Briefly World: 2 US colleges evacuated after bomb threats

Man in US Capitol bomb plot gets 30 yrs in jail

ALEXANDRIA: A man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for plotting to detonate a suicide bomb at the US Capitol. The term imposed on 29-year-old Amine El-Khalifi of Virginia was the highest allowed under a plea deal.

Russian parliament expels anti-Putin deputy

MOSCOW: Russian parliament expelled an opponent of President Vladimir Putin on Friday in a vote which he said intensified a Kremlin crackdown on dissent. A vote in the State Duma deprived opposition deputy Gennady Gudkov of his immunity over allegations he denied of operating a business while in the assembly.

Japan panel to end nuclear power use

TOKYO: A Cabinet panel on Friday called for Japan to phase out nuclear power over the next three decades in what would be a major shift of national energy policy prompted by the Fukushima meltdowns.

Big Ben renamed Elizabeth Tower

London: The iconic Big Ben clock tower in Westminster has been renamed the Elizabeth Tower in honour of Queen Elizabeth who this year completed 60 years of her reign. House of Commons speaker John Bercow unveiled a new name plaque to mark the change in a ceremony on Speaker8217;s Green.