Ten thousand students, staff and their supporters marched through Budapest on Sunday evening in solidarity with the Central European University (CEU).

New legislation on foreign universities, due for debate in parliament on 5 April, would cripple CEU and could force it to move abroad.
Rector Michael Ignatieff says it will stay open, and stay in Budapest.
"We just want to be left alone," Mr Ignatieff, a former Canadian Liberal Party leader, told the BBC.
"The achievements of the university speak for themselves," he added.
CEU is ranked among the top 200 universities in the world in eight disciplines, and excels in political science and international studies.
The attack on the CEU is the latest battle in a war against liberalism, declared by the increasingly radical right-wing Prime Minister of Hungary, Viktor Orban.
George Soros, the Hungarian-born financier who founded the university in 1991 and still partly funds it, is the main target.
Mr Orban is a critic of liberal NGOs partially funded by Mr Soros. Officials from the governing Fidesz party have repeatedly referred to CEU as "the Soros university".
University officials reply that Mr Soros is part of a 21-member board of trustees, and has no role in the day-to-day running of the university.
Behind the scenes, pro-Fidesz academics also covet the CEU buildings, which occupy prime real-estate in the centre of Budapest, next to the pedestrian zone around St Stephen's basilica.
Students and professors from several other Budapest universities also took part in Sunday's march, defying government claims that the CEU has unfair advantages over them.
Protesters drew parallels with the closure by Russian President Vladimir Putin of the European University in St Petersburg in December 2016, and the closure by Turkish President Erdogan of 15 universities since a failed coup attempt last July.
The strength of solidarity with the CEU appears to have surprised the government. The Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 15 Nobel Prize winners, the US State Department and universities around the world have expressed their support for the university.
Most damaging for the government case was a statement from the Hungarian Education Authority saying that the university was functioning completely legally.
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The proposed legislation would set new requirements for foreign universities, including that they must have a campus in their home country.
The CEU is registered in New York state but does not have a campus in the US.
The government explained the new draft amendments on the grounds that some universities, including CEU, were breaking the law. Viktor Orban has accused CEU of "cheating", in the way it issues degrees.
One senior Fidesz official, EU Commissioner Tibor Navracsics, has also sided with the CEU against his own party.
"Central European University is one of the most important higher education institution not only in Hungary, but also in the European higher education region," he said.
"Therefore, I think it's important that after the correction of possible irregularities, it can continue to operate in Budapest undisturbed."
A compromise solution might be a new international agreement with the university and New York state. If that provides sufficient guarantees that the government will not interfere in its work, the CEU could still be saved.


There are seven-hundred-thousand young carers in the UK.

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13 November 2014 Last updated at 09:02 GMT
Often people don't realise the important and demanding role they have helping a parent or relative every day.
A special programme for Children in Need showed how difficult it can be for young people who care for their mums.
Tom and Antonia-Rae were featured in that film and came in to speak to Hayley about the challenges of their lives.


The American New Horizons spacecraft has made its last planned targeting manoeuvre as it bears down on Pluto.

The probe is due to scream past the dwarf world on 14 July at almost 14km/s and at an altitude of just 12,500km.
New Horizons' 23-second thruster burn will adjust very slightly its speed and arrival time.
The spacecraft needs to take a very calculated path past Pluto and its moons, to ensure its instruments point where they are supposed to on the 14th.
Had the thruster burn not been executed, the US space agency (Nasa) probe would have arrived 20 seconds late and 184km off from the point where mission controllers wanted it to be.
If something concerning is seen in the path such as icy debris, a further manoeuvre could still be implemented.
Shortly, New Horizons' Mission Operations Center, which is based at Johns Hopkins University, will upload the commands that will drive the observation sequence during the flyby.
In the meantime, the spacecraft continues to return pictures and other data on approach to Pluto, even though the dwarf is still currently only a very small feature in the distance.
Its latest detection is of frozen methane on the little planet's surface.
Earth-based telescopes first saw this back in the 1970s, but New Horizons can now confirm the hydrocarbon's presence.
Almost daily, new pictures from the probe's LORRI camera are uploaded on to a public website.
"We can see very large regional differences in brightness across the planet,” said principal investigator Alan Stern from the Southwest Research Institute.
"We see a polar cap. In fact, on Pluto's moon Charon, we see an anti-polar cap - a dark cap, a dark pole, which is very unusual and we don’t understand it.
"But we’re going to get a lot closer, and we're going to see a lot better.
"We’ll get spectroscopy, which will allow us to fingerprint whether the composition is different there. And soon we’ll be able to start making atmospheric studies [of Pluto] and do some of the other things we came to do."
On flyby day itself, no pictures will come back to Earth, because New Horizons will be so busy gathering data.
The first images are expected on Wednesday, 15 July.
"We’ll eventually get to a resolution of 80m per pixel with LORRI," explained Prof Stern.
"So, if you were to fly over a typical city here on Earth, at the same altitude and looked with LORRI, you could spot major parks, you could spot runways; you could spot a football stadium and see the field inside. Things like that; it's going to be pretty incredible resolution."
As of 1 July, New Horizons was 4.7 billion km from Earth and 14.9 million km from Pluto.
The travel time of a radio signal between New Horizons and Nasa's antenna network is about 4.5 hours.
Jonathan.Amos-INTERNET@bbc.co.uk and follow me on Twitter: @BBCAmos


Police have arrested three men in connection with a data breach at the Three mobile network.

The company said details, including names and addresses, had been accessed by using a login to its database of customers eligible for a phone upgrade.
It said the breach then allowed upgrade devices to be "unlawfully intercepted".
On Wednesday the National Crime Agency (NCA) said it had arrested two men from Manchester and one man from Kent as part of its inquiries.
A 48-year-old man from Orpington, Kent, and a 39-year old man from Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, were arrested on suspicion of computer misuse offences, the NCA said.
The third man, a 35-year old from Moston, Greater Manchester, was arrested on suspicion of attempting to pervert the course of justice.
All three have been released on bail pending further enquiries, an NCA spokeswoman said.
Three, which has nine million customers, is investigating how many accounts were accessed, but said the database did not contain payment, card or bank details.
A spokesman for the company said: "Over the last four weeks Three has seen an increasing level of attempted handset fraud.
"This has been visible through higher levels of burglaries of retail stores and attempts to unlawfully intercept upgrade devices.
"We've been working closely with the police and relevant authorities.
"To date, we have confirmed approximately 400 high value handsets have been stolen through burglaries and eight devices have been illegally obtained through the upgrade activity."
He added: "In order to commit this type of upgrade handset fraud, the perpetrators used authorised logins to Three's upgrade system.
"This upgrade system does not include any customer payment, card information or bank account information."
The company said it has since strengthened its data controls and is contacting the eight handset fraud victims.
The use of a login to access the Three database marks it out from a hacking attack on Talk Talk, which led to the theft of the personal data of nearly 157,000 customers.
Talk Talk was fined Â£400,000 last month after hackers targeted vulnerable web pages to steal customer information in October last year.


Northern Ireland's first and deputy first ministers must take action to stop attacks on the Polish community, one of its representatives has said.

Jerome Mullen, who is NI Honorary Polish Consul, said leadership "must come from the top to have this stamped out once and for all".
He was speaking after a spate of attacks on the homes of Polish people in north Belfast.
"It's quite shocking what's happening," he said.
"Clearly there is a lawless disaffected group of young people wandering around this particular area taking their vengeance out on this community.
"The police have only made one arrest - that clearly is because they haven't got sufficient information to identify the people perpetrating these crimes.
"Why is this information not coming forward?"
Mr Mullen called for politicians in north Belfast to "step up and condemn what is happening to this community and offering whatever support they can provide".
There have been three incidents in recent days on the same street, Mountcollyer Avenue in Tiger's Bay.
Last Monday, a group of men attacked two houses and threatened residents at the street in what police described as a racially motivated hate crime.
Windows in two of the houses were smashed with bricks and one man was reported to have been carrying a pick axe.
On Friday, the front window of a Polish man's house was smashed.


The former military ruler of Suriname, Desi Bouterse, has been elected president by the South American nation's parliament.

Mr Bouterse won the necessary 36 votes out of 50 after weeks of negotiations with political factions following a narrow election victory in May.
Mr Bouterse, 64, first led Suriname after taking power in a coup in 1980.
He has been accused of killing political opponents and convicted of drug trafficking in the Netherlands.
His supporters waved flags and cheered outside parliament in the capital Paramaribo, after he secured enough votes for the presidency.
But opponents voiced dismay that the former coup leader had been elected.
"We have gone totally mad in this country," government employee Michael Charles told the Associated Press news agency.
Mr Bouterse's Mega Combination coalition won won 23 out of 51 seats in May's parliamentary election, so he had to get the backing of other parties to secure the two-thirds majority he needed to be elected president by parliament.
Desi Bouterse first seized power in a coup in 1980, five years after Suriname won independence from the Netherlands.
He stepped down under international pressure in 1987, then briefly seized power again in 1991.
In 1999 a Dutch court sentenced him in absentia to 11 years in prison for cocaine trafficking, but the two countries do not have an extradition treaty.
He is also facing a long-delayed trial in Suriname for his alleged role in the murder of political opponents in 1982.
Critics say his campaign for the presidency may have been motivated in part by a desire to secure immunity from prosecution.


Two Australian police officers have been disciplined after they used a counter-terror boat on a surf trip, reports say.

The pair were taking part in a training exercise on Swan Island, south-east Australia, last week.
They used the vessel to reach Corsair Rock, a remote spot popular with surfers.
The officers have not been identified. No details have been given about the disciplinary measures.
The area off Point Nepean National Park is known for having some of the best waves in Victoria state. The place is hard to reach and surfers often travel by boat.
"We are aware of an incident where two Water Police members used a boat for personal use following a training exercise," Victoria police spokeswoman Natalie Webster was quoted by the Herald Sun as saying.
"The members have been spoken to in relation to the matter and disciplinary action has been completed."


