A roundup of today's other stories in brief.
Six US soldiers killed by roadside bomb
BAGHDAD -Six US soldiers and an interpreter were killed by a roadside bomb in western Baghdad on Saturday, the US military said, as a search for three abducted soldiers entered its second week yesterday.
The soldiers and their interpreter had been uncovering caches of weapons, including grenades and small arms, as well as bomb-making equipment, in the capital over the past week. - (Reuters)
3 dead after sniper attack in Idaho
MOSCOW -Three people were killed and two were wounded in a late-night sniper attack in the town of Moscow, Idaho, KREM-TV said yesterday.
Moscow police sergeant Lee Newbill was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital following the shooting attack that started outside the Latah County Courthouse on Saturday. A civilian and another police officer were also injured.
The gunman took cover in a Presbyterian church after the rampage. Police later raided the church and found the bodies of two men, including the presumed gunman. - (Reuters)
Socialists set for victory in Bulgaria
SOFIA -Bulgarians appeared to hand a narrow victory to the ruling Socialists yesterday in their first elections for the European Parliament, but a low turnout highlighted frustration over corruption and poverty.
More than two-thirds of eligible voters stayed home, many disillusioned by a lack of progress in the two-year-old coalition government's reforms and fight against crime.
Three exit polls showed the Socialist party won 22.4-27.6 per cent of the vote, while GERB got 20.9-27.9 per cent. - (Reuters)
Brown says World Bank not for Blair
POTSDAM -British prime minister-in-waiting Gordon Brown at the weekend quashed speculation that his predecessor, Tony Blair, could take over as president of the World Bank when he leaves office next month.
In his first comments on the departure amid scandal of Paul Wolfowitz from the World Bank job, Mr Brown said it was almost certain the next head of the Washington-based bank would be American.
"There is a long history of a European being MD of the IMF and an American nominee being president of the World Bank," he said at a meeting of G8 finance ministers in Germany.
Attorney general tipped to quit in US
WASHINGTON -The top Republican on the Senate judiciary committee predicted yesterday that attorney general Alberto Gonzales might step down in the face of a substantial Senate no-confidence vote.
Asked on CBS's Face the Nation whether many Republicans would join the majority Democrats in voting against Mr Gonzales, Republican senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania said: "I think so." - (Reuters)