Eiffel Tower evacuated after phone threat
Paris: The Eiffel Tower, France's top tourist draw, was evacuated on Sunday and the area ringed by security forces. A police source said the action followed a threat delivered over the telephone but did not give any details. Evacuations have been staged regularly at the Paris landmark, usually after bomb threats. There have been two such incidents this year on March 30 and August 9.
160 missing as Mali boat sinks
Kouri (Mali): Survivors of a boat that sank in central Mali said as many as 160 people are missing more than a day later. The vessel travelling from Mopti to the fabled northern town of Timbuktu broke apart late on Friday while passengers were sleeping onboard.
Peru truck crash claims 51
lima: At least 51 people were killed when a truck fell off a cliff in southeastern Peru, local officials said, updating a previous toll count. The crash was the third such incident nationwide this month, all occurring in the southern Andean region of the country and killing a total of 80 people. “During rescue operations, we found two more bodies,” Fedia Castro, mayor of la Convencion province where the crash took place, was quoted as saying by the Andina official news agency.
Migrants were fired at on leaving libya
Valletta (Malta): Migrants who were rescued at sea after a smugglers’ boat capsized 65 miles (105 kilometres) south of the Italian island of lampedusa claim they were shot at when they were leaving the libyan coast. A Syrian man, who did not want to be named, told that the boat they were on was chased by another as soon as it left Zwara, libya, and ‘shots were fired’ toward them. No one was injured.
‘Israel holds suspects in settler killing’
Jerusalem: Israel has arrested three Palestinian suspects in the brutal murder of a Jewish settler in the West Bank, its domestic security service said on Sunday. “The Shin Bet, with the assistance of the Army and the police, have arrested a number of those involved in the murder of Sarya Ofer,” the agency said in a statement.
eight killed in forest fire in China
Beijing: Eight villagers have been killed while trying to put out a forest fire in northwest China, officials said. The fire broke out on Saturday near Fodong village, Xunyang county in Shaanxi Province, said the County Government. Villagers, who suffered serious injuries while trying to douse the blaze, died at a hospital, State-run Xinhua news agency reported.