A round-up of other world news in brief
Arrests made after New Delhi bombing
NEW DELHI- Indian police have detained more than 10 people in connection with a deadly bomb blast in a crowded New Delhi market, officials said yesterday, the second attack in the capital this month.
Police said they could identify the two men who dropped a plastic bag in the market on Saturday, before speeding away on a motorcycle. A boy picked up the bag and ran after them to return it when there was a huge explosion, killing him on the spot. A 60-year-old man died in hospital later. Twenty- two people were wounded.
- (Reuters)
Hamas frees Fatah members
GAZA- Hamas security forces released 35 members of the rival Fatah movement from prison yesterday as a goodwill gesture to mark a Muslim holiday and bolster Egyptian reconciliation efforts, a Hamas official said.
Mohammed al-Qidwa, who was governor of the Gaza Strip before Hamas seized the territory from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah faction in fighting in June 2007, was among those freed. He had been in detention for three months.
- (Reuters)
Seamen rescued in Black Sea
SOFIA- A Belgian yacht rescued two survivors adrift on a life raft in the Black Sea yesterday after a North Korean-registered cargo ship, with 10 crew on board, sank in rough waters, Bulgarian authorities said. An official said he spoke to one of the Ukrainians on the phone who explained that their ship sank very quickly early on Saturday. - (Reuters)
Typhoon Jangmin hits Taiwan
TAIPEI- A strong typhoon enveloped Taiwan yesterday with torrential rains and winds of up to 209km/h, forcing more than 150 flight cancellations and stopping work in the capital.
Authorities have reported 85 landslides and 109 evacuations, while TV has shown images of broken segments of highways.
Typhoon Jangmi, the season's most powerful storm so far, is moving toward southeastern China.
- (Reuters)
Vote on Correa's role in Ecuador
QUITO- Millions of Ecuadoreans from the Galapagos islands to Indian mountain villages have voted in a referendum that leftist president Rafael Correa is expected to win, tightening his hold on the oil-exporting state.
Like fellow South American socialists, Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez and Bolivia's president Evo Morales, Mr Correa wants a rewritten constitution that gives him more power to regulate the economy and increase spending on health and education.
If approved, the new constitution will erode the power of congress and the army, which helped to topple three presidents in the last decade. - (Reuters)