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Published on: 3/7/2010
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Andrew Whitehead, the news and current affairs editor at the World Service, said the BBC "stands by" its report.
Writing in the Editors blog on the BBC website, Mr Whitehead stated: "It presents evidence, compelling evidence, that some of the famine relief donations were diverted by a powerful rebel group to buy weapons."
Mr Whitehead defended the journalist, World Service's Africa editor Martin Plaut, who made the documentary.
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Mr Whitehead admitted the two former rebels quoted in the story are "at odds" with their old leader, who is now Prime Minister of Ethiopia, but added: "They are credible voices."