Venezuela has ordered Columbian diplomats to leave the country within 72 hours. The Venezuela president Hugo Chavez had earlier announced he was breaking off relation over (accusation) said his government was harbouring left-wing Columbian rebel. At a meeting of the Organization of American States in Washington, Columbia presented videos, maps and photos to prove that Farc and ELN rebels have bases in Venezuela. Mr Chavez blamed the Columbian president Alvaro Uribe who's leaving office next month for the deteriorations of relations. I blame President Uribe who's sick with hatred. He's going to the dustbin of history. He's going straight there, a pole of the Yankee empire. He ended up isolated in the continent. He didn't defeat the guerrillas or the drug traffickers and Venezuela is a (victim) of all this. The Internaitonal Court of Justice in the Hague has ruled that Kosovo's Declaration of Independence from Serbia did not violate International law. The ruling backed by ten judges with four against was (announced) by the president of the court Hisashi Owada. The court considers that general international law contains no applicable prohibitions of declarations of independence. Accordingly, it concludes that the Declaration of Independence of the 17th February 2008 did not violate general international law. Although not legally biding, the ruling could have implications for seperatist movement around the world. It's expected to lead to a renewed push by Kosovo for further international (recognition). The president of Serbia Boris Tadi?, speaking after the court decision said his country would never accept what he called the unilaterally proclaimed independence of Kosovo. Mr Tadic said his government would carefully analyze and consider the situation in the days to come. A Russian scientist deported to Britain two weeks ago in a (spy) swap between the United States and Russia has said he wants to go home. The statement is the first from Igor Sutyagin since he arrived in United Kingdom from Russia where he had been held in a prison camp since being convicted of spying for Americans. Igor Sutyagin was homesick. Nearly two weeks after arriving in the UK, he's told his brother he desperately wants to go home. In a statement released by his brother in Moscow, Mr Sutyagin said he wants to see his wife and children and to fix the porch on his little house outside Moscow. How soon that might happen is hard to tell. The British authorities have said nothing about what they (intend) for him. But it's part of the deal for his release Mr Sutyagin was pardoned by president Dmitry Medvedev. So in theory, he should be allowed to return to Russia in the future. You are listening to the world news from the BBC A leading academic in the United States has accused the British oil company BP of trying to buying the best scientists of academics to help in its defense of lawsuits rising from the oil spilling in the Gulf of Mexico. The academic says scientists should think twice before they sign a contract with the corporation which has such powerful (economic) interests at stake. The BBC has obtained a copy of the contract being offered to scientists by BP.It states that they cannont publish the research they do for BP of speak about the data for at least three years. A tropical depression is forming over the Bahamas and moving towards the Gulf of Mexico. US officials say it could affect the operation to clean up the oil spill there. The American National Hurricane Center says the tropical (depression) could hit the area of the massive oil spill in the gulf within the next three days. American officials said they would decide later on Thursday whether to evacuate the site. Some ships skimming the oil off the surface are already on the way to port. But Admiral Thad Allen, who's the official in charge of the (clean-up) said whatever happened, the cap, which has been placed over the well to contain the oil would stay in place. The Pakistani Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani has announced that the term of the army chief of staff General Kayani has been extended by three years. General Kayani, who was appointed by former president Pervez Musharraf was due to retire in November when his three-year office term expired. Mr Gilani said the extension was (essential) given the country's battle against terrorism. The Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak has addressed the nation on the eve of Revolution Day. In a speech partly designed to (provide) reassurance about his health. Mr Mubarak spokes standing up for more than ten minutes. BBC news.