Ireland started the three-match T20 series against Afghanistan with a six-wicket defeat in India on Wednesday.

Opener Stuart Thompson hit 56 while Gary Wilson (41 no) and captain William Porterfield (39) added valuable runs as Ireland made 165-5 in Greater Noida.
It was not enough with Samiullah Shenwari (56) and Mohammad Shahzad (47) helping the Afghans to 171-4 with two overs to spare.
The sides meet again in the second T20 at the same venue on Friday.
Ireland suffered an early blow when opener Paul Stirling was dismissed for a duck and with just one run on the board.
Thompson and Porterfield steadied the innings before Wilson helped the Irish to a competitive total.
Shahzad and Najeeb Tarakai (27) put on an opening stand of 51 as Afghanistan cruised to their victory target.
Afghan spinner Amir Hamza (2-23) was the only bowler to take more than one wicket on a day when the bat dominated.
"We fell a little bit short of potentially a very big score. We could have added another 15 and gotten up to the 180 we were looking for," said Porterfield.
"As well as we played I thought we just came up short with the ball. We didn't quite execute things as well as we would have liked."
The loss of paceman Boyd Rankin for the T20s, because of a back problem, was another setback for the Irish on Wednesday.
Rankin is expected to return for the five ODIs against Afghanistan, starting on 15 March.


Newsnight's political editor is to leave the BBC and join ITV News in the newly created role of national editor.

Allegra Stratton's departure follows that of the BBC's economics editor Robert Peston, who was poached by the rival broadcaster last month.
Stratton has been with Newsnight for almost four years. Before that she was The Guardian's political correspondent.
The former BBC producer, who will take up her new role in the new year, said she was "thrilled" to join ITV News.
"It will be a pleasure and a privilege to work alongside such a strong team and I can't wait to get started," he said.
Geoff Hill, the editor of ITV News, said: "I'm absolutely delighted that Allegra will be joining our newsroom.
"She is one of the most talented and knowledgeable journalists in the business, with a long and impressive track record."
Ian Katz, editor of BBC Two's Newsnight, said: "We'll miss her greatly but wish her the very best in her new role."
Stratton's new role will see her reunited with Peston, whose appointment as ITV's new political editor was confirmed in October.
ITV News's Rohit Kachroo will move from UK Editor to the newly created role of Security Editor.
Kachroo said it was "a privilege" to take up the position "at a time when national and global security require so much of our attention".


Squash legend Jahangir Khan's winning run of 555 matches - a record in any sport - has been questioned in a new book.

The Pakistani, widely regarded as the greatest player of all time, went five and a half years without losing between 1981 and 1986.
Rod Gilmour, co-author of 'Jahangir Khan: 555', said: "We believe that it could be significantly lower."
However, ex-world number one Jahangir, 52, reckons the tally "could be more".
He added: "The 555 figure should only be my tournament matches. I played invitational, exhibition and challenge matches.
"It could be between 600 to 700 matches if you include the others. Because I wasn't losing those either."
Jahangir won the World Open six times and the British Open Championship 10 times in succession between 1982 and 1991.
Gilmour and Alan Thatcher have researched record books, annuals, magazines and newspaper reports in writing their book.
"I grew up reading reports of Jahangir Khan and even then he seemed a mythical, magical figure to me," said Gilmour.
"There were no statisticians at the time chronicling his matches and not once has the figure been highlighted in press reports of the time."
Jahangir, whose winning run was ended by Ross Norman in the 1986 World Championship, retired in 1993.
The authors do not dispute the timeframe, but Thatcher said they "wanted to solve for accuracy's sake" the final tally.
He added: "The real figure? It's hard to say.
"But it could be lower than 500, which would mean that Dutch wheelchair tennis great Esther Vergeer could lay claim to the record."
Vergeer, who won her fourth consecutive Paralympic singles gold in London in 2012, went unbeaten for 10 years, winning 470 matches before retiring in 2013.


Former Wales captain Robert Jones believes referee Alain Rolland was right to send off Sam Warburton in their 9-8 World Cup semi-final defeat by France in Auckland.

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The Irish referee banished the flanker for a dangerous tackle on wing Vincent Clerc in the 18th minute.
Jones told BBC Radio 5 live: "The Sam Warburton decision was the right one."
But Jones says the game's rulers left Rolland with no option and should review their stance.
"I have probably never felt as emotional after a game, certainly since my playing days," said former British and Irish Lions scrum-half Jones.
"I feel for the players. I am just so gutted. It is incredible disappointment.
Wales' defeat by France was the sort of horrible heartbreaker that could leave Welshmen sleepless at night until the Severn flows uphill and Cardiff crumbles into the sea
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"As disappointing as it is for me as a Welshman, the Sam Warburton decision was the right one.
"Initially it looked fine, like a well-made tackle. But in slow motion you can see he has lifted Vincent Clerc and dropped him.
"If you go by the letter of the law, that is a red card.
"I think they [International Rugby Board] have to look at that law, and have to give the referee the opportunity to base his decision on the way the game is going and the players involved.
"It is all about the feel of the game and there has been inconsistency in the refereeing.
"But it is the semi-final of the World Cup and you have to abide by the laws. If you are a referee, you make those decisions on the directives the IRB have put in place.
"The way I feel, I think they need to change the law. Ultimately, if you read it, it is black and white.
"He had to make that decision. I think the referee should be given a little bit more control over what they see in front of them.
"If they think it isn't malicious and there is no real intent, I think in many ways it should just be a yellow card. But ultimately he has just gone by the book.
"With a player of Sam's quality, 20 minutes into the game, it shouldn't have happened but ultimately it is the right decision.
"There shouldn't be any controversy or argument. Sam Warburton will have to live with that.
"But he has had a magnificent tournament and has led Wales fantastically well.
"I think France probably played the right kind of game when Wales were down to 14 men, but I still think the best team lost.
"Wales showed in the last 20 minutes how good they are, how close they are as a group and their belief in what they are doing."
Warburton, 23, led Wales to the last four for the first time since the inaugural 1987 tournament and says he intended no malice in the challenge on Clerc.
But the sending-off means Warburton could miss the next game - the third-fourth play-off in Auckland on Friday.
Wales coach Warren Gatland was also left "gutted" by the sending off, believing the incident denied his side the chance to compete effectively.


Scottish Labour leader Johann Lamont has resigned saying senior party members had "questioned" her role amid the "serious challenges" faced by the party after September's referendum.

In her resignation letter she said her decision would enable her party to have a "real discussion" about its future.
Senior party members had "questioned my place in this new phase", she said.
Earlier, the 56-year-old said some Labour MPs were "dinosaurs" who failed to see "Scotland has changed forever".
Ms Lamont had wanted more autonomy for the party in Scotland and significant new powers for the Scottish Parliament.
But in an interview with the Daily Record she accused Westminster colleagues of treating Scotland like a "branch office".
Labour has 41 MPs in Scotland who will fight for their Westminster seats at next May's General Election. The party also has 38 MSPs in Edinburgh's Holyrood parliament and they will seek re-election in 2016.
In her resignation letter to Scottish Labour chairman Jamie Glackin Ms Lamont said the referendum had "opened a new chapter in the debate about the future of the Scottish Labour Party".
She added: "In order that we can have the real discussion about how we take Scottish Labour forward, I believe it would be best if I took  myself out of the equation and stepped down as leader."
She described Labour's challenge in Scotland as "serious", but added "I strongly believe that the Labour Party is not only our best chance of achieving a better, fairer Scotland, it's our only chance".
There are two versions of this story.  In one version, Scottish Labour's departing leader, Johann Lamont, accuses her Westminster colleagues - and, by implication, Ed Miliband - of undermining her and failing to grasp how much Scotland has changed.  She says some of her MP colleagues are "dinosaurs".
The alternative version is that Johann Lamont wasn't up to the job - that she failed to counter the SNP, that she failed to modernise the party sufficiently to cope with a new Scotland where people are no longer prepared to back Labour as a duty, that she failed to attract new talent who might freshen up the party's portrait for the electorate in 2016, when Holyrood goes to the polls.
Reacting to news of the resignation, SNP deputy leader Nicola Sturgeon said that Ms Lamont "carries my personal best wishes".
But she added: "There is no question that her shock resignation reveals Labour to be in complete meltdown in Scotland."
Ms Sturgeon said: "The scale of the infighting between Scottish Labour and Labour at Westminster is exposed for all to see."
The timetable for choosing a new leader will be set out soon.
In the meantime, deputy leader Anas Sarwar is in charge and an MSP will be chosen to stand in for Ms Lamont at Holyrood.
Whoever replaces her will become Scottish Labour's seventh leader since the Scottish Parliament was established 15 years ago.
Ms Lamont, a former English teacher who joined the Labour Party as a teenager, has represented the Glasgow Pollok constituency at Holyrood since 1999.
She took over as the party's Scottish leader in the aftermath of the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, when Labour suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of the SNP.
In the weeks after the independence referendum, she said she wanted to lead Labour to victory in the next Holyrood election in 2016 and become first minister.
Labour leader Ed Miliband said she deserved "significant credit" for the successful "No" vote in the Scottish referendum campaign.
He added: "She campaigned the length and breadth of Scotland making the case for social justice within the United Kingdom.
"She has led the Scottish Labour Party with determination. I know she will continue to serve her constituents.
"Having elected a new leader, I believe the party will show the same will and determination it did in the referendum campaign to help us to victory in the general election of 2015 and the Scottish elections of 2016."
Former prime minister Gordon Brown has constantly been linked to the job, as has fellow MP Jim Murphy, who also played a prominent role in the referendum campaign.
Mr Brown said he was sorry to hear that Ms Lamont had resigned.
He added; "She brought determination, compassion and a down-to-earth approach to the leadership and deserves great credit for taking on the challenge after 2011.
"I wish her well in the future."
Senior Labour sources have indicated that both the former Prime minister, Gordon Brown and the former Scottish Secretary , Jim Murphy, will be approached to see if they are willing to lead the Labour Party in Scotland.
If the two men refuse another scenario being canvassed is for a joint ticket between the MP Anas Sarwar and the MSP Kezia Dugdale.
Mr Sarwar would be the leader and would seek to improve relations between Westminster and Holyrood. Ms Dugdale  would lead the group at Holyrood. One Labour source described this as the "ideal option".
Others believe Mr Murphy should be encouraged to stand. One figure said that if "Jim doesn't stand it will be a disaster", but added he believed the shadow cabinet member could be persuaded.


