Briefly World

Family may be involved in UK boys abduction

ISLAMABAD: The kidnapping of a five-year-old British boy in Pakistan may have involved someone in his family,which was perceived as being well-off,Pakistans envoy to London Wajid Hassan said on Friday. Sahil Saeed was snatched from his grandmothers house in Pakistans Jhelum city overnight on Wednesday after robbers held the family at gunpoint for several hours. Hassan said investigators were probing whether someone in Sahils family was involved.

Obama aides mull 9/11 suspects military trial

WASHINGTON: Advisers to US President Barack Obama are close to recommending that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed,the self-professed mastermind of the September 11,2001,attacks,be tried in a military tribunal instead of a civilian court,The Washington Post reported on Thursday. This would be a reversal of Attorney General Eric Holders plan for Mohammed and four other suspects in the 2001 attacks to stand trial in a civilian court in New York City.

Suicide bomber kills 12 in Paks northwest

Peshawar/Islamabad: A suicide bomber struck a convoy of vehicles in northwest Pakistan on Friday,killing 12 and injuring 30,including women and children. The bomber detonated his explosives when the convoy was near a market in Thal area of Hangu district in the North West Frontier Province.

Turkey warns US over Armenian genocide vote

ANKARA: Turkey warned the Obama administration on Friday of negative diplomatic consequences if it doesnt impede a US resolution branding the World War I-era killing of Armenians genocide. Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Turkey,a key Muslim ally of the US,would assess what measures it would take,adding that the issue was a matter of honour for his country.

Chile says rebuilding after quake could take years

DICHATO: Chiles President Michelle Bachelet said it will take three years to rebuild the region wracked by an earthquake and tsunami. Bachelet said she is confident Chile will rise from the devastation but not as fast as some might want. Its going to be very hard moving ahead. A strong aftershock with a magnitude of 6.3 shook Concepcion early on Friday,sending rattled residents running out of buildings in their nightclothes.

Indian-origin doctor in UK rapped for botched surgery

London: An Indian-origin woman surgeon in the UKs National Health Service has been found guilty of misconduct after accidentally removing 90 per cent of a babys bladder during an operation described by a key medical panel as catastrophic. The General Medical Council ruled that actions of Pierina Kapur went beyond mere negligence during the blunder. The girl,who was seven weeks old at the time,will have to use a catheter for the rest of her life.

New Zealand man selling two ghosts on Internet

Melbourne: A man in New Zealand has put on sale what he claims are two troublesome exorcised ghosts on an auction website. In the advertisement,posted on the trademe.co.nz,Melvin S from Christchurch claims that the ghosts one of an old man and the other a young girl were removed from his house by a spiritualist and are now captured in vials of holy water. He says that the spirits created havoc in his house,switching lights on and off,turning an electric kettle on,and terrifying the dog. One spirit we believe is a man by the name of Les Graham8230; The second spirit is a little girl who likes to move things.

JFKs secret love letters auctioned for 115,000

Chicago: Love letters and telegrams written by former US President John F Kennedy to his Swedish lover in the 1950s were sold by an auction house in Chicago for over 115,000. An anonymous West Coast collector won the online auction for the 11 letters and three telegrams with a bid of 97,500. The correspondence 11 handwritten letters and three telegrams to Gunilla von Post by Kennedy while he was a US Senator were put up for auction by Legendaryauctions.com last month. Thirty-six year-old Kennedy had met von Post,21,in August 1953,only a month before he was due to marry Jacqueline Bouvier.