A round-up of today's other stories in brief.
Gunmen kill 20 civilians in Darfur
KHARTOUM -Unidentified gunmen attacked a village in Sudan's Darfur region on Wednesday, killing about 20 civilians, a Sudanese army spokesman said yesterday.
"It was a tribal clash, the armed forces had nothing to do with it. About 20 people were killed, including the mayor of the village and a prayer leader," the spokesman said. - (Reuters)
UN attacked in Kosovo
MITROVICA -An explosion in the Serb stronghold of north Mitrovica in Kosovo on Thursday damaged two UN vehicles in a compound housing the police and UN court, police said.
Portuguese Nato peacekeepers closed off the area and UN investigators arrived on the scene. "We still don't know whether a bomb was thrown or a device was placed under one of the cars," said a Kosovo police spokesman. - (Reuters)
Muslim outcry shuts gallery
BERLIN -A gallery has temporarily closed an exhibition of satirical works by a group of Danish artists after six Muslim youths threatened violence unless one of the posters depicting the Kaaba shrine in Mecca was removed.
The Galerie Nord in central Berlin said yesterday it had closed its Zionist Occupied Government show of works by Surrend, a group of artists who say they poke fun at powerful people and ideological conflicts.
On Tuesday, four days after the exhibition opened, a group of angry Muslims stormed into the gallery, shouting demands that one of the 21 posters be removed, said the gallery. - (Reuters)
Milosevic pair return sought
BELGRADE -Serbia's Ministry of Justice on Thursday demanded the extradition of the widow and son of the late Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic, both of whom were granted refugee status by Russia.
Serbia has issued warrants for Mira Markovic and Marko Milosevic on fraud charges via the international police organisation Interpol.
Russia's migration service confirmed earlier this month that both had been granted refugee status in 2006. - (Reuters)