Man charged with 1982 london bombing
london: A man has been charged over a notorious IRA bombing in london in 1982 which killed four British soldiers on ceremonial duty, prosecutors said on Wednesday. John Anthony Downey, 61, from County Donegal in Republic of Ireland, was arrested at london’s Gatwick Airport on Sunday.
Afghan cricket captain’s Father taken hostage
Jalalabad: Unknown gunmen dragged the father of Afghanistan’s cricket captain from his car on the outskirts of Jalalabad city and have taken him hostage, officials said on Wednesday. Mohammad Nabi, who took over the captaincy of the team in March, confirmed that his father, Khobai Isakhel, had been kidnapped.
Gunmen kill 12 at Baghdad brothel
Baghdad: Unknown gunmen shot dead at least seven women and five men at a brothel in Baghdad on Wednesday, security and medical officials said. The attack took place in the capital’s eastern area of Zayouna, where a number of brothels are located.
Clashes in lebanon’s Tripoli claim 11 lives
Tripoli: At least 11 people have died and more than 100 been wounded in three days of Syria-related clashes in lebanon’s flashpoint city of Tripoli, a security source said on Wednesday. Fighting between Sunni and Alawite residents of the city was continuing for a fourth day today but clashes had become more sporadic, the sources said.
hawkish Gen is new
N Korea military chief
Seoul: North Korea has appointed as its new military chief a hawkish general, widely believed to have directed the 2010 shelling of a South Korean border island, State media confirmed on Wednesday.
British PM ‘proud’
of gay marriage
london: British PM David Cameron said that he was proud MPs had voted to back gay marriage but admitted the debate has been divisive and said his focus would now be on economic matters. The Conservative leader offered an olive branch to party activists opposed to the bill by promising there would be no more laws on social issues before the 2015 election.
Ahmadinejad denounces election decision
Tehran: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday that a decision by election overseers to disqualify his top aide from next month’s presidential race is an act of “oppression” and that he will take the case to the country’s supreme leader.
Mugabe signs new Constitution into law
Harare: President Robert Mugabe on Wednesday signed Zimbabwe’s new Constitution into law, clearing the path to crucial elections later this year. The longtime ruler inked the document two months after it was overwhelmingly approved in a referendum.
Britain to help develop university in Himachal
london: Britain’s University of leicester has struck up a partnership to help in developing a new university in Himachal Pradesh. The UK institution has signed an agreement with the Maharaja Agrasen University (MAU) for capacity building and sharing ideas and experiences.
Australia set to cull 10,000 wild horses
Sydney: A controversial cull of up to 10,000 wild horses in Australia’s harsh Outback reportedly began on Wednesday in a bid to control the feral animals which officials say are destroying the land. The Central land Council said animals were dying in their thousands due to a lack of food and water and a cull was necessary on humanitarian and environmental grounds.
Two new crocodile species discovered
Washington: Researchers have discovered two new crocodile species — dating back 5 million years — in fossil records. While studying the wealth of fossil crocodiles from the Miocene in the Urumaco River in Venezuela, the scientists discovered two new crocodile species: Globidentosuchus brachyrostris, which belonged to the caiman family, and Crocodylus falconensis, a crocodile that the researchers assume grew up to well over four metres long.