"<br />
and "flexible fiscal policy".<br />
It's reason for the UK to gloat<br />
after the USA was downgraded<br />
to AA+ in August. Last week<br />
New Zealand also received the<br />
chop, falling from AA+ to AA.<br />
The UK has also just heard<br />
that its manufacturing sector<br />
has returned to growth for the<br />
first time in three months.<br />
bUlGAriA<br />
Bulgarian nationalists<br />
marched through the capital<br />
Sofia in protest against the<br />
country's Roma population<br />
– the end of a week of nationwide<br />
protests. They carried<br />
banners saying things like<br />
"Gypsy criminality is a danger<br />
to the state" and "I don't want<br />
to live in a Gypsy state". Roma<br />
make up 9% of Bulgaria's population<br />
and suffer high levels<br />
of poverty and unemployment.<br />
The current tensions<br />
were sparked by the death of<br />
a youth hit by a van driven by<br />
relatives of "King Kiro", who is<br />
a prominent Roma clan boss.<br />
In Bucharest and Paris, rallies<br />
were held as part of "Roma<br />
pride" this weekend.<br />
UsA<br />
Former US Vice President<br />
Dick Cheney, together with<br />
his daughter Liz, has called<br />
briefs<br />
on President Barack Obama to<br />
issue an apology to the Bush<br />
administration. In an appearance<br />
on CNN's “State of<br />
the Union” show on Sunday,<br />
Cheney said Obama should<br />
retract his criticism of the Bush<br />
administration's tactics in the<br />
war on terrorism. He was referring<br />
to the speech Obama<br />
delivered in 2009 where he said<br />
that the fallout from 9/11 was<br />
that it caused America to "act<br />
contrary to our ideals" (in particular<br />
reference to the use of<br />
torture at Guantanamo Bay).<br />
Liz Cheney went so far as to say<br />
that "he slandered the nation"<br />
and "he owes an apology to the<br />
American people".<br />
iTAlY<br />
A verdict is expected in the<br />
Amanda Knox case on Monday<br />
evening. On the emotional<br />
last day of the trial, Knox and<br />
her co-accused Raffaele Sollecito<br />
both gave heartfelt closing<br />
statements. Knox cried as she<br />
began hers, before composing<br />
herself and saying "I did not<br />
do the things they say I did. I<br />
did not kill, rape or steal. I was<br />
not there". Hopes were high<br />
among her supporters that<br />
Knox would be freed, in which<br />
case she could leave within<br />
two hours. Three other options<br />
were on the table, however:<br />
her original jail term (26 years)<br />
could be upheld; it could be<br />
reduced without her being acquitted,<br />
or it could be extended<br />
to a life sentence, as prosecutors<br />
have requested.<br />
tuesday - 4 october 2011