Lastnight World

Saleh due to sign transition deal

SANAA: Yemens president was to sign an agreement on Saturday to quit power in a months time in exchange for immunity in a deal that,if implemented,would make him the third Arab ruler ousted by a wave of popular uprisings. Ali Abdullah Saleh has in-principle accepted the agreement negotiated by his oil-exporting neighbours in the six-state Gulf Cooperation Council. Yemens main opposition coalition,which includes both Islamists and leftists,has also agreed to the deal.

Iraqi judge,wife,daughter killed

BAGHDAD: Iraqi officials say a judge,his wife and daughter were killed when their house was blown up. Police say the attackers planted three bombs around the judges house in a village near Taji,north of Baghdad,that exploded before dawn Saturday. The spokesman for the Iraqi Supreme Judicial Council,Abdul-Sattar Bayrkdar,confirmed the death of Tuma al-Timimi,a judge in western Baghdad. The spokesman accused insurgents of targeting judges for their roles in

combating terrorism.

Morocco king visits site of terror attack

MARRAKESH: Moroccan King Mohammed VI visited a cafe in Marrakesh that was the target of a deadly bombing earlier this week. The monarch spent about 10 minutes inspecting the debris at Argana cafe,where at least 16 people including 14 foreign visitors were killed when a bomb ripped through the tourist attraction on Thursday.