News In Brief

Kim Jong-un 'has baby daughter' 3
BBC Online

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has a baby daughter called Ju-ae, retired US basketball player Dennis Rodman says.
Rodman, who was in North Korea last week on a "basketball diplomacy tour", made the comments in an interview with The Guardian newspaper.
He said that he spent time with Kim's family by the sea, and described him as "a good dad".

Explosion kills 2, outside China school
Dpa, Beijing

An explosion killed at least two people and injured 17 others yesterday outside a primary school in the tourist city of Guilin in south-western China's Guangxi region, state media said.
Ten children were among the injured, including one in critical condition, after the explosion on a motorized tricycle cart around 8 a.m. near Guilin's Balijie Primary School, local police said.
A preliminary investigation identified the tricycle driver as a suspect, state broadcaster China Central Television said.

Philippines rebels kill 6, hold 20 hostages
Afp, Zamboanga

Philippine troops were locked in a standoff with hundreds of Muslim gunmen who killed six people and took at least 20 hostages in the south yesterday in a bid to derail peace talks.
Armoured troops surrounded the southern port city of Zamboanga after between 200 and 300 Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) gunmen entered six coastal villages on its outskirts before dawn, the military said.
"We want an independent Mindanao," one of the gunmen, Asamin Hussin, told local ABS-CBN television, referring to the southern third of the mainly Catholic nation.

55 killed in CAR battles
Reuters, Bangui

 
At least 55 people were killed in clashes over the weekend between gunmen loyal to Central African Republic's (CAR) former president and the ex-rebels who ousted him, the government and a regional peacekeeper said yesterday.
The latest fighting in a country the United Nations has warned is on the brink of collapse took place on Saturday and Sunday around Bossangoa about 300 km north of the capital.

Khmer Rouge top prosecutor resigns
Ap, Phnom Penh

The international prosecutor for Cambodia's Khmer Rouge tribunal said yesterday that he is resigning next week, citing personal reasons.
The resignation of co-prosecutor Andrew Cayley of Britain takes effect September 16, almost four years after he joined the financially troubled UN-backed tribunal in 2009.
"I wish the court well, and I certainly hope that some of the immediate financial issues the court faces can be resolved to allow the caseload to be completed in an orderly and timely fashion,'' Cayley said in a statement.
About 140 Cambodian employees at the court have been on strike since early September to demand salaries that have not been paid for months.

Guatemala bar attack kills 11
Afp, Guatemala City

At least 11 people were killed and another 15 injured in an armed standoff at a liquor store in Guatemala, rescue officials said. Rescue workers found victims dead in "hiding places," in the store's bathrooms, and in surrounding streets, Sergio Vasquez, spokesman for the volunteer firefighters told local media.