A round-up of today's news in brief
100 killed in tribal fighting in Darfur
MIDDLE EAST: More than 100 people have been killed in clashes between Arab tribes over land and scarce resources in Sudan's Darfur region this week, an official and a tribal leader said yesterday.
Terjem tribal leader Babikir Elias blamed a rival tribe, the Rezeigat, for the majority of the killing, which took place over the past week in south Darfur.
"A group of heavily armed Rezeigat Abala attacked the Terjem on Tuesday in an area called Gawaya in south Darfur and killed 51 people, including old men, women and children," Mr Elias said. - (Reuters)
100 fatalities in DRC train crash
AFRICA: A train crash in a remote part of Democratic Republic of Congo killed at least 100 people and injured more than 200, the central African country's minister of information said yesterday.
"We are still discovering the dead. So right now we are putting the death toll at about 100," Toussaint Tshilombo said, adding that the cause of the crash, which occurred in western Kasai province, was still unknown. - Reuters
'Stolen' aboriginal awarded €326,703
AUSTRALIA: Activists have renewed calls for an official apology after a court awarded Aus$525,000 (€326,703) to an Aboriginal man taken from his family as a baby - the first such payout for a member of Australia's so-called "stolen generation".
The South Australian Supreme Court in Adelaide ordered the state government to compensate Bruce Trevorrow for damages caused when he was taken from his parents without their knowledge 50 years ago. - AP
PKK and Turkish army in clashes
TURKEY: Three members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) were killed during clashes with the Turkish military in eastern Turkey yesterday, army sources said.
Three Turkish soldiers and five PKK separatists were killed in the same violence in the province of Tunceli on Wednesday. - Reuters
Livingstone rival seen as a threat
BRITAIN: London mayor Ken Livingstone yesterday declared that rival Boris Johnson was the most formidable opponent he would face in his political career. Mr Livingstone dubbed the Tory MP "a charming and engaging rogue" and predicted he would be "no walkover".
But he also warned that Mr Johnson made ex-Tory chairman Norman Tebbit - a right-winger famously dubbed the "Chingford skinhead" - look like "a cuddly liberal". - PA
Kenyan judge frees activists
AFRICA: A Kenyan judge freed five activists yesterday who were arrested during a protest against plans to reward members of parliament with big severance packages ahead of elections in December. - Reuters
Bulgaria cancels Libyan debt
BULGARIA: The Bulgarian government yesterday decided to forget $56.6 million debt it is owed by Libya after the deal led to the release of six medics convicted of infecting Libyan children with HIV. - Reuters
Lukashenko hits at net 'anarchy'
MINSK- President Alexander Lukashenko said the internet was full of sites hostile to Belarus and a law was needed to end such anarchy.
"It is time to stop the anarchy on the internet. We cannot allow this great technological achievement of man to be turned into an information garbage heap," he said. - Reuters