Activists enter French nuclear sites PARIS: Greenpeace activists entered several French nuclear sites on Monday to highlight what they called a lack of security. Greenpeace said its activists had managed to enter the Nogent plant near Paris early Monday,while some had got into other nuclear installations. Three bomb blastsin Iraq,22 killed BAGHDAD: Three bombs tore through crowds of Shia pilgrims in Iraqs Hilla city Monday,killing least 22 mostly women and children and wounding 60 more,police said. Ivory Coasts Gbagbo appears before ICC AMSTERDAM: Former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo appeared at the International Criminal Court Monday on charges of crimes against humanity,the first former head of state to be tried by the court since its inception in 2002. Egyptians vote in poll runoffs CAIRO: Egyptians again headed to the polls Monday for two days of runoffs in their first parliamentary elections since Hosni Mubaraks ouster,a balloting in which Islamist parties captured an overwhelming majority of votes. The runoff races have fundamentalist Islamist candidates contesting each other and also secular candidates for the remainder of the 52 seats that were up for grabs in the first found. Memogate: Pak asks US to act against Ijaz ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Monday said it will approach Interpol for a further probe into the affairs of memogate key figure Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz and asked the US to take action against him for violating US laws and making false statements about its raid that killed Osama bin Laden. Referring to Ijaz statements that Pakistans top leadership and the former envoy to the US Husain Haqqani had prior knowledge of the May 2 raid that killed Osama,Interior Minister Rehman Malik said the US had admitted that the Pakistan government and Haqqani were not aware about the covert action.
