Briefly World

William admits to pre-wedding jitters

LONDON: Prince William said his knees started tapping quite nervously recently in a rehearsal for his April 29 marriage to Kate Middleton,adding that the whole thing is giving him a few sleepless nights.

Italian anarchists claim Greek bomb

ATHENS: Greek police said an Italian anarchist group FAI has claimed responsibility for a parcel bomb intercepted at a maximum security prison here. The police said the bomb was defused late Thursday. Hours later,two packages in Italy and Switzerland injuring three people.

Pumps from US to help in Japan n-crisis

ATLANTA: Two gigantic concrete pumps described as the largest such equipment in the world will soon be on their way to join machinery being used to pour water on damaged reactors in Japans nuclear crisis,said Kelly Blickle,a spokeswoman for Putzmeister America Inc.