Briefly World

Gaddafi ready to go,says France

TRIPOLI: France said Libyas Muammar Gaddafi was ready to leave power. Emissaries are telling us Gaddafi is ready to go, French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said,without naming who the emissaries were.

Assange appeals against extradition

LONDON: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange Tuesday was back in the High Court to block his legally flawed extradition to Sweden over sexual assault allegations. Lawyers for Assange challenged an earlier ruling that extradition should go ahead.

Britains Independent suspends Hari

LONDON: Britains Independent newspaper said it has suspended columnist Johann Hari as it investigates plagiarism allegations levelled against him. Editor Chris Blackhurst said Tuesday Hari has been suspended for two months pending the outcome of an internal inquiry.

Chinese writer flees to Germany

BEIJING: One of Chinas most persecuted writers,Liao Yiwu,slipped across the border into Vietnam last week and then made his way,via Poland,to Germany. Im ecstatic,Im finally free, he said from Berlin.

Chinas killer missile undergoing tests

BEIJING: A new long range ballistic missile with a range of of 2,700 km dubbed as carrier-killer is undergoing tests,a top military official has said. Chen Bingde,chief of the Peoples Liberation Army acknowledged China is developing Dongfeng-21D with an ability to strike moving targets at sea.