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Reports from northern Nigeria say that the fighting between the security forces and militant Islamists who were blamed for fomenting violence across several northern states has worsened. Latest reports from the town of Maiduguri where the militants are based say that fierce fighting is continuing with the militants still holding several areas of the town although it’s difficult to assess exactly what’s happening. Caroline Duffield is in the commercial capital Lagos.

The military say that they have crushed the militants. They have certainly clear reports that the shelling has dismantled the enclave area. Many buildings apparently flattened and they bombarded the headquarters of the sect. They’ve damaged the family home of the leader Mohammed Yusuf's very badly. Apparently the mosque is completely destroyed and the military also say they have destroyed a local bomb-making factory. And there are other reports also the clinic in which people were hiding have been totally destroyed.

More than 200 people have been killed in four days of clashes since the militants began attacking official buildings.

The International Monetary Fund has announced it’s increasing the support it gives to poorer countries to help them deal with the global economic crisis. By selling some of its gold reserves, the IMF plans to increase lending by up to 8 billion dollars over the next two years. Mark Gregory reports.

The IMF says it will increase loans to low income nations over the next couple of years by 2 billion dollars more than what’s called for by the Group of Twenty leading economies at their summit in April. By 2014 the increase in loans could amount to additional 17 billion dollars. The IMF also plans to suspend interest rate payments on some loans until the end of 2011.

The American Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has criticized the alleged abuse of political prisoners in Iran following the recent disputed presidential election. Mrs. Clinton urged the Iranian authorities to treat the inmates with respect.

"It is imperative for the Iraqi authorities to release political prisoners, to treat them appropriately and humanely. It is something that is very much telling their continuing detention and abuse of political prisoners certainly suggest that the political situation inside of Iran has not yet resolved itself.”

Meanwhile, the Iranian authorities say they plan to put on trial 20 opposition figures starting on Saturday.

President Obama has launched a sweeping defense of his efforts to stimulate the American economy, saying the US may now be seeing the beginning of the end of the recession. The market is up, he said, and the financial system is no longer on the verge of collapse. Mr. Obama also defended the government’s bailout of General Motors and Chrysler.

Shares of the American Internet company Yahoo have fallen 12% on the day the firm announced a long-awaited partnership with the technology giant Microsoft. The two companies said they would form an internet search partnership in an attempt to take on the market’s leading search engine Google. Under the deal, Microsoft’s new Bing search engine will be used in Yahoo sites, while Yahoo will handle its advertising sales using Microsoft computer technology.

Preliminary results from the parliamentary elections in Moldova indicate that the Communists haves won just over 50% of the vote, however, it remains unclear whether they will reach the 3/5 majority of seats in parliament required to elect a new president. Wednesday’s vote was a rerun of the elections in April which was followed by days of violent protests. Tom Esslemont reports.

With results still coming in, the Communists appear to have come close to gaining the number of seats required to be able to elect a president, but it is uncertain whether they have surpassed the critical 61-seat threshold. Four out of seven opposition parties appear to have won seats in parliament, though they would have to form a coalition government if collectively they end up with more votes than the Communists.

Israel has agreed to allow a one-off delivery of cement to the Gaza Strip in what would be the first such shipment since its offensive against the Palestinian territory at the beginning of the year. Israeli official said 310 tons of cement would be transferred to Gaza to help rebuild a flour mill, a sewage treatment plant and a cemetery. United Nations officials have repeatedly urged Israel to end its blockade of the Hamas control territory.

The Ferrari motor racing team has announced that the seven-time Formular-1 champion, Michael Schumacher is to come out of retirement to race for the team again. He will replace the Ferrari driver Felipe Massa who was injured in an accident in the recent Hungarian Grand Prix.

来自尼日利亚北部的报道称，安全力量和被指在北部各州发动暴力活动的激进伊斯兰分子之间的冲突恶化。来自好战分子基地Maiduguri镇的最新报道称，由于战争激烈，好战分子仍然控制着该镇部分地区，很难了解具体情况。Caroline Duffield在商业化首都拉各斯报道。

军方称他们已经粉碎了好战分子。他们清晰的报告称，炮击已经瓦解了被包围地区。许多建筑的倒塌，他们还炮轰了叛军总部。很明显，清真寺已经完全被摧毁，军方还称他们摧毁了当地一座炸弹制作工厂。还有报道称，人们藏身的诊所也已完全被摧毁。

自好战分子袭击官方建筑引发冲突四天以来，已有200多人被杀害。

国际货币基金组织宣布增加对贫穷国家的支持，以帮助他们应对全球经济危机。通过出售黄金储备，IMF计划在未来两年将贷款金额增加到80亿美元。Mark Gregory报道。

IMF称，在未来的两年将向低收入国家提供更多贷款，比今年四月份二十国集团峰会上要求的多处20亿美元。戒指到2014年，多处的贷款将高达170亿美元。IMF还计划2011年之前停止某些贷款的利率支付。

美国国务卿希拉里对伊朗有争议的总统选举之后关押政治囚犯问题进行了批评。希拉里敦促伊朗当局尊敬得对待被拘留者。

“伊朗当局必须释放政治囚犯并善待他们。伊朗当局持续关押和虐待政治囚犯的问题表明伊朗还没有解决内部的政治形势问题。”

同时，伊朗当局称，他们计划从周六开始对20名反对派人物进行审判。

奥巴马总统对自己刺激美国经济增长的努力做出强烈辩护。他说，美国可能已经看到，经济衰退开始结束。他说，市场已经上升，金融体系不再位于崩溃的边缘。奥巴马还为政府救援通用和克莱斯勒的行为进行了辩护。

美国国际公司雅虎宣布与科技巨头微软进行长期等待的合作之后，雅虎股价当天下跌12%。两公司宣布，他们将在国际搜索方面合作，试图争夺搜索巨头谷歌的市场。根据该交易，微乳新的搜索引擎必应将应用在雅虎网站，而雅虎将通过使用微软的电脑技术来增加其广告销售。

Moldova议会选举最初结果表明，共产党获取了刚刚超过50%的选票，然而，他们能够获得竞选总统所需的三分之二的大多数还不清楚。四月份的选举之后发生了连续几天的抗议活动，这次是进行重新投票。Tom Esslemont报道。

随着结果逐渐揭晓，共产党逐渐接近能够竞选总统所需的席位，但是他们能够超过关键的61个席位的门槛还不确定。七分之四的反对派似乎都在议会赢得了席位。如果他们的总票数超过共产党，他们将组成联合政府。

以色列同意向加沙地区一次性运送水泥，这是自今年年初以色列向巴勒斯坦领土发动进攻以来首次类似运输。以色列官员称，将向加沙地带运送310吨水泥，帮助其建立面粉厂，污水处理厂和墓地。联合国官员一直敦促以色列终止对哈马斯控制领土的封锁。

法拉利赛车队宣布进行第七次F1卫冕冠军赛。Michael Schumacher将结束退休，再次为车队而战。他将取代最近在匈牙利Grand Prix比赛中受伤的Felipe Massa。