A round-up of other world news in brief
Tsvangirai in Botswana after crash
HARARE – The wife of Zimbabwe’s Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, who was killed in a car crash that also injured her husband, is expected to be buried on Wednesday, a senior MDC and government official said yesterday.
Mr Tsvangirai was flown to neighbouring Botswana on Saturday to recover from the accident and to undergo another medical check-up, but is expected to return to Harare late on Monday, the official, who asked not to be named, told reporters.
“The arrangement is that Mrs Tsvangirai will be buried on Wednesday in her rural home of Buhera,” he said. A procession will be held in Harare tomorrow. – (Reuters)
Iran carries out missile test
TEHRAN – Iran has test-fired a new air-to-surface missile, Iranian media reported yesterday, in the Islamic Republic’s latest display of its military capability.
The missile test was carried out despite the offer by the administration of US President Barack Obama to engage Iran in direct talks if it “unclenches its fist”. – (Reuters)
Police recover stolen paintings
AMSTERDAM – Dutch police have recovered eight valuable paintings, including works by Renoir and Pissaro, 22 years after they were stolen from a gallery.
Prosecutors said three suspects have been arrested — a 45-year-old German man who lives in Dubai, his 62-year-old mother and a 66-year-old man. The paintings were stolen from the Noortman gallery in Maastricht in 1987. – (Reuters)
U2 top British album chart
LONDON – U2 leapt straight to the top of the British album chart yesterday with No Line on The Horizon, the fastest selling album of the year so far, the Official Charts Company said.
The bands 12th studio album was their 10th to top the British chart. – (Reuters)
Islamists accuse Kenya of incursion
NAIROBI – Islamist insurgents controlling southern Somalia have accused Kenyan troops of crossing into their territory and warned the east African nation to stop troop movements on their border – (Reuters)