A roundup of today's other world stories in brief:
Honeymoon shooting victim dies
LONDON- Ben Mullany, the newlywed who was shot on honeymoon in Antigua in an attack that killed his wife, Catherine, died in hospital in Wales yesterday after his life support machine was switched off.
The 31-year-old trainee physiotherapist, who had suffered a fractured skull and had a bullet lodged in the back of his head, was flown back to Britain while in a coma on Saturday. Tests carried out when his condition stabilised after the 24-hour journey established he was brain dead.
He was being treated in the same intensive care unit, at Morriston hospital, Swansea, where Catherine Mullany, also 31, conducted part of her training as a doctor. She died instantly in the shooting when intruders burst into the couple's holiday cottage on the Caribbean island.
- (Guardian service)
George denies killing Dando
LONDON- Barry George says he could not have shot BBC presenter Jill Dando as he was following another woman at the time of the murder.
Mr George (48) was freed on Friday after eight years in prison when a jury cleared him of Dando's murder at a retrial. Speaking to British newspapers after his release, he revealed how he had been stalking another woman on the day of Dando's death nine years ago.
- (Reuters)
Road bomb kills 14 in Mogadishu
MOGADISHU- A roadside explosion in Mogadishu yesterday killed at least 14 people, most of them women who were sweeping a street in the Somali capital, witnesses said. Nearly 50 people were wounded.
Residents said a remotely detonated device exploded along a main road leading to the presidential palace.
- (Reuters)
Zimbabwe crisis talks resume
JOHANNESBURG- Talks between Zimbabwe's ruling party and opposition on ending the political crisis resumed yesterday after adjourning early last week, South Africa's presidency said.
Adding to tensions in Zimbabwe, which is also suffering economic collapse, police confirmed that a bomb had exploded on Saturday at the central police station in Harare. There were no casualties and no claim of responsibility.
- (Reuters)
Gunmen kidnap French citizens
ABUJA- Gunmen have kidnapped two French expatriates near Nigeria's oil industry hub of Port Harcourt in the restive Niger Delta, military and security sources said yesterday.
More than a dozen gunmen late on Saturday ambushed patrons at a local bar in Onne in Rivers state and exchanged fire with navy personnel, resulting in at least three deaths, a security source said.
- (Reuters)
Mother reunited with missing girl
BALTIMORE- A seven-year-old girl allegedly abducted by her fugitive father was found safe and well in America and is being reunited with her "overjoyed" mother, US police said.
The father, who goes by the name of Clark Rockefeller, was arrested in a sting operation after almost a week on the run. Rockefeller (48) is being held in custody in Baltimore.
- (PA)
Beijing protesters must ask first
BEIJING- Chinese and foreign citizens wishing to protest during the Beijing Olympics must apply five days beforehand and not harm China's vaguely defined "national interests", a games security official said.
China recently said three parks in Beijing may be used for demonstrations.
- (Reuters)