The Burmese authorities have acknowledged that more than 80 people have been killed in the whole villages and parts of towns burnt down in ethnic violence between Buddhists and Muslims in the western state of Rakhine. Human Rights Watch released satellite pictures of a coastal town which it said showed that an entire neighborhood inhabited largely by Muslim Rohingyas have been destroyed. Our reporter in Rangoon CU says government troops intervene swiftly in Rakhine.

　　This time, the government is even more decisive than the previous time, because apparently they deploy more forces relatively quickly, and in a matter of few days, the situation is in control. So in that sense, probably, you know the government is taking action quicker than the last time.

　　There has been more violence in Syria on what should have been the second day of a truce to mark the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha. James Reynolds reports from near the border.

　　Syria's holiday truce appears to have been buried by continuing violence. On this second day of the promised ceasefire, opposition activists say that the government has carried out an air strike and fired mortar attacks in Damascus. Syrian state TV also reports a car bomb explosion in the eastern city of Deir Ezzor. The international envoy Lakhdar Brahimi had hopes that ceasefire might eventually be followed by talks and concessions , but neither side wants to give ground , each may still feel that it can win the conflicts by force alone.

　　More than 20 people have been killed and many injured in two separate car bombings in Baghdad. The blasts were apparently aimed at Shia worshippers on the second day of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha. A bomb attached to a minibus carrying Iranian pilgrims to a shrine in Baghdad exploded killing at least five people. Another bomb targeted a market in a Shia neighborhood north of the city.

　　The former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi who's been given a jail sentence for tax fraud has threatened to withdraw his freedom party's parliamentary support for the unelected government of Mario Monti. David Willey reports.

　　Mr Berlusconi out of the political picture since his resignation nearly a year ago is on the war path again. Clearly angry at Friday's conviction after a long drawn-out trial on charges of massive tax fraud . He launched strong attacks on the judiciary for portraying him falsely as a person with a particular attitude for crime. He also attacked Monti's government for what he called fiscal extortion of the Italian people during the Euro zone austerity crisis.

　　Reports quoting the military in Guinea-Bissau say the army has arrested the alleged leader of a failed coup attempt two weeks ago. The name of the suspect is captain Pansau N'Tchama who was said to have returned from Portugal early this month where he was receiving military training.