Former Tory MP Neil Hamilton has withdrawn from the selection process to become a prospective parliamentary candidate for UKIP in Essex.

His name was on a list of five candidates in the running to become the party's candidate for the seat of South Basildon and East Thurrock.
But before hustings began at a meeting in Pitsea, Mr Hamilton announced he was withdrawing from the process.
He said he supported another candidate, Kerry Smith, who was later selected.
Mr Smith had been deselected as the party's prospective parliamentary candidate for the same seat in October.
"He should never have been deselected in the first place, in my opinion, and he will make an excellent member of Parliament for Basildon," said Mr Hamilton.
"I would not have put my hat into the ring if I'd known that Kerry was going to be a candidate.
"I didn't know until I got here that his name was included in the ballot paper."
Channel 4 reported seeing a letter from UKIP's finance committee querying expenses claims made by Mr Hamilton.
Mr Hamilton, UKIP's deputy chairman, said his decision to withdraw from the Basildon selection process was nothing to do with expenses, but that it was a UKIP "dirty trick" to stitch him up.
Last month he withdrew from the process to become the party's UKIP's parliamentary candidate for the Boston and Skegness constituency.
Mr Hamilton would not say if he was planning on trying to run in another seat.


Hull Kingston Rovers have signed Leeds Rhinos captain Danny McGuire on a two-year contract from next season.

The Championship leaders revealed they had spoken to the 34-year-old last week but said any move would depend on them winning promotion back to Super League.
McGuire has spent 15 years with Leeds, helping them to seven Grand Final wins.
"I feel I could have easily stuck around at Leeds and finished my career here but I feel like I've still got a lot to give," he told the club website.
"I'm still playing well, so I'm looking forward to starting afresh and putting a marker down at Hull KR. Hopefully, we can have a good season and create some good times there."
England and Great Britain half-back McGuire is the leading try-scorer in Super League history with 233, and is fourth on the Rhinos' all-time list.
Since making his Leeds debut as a teenager in 2002, McGuire has scored 262 tries in all competitions in more than 400 appearances and in addition to their Grand Final triumphs has also helped them to three World Club Challenge titles and two Challenge Cup wins.
McGuire will team up again with former Leeds team-mate Jamie Peacock, who is now the Robins' head of rugby, at KCOM Craven Park, while he will get the chance to play under World Cup-winning former Australia coach Tim Sheens.
"Danny will really add to our squad for next year," said Sheens. "He's had a few clubs looking at him but I think he liked what he heard about us and the things we spoke about. We've had a good chat about how we see things and we were totally honest regarding our situation for next year, which wasn't an issue for him."
Rovers are guaranteed to finish top of the Championship but must now go through the Qualifiers to win promotion back to the top flight at the first attempt after being relegated when they lost to Salford in the Million Pound Game last October.


An Italian man has astonished doctors by sneezing a bullet out through his nose after being shot in the head.

Darco Sangermano, 28, had been taken to hospital in Naples for emergency treatment after being hit by a stray bullet during New Year's Eve celebrations.
The bullet passed behind his right eye and lodged in his nostril, but miraculously did no serious damage.
He is expected to make a full recovery, doctors say.
Mr Sangermano had spent New Year's Eve with his girlfriend in Naples.
As the city sky exploded in a traditional celebration of fireworks, firecrackers - and the occasional high-spirited blast of firearms - he was wandering the streets when a stray .22 calibre bullet struck him on the side of the head, behind his right eye.
Bleeding heavily, he was rushed to hospital.
But while he was waiting for doctors he sneezed - and the bullet popped out of his right nostril.
Doctors say it had been slowed down when it hit his skull - which almost certainly saved his sight, as well as his life.
Mr Sangermano is expected to undergo laser surgery on his right eye's damaged retina.


Iraq's prime minister has warned that a plague of sectarianism is threatening Arab nations, after the most widespread violence there since US troops left.

Nouri Maliki said sectarian conflict had returned to Iraq "because it began in another place in this region" - an apparent reference to Syria.
The violence has left some 170 people dead across the country since Tuesday.
On Saturday, at least five anti-al-Qaeda Sunni militiamen and three security forces personnel were killed.
Police said the first attack saw gunmen open fire on a checkpoint near the city of Tikrit manned by members of the local Awakening Council.
Awakening Councils, which were set up by Iraq's Sunnis to combat insurgents linked to al-Qaeda, have been seen as a key factor in reducing violence across the country since 2006.
In Saturday's second attack, three army intelligence personnel were stopped by gunmen while travelling in a civilian vehicle near an anti-government protest camp in the city of Ramadi, police said.
A gunfight soon erupted, in which the soldiers were killed.
In a televised speech following the latest violence, Prime Minister Maliki condemned sectarianism as an evil that was being brought back to Iraq.
"Sectarianism is evil, and the wind of sectarianism does not need a licence to cross from a country to another, because if it begins in a place it will move to another place," he said.
"Strife is knocking on the doors of everyone, and no-one will survive if it enters, because there is a wind behind it, and money, and plans," he added, without giving details.
Awakening Council chief Sheikh Wissam al-Hardan was meanwhile quoted by state television as saying that if those responsible for killing soldiers in the past week were not handed over, it would "take the requested procedures and do what it did in 2006".
On Friday, the UN envoy to Iraq, Martin Kobler, urged political and religious leaders "not to let anger win over peace" and exercise restraint, warning that the country was "at a crossroads".
The clashes in several towns and cities were sparked by an army raid on an anti-government protest camp near the northern town of Hawija on Tuesday that left 50 people dead.
The protesters were calling for the resignation of Mr Maliki, a Shia, and denouncing the authorities for allegedly targeting the Sunni community.
Although the violence is less deadly than that seen during the heights of the insurgency in 2006 and 2007, it is the most widespread since the US military withdrawal in 2011.


A 46-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the murder of a man outside a supermarket in Bangor, County Down.

Colin Horner, 35, was shot dead in front of his three-year-old son on Sunday afternoon.
Police said the man was arrested in Bangor on Friday night.
Separately, a 28-year-old man appeared in court on Friday charged with the murder.
Alan Wilson, of Ballyrainey Road, Newtownards, was also charged with possession of a firearm and ammunition.
He appeared at Newtownards Magistrates Court on Friday. Bail was refused in the case.
He denied being involved in the murder of Mr Horner.
A 45-year-old man arrested on Friday morning in the Newtownards area over the murder has been released unconditionally. A 47-year-old man also arrested over the killing was released on Thursday night.


More than 13,000 email addresses have been stolen from Edinburgh city council's database following a "malicious cyber attack".

The breach happened 10 days ago when the council's website service provider, which is based in England, was targeted by hackers.
The City of Edinburgh Council assured those affected no other personal details were accessed.
Officials have warned of a potential increase in spam or phishing emails.
They said the incident had been reported to both the Information Commissioner and the UK Government's Computer Emergency Response Team and that extra security measures had been put in place.
A council spokeswoman said: "This was a malicious cyber attack on the council's website which is hosted in a UK data centre. It was dealt with swiftly and at no point were any council services affected.
"We are contacting everyone who has been affected to inform them of the incident and offer them advice and support. We have reassured individuals that the only details that have been accessed are their email addresses.
"The Information Commissioner's Office has been informed and preventative measures have been taken by the web service providers.
"We want to reassure the public the ongoing security of our website is critically important, and we continue to work with our service providers to ensure that the risks associated with attacks are dealt with."


Two hat-tricks, one conventional and one slightly more unusual, feature prominently in our round-up of Saturday's Football League action.

