Newsnight 5 August

Presented by Kirsty Wark.

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Unreserved apology
The government's troubles over the death of David Kelly deepen once again, as the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman issued an unreserved apology for describing the late scientist as a "Walter Mitty" character.

But will Tom Kelly's accompanying explanation wash? Michael Crick was on the trail.

Tom Kelly's statement in full

Tom Kelly profile

Lt Gen David McKiernan
In Kuwait, our diplomatic editor Mark Urban met the man who commands coalition forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. How would Lt Gen David McKiernan negotiate the fear of a military quagmire that's haunted the American psyche since Vietnam?

Read or watch the interview

Liberia
We talked to one of the leading figures in the opposition movement to President Charles Taylor on the plans to negotiate the transition of power.

AIDS conference
And Hilary Andersson reported from the first national AIDS conference in South Africa, and asked why the Pretoria government's own policies mean that drugs which are saving lives in developed countries are being denied to the poor.

Click here to donate to the hospice featured in this report

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