Briefly World

Suu Kyi meets with new president

YANGON: Myanmars government invited pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi to a meeting Friday with the new president,an official said. The official,who spoke on condition of anonymity,said the meeting with President Thein Sein was frank and friendly.

Scientists create snouted chicken

LONDON: Researchers at Harvard University have tweaked chicken DNA to create embryos that grow alligator-like snouts instead of beaks. The scientists said the breakthrough could,among other things,help eliminate birth defects in humans.

NOTW private eye to reveal hacking orders

LONDON: A private detective jailed for illegally intercepting voicemail messages on behalf of a journalist at one of Rupert Murdochs British newspapers has been ordered to reveal who exactly asked him to carry out the phone-hacking. The demand by Londons High Court will shed further light on how widespread the hacking practice was at the News of the World. Glenn Mulcaire was jailed in 2007 for illegally accessing the voicemails of royal aides. In a twist on Friday,London police said one of the detectives involved in the inquiry into the tabloid had been arrested on suspicion of leaking details about the case.