There is also room for a new manager's fine start, protesting fans at a Championship struggler and mixed emotions for Carlisle on their return to Brunton Park.
Cardiff's Anthony Pilkington found the net three times in his side's 2-2 draw with Rotherham in the Championship.
Unfortunately for the former Norwich winger, the second of his unusual hat-trick was scored at the wrong end.
Pilkington, 27, had only scored three goals all season before Saturday's game.
I wonder if he took the match ball home?
Sam Winnall showed Pilkington how it should be done, netting three goals at the right end as Barnsley thrashed Rochdale 6-1 in League One.
In-form Winnall, 25, has scored eight goals in his last four league outings.
"He's got everyone to sign the ball, but what he doesn't realise is that we've got to charge him £40 for it," joked manager Lee Johnson.
He told BBC Radio Sheffield: "He loves it when he scores, he lives to score goals and I'm sure he'll enjoy his evening."
Winnall's hat-trick ensured a miserable return to Oakwell for Rochdale boss Keith Hill, who managed the Tykes between June 2011 and December 2012.
"If I'm too hard on the players after that type of result, it could have a double negative [effect]," Hill told BBC Radio Manchester.
"There are enough negatives in today's performance and result to last the season. If I go too heavy on the players, it could break them for the rest of the season.
"Hopefully, as the season progresses, it's a result we can put in isolation and learn from."
These are unhappy times at Charlton Athletic.
The Addicks were second from bottom of the Championship after losing 5-0 and 6-0 in their two outings before hosting Blackburn on Saturday.
They took the lead against Rovers - the first time they had done so in a match since 15 December - but in the end they had to settle for a 1-1 draw at The Valley, extending their winless run to 11 games.
After the match, there were more protests from supporters against owner Roland Duchatalet, with Addicks fans questioning the turnover of managers in south-east London and voicing concern over the Belgian's long-term strategy for the club.
Faced with dropping into the third tier, the days of steady mid-table Premier League finishes under Alan Curbishley must feel like a lifetime ago.
It's played one, won one for new Leyton Orient manager Kevin Nolan.
The 33-year-old was appointed as player-manager of the League Two side on Thursday and the former Bolton, Newcastle and West Ham midfielder began his reign with a 2-0 win at Wycombe on Saturday.
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Nolan, who has not played a first-team game since August, named himself on the bench at Adams Park but was not required on the field as goals from Jay Simpson and Calaum Jahraldo-Martin earned a second victory in 11 games for the O's.
"It feels great," Nolan told BBC Radio London. "A clean sheet and two well-taken goals.
"The lads responded to everything I've asked of them over the last 48 hours so I'll be going home on the bus really pleased."
On Saturday, Carlisle United supporters ended a wait of almost two months to see their team play at Brunton Park.
The Cumbrians' home ground was severely damaged by flooding in December, which led to Keith Curle's side playing "home" fixtures at Preston, Blackburn and Blackpool while the stadium recovered.
Carlisle were back on home turf - newly laid turf, at that - against York but the fairytale homecoming failed to materialise, as the visitors, League Two's bottom club, scored a late equaliser to earn a 1-1 draw.
"There's been a lot of work gone on behind the scenes by a lot of people who haven't got the credit and probably think they don't get noticed," manager Curle told BBC Radio Cumbria.
"I can honestly say for myself that I do notice the people who have worked extra hard."


A cyclist had to be escorted off the M25 and told the road, one of the busiest in the country, was not a "velodrome".

Police said they stopped the man on the hard shoulder of the motorway near Watford, at 13:12 GMT on Sunday.
"The M25 is not Hertfordshire's new velodrome," they wrote on Twitter.
The man was reported for illegally cycling on the motorway. One person who read the tweet described the cyclist as a "noodle".
The Highway Code lists bicycles as one of a number of modes of transport prohibited from using motorways.
Horse riders and mobility scooter users are also banned.
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Twenty eight people were arrested after one of the largest drugs raids in Gwent Police history.

The force said 300 officers carried out 14 simultaneous warrants in Newport at 05:00 GMT on Tuesday, after three hours of briefings.
Eleven men appeared at Newport Magistrates' Court on Wednesday charged with possessing class A drugs with the intent to supply.
A further six were bailed pending a court date.
Two men were released on police bail ahead of further enquiries, and nine others were being questioned.
Gwent Police is still hoping to speak to two men, Curtis Hooper, 40, and Christopher Mears, 18.
The raid followed information from the community about the supply of drugs.
Police and Crime Commissioner for Gwent, Jeff Cuthbert, said: "The spread of Class A drugs is a huge problem for society and the steps taken by the force to seriously disrupt the supply and distribution of these illegal drugs is to be commended."


A live black and white cat, two Chihuahua harnesses and a feather duster are among the gifts given to a police force by the public.

Essex Police's public financial records also list "a brace of pheasants" and washing-up liquid among donations.
The force said, while it was "flattering", all gifts were recorded and many donated to charities.
It is not known what happened to the cat, but the force confirmed it does not use Chihuahuas in its dog unit.
The records cover gratuities and hospitality gifts given to the force over the past four years.
"We don't encourage it, but neither do we want to cause offence by refusing gifts," a police spokesman said.
While gifts included more than 100 of bottles of wine and numerous boxes of chocolates and bunches of flowers, some of the more bizarre gifts remain a mystery to Steve Taylor, from the Essex Police Federation.
"No-one's ever offered me two Chihuahua harnesses, but what a fantastic gift," he said.
"You'd be completely stumped by a gift like that."
It is not known whether officers were allowed to keep smaller gifts such as a bottle of chilli sauce, an anti-fog cloth for spectacles and fridge magnets from Slovakia.
Nor is it known whether an officer took up the offer of a personalised foot analysis session.
However, Mr Taylor said: "There are very strict rules. We must never accept anything that calls into question our impartiality.
"At the same time we have to balance the need not to be rude. In some cultures it's deeply insulting to return a gift."
The force spokesman added: "We provide clear advice to officers and ensure they know how to correctly record all offers, regardless of whether they are accepted or declined. We also donate items to charity."


Media regulator Ofcom has revoked a community licence given to a new radio station.

Radio Beca had planned to broadcast mainly in Welsh to Ceredigion, Carmarthenshire and north Pembrokeshire.
But it delayed its proposed launch date in April 2014.
Euros Lewis, from Radio Beca, said it had taken three years for the station to be able to "stand on its own to feet".
Ofcom told Newyddion 9 the station was given two extensions before the decision to withdraw its licence was taken.
Elinor Williams, from Ofcom, said: "We issued the licence in May 2012 and they had two years to come on air from that specific date."
The station has failed to obtain Welsh government grant funding and there was uncertainty about a permanent home for it.
There was also concern Radio Beca had only managed to raise Â£20,000 when it was required to raise Â£320,000, although the station has submitted a bid for Â£100,000 in grant funding from the Big Lottery Fund.
Mr Lewis said: "Unfortunately, it's only during the past few months that Radio Beca has been able to raise money through sponsorship and adverts.
"What's disappointing is that it's only now that we have been able to put forward a prospectus that shows that Radio Beca can stand on its own two feet."


The UK general election result could delay Brexit talks and be negative for the economy, credit ratings agencies Moody's and S&P have warned.

The Brexit negotiations with the EU were due to start on 19 June but Moody's said the fact that the Conservatives had lost their majority would delay the start of the talks.
It will "complicate and probably delay Brexit negotiations", it warned.
Moody's said the election result could put pressure on the public finances.
The "inconclusive" outcome of the general election may mean the government placed less priority on cutting the budget deficit, the agency said.
This would be negative for the UK's credit rating and make it more expensive for the country to borrow money.
As a result, Moody's said it expected fiscal risks to increase because in its view the budget deficit will increase both this year and next.
"The election outcome, with significant gains for the Labour Party, which had campaigned for increased public spending, will likely be seen as a 'vote against austerity', it added.
"The public debt ratio will rise further and for longer than we had expected, placing the UK among the few highly rated European sovereigns whose public debt is still rising."
However, Moody's said the election result suggested an "electoral shift" away from the "hard Brexit" that Prime Minister Theresa May had ostensibly sought.
As a result, Moody's said the government may now consider "softer" Brexit options, which would be positive for the country's credit rating.
Earlier, Brexit Secretary David Davis told Sky News that negotiations on leaving the EU would begin next week. but not necessarily on 19 June.
"My permanent secretary is actually in Brussels today talking to them about the details," he said.
"It may not be on the Monday because we also have got the Queen's Speech that week and I will have to speak in that, and so on."
Meanwhile, S&P Global Ratings released a note saying the outcome of the snap election and the hung parliament should have no immediate impact on the UK's rating.
"Our ratings on the UK already take into account a less predictable policy framework following the vote to leave the EU in June 2016," it said.
It also said it believed the lack of an overall majority for any one part was likely to delay Brexit negotiations. "We do not exclude the possibility of another snap election."
Separately, S&P economist Jean-Michel Six said: "In terms of the [UK's] outlook for growth, it's clear that things are not going in the right direction."
"This latest bit of instability can only weaken the business environment and consumer confidence," he said.
S&P said the UK's outlook remained negative.
Moody's rates the UK as Aa1 negative - one notch above the other two big agencies, S&P and Fitch.


The residents of Dover have taken part in a referendum to decide whether they want it to become a "People's Port".

The referendum set out plans for a buyout of the port to stop Dover Harbour Board's privatisation plans.
Ballot boxes were at the usual election points in the town and votes were being cast from 1600 until 2100 GMT.
The count was taking place at council offices with the results, which are non-binding on the government, due to be announced later in the night.


Fast bowler Mohammad Amir has been named in the Pakistan squad for the first time since his conviction for spot fixing in the Lord's Test in 2010.

The 23-year-old received a five-year ban from all cricket and served three months in prison.
He has been selected to tour New Zealand this month for three Twenty20 and three one-day internationals.
However, the Pakistan Cricket Board said it is dependent on him receiving a visa from the New Zealand government.
Amir was one of three Pakistan players jailed in November 2011 for his part in a conspiracy to bowl deliberate no-balls against England the previous year, when he was only 18.
He was released from Portland Prison in Dorset in February 2012 after serving half of a six-month sentence.
His suspension originally covered all forms of the game but in January last year he was cleared to play domestic cricket in Pakistan.
Amir was selected for a Pakistan training session last month, which Pakistan one-day captain Azhar Ali and former skipper Mohammad Hafeez refused to join in protest at his inclusion.
Ali and Hafeez later reversed their decision and the PCB said Ali would remain as one-day captain after they rejected his offer to resign over Amir's presence.


French prosecutors have said they believe "with certainty" that a wing part found on Reunion Island in July came from missing flight MH370.

