77 Kurdish rebels killed

CUKURCA – Turkish troops have killed 77 Kurdish rebels in night-long clashes in northern Iraq, the military said Wednesday.

Five soldiers were also killed. Kenyan talks move forward * NAIROBI – Kenya’s opposition called off mass protests yesterday and President Mwai Kibaki for the first time said publicly he would create the prime minister’s post his rivals have been demanding.Strong quake rocks UK * MANCHESTER – The strongest earthquake to hit Britain in more than two decades was felt across large parts of the country early yesterday, officials said.Some homes had minor damage and one man was injured by a collapsing chimney.The 5.3-magnitude quake struck at about 13h00 and was centred about 200 km north of London, the British Geological Survey said.Officials in the dark over blackout * MIAMI – Power executives were still in the dark yesterday about how a glitch at a substation triggered a blackout that cut power to millions across south Florida.The outage snarled traffic when traffic signals went dead, forced hospitals to scramble for generators and cut off air conditioners in the afternoon heat.New case of mad cow in Canada * OTTAWA – Canada confirmed a new case of mad cow disease on Tuesday, the 12th since 2003, and said the animal in question was a six-year-old dairy cow from Alberta that had most probably eaten infected feed.Nampa-ReutersKenyan talks move forward * NAIROBI – Kenya’s opposition called off mass protests yesterday and President Mwai Kibaki for the first time said publicly he would create the prime minister’s post his rivals have been demanding.Strong quake rocks UK * MANCHESTER – The strongest earthquake to hit Britain in more than two decades was felt across large parts of the country early yesterday, officials said.Some homes had minor damage and one man was injured by a collapsing chimney.The 5.3-magnitude quake struck at about 13h00 and was centred about 200 km north of London, the British Geological Survey said.Officials in the dark over blackout * MIAMI – Power executives were still in the dark yesterday about how a glitch at a substation triggered a blackout that cut power to millions across south Florida.The outage snarled traffic when traffic signals went dead, forced hospitals to scramble for generators and cut off air conditioners in the afternoon heat.New case of mad cow in Canada * OTTAWA – Canada confirmed a new case of mad cow disease on Tuesday, the 12th since 2003, and said the animal in question was a six-year-old dairy cow from Alberta that had most probably eaten infected feed.Nampa-Reuters