9 killed in Mpuma plane crash

* BARBERTON Â- Nine people including a pilot were killed after an aircraft crashed and exploded in Mpumalanga on Sunday afternoon.

72 dead is Kyrgyzstan quake* BISHKEK – Rescuers raced to reach a remote village in Kyrgyzstan yesterday after a strong earthquake killed at least 72 people in a mountainous area near the border with China, officials said.Strong earthquake in Tibet, kills 30* BEIJING – China’s official Xinhua News Agency says 30 people are dead after an earthquake struck Tibet. The news agency said yesterday a magnitude 6.6 earthquake hit a county near Tibet’s capital Lhasa.Suicide blast at MP’s house kills 18MULTAN – A suicide bomber killed 18 people and wounded a Pakistani opposition politician yesterday in the latest attack to undersscore the threat posed by Taliban and al Qaeda militants.US opens trade office in Libya* TRIPOLI – The United States has opened a trade office in Libya to boost economic ties with the oil-rich state, the official Jana news agency reported yesterday.Taliban, Afghan officials met in Saudi* KABUL – Taliban representatives met with Afghan government officials last month in Saudi Arabia, a former high-level Taliban ambassador said yesterday, but he denied the meeting could be construed as peace talks.Call for Uganda rebel’s arrest* THE HAGUE – The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court called yesterday for renewed efforts to arrest a notorious Ugandan rebel leader following reports of a new wave of attacks.Thai protesters go to parliament* BANGKOK – Thousands of anti-government protesters marched to Thailand’s parliament building yesterday, police said, in what one of the rally leaders claimed would be their “final battle”.72 dead is Kyrgyzstan quake* BISHKEK – Rescuers raced to reach a remote village in Kyrgyzstan yesterday after a strong earthquake killed at least 72 people in a mountainous area near the border with China, officials said. Strong earthquake in Tibet, kills 30* BEIJING – China’s official Xinhua News Agency says 30 people are dead after an earthquake struck Tibet. The news agency said yesterday a magnitude 6.6 earthquake hit a county near Tibet’s capital Lhasa.Suicide blast at MP’s house kills 18MULTAN – A suicide bomber killed 18 people and wounded a Pakistani opposition politician yesterday in the latest attack to undersscore the threat posed by Taliban and al Qaeda militants.US opens trade office in Libya* TRIPOLI – The United States has opened a trade office in Libya to boost economic ties with the oil-rich state, the official Jana news agency reported yesterday.Taliban, Afghan officials met in Saudi* KABUL – Taliban representatives met with Afghan government officials last month in Saudi Arabia, a former high-level Taliban ambassador said yesterday, but he denied the meeting could be construed as peace talks. Call for Uganda rebel’s arrest * THE HAGUE – The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court called yesterday for renewed efforts to arrest a notorious Ugandan rebel leader following reports of a new wave of attacks.Thai protesters go to parliament * BANGKOK – Thousands of anti-government protesters marched to Thailand’s parliament building yesterday, police said, in what one of the rally leaders claimed would be their “final battle”.