The wing section, known as a flaperon, had been examined in France by international aviation experts.
French authorities launched searches on and around Reunion for more debris but none was found.
The Malaysia Airlines plane carrying 239 people veered off its course from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in March 2014.
The Malaysian government had previously said it believed that the flaperon belonged to MH370.
French investigators had until now been more cautious on the provenance of the debris.
But on Thursday they said a technician from Airbus Defense and Space (ADS-SAU) in Spain, which had made the part for Boeing, had formally identified one of three numbers found on the flaperon as being the same as the serial number on MH370.
The magistrate charged with conducting the investigation and an aviation expert had gone to ADS-SAU headquarters on Thursday.
The families of those aboard - who were mostly Chinese - have been angered by the apparent discrepancies in statements by French and Malaysian officials, and have accused the authorities of hiding the truth.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has been co-ordinating the deep-sea search in the southern Indian Ocean, where the plane is believed to have gone down, thousands of miles east of Reunion.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has said that the search would continue as "we owe it to the hundreds of millions of people who use our skies".
Missing Malaysia plane: What we know
Will debris solve MH370 mystery?


A woman with paranoid schizophrenia who killed her mother is suing a health authority for more than Â£300,000.

Ecila Henderson chased 69-year-old Rosemary Armstrong from her flat in Pokesdown, Bournemouth, in August 2010 and stabbed her 22 times.
Ms Henderson, now 45, admitted manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility and is detained in a mental health unit.
An inquiry later criticised the care she received from her health trust.
Ms Henderson had been under the care of Southbourne Community Mental Health Team, part of Dorset Healthcare University Foundation Trust.
One of the core criticisms of the trust was its failure to act quickly when a health worker reported Ms Henderson's condition had deteriorated significantly. The trust admitted liability for negligence.
Ms Henderson is seeking damages for the psychiatric harm suffered because of the killing and her loss of liberty.
The case, being heard in the High Court, must decide whether the claim contravenes the law which prohibits a person from recovering damages for the consequences of their own illegality.
Ms Henderson's counsel, Nicholas Bowen QC, said his client had an acute sense of loss which went beyond feelings stemming from ordinary bereavement and any efforts to address the grief was likely to cause further deterioration in her condition.


If the history of UK infrastructure tells us anything, deciding to build something is a very different proposition to actually doing it.

That is particularly true around the thorny and politically toxic issue of aviation.
The government has said it will make a decision by the end of the month on its preferred option for expansion at either Gatwick, or a new or extended runway at Heathrow.
While the expansion hawks want a new runway at Heathrow now - whatever the government's decision next week - the process up to construction will not be quick.
The previous Transport Secretary, Patrick McLoughlin, outlined last February to the Transport Select Committee what would happen once a decision was made.
He said: "...there will be a draft National Policy Statement (NPS) published for consultation and laid in Parliament. This is published a minimum of four weeks after the announcement on the runway location to avoid the legal risk of pre-determination.
"There is no decision yet on the length of the public consultation, but it could be 16 weeks. A Commons Select Committee will examine the draft NPS and hold a full-blown inquiry for 12 weeks immediately following the public consultation.
"The Commons Select Committee will submit a report to me by the end of the 12-week period. Once a final NPS is laid, debates and votes must happen within 21 sitting days of the House. At any time after the vote, or it could be the same day, if there is a negative vote, the Secretary of State will change and lay a new NPS, again for 21 voting days."
So, there will be around a year before Parliament gets a vote on that National Policy Statement. The Government will be expected to address concerns over noise and pollution.
And it is then, and only then, that it enters the planning process.
First the developer submits a development to the planning inspectorate. Then there is a planning inquiry over six months. Then the planning inspector reports to the Secretary of State within three months.
And finally the Secretary of State will consider the report and announce a decision within a further three months.
So an actual "final" announcement could be two years from the initial Government decision - and that is with a fair wind.
There will be gaps and delays in the process, there are those who think two years is the absolute minimum and the reality is it will take at least four years before a "final decision".
None of the timescales include the legal challenges that could slow down the process further. (Bear in mind this is meant to be a quicker process than was in place previously).
History tells us how difficult it is to build new runways in the South East and how strong the opposition is.
There have been many inquiries, commissions and consultations. Plans have come and gone. There have been proposals at Cublington in Buckinghamshire, Maplin Sands in the Estuary, Stansted and the previous Northern runway at Heathrow.
All fell off the table during the long process as the politics shifted. Even Labour, with its large majority under Tony Blair, could not get far enough through the process to build at Heathrow.
Recently, Howard Davies - in charge of the latest Airports Commission  - perhaps pertinently noted: "The London airport capacity problem has perplexed governments for over 50 years, for reasons that are not hard to find.
"The considerable benefits of aviation accrue to the many, while the environmental costs are borne by the (relatively) few. For those who live near them airports are noisy neighbours and are greedy for space.
"In a congested corner of a crowded island it is not easy to find a good home for them. No new full-length runway has been laid down in the South East of England since the 1940s."
So after the decision is made next week, it is not the end at all. It is really just another beginning.


Gambling is "rife" in Scottish football with managers, referees, directors and chairmen all involved, according to PFA Scotland chairman John Rankin.

His comments come in the wake of former Manchester City, Rangers and QPR player Joey Barton being banned for 18 months for breaking rules on gambling.
Players' union chief Rankin, who plays for Queen of the South, said: "We've imposed bans, that's not stopping it,
"It's rife, we're not hiding from it. The majority are probably doing it."
Bookmaker Ladbrokes has announced that its sponsorship of the Scottish Professional Football League will continue next season amid news that the Scottish Football Supporters Association urged a review of the game's links with gambling.
The Scottish football leagues, Scottish Cup, League Cup and some clubs are sponsored by gambling companies.
Speaking on BBC Radio Scotland's Sportsound, Rankin claimed: "It's not just players who are gambling. Managers, referees, directors, chairmen, they've all got inside knowledge.
"Are you telling me they don't have betting accounts? I would suggest they have."
Queen of the South midfielder Rankin admitted that Scottish football was reliant on sponsorship from betting companies.
Betting industry expert Scott Longley agreed and said: "A lot of clubs further down the leagues wouldn't be able to survive without the money that was coming to them via these sponsorships deals, whether that be shirt sponsorships or betting partnerships."
Their views came as Ladbrokes announced that it had agreed a one-year contract to continue its backing of the SPFL for a third season.
SPFL chief executive Neil Doncaster said: "Ladbrokes has been a terrific and supportive lead sponsor for the SPFL over the last two years.
"We are thrilled to extend the partnership for next season, which is another clear message of confidence in Scottish football."
Ladbrokes Coral chief executive Jim Mullen said: "We are passionate about the game and our love of football has helped to make the past two seasons hugely rewarding."
A Scottish Football Association spokesman said its guidelines were well-known.
"The Scottish FA takes its responsibility towards gambling within football seriously and has clear rules in place prohibiting gambling which apply to players, referees and directors," he said.
"In addition, we have delivered comprehensive gambling education workshops to all 42 SPFL clubs and academies.
"Scottish football has long enjoyed productive relationships with a number of betting companies and we are grateful for their continued support of our national game."
Scottish Senior Football Referees Association chairman Crawford Allan said that PFA Scotland had not voiced any concerns about referees being involved in gambling.
"As an association, we over time have informed all of our members that gambling on any football match is completely against the rules," he said.
"In my time, it has never been an issue and has never been raised as an issue."
Allan stressed that, while match officials are aware of the rules, they can have betting accounts as long as they are not betting on football.
"They can bet on horse racing or golf or any other sport, but not football," he said.


Nottingham Forest boss Mark Warburton says he is "absolutely 100%" committed to remaining at the club, even if they are relegated to League One on Sunday.

Forest are above the Championship relegation zone on goal difference heading into their final game.
Former Rangers manager Warburton arrived at the City Ground on a two-and-a-half-year contract in March.
"You can't go to a group of players and say 'be committed' and not commit yourself," Warburton said.
The 54-year-old said he was in "utter disbelief" when he read media reports about his position at Forest being in doubt if the club was relegated to the third tier.
When asked by BBC Radio Nottingham if he would be at the City Ground next season, Warburton replied: "Absolutely 100%."
Forest's on field struggles this season have been compounded by uncertainty off the pitch, with two takeovers failing to come to fruition this season, while owner Fawaz Al-Hasawi is again in the advanced stages of trying to sell to Evangelos Marinakis - the owner of Greek champions Olympiakos.
Blackburn will survive if they better Nottingham Forest's result, which would send Forest down. If they match Forest's result, Rovers must effect a two-goal swing on Forest to finish above them, as Forest's goal difference is better by one and they have also scored nine more goals. Blackburn will go down if both clubs draw.


Three men died in a plane crash in Afghanistan after misunderstandings between air traffic control and the aircraft's crew, an inquest has heard.

Christopher Carter, 51, of Caerphilly, Wales; David Taylor, 28, of Stoke-on-Trent; and Daniel Saville, 40, of Bradford, died in the crash near Kabul in 2010.
Accidental death verdicts were recorded for all three.
Bradford coroner Neil Cameron said each of the men suffered multiple injuries.
The inquest heard that crew on the plane contacted air traffic control to ask for permission to descend shortly before the crash.
The air traffic controller asked the crew to maintain their current altitude but the plane began its descent in bad weather into a mountainous area about 12 miles (19km) from Kabul.
The coroner said the air traffic controller could have warned the crew they were descending too quickly and "into danger".
Mr Cameron said an early ground proximity warning system was misunderstood by the crew, either due to language or because of previous false alerts.
The families of the three men attended the inquest, which was held at Bradford Crown Court.
Jim Morris, a barrister representing the families, applied to the coroner to adjourn the inquest to allow evidence from the air traffic controller to be made available, but Mr Cameron declined to adjourn.
The families said they were "disappointed" and "angry" that the coroner would not adjourn the inquest.
Kim Taylor, Mr Taylor's mother, said: "We are angry that the coroner would not adjourn the inquest for the evidence of the air traffic controller.
"We cannot fully come to terms with losing David."
Chioma Ibe, Mr Saville's partner, said: "We are disappointed that five years on we have no closure, no answers and no apology.
"I feel let down by the coroner who did not assist in including important evidence."
Mr Morris, who is a partner in at a legal firm's aviation law team and a former RAF pilot, said the families would continue their search for answers.


