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Hello again, you are watching BBC
world news, I'm David Eades
and this are the headlines:
Indonesia has called for
International help to get AID
and heavy equipment to parts
of Sulawesi, hit by friday's
earthquake and tsunami.
At least eight hundred people
are known to have died.
The figure is expected to rise.
The United States and Canada
reached a last minute deal
on the North America free trade
agreemen. It's told that Canada
will give the US access to it's
diary market in return
for protection against tariffs
on cars.
Macedonia's Pro-European
Prime Minister says he will
press on with the parlamentary vote
to change the country's name
to "North Macedonia", even though
sunday's referendum on the issue
failed to give him a clear mandate.
A typhoon in Japan has left
two people dead and more
than a hundred and twenty injured.
Gale-force winds and very heavy
rainfall caused extensive damage.
Three quarters of a million homes
in Tokyo are still without power.