Zambian miners have killed a Chinese manager by pushing a mine trolley at him during a riot at a coal mine in the south of the country on Saturday. The workers were on strike at the mine in protest against delays in implementing a new minimum wage.
Naked Parade
Several Pakistani police officers have been suspended after they were accused of parading a couple naked in public. According to witnesses, police in the Sindh town of Gambat forced the man and woman to walk to the police station naked as punishment for trying to have sex outside marriage.
Drugs burned
Police in Peru say they have destroyed more than 50 tonnes of marijuana. In an operation lasting five days, the police say they located a record 207,000 marijuana plants in two central regions of the country.
Election fears
With Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez facing a close re-election race, some are warning that thumbprint readers at ballot boxes will scare away voters. The readers will be hooked to the electronic voting machines, fuelling fears they could let the government know how each person votes.
Technology tussle
A U.S. judge has rejected Apple’s request for severe sanctions against Samsung’s lawyers, but said the two technology giants’ conduct risked tainting the jury. The companies are fighting a high stakes trial over the intellectual property rights behind technology such as touchscreens.
Syrian hostages
Syrian rebels have taken responsibility for the kidnapping of 48 Iranians in Damascus on Saturday. The rebels insist their captives are members of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards, not religious pilgrims as Iran’s official news agency had reported.
Yemen bombing
A suicide bomber has killed at least 45 people at a funeral in Yemen’s southern city of Jaar. It is the deadliest attack since the army declared victory over Islamist militants in June and raises questions about the army’s control over the region.
Superpower struggle
China’s foreign ministry has expressed “strong dissatisfaction” at comments by the US state department over tensions in the disputed South China Sea. A US spokesman had said that Chinese actions in the area run “counter to collaborative diplomatic efforts to resolve differences and risk further escalating tensions in the region”. It is the latest in a line of political spats between the two countries.
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