Briefly World:Indian-American wins New Jersey Assembly election

Cairo: The wife and two sons of Egypt’s ousted president Mohammed Morsi have visited him for the first time in prison since he was toppled by the military in July. During the hourlong meeting Wednesday,Morsi received a bag containing clothes,foods,fruits,mineral water and soft drinks,media reports said. PTI

Greek riot cops storm former TV building

ATHENS: Riot police stormed the former Greek state television headquarters in Athens Thursday and evicted dozens of fired journalists,ending a five-month sit-in against the broadcaster’s closure. The government took ERT off air in June. reuters

US FDA moves to ban transfats

WASHINGTON: The US Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday it will require the food industry to gradually phase out artificial transfats. Commissioner Margaret Hamburg said the move could prevent 20,000 heart attacks and 7,000 deaths each year. Ap

2 killed,7 hurt in Detroit shooting

DETROIT: Gunfire broke out Wednesday evening at a Detroit barbershop known for gambling activity,leaving at least three men dead and seven injured. AP

Teen rape galvanizes support in Kenya

TINGOLO: A wave of outrage has grown in Kenya since word spread that a 16-year-old girl was gangraped and thrown into a pit latrine,with the alleged attackers told to cut grass at a police post,and then let go. Nearly 1.4 million people have signed an online petition calling for prosecution of the men. AP

‘Homosexuality can be grounds for asylum’

BRUSSELS: Refugees facing imprisonment in home country as they are gay may have grounds to be granted asylum in European Union,the 28-nation bloc’s top court ruled Thursday. AP