Iraqi Shiite cleric Sadr quits politics
Najaf (Iraq): Firebrand Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, leader of a powerful political movement and a major figure in the formation of post-Saddam Iraq, has announced his exit from politics two months before the legislative polls. “I announce my non-intervention in all political affairs and that there is no bloc that represents us from now on, nor any position inside or outside the Government nor parliament,” Sadr said in a written statement on Sunday.
7 children killed in bangla accident
Dhaka: At least seven primary school students have been killed and 20 others injured when a picnic bus plunged into a roadside canal in southwestern Bangladesh. The accident took place yesterday when the bus carrying around 30 children, aged between 6 to 10, skidded off the road due to rain in Jhautola area, police said.
Jet stream shift can lead to deadly winters
Chicago: A warmer Arctic could permanently affect the pattern of the high-altitude polar jet stream, resulting in longer and colder winters over North America and northern Europe, US scientists say. The jet stream, a ribbon of high altitude, high-speed wind in northern latitudes that blows from west to east, is formed when the cold Arctic air clashes with warmer air from further south.
Egypt: Sinai blast kills 4 S Korean tourists
Cairo: An explosion ripped through a tourist bus near a border crossing between Egypt and Israel in the Sinai Peninsula, killing four South Koreans and the Egyptian driver, security officials said. The officials said the source of the explosion was not clear, but they believe it was either a car bomb or a roadside bomb that was detonated by remote control.