Quicktakes — 300 killed as street fights rage in Zaire

SHARING GLORY: Several old timers seem to be doing just that as they join Prime Minister I K Gujral on his morning walk near his residence ...

SHARING GLORY: Several old timers seem to be doing just that as they join Prime Minister I K Gujral on his morning walk near his residence in New Delhi on Wednesday.

KINSHASA, May 7: Some 200 Zairean civilians and 100 government soldiers have been killed in heavy fighting for control of Kenge, east of Kinshasa, aid agency sources reported today. Reports reaching Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF — doctors without orders) today said street fighting was continuing in the town 200 kms east of the capital.

London blasts

LONDON: Two petrol bomb blasts have been reported from Asian-dominated west London areas here in what police describes as further escalation in the long-running feud between Muslims and Sikh “youth gangs”. The petrol bomb attacks, which the police suspected were “inter-linked”, took place yesterday when unidentified persons firebombed a semi-detached house being used as a mosque at 1.30 am in Hounslow central area.

Gowd sentencedp NEW DELHI: A Delhi court today sentenced V Ramakrishna Gowd, who had claimed to have married Priyanka Gandhi, to five years and two years rigorous imprisonment (RI) and a fine of Rs 10,000 for fabricating documents and giving false affidavit in the court. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Prem Kumar who had passed the conviction order on Monday, said both the sentences would run concurrently.