A round-up of today's other stories in brief.
Internet bomb kills teenager in Oslo flat
OSLO - A Norwegian teenager was killed when a crude bomb built with instructions from the internet accidentally blew up in an Oslo flat, police said yesterday.
They said there was no sign of a link to terrorism and suspected the motive may have been to blow up ticket machines to get at cash inside.
The blast, shortly before midnight on Wednesday, killed the 17-year-old, seriously injured his 19- year-old brother and badly damaged the apartment. - (Reuters)
S African police raid Zuma's home
JOHANNESBURG - South African police staged a series of raids yesterday targeting former deputy president Jacob Zuma, whose sacking in a corruption scandal has shaken the ruling African National Congress.
Investigators from the elite FBI-style Scorpions unit swooped on Mr Zuma's Johannesburg home, searching the premises for about four hours and leaving with several boxes, witnesses said.
Mr Zuma was fired in June following the corruption conviction of his former financial adviser Schabir Shaik. Mr Zuma was later charged with two counts of corruption and faces trial in October.
He has suggested he was the victim of a vendetta by his political foes. - (Reuters)
100 migrants dead as boat capsizes
COLOMBIA - More than 100 people were feared dead after a boat laden with emigrants capsized and sank in rough waters in the Pacific off the coast of Colombia. Officials said only nine survivors were found clinging to a wooden box and buoys.
The disaster that hit the boat, whose passengers were believed to be heading for the US, occurred last Friday night more than 100 miles off the coast of southwest Colombia. - (AP)
Callaghan estate worth almost £2m
LONDON - Former Labour Prime Minister Lord Callaghan of Cardiff left an estate valued at almost £2 million, it has been disclosed. At the time of his death last March, his estate was worth £1,902,155 (€2.8 million), according to details of his will published yesterday in the Daily Telegraph and the Times.
The former British prime minister left a bequest of £2,000 to Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital and £1,000 each to the advisory committee on the Protection of the Sea, Llandaff Cathedral in Cardiff, and the Wiener Library in London which specialises in Holocaust studies. - (PA)
Ex-convict forfeits lottery jackpot
HOUSTON - A Mexican citizen must forfeit about $2.75 million (€2.27 million) in Texas lottery winnings because of his drug- trafficking conviction, a federal appeals court has said.
Jose Luis Betancourt (52) was arrested after making a cocaine delivery shortly after accepting $5.5 million for having the winning ticket in the December 11th, 2002, lottery draw.
A three-judge panel of the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with the trial court judge's ruling that Betancourt bought his share of the ticket with drug proceeds because that was his only apparent source of income. - (Reuters)
Eminem's uncle, aunt sue rapper
DETROIT - Two relatives of Eminem have filed suit against the rap star, claiming he is trying to evict them from the home he had built for them in Detroit.
Jack and Betty Schmitt, the rapper's uncle and aunt, filed the lawsuit last week seeking more than $350,000 (€288,000) and possession of the home, the Detroit News has reported.
Eminem's attorney, Howard Hertz, declined to comment on the suit, saying he had not read it. - (AP)