Britain would have to keep free movement of people in order to stay in the single market, Plaid Cymru's Leanne Wood has said.

But she said there could be room for negotiation with Norway having restrictions on movement.
The party leader told Plaid's conference that the UK should keep free trade with Europe so Wales' economy does not suffer after Brexit.
Leanne Wood said 200,000 Welsh jobs depend on being in the single market.
She called for a Welsh seat at the negotiating table on the terms of leaving the EU, and suggested there was an "opportunity" for new powers and even an independent Wales.
"Plaid Cymru accepts the referendum result," she said.
"Our red line at all times is the Welsh economy", she said, calling for a "soft Brexit".
"Plaid Cymru will never sign off or endorse something that is bad for Wales. We cannot accept that a majority of people in this country would have wanted to do that."
Ms Wood, speaking on BBC Radio Four's Today Programme, said questions of immigration and the single market were "not on the ballot paper" at the EU referendum.
"I've been speaking to a number of key players in the Welsh economy and they're all telling me that tariffs and being outside the EU's regulatory regime would be damaging to them," she said.
When asked if the UK should stay in the single market and keep freedom of movement, she said: "Well I think we'd have to.
"I've been to Brussels and spoke to officials there and they are very clear about the freedom of movement of goods, trade and people all coming as a package."
But she added: "That's not to say there isn't some room for negotiation. Norway have some restrictions on free movement there - you have to have a job before you can go to Norway."
Free movement of people allows citizens of EU countries to live and work across the 28 member states.
In her keynote speech to delegates in Llangollen on Saturday, Ms Wood outlined a three-point plan to protect Welsh interests when the UK leaves the European Union.
She called for all four UK nations to be involved in negotiations, and claimed people in communities that voted Leave have been "left behind".
Ms Wood accused Prime Minister Theresa May of joining in the "toxic" debate on immigration, refugees and free movement.
"I consider myself to be a Welsh European but I am also a global citizen," she told the conference.
Ms Wood said new powers or a federal UK, all the way to an independent Wales, could be available.
Delegates were told that Plaid Cymru's budget deal with Labour would help Wales but it still needed an alternative government.
"We are not seeking a coalition with the Labour Party," she said.
Speak to Plaid members in Llangollen at their autumn conference about the departure of the former leader Lord Dafydd Elis-Thomas and Plaid Labour relations at the assembly and you are likely to get different views.
Mention Brexit, and the party has the luxury of being entirely at one.
I say luxury because, having been to both the UK Conservative and Labour conferences, harmony on a Brexit policy can be difficult to come by.
The message time and again from the conference floor has been to warn of the dangers for the Welsh economy of leaving the single market.
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A man accused of stabbing a CBBC actor to death confessed to his girlfriend before fleeing to Nigeria using his brother's passport, a court has heard.

Jeffrey Okafor, 24, is accused of murdering Carl Beatson Asiedu outside a nightclub in Vauxhall in 2009.
The prosecution said three people were targeted in the attack and Mr Beatson Asiedu, who appeared in the CBBC series M.I. High, "wasn't so fortunate".
Mr Okafor of East Dulwich, south east London, denies murder.
Sarah Whitehouse QC, prosecuting, told Woolwich Crown Court the stabbing took place after a crowd of people left Club Life near Vauxhall station.
The prosecution said Mr Okafor was part of a larger group who attacked a smaller group on 1 August 2009.
Two of the three people attacked survived, but Ms Whitehouse said: "Carl Beatson wasn't so fortunate."
As well as appearing in the CBBC show, Mr Beatson Asiedu also helped to form a music group called Kidnplay and was known as Charmz.
He was often booked to play at nightclubs in London and Leicester and had performed with his friend at the club on the night of his murder.
A post-mortem examination concluded the cause of Mr Beatson Asiedu's death was a single stab wound to the front of the chest.
"After the attack, Jeffrey Okafor actually confessed to a girlfriend that he had stabbed Carl Beatson," Ms Whitehouse said.
Mr Okafor confessed in a phone call within an hour of the attack and days later he told the same woman that he had stabbed Charmz in the stomach and gave her a pair of black gloves to look after, the prosecution said.
Ms Whitehouse said those gloves were passed to police and DNA which may have come from the victim was found on one of the gloves.
At the time Mr Okafor also seemed agitated saying: "The Feds are going to be on to me", the jury heard.
Police arrived at the defendant's address on 13 August to arrest Mr Okafor, but he had fled, the court heard.
The prosecution said four days later he boarded a flight from Heathrow Airport to Lagos using his brother's passport.
He was extradited from Nigeria in November 2014.
The trial continues.


Ronnie O'Sullivan won seven frames in a row to beat Neil Robertson 9-5 and win his fourth Welsh Open title.

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Australian Robertson, 34, had won the first two frames of the best-of-17 final and extended his lead to 5-2 during the first session in Cardiff.
But O'Sullivan, 40, won the next seven frames, sealing victory with a break of 141 to move level with John Higgins on four Welsh Open titles.
"I feel shattered, I need a month of just relaxing," said the Englishman.
O'Sullivan caused controversy earlier in the week when he turned down the opportunity of a 147 break, making 146 instead.
He also spoke about his boredom at tournaments.
But he said he had enjoyed a "fantastic week" and would now be resting before the World Championships in April.
"That is the one that everyone wants," he told BBC Sport.
"I am not eligible for any other tournaments as I did not qualify, so my cue will be chilling out for a month or so."
The 2007 champion Robertson, who was described by O'Sullivan as "the best player in the world", pinpointed the ninth frame as the key moment.
"Once he got his tail up and the momentum it was hard to wrestle it back from him," said the world number three.
"Everyone knows he is a terrific front runner and he pulled away and finished the match off in style. I made mistakes and that is what happens when you are put under pressure."
36 - Stephen Hendry
28 - Ronnie O'Sullivan, John Higgins, Steve Davis
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A Sergio Aguero hat-trick moved Manchester City closer to securing Champions League football next season with victory at 10-man Chelsea.

City profited from slick break-aways, the first goal arriving when Kevin De Bruyne fed Aguero, who fired in.
Again De Bruyne led a clinical counter after the break, finding Samir Nasri, who put Aguero clear to finish smartly.
Thibaut Courtois was sent off for fouling Fernandinho, allowing Aguero to whip home his third from the spot.
Look back on City's win at Stamford Bridge.
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Chelsea threatened occasionally before the goals but faded and City move third,  a point ahead of Arsenal - who have a game in hand - and four clear of Manchester United.
When this fixture was scheduled last year, it seemed unthinkable that only one of these sides - the last two winners of the Premier League - would be battling for a top-four spot.
They have both underachieved, but City at least have targets as the season draws to a close and they were clearly sharper in west London, none more so than Aguero.
The Argentinian has now scored at least 20 goals in three Premier League seasons, a feat only achieved by Alan Shearer, Thierry Henry, Ruud Van Nistelrooy and Les Ferdinand.
There can be little doubt City's season has gained a new lease of life in recent weeks and it is notable it has coincided with the return of De Bruyne from a lengthy injury lay-off.
Both he and Samir Nasri drew saves from Courtois in the opening period and it was De Bruyne who always looked likely to turn defence into attack for the away side.
When the Belgian suffered knee-ligament damage in January, City were second in the table, three points behind leaders Leicester. They managed just two wins in seven league games without him and one wonders how close they would be to lifting the title now had he stayed fit.
He has now had a hand in 28 goals this season - scoring 15 and creating 13 - and encouragingly for manager Manuel Pellegrini with a Champions League semi-final to come, his relationship with the clinical Aguero looks sharper than ever.
Aguero, who now has 13 goals in 12 league games, will deservedly make headlines. But in De Bruyne, he once again has a support act boasting pace and guile in abundance. Could it be that the enforced rest through injury has left him fresh to do damage at the business end of the season?
Perhaps only a loss of focus in fixtures either side of their two-legged Champions League semi-final with Real Madrid could prove destructive.
But Pellegrini said afterwards that "it is another team" with everyone fit and with the likes of Fabian Delph, Wilfried Bony and Bacary Sagna on the bench, they look to have options for when fixtures mount.
A trip to Southampton comes between the Madrid fixtures, with the visit of Arsenal arriving four days after the second leg.
Captain Vincent Kompany should be fit for fixtures next week and even without him City were solid. Going forward they were blistering when they needed to be and having conceded just two goals in six league games, their base looks solid. Another tilt at Europe looks likely.
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Chelsea are seemingly in limbo while they await the arrival of their next manager - Antonio Conte.
Since announcing his appointment on 8 April they have lost both league fixtures, ending a 15-game unbeaten run and also interim manager Guus Hiddink's proud record of not losing two league games in a row since he was in charge at PSV Eindhoven in 2004.
This wasn't a performance where the Blues had clearly downed tools - they had an early Pedro effort cleared off the line and Ruben Loftus-Cheek went close twice - it just lacked killer instinct and a desire to finish any good work.
There are questions to be answered at Stamford Bridge. A 10th-straight home game without a clean sheet equals a run set in 1970. But unwanted records aside, just how did a side that eased to the Premier League title last May end up with nothing to play for by this stage of the season?
Will such a collapse lead to a Conte clear out this summer? On this showing, there was an evident gulf in class with a side not even competing for the title.
Courtois' dismissal summed up a miserable day with fans already on their way to the exits but he could have few complaints having been rounded by Fernandinho.
Chelsea manager Guus Hiddink: "Chelsea are a difficult situation this season. We managed to get out of the relegation zone but Chelsea need to be in the first four places. We were knocking on the door but we didn't create open chances. They outplayed us on 60-70 yard counters.
Man City manager Manuel Pellegrini: "I am satisfied with the team, they played well in attacking and defending. When all the players are fit and playing together, it is another team. I wanted revenge for the FA Cup defeat when we played here with a young team and they beat us. Tonight was a complete game."
Chelsea, now playing for just a top-10 finish, go to Bournemouth in a week while Manchester City go to relegation-threatened Newcastle on Tuesday.


