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Fruit and Veg and Serious Illness 水果、蔬菜和疾病[00:00.07]Take away English from the BBC.

[00:02.84]One of the most commonly-held beliefs regarding health and nutrition in the UK has been found to be untrue, according to a new scientific study.

[00:12.25]For many years British people have been recommended to eat at least 'five-a-day' ¨C

[00:17.96]that is five items of fruit or vegetables every day in order to improve their health and reduce the likelihood of illness, in particular cancer.

[00:27.75]The recommendation was first put forward in 1990 by the World Health Organization

[00:33.62]which said that the 'five-a-day' diet could prevent cancer and other chronic diseases.

[00:39.80]Since then the advice has been a mainstay of public health policies in many developed countries,

[00:46.20]such as the UK, where the population eat a high proportion of junk food. [00:51.12]Many health campaigns have promoted the advice, and indeed much food packaging in Britain states how the contents will constitute part of your five-a-day.

[01:01.64]However, a study of 500,000 Europeans from 10 different countries refutes the commonly-believed suggestion

[01:09.31]that up to 50% of cancers could be prevented by increasing the public's consumption of fruit and vegetables.

[01:16.58]Instead the study, which is led by researchers from a well-respected New York medical school,

[01:22.33]estimates that only 2.5% of cancers could be averted by eating more fruit and veg.

[01:29.22]It seems that the key to avoiding cancers is to have an overall healthy lifestyle which includes not smoking or drinking a lot of alcohol, taking exercise and avoiding obesity.

[01:41.91]But medical charities have spoken out to remind people that diet is an important factor in staying healthy,

[01:48.95]and that even a 2.5% reduction in cancers is still a positive step.

[01:54.51]Cancer Research UK said: "It's still a good idea to eat your five-a-day but remember that fruits and vegetables are pieces in a much larger lifestyle jigsaw."

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[00:00.17]BBC News this is Mike Cooper.

[00:03.15]Many thousands of people have lined the streets of the Polish capital Warsaw to witness the return from Russia of the body of the President Lech Kaczynski following Saturday's air crash.

[00:13.10]On arrival in Warsaw the coffin draped in the red-and-white Polish flag was carried from the plane by a group of army officers and born along a red carpet past waiting dignitaries.

[00:22.65]In all, 96 people died in the crash. Brian Hanrahan reports from Warsaw. [00:27.24]Right across Warsaw, there are small banks of candles and photographs - makeshift memorials to the 95 people who died along with the president.

[00:35.51] Read down the list of the dead, and you will soon see why this disaster has touched so many people personally.

[00:41.09] It's not just the politicians in the military who died by the dozen, but a whole range of public figures - representatives of the barrister,

[00:50.08]the Olympic Committee, cultural figures and academics. This was a delegation that represented the nation.

[00:55.34]After the first day of voting in Sudan's elections, correspondents say a picture of confusion and disarray is beginning to emerge.

[01:02.84]The party of the former southern rebels, the SPLM has asked for a four-day extension to the scheduled three days of polling because of reported irregularities. [01:11.79]Martin Plaut is in Khartoum.

[01:13.24]While the process generally went well in the capital Khartoum, in the rest of the country the very opposite was frequently the case.

[01:20.66]In several states, from the Red Sea in the north to the far south of the country, voters had little chance of exercising their democratic rights.

[01:28.49]This country has seen little peace since independence in 1956. To hold an election as complex as this one in a country as underdeveloped as Sudan was always going to be a tall order.

[01:40.27]The authorities will have to strain every nerve if these problems are to be resolved in the time that remains.

[01:46.57]The American Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the Defense Secretary Robert Gates have sought to repair US relations with the Afghan leader Hamid Karzai. [01:55.69]He's accused Washington of trying to dominate Afghanistan and weaken his government.

[02:00.09]Mr Gates described the US military and the Afghan authorities as having a good working relationship.

[02:05.71]"I think that the Afghans are very concerned about their sovereignty, and they are very concerned that it be clear

[02:13.24]who is the president of Afghanistan and that he be treated with respect because he is the representative of the people of Afghanistan and their sovereignty.