Two people accused of being part of an Islamic State group extremist cell of medics attempting to launch an anthrax attack in the country have been arrested, Kenyan police said today.
	A statement from the Anti-Terror Police Unit said police yesterday arrested Mohamed Shukri Yerrow, an intern doctor at Malindi sub-county hospital, along with Abdulrazak Abdinuur following a tip-off from members of the public.
	The alleged leader of the cell, Mohammed Abdi Ali, a medical intern in Makueni county, and his wife, a medical student in Uganda, were arrested in May.
	Police say two other medics are missing. However some rights activists have suggested that police could be involved in their disappearance.
	Kenya is struggling to battle the Islamic State group's recruitment of some of the country's youths. At least 20 young Kenyans have travelled to Libya to join the extremist group, according to police.
	Authorities fear that the Islamic State is trying to establish a presence in Kenya, East ..

2 arrested in Kenya, accused of IS anthrax attack plot

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A truck carrying Takata air bag inflators and a load of volatile ammonium nitrate crashed, caught fire and exploded in southern Texas last week, killing a woman and injuring four others.
	Takata says today that the truck operated by a subcontractor crashed in the small town of Quemado near the Mexican border about 140 miles from San Antonio. The company says it sent people to the site and is helping authorities investigate the crash.
	Takata has a warehouse in nearby Eagle Pass, Texas, and it has an air bag inflator plant in Monclova, Mexico.
	The News Gram of Eagle Pass identified the victim as Lucila Robles, whose home was destroyed in blast.
	Takata says it has strict procedures covering transportation of its products that meet all government regulations.

Truck carrying Takata inflators explodes in Texas, killing 1

A permanent cease-fire took effect in Colombia today, a major step in bringing an end to 52 years of bloody combat between the government and the country's biggest rebel group.
	The commander of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia announced yesterday that his fighters would cease hostilities beginning at 12:01 am as a result of the peace accord the two sides reached at midweek.
	Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos made a similar announcement Friday, saying the military would halt attacks on the FARC beginning today.
	FARC leader Rodrigo Londono, also known as Timochenko, made his announcement in Havana, where rebel and government negotiators talked for four years to reach the deal on ending one of the world's longest-running conflicts.
	"Never again will parents be burying their sons and daughters killed in the war," Londono said. "All rivalries and grudges will remain in the past."
	Colombia is expected to hold a national referendum Oct. 2 to give voters the chance to ...

Permanent cease-fire taking effect in Colombia under accord

Two roadside bombs have killed at least nine Afghan civilians, officials said today.
	Six people were killed in a blast in the southern Helmand province, which has seen heavy fighting between Taliban insurgents and security forces in recent weeks, according to Omer Zwak, the spokesman for the provincial governor. He said five others -- three women and two children -- were wounded in the attack, and that all the victims were from the same family.
	Another roadside bomb in the central Ghor province killed two women and a man. The blast late Sunday wounded eight other people, mostly women and children, said Abdul Hai Khatebi, spokesman for the provincial governor.
	No one has claimed responsibility for the attacks, but Taliban insurgents frequently target security forces with homemade bombs placed along roads and footpaths.

Roadside bombs kill 9 civilians in Afghanistan

More than 300 wild reindeer have been killed by lighting in central Norway in what wildlife officials are calling an unusually large natural disaster.
	The Norwegian Environment Agency has released eerie images showing a jumble of reindeer carcasses scattered across a small area on the Hardangervidda mountain plateau. The agency says 323 animals were killed, including 70 calves, in the lightning storm Friday.
	Agency spokesman Kjartan Knutsen told the AP it's not uncommon for reindeer or other wildlife to be killed by lightning strikes, "but we have not heard about such numbers before."
	He said reindeer tend to stay very close to each other in bad weather, which could explain how so many were killed at once.
	Thousands of reindeer migrate across the barren Hardanangervidda plateau as the seasons change.

Lightning strike kills more than 300 reindeer in Norway

Russian athletes including the women's pole vault world record holder, Yelena Isinbayeva, have visited an air base in Syria that Russia uses to target Islamic State fighters.
	Isinbayeva, who won gold at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics but like all Russian track and field athletes was banned from competing in Rio, led a group of Russian athletes to the Hemeimeem base in the government-controlled part of Syria.
	Russian television today showed footage of Isinbayeva, dressed in a white T-shirt, leading a morning workout for several dozen soldiers.
	Isinbayeva, who this month retired from competition and won election to the International Olympic Committee as an athletes' representative, said she was proud to be at the base to boost the troops' morale. "Everything here fills me with patriotism and pride," she said.
	The television footage showed Isinbayeva do sit-ups together with the troops and climb a rope.
	The pole vaulter, who spent the night in the area, said she and other athletes were .

