Briefly World

Police want sources on hacking story: Guardian

LONDON: The Metropolitan Police force has demanded the Guardian reveal its sources for the story that reignited the countrys phone-hacking scandal,the newspaper said Friday. The Guardian said the Police was seeking a court order that would force the paper to unveil sources.

Denmark gets first woman PM

COPENHAGEN: Denmarks prime minister-elect,Helle Thorning-Schmidt,said Friday she expected to form a new government quickly,bringing together a disparate Red bloc that ended 10 years of centre-right rule. Thorning-Schmidt will be Denmarks first female leader.

British rescue workers find three miners dead

LONDON: Rescue workers found the bodies of three miner in a flooded coal mine in south Wales on Friday. Water flooded the mine on Thursday,in Britains worst fatal mining accident in years. Officials dont know what caused the accident at the Gleision Colliery near Swansea,in south Wales.

Egyptian steel tycoon gets 10-yr jail term

CAIRO: Egyptian Steel tycoon Ahmed Ezz has been handed down a 10-year prison sentence and fined about 11 million for corruption by a court here,in the first conviction of a crony of former President Hosni Mubarak,Al Jazeera reported.

Myanmar unblocks some banned websites

YANGON: Authorities in Myanmar are allowing access to banned news websites for first time in years. Censors unblocked websites of Voice of America,the British Broadcasting Corp and video file sharing site YouTube,among others.