A robot that can serve ice cream has been revealed at a shopping centre in China.

The clever machine dishes up six delicious flavours of ice cream with a variety of toppings.
One day robots may become sentient and take over the world. Until then, we're free to boss them about, so we want to know: What job would you give a robot?
Perhaps you'd make robots clean your room, or prepare delicious snacks?
I would make a robot clean the dishes and make beds!
Gabrielle, Birmingham, England
I would make my robot cook for me and do my homework for me.
Jessica, London, England
I would like a robot to work in mines so people don't have to go underground. I would also like a robot that sorts out my Lego bricks.
Jack, Swindon, Wiltshire
My robot would help me with my home work.
Aidan, Beckenham, England


The chief medical officer for England has called for an independent review of the safety and efficacy of medicines.

Dame Sally Davies is worried that recent controversies over the use of medicines have damaged faith in the way research is carried out and presented.
The review will publish its findings by the end of the year.
A copy of her request was obtained by the BBC's File on 4 programme as part of an investigation into concerns about a clot-busting treatment for strokes.
The CMO told the Academy of Medical Sciences she was very concerned" about a view that doctors and scientists are "untrustworthy".
She set out her concerns in a letter, sent in February, to the president of the Academy, Prof Sir John Tooke.
In this, she cited recent debates over the use of cholesterol-lowering statin drugs for people at low risk of developing heart disease, and the anti-viral treatment Tamiflu.
The letter reads: "There seems to be a view that doctors over-medicate so it is difficult to trust them, and that clinical scientists are all beset by conflicts of interest from industry funding and are therefore untrustworthy too."
She says this is not in the interests of patients or the public's health.
"I have, therefore, reluctantly come to the conclusion that we do need an authoritative independent report looking at how society should judge the safety and efficacy of drugs as an intervention."
The academy's review, which starts on Wednesday, will also consider the use of the clot-busting stroke treatment alteplase - a technique called thrombolysis.
Each year in the UK, there are more than 150,000 strokes.  About 85% are caused by an obstruction blocking the flow of blood to the brain.
Patients with this type of stroke may be eligible for treatment with alteplase, subject to tests in hospital.
File on 4 visited the hyper-acute stroke unit at Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust to see how staff assessed and administered alteplase.
Dr Jane Molloy, the clinical lead for stroke services, described how they explained the potential benefits to patients and their families.
Doctors would say that for every three people treated with this medication one will make some extra improvement, and one in seven will recover their independence who  would not do so otherwise, she said.
They then set out the risks.
"We know that the risk of bleeding with thrombolysis is six in 100 and that will include minor bleeding but also might include major bleeding with the possibility that it could cause a fatal bleed in the brain."
Some doctors say the benefits have been exaggerated. Dr Roger Shinton, a former stroke physician at Birmingham's Heartlands Hospital, is sceptical.
He said: "I'm prepared to accept that there are some patients who could get some benefit, but overall it may be that on balance the number of people benefiting is actually quite small and does not justify the use given the significant harms that we know."
His concerns have won powerful backing from the former president of the Royal College of Physicians, Sir Richard Thompson.
"My worry is that the trials are not consistent, that the evidence is not strong enough to be giving, after all, a very expensive treatment," he said.
"Do we want to recommend a treatment with a marginal effect when we know we are - if you like - killing a few patients and saving others?"
Dr Shinton wants all the trial data on alteplase to be published. Until then, he argues, routine use of the drug for stroke should be suspended.
But Dr Dale Webb, from the Stroke Association, defended the treatment.
He said: "The evidence says that alteplase has made a big impact on the recovery of stroke survivors.
"We have to remember that the number of disabilities associated with stroke is greater than any other medical condition.
"A stroke really can turn your world upside down.
"What alteplase has done is to improve the long-term recovery outcomes for stroke patients."
In a statement, Boeringer Ingelheim - which holds the licence for alteplase in Europe - said its medicine played a vital role in the treatment of acute strokes.
"We are confident in our data, which is supported by the experience of clinicians who have been using our medicine to treat their patients for more than a decade," it said.
"We are incredibly proud of the contribution our medicine makes to patient care at this critical time."
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency is carrying out a review into the safety and efficacy of alteplase.
It says it will publish the findings before the end of the year.


A puppy has become the first dog in Scotland to receive hospital treatment after eating a "legal high" on an Angus beach.

Ten-month-old Aramis collapsed "twitching and unable to stand" after he was found chewing on a packet believed to contain a substance designed to imitate a Class-A drug.
The incident occurred on Kinnaber Beach, Angus.
Within 30 minutes of ingesting it Aramis was described as "spaced out."
Like in humans, "legal highs" can cause dangerously high heart rate and temperature rises in dogs.
Experts at animal rescue charity the Scottish SPCA said they had never heard of a previous case.
Aramis's owners rushed him to the Robson Veterinary Hospital in Laurencekirk, Kincardineshire, where he was detained overnight and given intravenous fluids.
Vet Ian Anderson said it was the first time he had seen a dog consume a new psychoactive substance (NPS), which will be banned under draft UK-wide legislation.
Mr Anderson, 51, said Aramis suffered "no long-term damage or effects".
He said: "He was spaced out - he wasn't able to sit down or stand up.
"He was twisting and turning and his heart rate was very fast.
"Quite a lot of the time we get dogs who eat things they shouldn't, but this is the first time I have ever seen a dog eat a legal high."
He added: "Fortunately, our client's fast action to get him medical attention meant we were able to treat Aramis effectively and he is now recovering at home but the experience was extremely traumatic both for Aramis and his owners who spent a sleepless night worrying he would never come home."
A spokesman for the Robson Veterinary Hospital added that there had also been reports that another dog owner had come across needles while walking their pet on the coast at nearby Inverbervie, also in Kincardineshire.
Scottish SPCA Ch Supt Mike Flynn said: "This is not an issue we have come across before and we are glad this dog was not seriously harmed."
In June last year, a police investigation was sparked when potentially lethal blue poison was found on the coastline nearby.
Aramis's owners have asked not to be named.


The owner of a small velvet box containing an urn full of ashes which was found in an Edinburgh taxi has come forward.

The "very ornate" urn was discovered at 02:00 on Sunday 30 April.
Police in Edinburgh posted a message on their Facebook page on Tuesday to say the urn had been claimed.
It said: "Good news folks! As a result of your help in sharing our wee appeal to find the owner of an urn, a man has come forward to claim the item."


The German government has ordered the expulsion of a CIA official in Berlin in response to two cases of alleged spying by the US.

The official is said to have acted as a CIA contact at the US embassy, reports say, in a scandal that has infuriated German politicians.
A German intelligence official was arrested last week on suspicion of spying.
An inquiry has also begun into a German defence ministry worker, reports said.
"The representative of the US intelligence services at the embassy of the United States of America has been told to leave Germany," government spokesman Steffen Seibert said.
Analysis by Rajini Vaidyanathan, BBC News, Washington
Earlier this week the White House described the partnership between the US and Germany as one built on respect. But no-one likes to be spied on, especially when it's your friend doing the spying.
This latest episode is yet another reminder of how American surveillance programmes are causing friction with allies. It's angered many in Germany, where the issue of snooping is historically a very sensitive one, and many are asking: "What? Again?"
It wasn't too long ago, after all, that we heard the National Security Agency was spying on Chancellor Merkel's mobile phone. After a review into the surveillance programmes, President Obama promised the US wouldn't spy on its friends overseas.
But despite requests to be included, Germany isn't part of a non-spying pact the US has with Britain, New Zealand, Australia and Canada. The White House will want to do all it can to repair any trust issues over this latest incident, so they can work together in other areas - for example, it needs German support for tougher sanctions against Russia over Ukraine.
Analysis by Stephen Evans, BBC News, Berlin
The request by the German government follows increasing frustration that it has failed to get US assurances that spying would cease on German citizens from Chancellor Merkel down.
She was shocked to learn that her mobile phone conversations were secretly being monitored while President Obama was greeting her as a friend on his visit to Berlin.
Chancellor Merkel has tried to maintain a balance between condemning America's actions but also maintaining cordial relations. Each revelation has made that balance harder to achieve.
This matters because America needs German help on a range of issues from trying to get the world economy out of its difficulties, to finding united Western action on Russia, to dealing with the revelations emanating from Edward Snowden who is currently in Moscow but whom some German lawmakers want to invite to Berlin.
The chairman of the Bundestag (parliament) committee overseeing the secret service said the action had been taken because of America's spying on German politicians and its failure to co-operate and provide adequate responses.
The US has not denied allegations that a German intelligence agency employee arrested last week was passing secret documents to the US National Security Agency (NSA).
However, the latest reports that an employee within the defence ministry was also spying for the US were considered more serious. Although no arrest was made, searches were carried out on Wednesday at the ministry and elsewhere.
The US and Germany have been close allies for decades but relations were hit last year when it emerged that Chancellor Angela Merkel's mobile phone had been monitored by the NSA.
The White House declined to comment on the matter but said the security and intelligence relationship with Germany "is a very important one and keeps Germans and Americans safe".
"It is essential that co-operation continue in all areas and we will continue to be in touch with the German government in appropriate channels," spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden said.
October 2013: German Chancellor Angela Merkel calls US President Barack Obama after revelations that the US may have spied on her mobile phone
June 2014: Germany announces an investigation into the claims
4 July 2014: A suspected US spy said to be working for the German intelligence agency is arrested
9 July 2014: A second case emerges as searches are carried out at the defence ministry
10 July 2014: German government orders expulsion of CIA official
On Thursday, Mrs Merkel said spying on allies was a "waste of energy".
"We have so many problems, we should focus on the important things," she said.
"In the Cold War maybe there was general mistrust. Today we are living in the 21st Century. Today there are completely new threats."
German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said the information that the US appeared to have gained from the suspected espionage was "laughable" but the political damage was "disproportionate and serious".
The scale of the US agency's surveillance was revealed by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, who fled the US and is now a fugitive in Russia.
The German intelligence official arrested last week was alleged to have been trying to gather details about a German parliamentary committee investigating the NSA spying scandal.
When Mrs Merkel visited the White House in May, President Barack Obama sought to assure her and the German people they were not subject to "continual surveillance" by the US.
He said "complicated issues" were involved but he anticipated that the matter would be resolved to the satisfaction of both countries.


