Today's other stories in brief
Three charged over London bomb attacks
LONDON - Three men were charged yesterday in connection with the suicide bomb attacks on July 7th, 2005, that killed 52 commuters on London's transport system.
They are due to appear in court in London tomorrow charged with conspiring with the bombers to cause explosions on the transport network or at tourist attractions.
The men are the first to be charged over the attacks on three underground trains and a bus in London.
The four bombers all died and more than 900 commuters were injured.
- (Reuters)
Former rebel now Chechen president
GUDERMES - A 30-year-old amateur boxer accused by human rights groups of murdering and kidnapping civilians was inaugurated yesterday as president of Chechnya.
Ramzan Kadyrov, a former rebel turned Moscow loyalist who has his own militia army, was installed in a lavish ceremony in Gudermes, Chechnya's second-largest city.
In his acceptance speech he promised to work for "human rights and freedom".
Human rights groups claim security forces under Mr Kadyrov's control abduct and torture civilians suspected of ties to Chechnya's separatist rebels. - (Guardian service)
120 suspected insurgents held
ALGIERS - Algerian authorities are holding 120 men on suspicion of involvement in the insurgency in Iraq, a newspaper reported yesterday.
Top-selling El Khabar said most of those in custody belonged to the al-Qaeda organisation in the Islamic Maghreb, a group of Algerian Islamist insurgents that has carried out bomb attacks on police and western expatriates in Algeria in recent months.
Citing judicial sources, the daily said the 120 Algerians were variously suspected of having fought in Iraq, planning to travel to take part in the conflict there or of recruiting Algerians to participate in the conflict. - (Reuters)