Syria troops fight rebels in Damascus BEIRUT: Syrian security forces clashed Monday with gunmen in an upscale neighbourhood of Damascus that is home to embassies and senior officials in one of the worst confrontations in the tightly-controlled city centre in the countrys yearlong uprising. At least three people were killed. The clash took place deep in Mazzeh district in west Damascus. Police kill 5 terror suspects in Bali BALI: Police fatally shot five men who were allegedly planning to rob money changers,jewellers and other targets in Bali in a suspected bid to fund terrorist attacks,officials said Monday. Several semiautomatic guns,magazines of ammunition and masks also were recovered during raids Sunday. 2 British journalists held in Libya freed: UK LONDON: The British government says two British journalists detained by a militia group in Libya have been freed. The Foreign Office said Sunday that Nicholas Davies-Jones and Gareth Montgomery-Johnson were on their way to Britain. Zawahris brother acquitted of terror CAIRO: A military court acquitted Mohammed al-Zawahri,the brother of al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri,of terror charges 10 years after he was convicted in absentia. Eight former militants were acquitted of similar charges. Ex-cop: UK tabloid spied on murder investigators LONDON: Retired police officer Dave Harrison Monday accused the News of the World tabloid of endangering a murder probe by hiring ex-special forces soldiers to follow a police surveillance team. He told a media ethics inquiry that the tabloid spied on detectives tailing a suspect in 2006. Kate Middleton makes maiden speech IPSWICH: The Duchess of Cambridge delivered her first public address,giving a confident albeit brief speech at a childrens hospice here. The former Kate Middleton spoke clearly and deliberately at East Anglias Childrens Hospice.
