A round-up of today's other stories in brief.
Landowner denies Kenya murder
NAIROBI - The descendant of Kenya's most famous white settler yesterday pleaded not guilty to charges he murdered a local stonemason in a case that has awakened simmering East African animosities from British colonial times.
Thomas Cholmondeley, one of Kenya's largest landowners and grandson of Lord Delamere - the British aristocrat depicted in the iconic colonial African novel and film White Mischief - was arrested on May 10th for shooting a man he accuses of poaching on his land.
Cholmondeley's arrest comes a year after prosecutors dropped charges against him for shooting dead a Kenyan wildlife officer. - (Reuters)
Ten arrested in terrorism raids
LONDON - Ten people were arrested across England yesterday in a series of raids by counter-terrorism police targeting the alleged funding and support of the insurgency in Iraq.
A total of 500 officers carried out raids on 19 addresses including the offices of an Islamic charity. - (Guardian Service)
Berlusconi expects to be back
ROME - Italy's former prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, has written to heads of government around the world telling them he hoped to be back in office soon after an inquiry into alleged irregularities during last month's election.
"I hope to return to government soon after more than 1.1 million annulled ballots have been checked," Mr Berlusconi wrote to the Spanish prime minister. - (Reuters)