13 killed,China stops shipping
BEIJING: China suspended shipping through Southeast Asias Golden Triangle on Monday after attacks by suspected drug traffickers on two Chinese cargo ships left 13 people dead or missing on Mekong River. Most of the victims had been bound and blindfolded with adhesive tape and shot,the China Daily reported.
Iran frees duo held for ties with BBC
TEHRAN: Irans semi-official Fars news agency says filmmakers Nasser Saffarian and Mohsen Shahrnaz,who were arrested last month over their alleged links to BBCs Farsi-language service,have been released. Tehran has accused the BBC of operating as a cover for British intelligence and of seeking to harm Iran by hosting Iranian dissidents.
Paper says sorry for Jiang death report
TOKYO: Sankei Shimbun,a leading Japanese newspaper on Monday apologised for falsely reporting in July that former Chinese President Jiang Zemin had died,a day after he made a public appearance for the first time since the report was published.
Al-Qaida confirms Awlakis killing
CAIRO: Al-Qaidas Yemeni offshoot Monday confirmed the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki in a September 30 US drone strike in Yemen and vowed to avenge his death. The blood of the sheik and his brothers will not go in vain; there are heroes behind him who do not sleep under oppression,and they will retaliate soon, Al-Qaida in Arabian Peninsula said in a statement on Islamist extremist websites,according to SITE Intelligence Group.