Today's other stories in brief
Stone-throw boys guilty of killing father
LONDON - Five boys who threw stones at a father as he played cricket with his teenage son have been found guilty of killing him.
Ernest Norton (67) died from a heart attack after being hit by the stones at a leisure centre in Erith, Kent in February last year.
He was struck on the head by a missile following an argument with the youths, one of whom was as young as 10 at the time. The youths, now aged between 12 and 14, were all found guilty of manslaughter. - (Reuters)
Students charged over explosives
MIAMI - Two Egyptian students studying engineering in Florida have been charged with transporting explosive materials across US state lines without permits.
Ahmed Abdellatif Sherif Mohamed and Youssef Samir Megahed were arrested on August 4th after being stopped for speeding in Goose Creek, South Carolina, a few miles from a US naval weapons station.
- (Reuters)
Eight injured in Fatah protest
GAZA - At least eight people, including two foreign journalists, were hurt in Gaza when thousands of men from the Fatah movement used open-air Friday prayers to protest against the Hamas Islamist takeover of the Palestinian enclave.
- (Reuters)
Mugabe bans wage increases
HARARE - President Robert Mugabe yesterday imposed a new law on Zimbabwean businesses banning them from raising wages to keep pace with the world's highest inflation.
The move is the latest in a government crackdown aimed at taming prices which have soared, given inflation running at more than 7,000 per cent.
- (Reuters)
Two arrested over triple murder
HERTFORDSHIRE - Detectives have arrested two men over a triple murder at a house in Bishop's Stortford, a police spokeswoman said . Two women were also badly injured in the attack.
- (Reuters)