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Charges drawn up against Musharraf
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s ruling coalition has prepared impeachment charges against President Pervez Musharraf focusing on violation of the constitution and misconduct, a coalition official said yesterday. Speculation has been mounting that former army chief and firm US ally Musharraf would quit after the coalition government, led by the party of assassinated former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, said last week it planned to impeach him. — Reuters.
Kenya ex-graft chief ‘not afraid’
NAIROBI — Kenya’s ex-anti-corruption investigator John Githongo has told the BBC he is no longer afraid for his life and is preparing to visit Kenya next week. He fled in 2005 after receiving death threats over claims that the government was guilty of “massive looting”. He said that the violence that rocked Kenya after the December elections had dramatically changed the country. — BBCOnline. Egyptian gives birth to septuplets
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt — A hospital director in the Egyptian coastal city of Alexandria says a woman has successfully given birth to septuplets. Emad Darwish, head of el-Shatbi hospital says the 27-year-old Ghazala Khamis is now in stable condition, though she did require a blood transfusion during the Caesarean section because of bleeding. Darwish said yesterday that the newborns, four boys and three girls, had been placed in incubators in four different hospitals since they were premature. — AP. Texas teachers to carry guns
HOUSTON — A Texas school district will let teachers bring guns to class this fall, the district’s superintendent said on Friday, in what experts said appeared to be a first in the United States. The board of the small rural Harrold Independent School District unanimously approved the plan and parents have not objected, said the district’s superintendent, David Thweatt. — Reuters. Menem probed over 1995 explosion
BUENOS AIRES — Argentina’s former president, Carlos Menem, has been placed under investigation over his alleged role in a deadly explosion in 1995. Prosecutors say Menem was responsible for the blast that killed seven people at an arsenal. They allege Menem was trying to cover up proof of illegal arms trafficking to Ecuador and Croatia in the 1990s. Menem, president from 1989 to 1999, denies the charges. — BBCOnline. Iran ‘training assassination squads’
WASHINGTON — Iraqi Shiite fighters are now being trained inside Iran as assassination squads, the US military has told the Iraqi government. A US military spokesman in Baghdad confirmed details on Friday.The story was first reported by The Associated Press.The official said the details are being made public in part to pressure Iran to stop the training. — CNN.
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