A roundup of today's other world stories in brief:
Footage shows Dodi al-Fayed buying ring
LONDON- A British jury at the inquest into the death of Princess Diana was shown footage yesterday of her lover visiting a jeweller's to pick out what his father claims was an engagement ring hours before the couple's fatal 1997 car crash.
A compilation of CCTV footage showed Dodi al-Fayed visiting the Repossi jeweller's opposite the Ritz Hotel in Paris, which is owned by his father, early on the evening of August 30th, 1997.
Mr Fayed's father, Mohamed al-Fayed, claims the couple got engaged later that night and says that when British security services learnt of this, and that Princess Diana was pregnant, they were ordered by Queen Elizabeth's husband, Prince Philip, to murder them.
- (Reuters)
Court to hear warlord case
NAIROBI- A Congolese warlord accused of organising an ethnic massacre of 200 civilians in 2003 and sexually enslaving some of the survivors has been transferred to the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Germain Katanga (29), the alleged leader of the Patriotic Forces of Resistance in Ituri in northeast Democratic Republic of the Congo, was flown from Kinshasa to The Hague on Tuesday.
- (Guardian service)
Iraq security firm fires on taxi
KIRKUK- A private security team contracted to the US army corps of engineers in Iraq opened fire on a taxi yesterday, wounding three passengers, including two women, police said.
Police and the US military said the shooting involved guards employed by British security company Erinys and took place east of Qarah Anjir, 25km (16 miles) east of the city of Kirkuk.
- (Reuters)
British liked less on acquaintance
BRUSSELS- A poll of Europeans showed people of different nationalities liked each other more after getting to know each other, except in the case of the British - who became less popular.
A project organised by the Notre Europe think tank brought together 362 citizens from 27 EU states for two days of deliberations in Brussels last weekend.
- (Reuters)
Kosovo deal, EU talks 'not linked'
PARIS- France yesterday denied any link between a Kosovo peace deal and EU entry talks with Serbia, but said Belgrade's failure to reach an agreement with its rebel province about independence would make it more difficult.
"The two phenomena are not intimately linked," French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner told reporters after talks in the French capital with Serbian foreign minister Vuk Jeremic.
"But it would be a lie to say that it would be easier to join the European Union if the Kosovo problem was not resolved. It will be more difficult," he said.
- (Reuters)