Bird Flu: Taiwan to cull 1,20,000 chickens
Taipei: Taiwanese authorities began culling around 1,20,000 chickens on Friday following the latest outbreak of a less virulent strain of bird flu, one of the island’s biggest culls in recent years.
5 held in yemen police academy attack
Sanaa: Yemeni security forces have arrested five suspected Al-Qaeda members accused of carrying out a car bomb attack on a police academy that killed 40 people, the Sanaa police chief said on Friday.
Jackie Chan’s son gets six months in jail
Beijing: Hollywood Kung fu superstar Jackie Chan’s son was on Friday sentenced to six months in jail by a Chinese court here for drug offenses, a far lighter sentence than that was projected ahead of his trial.
Six killed ahead of Ukraine peace talks
Kiev: Four Ukrainian soldiers and two civilians were reported killed on Friday in an upsurge in mortar and rocket attacks launched just days ahead of planned international talks on the crisis.
EIGHT MIlITANTS KIllED IN NW PAK
Islamabad: At least eight militants were killed on Friday in a fierce gun battle with Pakistani Army after terrorists attacked a security check-post in the restive North Waziristan. Pakistan has launched a military operation in the area and so far more than 1,500 militants have been killed.
Turkey ISSUES FATWA AGAINST TATTOOS
Ankara: Turkey’s top religious body on Friday urged Muslims unable to remove their tattoos to beg God for forgiveness, the latest intervention in a growing controversy over body art in the country. The religious authorities in officially secular Turkey frown on tattoos, even though they are highly fashionable.