Russian athletes visit air base in Syria used to strike IS

The image of the teacher's body tied to a tree and riddled with bullets still haunts his son 14 years later.
	Communist militants allegedly dragged the Nepalese man from the class he was teaching and then killed him for refusing to give part of his salary to fund their bloody rebellion.
	Suman Adhikari has little hope he will get justice for his father's death not with the same Maoist fighters-turned- politicians controlling the Himalayan country's government.
	Despite international pressure and government promises, including by the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Center) themselves, Adhikari and thousands of other conflict victims are still waiting for information about loved ones who were among the 17,000 killed or hundreds who disappeared during the decade-long insurgency demanding an end to the country's now-defunct monarchy.
	"The Maoists want everyone to forgive and forget whatever happened during the conflict, but that is not acceptable to us," said 40-year-old Adhikari, who ..

Survivors of Nepal insurgency fear crimes will go unpunished

Three Canadian cruise ship passengers were charged with drug smuggling today after Sydney police allegedly found 95 kilograms of cocaine in their cabin luggage.
	The haul valued at 31 million Australian dollars was the largest seizure in Australia of narcotics carried by passengers of a cruise ship or airliner, Australian Border Force commander Tim Fitzgerald said.
	Andre Tamine, 63, Isabelle Lagace, 28, and Melina Roberce, 22, were arrested yesterday after the MS Sea Princess, operated by California-based Princess Cruises, berthed in Sydney.
	The three did not enter pleas when they were charged in the Sydney Central Local Court with importing a commercial quantity of cocaine. They face potential life sentences if convicted.
	They will remain in custody until their next court appearance on Oct 26.
	The trio had boarded the ship at the British port city of Southampton. Police are investigating whether they boarded with the drugs or sourced them from one of several South American ports .

3 Canadians charged in 23 mln Aus dollars cocaine case

Hillary Clinton has landed on a very personal counterpunch to what she says is Donald Trump's checkered business past: her dad.
	As the Democratic presidential nominee works to undercut Trump's economic record and promote her plans for small businesses, she is invoking memories of her late father's Chicago drapery business. Recalling Hugh Rodham hard at work making and printing curtains for hotels and office buildings, Clinton argues that he would have been "stiffed" in a deal with the celebrity businessman.
	"He expected to be paid when he showed up," Clinton said recently during an event in Warren, Michigan. "He did the work. He paid for the supplies and the labor he often hired to help him on big jobs. I can't imagine what would have happened to my father and his business if he had gotten a contract from Trump."
	Clinton hopes to remind voters that despite her years in public life that have left her a multimillionaire, she comes from a middle-class background and understands the ...

Clinton hits Trump by recalling her father's business

More than 300 people came to a small church to say farewell to two nuns killed in their Mississippi home, even though more than half had to watch the service called vigil for the deceased on a monitor outside.
	A funeral Mass for Sisters Margaret Held and Paula Merrill, both 68, will be celebrated today at the cathedral in Jackson, even as authorities continue to investigate the harrowing crime.
	About 145 people filled St Thomas Church in Lexington, where the nuns led Bible study.
	A monitor was placed outside where another 160 people sat on folding chairs and others stood to watch the service led by Bishop Joseph Kopacz of the Jackson Diocese.
	The church's priest, the Rev Gregory Plata, spoke about how far-reaching the nuns' work was, and how much they'll be missed.
	They worked in a clinic for the poor in Lexington, about 10 miles from their home in Durant.
	The final hymn, described as Sister Margaret Held's favorite, was "How Can I Keep from Singing?"
	Afterward, nuns from the ..

More than 300 at wake for 2 nuns killed in Mississippi

It took 50 years for a Long Island woman to finally complete her quest to return a World War II veteran's lost dog tags she found on a New York City beach.
	Laurie Lubin, of Bellmore, began her search by poring over phone books in the 1960s and continued into the internet era. She recently hit pay dirt when she learned that one of the veteran's daughters lives just a few miles away in Queens.
	Lubin's quest to find Brooklyn native Irving Isaacs began in the summer of '66 when she was about to turn 14.
	One day at Rockaway Beach in Queens, she spotted something shiny in the sand: a pair of dog tags on a metal chain, along with a small metal mezuzah, a religious pendant some Jewish servicemen attached to their tags. She knew immediately what the items were because her father still had his own mezuzah-accessorized dog tags from serving in the Army during WWII.
	Lubin took the dog tags home and tried to find Isaacs' name in New York City phone books, but was unsuccessful. During the ...

WWII dog tags found on beach in '66 returned to family

Explosion rocks Belgium's criminology institute in the

An explosion rocked Belgium's criminology institute in the capital Brussels, but there were no injuries reported, local media said today.
	State broadcaster RTBF reported that a car forced its way into the site "before exploding a bomb" about 2 AM (0430 IST). No source for the information was given.
	RTBF said no one was injured but that damage at the site is significant.
	Police have deployed in force and sealed off the area.
	The institute assists and advises Belgium's justice authorities in carrying out their inquiries.
	Belgium has been on high alert since a March 22 attack on the Brussels airport and subway killed 32 people.