British snowboarders Katie Ormerod and Billy Morgan celebrated top three finishes at the Big Air World Cup in Monchengladbach, Germany.

It was Ormerod's second World Cup podium of the season and Morgan's first.
Ormerod put down solid runs in the final but was beaten into second place by Austria's Anna Gasser, who has won all three World Cups so far.
Morgan claimed a bronze medal and a third top 10 finish this season.
Ormerod she took bronze at the Olympic test event in South Korea last week, and she said she was "extremely happy" with her performance in Germany.
"It's so awesome that two Brits were on the podium at this event with Billy grabbing third place in the men's event as well," she said
Morgan agreed with his compatriot, saying it was "epic" to win a medal alongside Ormerod.
"I had an epic day riding, it was a lot of fun and getting a podium is the icing on the cake," he said.
With only six women and 10 men reaching the final, Aimee Fuller missed out after coming ninth in qualifying, while Rowan Coultas was 12th and Jamie Nicholls was 20th.
Big air will make its Winter Olympic debut at Pyeongchang, South Korea, in February 2018.


Two young boys who have gone missing with their mother had been removed from her care on the day they disappeared, it has emerged.

Samantha Baldwin, 42, from Newark, has not been seen since Monday and is believed to be with Louis Madge, 9, and Dylan Madge, 6.
Police say they are treating the case as an abduction.
In a statement, Nottingham Family Court said Ms Baldwin was "considered to pose a risk of harm" to the boys.
It said the children had been removed from her care at a hearing on Monday and had been made wards of court in light of the disappearance.
CCTV images from the same day as the hearing showed Ms Baldwin alone at two locations in Nottingham city centre.
Police have urged B&B operators, hotel owners and those in charge of other holiday properties to be on the lookout for the trio.
Supt Rich Fretwell from Nottinghamshire Police said Ms Baldwin may have altered her appearance.
"Our investigation team are exploring a number of lines of enquiry. There's always the possibility that Samantha could be being harboured by someone," supt Fretwell said.
"We would urge that person to come forward and let us know where the boys are.
"We would also like to appeal to anyone who owns or runs a guest house, B&B or hotel to check your registers and be mindful that the group may be staying under a different name.
"We would also ask caravan park operators and holiday let properties to think about any groups that have joined them since Monday.
"We cannot stress enough the likelihood that Samantha may have changed her appearance and we would like you to keep an open mind."
Two women, aged 62 and 36, were bailed on Wednesday after being arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender.


Oldham Athletic have signed Doncaster Rovers striker Curtis Main on loan until the end of the season.

Main, 23, scored once in 14 appearances for Rovers this season.
He started his career at Darlington before moving to Middlesbrough in June 2011 and joining Doncaster in July 2014.
Main could make his debut for the Latics, who are five points adrift of safety in League One, in Tuesday's trip to Blackpool.
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Worcestershire's England Under-19 international Joe Clarke has signed a new three-year contract at New Road.

The 19-year-old made his Championship debut against Hampshire in May and scored his first half-century against Warwickshire in his next match.
"It is really pleasing to get asked to sign a long-term contract. I'm absolutely thrilled," said Clarke.
"I see Worcestershire as a good place to develop my career," said the Shropshire-born wicketkeeper/batsman.
Clarke, from Trefonen, learned his formative cricket with his native county before graduating from the Worcestershire academy.
He has blossomed since being given his first-team chance, hitting three more half-centuries - against Hampshire, champions Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire.
He also struck an unbeaten 131 - his maiden century - against Gloucestershire in the One-Day Cup in August.
"I feel, as a youngster, there are a lot of opportunities at Worcestershire to play first-team cricket," added Clarke.
"It is a massive opportunity in these next three years for me to push myself and become a first-team regular, do well and push for international honours in the future."
Although he is concentrating on his batting at the moment, with Ben Cox the first-choice wicket-keeper, Clarke says having former England keeper Steve Rhodes as the county's director of cricket is helping him to develop his skills behind the stumps.
"He's been really assuring and made it a lot easier for me to have no hesitation in signing," said Clarke. "He has helped a lot with my keeping and is good to speak to about my batting as well. I see him really improving my cricket in the years to come."


Israel has freed a Palestinian prisoner who had held a 56-day hunger strike in protest at his detention.

Khader Adnan, 37, an Islamic Jihad activist, had been held for more than a year without charge under the Israeli "administrative detention" policy.
The hunger strike had left him in critical condition. He ended it on 28 June following a deal with Israel securing his release.
Gaza-based Islamic Jihad had threatened violence if he died.
Mr Adnan was arrested as part of a wave of Palestinian detentions following the kidnap and murder of three young Israelis in June 2014.
Mr Adnan, who comes from Jenin in the occupied West Bank, has been arrested a number of times by Israel.
He previously held a hunger strike in 2012 to secure his release.
Under "administrative detention" Israel can hold suspects indefinitely for renewable six-month periods. The controversial measure has been criticised by human rights groups.


Shares across Asia rallied on Friday on news that the European Central Bank is considering more economic stimulus.

In South Korea, unexpectedly strong growth figures also weighed in to boost investor confidence.
The country's benchmark Kospi index closed up 0.7% at 2,040.40 points on news that economic growth hit a five-year high in the third quarter of the year.
In Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 index jumped 2.1% to finish at 18,825.30 points.
Stocks were lifted in Japan by the positive signals coming overnight from the European Central Bank as well as the strong close on Wall Street.
A weaker yen also suggested a good day for the country's crucial export sector.
Car maker Toyota and electronics giants Sony and Toshiba all saw solid gains of as much as 2%.
Elsewhere in Asia, Hong Kong's Hang Seng closed up 1.34% at 23,151.94, while the benchmark Shanghai Composite on China's mainland closed up 1.3% at 3,412.43.
Australia's S&P/ASX 200 finished 1.7% higher at 5,351.60 points.
The country's large lenders, Westpac, CBA and ANZ, jumped by as much as 2%, while commodity producers' shares were also up.
Mining giant BHP Billiton rose by more than 2% while Santos continued yesterday's rally with another 2.2% increase.


A football club owner who made a fortune from the video game Candy Crush Saga has been made a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours.

Computer tycoon Mel Morris was an early investor in King Digital Entertainment, the firm behind the smash-hit game.
He used some of the millions he made to buy Championship club Derby County.
The businessman, who was born and raised in Derby, is being honoured for services to business and charitable services.
Launched five years ago, Candy Crush Saga has become one of the most successful video games of all time.
In addition, Mr Morris has also launched a number of technology companies, including dating website Udate and internet security firm Prevx.
He acquired a 22% stake in the Rams in May 2014 and bought out the club's previous owners the following year.
His contribution to charitable causes includes buying a Â£1.2m robotic surgeon for the Royal Derby Hospital.
He also supported the Colin Bloomfield Melanoma Appeal, set up in memory of the BBC Radio Derby broadcaster who died from skin cancer in 2015.


Michelle Obama's no stranger to dancing, but now she's had a go at rapping too.

11 December 2015 Last updated at 12:49 GMT
The US President's wife joins American comedian Jay Pharoah in a new video encouraging pupils to go to college.
The pair were filmed at the White House, rapping about the reasons young people should continue their education.
Check out the video.
Courtesy of College Humor


Germany defender Mats Hummels says Gary Lineker was correct to describe their penalty taking in the Euro 2016 last-eight win over Italy as "useless".

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The Germans missed three spot-kicks - more in one shootout than in their history - before Jonas Hector converted for a 6-5 win.
Hummels, who scored his penalty, told BBC World Service: "We didn't shoot like a German team.
"I saw Gary Lineker posted about it already and of course he's right."
Thomas Muller, Mesut Ozil and Bastian Schweinsteiger failed to score from the spot, with Muller's miss Germany's first in a shootout since 1982.
They have been involved in six penalty contests, losing only once in the final of the 1976 European Championship against Czechoslovakia.
Saturday's failures, albeit in victory, prompted Match of the Day presenter Lineker - who was part of the England team beaten on penalties by West Germany in the 1990 World Cup semi-finals - to jokingly tweet: "Germany are useless at penalties these days."
Hummels, who has just moved from Borussia Dortmund to German champions Bayern Munich, added: "You won't believe it, but yes we [practised penalties] in training a few times.
"I was very happy that I did because I worked out which shot would work well for me today - because it worked well yesterday.
"It's hard to simulate the real situation."
Italy missed four penalties during the shootout, including one from Leonardo Bonucci who had scored from the spot in normal time to earn his side a 1-1 draw and extra time.