Briefly World

Nazarbayev sweeps Kazakh polls

ASTANA: International monitors criticised Kazakhstans presidential election Monday,citing cases of ballot box-stuffing,voter intimidation. Kazakhstan officials said President Nursultan Nazarbayev won an overwhelming 95 per cent of the vote in Sundays election.

Japan n-plant water being put into ocean

TOKYO: Tokyo Electric Power Company began dumping more than 11,000 tonnes of radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant on Monday. This was to make room in storage containers for increasing amounts of more contaminated runoff.

UN confirms 10 killed in Congo crash

UNITED NATIONS: A small passenger plane carrying UN staff members crashed Monday in Congo and broke into pieces,killing at least 10 people aboard,United Nations officials said. A UN peacekeeping source speaking on condition of anonymity said that the death toll could rise. The cause of the crash was not immediately known.

Israeli-Arab actor gunned down

JENIN: A well-known Arab Israeli actor,director and political activist was gunned down Monday in the West Bank town where he ran a drama school and community theater,Palestinian police said. Juliano Mer Khamis was shot five times by one or more militants,according to Jenin police chief Mohammed Tayyim. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.