A round-up of today's other stories in brief
Reid elected as Senate majority leader
WASHINGTON - Democrats elected US senator Harry Reid as Senate majority leader yesterday and renewed their call for change in Iraq as they prepared to take control of Congress from the Republicans.
"From Iraq to the economy, Americans want change and the Senate majority . . . is going to fight for change," Mr Reid said. - (Reuters)
Iraq 'needs advice rather than money'
STRASBOURG - Iraq needs advice rather than money from international donors to rebuild its institutions, Paul Wolfowitz, president of the World Bank, said yesterday.
Mr Wolfowitz, who plans to open a permanent office in Iraq to co-ordinate donor assistance, said the country was not making the best use of the money it already had. - (Reuters)
Ruling on fashion poster overturned
PARIS - France's highest court yesterday overturned a ruling by a Paris court last year banning a fashion poster showing women imitating Jesus Christ and his apostles in the Leonardo da Vinci painting The Last Supper.
The appeals court said the poster, for fashion house Marithe and François Girbaud, should be allowed under the right to freedom of speech. - (Reuters)
Police question man over 4 deaths
KENTON - A 33-year-old man was being questioned by detectives last night after four members of his own family were found dead in a house, police said.
He was arrested following a hunt after the bodies of two adults and two children were found at a house in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. - (PA)
Fall in number of tourists to Cuba
HAVANA - The number of tourists arriving in Cuba from Europe and Canada has fallen, according to a tourism ministry report.
Tourists from Canada fell 1.9 per cent in September from last September, the number from Spain fell 5.7 per cent, Italy 15 per cent, Germany 9.8 per cent, France 5.2 per cent, with only Britain showing a rise of 5.7 per cent. - (Reuters)