Belgian media reports blast outside criminology institute

No shots fired, no gunman found at Los Angeles airport,

Police say search underway at Los Angeles airport; social

Mexican superstar songwriter and singer Juan Gabriel has died at his home in California, his publicist said.
	He was 66.
	Juan Gabriel was Mexico's leading singer-songwriter and top-selling artist, with sales of more than 100 million albums. His ballads about love and heartbreak and bouncy mariachi tunes became hymns throughout Latin America and Spain and with Spanish speakers in the United States.
	He brought many adoring fans to tears as they sang along when he crooned his songs about love and heartbreak, including his top hits, "Hasta Que Te Conoci" ("Until I Met You") and "Amor Eterno" ("Eternal Love"). His hit "Querida" ("Dear") topped Mexico's charts for a whole year.
	A flamboyant performer, Juan Gabriel, whose real name was Alberto Aguilera Valadez, liked to wear jackets covered in sequins or dress in shiny silk outfits in hot pink, turquoise blue or canary yellow, and he was known for tossing his head before dancing or jumping around the stage.
	"He has passed on to become ...

Juan Gabriel, Mexican superstar singer-songwriter, has died

London police arrested more than 100 people amid sporadic violence at the annual Notting Hill Carnival, an annual celebration of Caribbean culture in the British capital that often includes trouble on the sidelines.
	The Metropolitan Police yesterday reported at least four knife attacks during the opening day of the two-day festival in west London. It said four males aged 15 to 20 were wounded, with one 15-year-old boy hospitalized in critical condition.
	Yesterday's festivities included a colorful child-oriented parade through west London that attracted tens of thousands of revelers, many of whom danced in the streets to the sound of steel drums and reggae bands.
	Scores of paramedics were on hand to provide MASH-style units for carnival-goers injured or unwell from alcohol or drugs. Medical beds were deployed at roadsides in some locations.
	The London Ambulance Service reported shortly before midnight that 411 people had received medical care at the carnival, 77 of whom needed to ..

More than 100 arrested, dozens hurt at Notting Hill Carnival

Women around the country are taking off their tops on GoTopless Day, a day that promotes gender equality and women's rights to bare their breasts in public.
	GoTopless Day is celebrated annually on the Sunday closest to Women's Equality Day, marking the day American women earned the right to vote.
	A few dozen women, and some men, went topless yesterday as they walked down Broadway in New York City. The march was led by some women carrying a banner, followed by others in a convertible, with the top down, of course. Coming up at the end was a pair of giant inflatable breasts. Onlookers gawked and took photos as the parade participants went by.
	The event in New York City was one of several planned for cities across the globe. Gatherings were planned in New Hampshire, Denver, Los Angeles and more.
	Nadine Gray, president of GoTopless, said she hopes the events will take away the shock and awe around seeing female breasts.
	"In New York City, we are really celebrating our right to be ...

Women bare breasts for gender equality on GoTopless Day

Italian authorities are vowing to investigate whether negligence or fraud in adhering to building codes played a role in the high death toll in last week's earthquake in Italy.
	They also called for efforts to ensure organized crime doesn't infiltrate lucrative construction contracts to eventually rebuild much of the picturesque towns leveled in the disaster.
	Meanwhile, rescue workers pressed on with the task of recovering bodies from the rubble, with hopes of finding anymore survivors virtually vanished four days after the powerful quake.
	Over the past two days, they found six more bodies in the rubble of Hotel Roma in Amatrice, the medieval hill town in mountainous central Italy that bore the brunt of destruction and loss of life in the powerful quake.
	They recovered three and by late today were still working to retrieve others that were hard to reach. It wasn't clear if those six were included in the overall 290 death toll given by authorities.
	The quake that struck before dawn 

Italy probes whether negligence played role in quake toll

Two brothers have been charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of the cousin of NBA star Dwyane Wade as she was walking to register her children for school, Chicago police announced today.
	Darwin Sorrells Jr and Derren Sorrells, 22, also were charged with attempted murder in Friday's shooting.
	Nykea Aldridge, a 32-year-old mother of four, was pushing her baby in a stroller near the school when two men walked up and fired shots at a third man but hit Aldridge in the head and arm. Police say she wasn't the intended target, and the baby was not injured.
	Darwin Sorrells was sentenced to six years in prison in January 2013 on a gun charged and was released early on parole, while Derren Sorrells is a known gang member, police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said.
	Authorities are investigating whether the encounter was a robbery, possibly involving a driver from a ridesharing company, Guglielmi said yesterday.
	Chicago has been in the throes of a major uptick in gun violence ..

2 Chicago men charged in shooting of NBA star Wade's cousin

Qatar's main Hamad International Airport is adding a USD 10 fee for all passengers departing from the airport, including on connection flights.
	The decision, announced today, comes after the Middle East's busiest airport in Dubai and a smaller one in the nearby emirate of Sharjah also added similar fees earlier this year.
	The measure helps boost revenue in Gulf countries following a slump in the price of oil that has impacted their economic growth and limited spending capabilities.
	The fee will be added to tickets for travel starting December 1. Children under two-years-old without a seat will be exempted.
	The airport, which is home to one of the region's largest airlines Qatar Airways, says the charge will help it to increase capacity and invest in new infrastructure and technology.

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