In Brief

VIOLENCE – More than 20 people were killed in Haiti in recent days amid escalating violence involving armed gangs in Martissant, the southern suburb of the capital, UN officials said.

* COLLISION – At least 20 people were killed and 40 injured when a train rammed into a packed bus at an unmanned railway crossing in Bangladesh’s western Jaipurhat district, police said. * RULING – The European Union’s top court ruled that former French premier Edith Cresson was guilty of favouritism when she was an EU commissioner in the 1990s, but did not levy a financial penalty.* MASSACRE – Tens of thousands of Muslims from across Bosnia were heading for Srebrenica to commemorate the 11th anniversary of Europe’s worst massacre since World War II.* JIHAD – Chechen fighters will continue their “jihad” against Russian forces following the death of rebel warlord Shamil Basayev in an explosion, a spokesman for the separatist movement said.* RELATIONS – Sudan and Chad are ready to work to restore relations, three months after N’Djamena broke off ties over alleged Sudanese backing for a failed coup, a foreign ministry spokesman in Khartoum said.* WEAPONS – East Timor Prime Minister Jose Ramos-Horta launched into his new job with a symbolic start, collecting weapons from civilians as the nation tries to rebuild from a spate of violence.* REINFORCED – said it will send nearly 900 more troops to southern Afghanistan between now and October to grapple with Taliban insurgents, bringing its total deployment in the area to 4 400.* SHUTTLE – Two spacewalking astronauts replaced broken hardware deemed crucial for the completion of the International Space Station, a new success for NASA in the six-day-old Discovery shuttle mission.* VOTE – Leftist candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador alleged he has “irrefutable” video evidence of fraud in last week’s presidential balloting, and renewed his call for a recount in the poll won by Felipe Calderon.- Nampa-AFP-Reuters* RULING – The European Union’s top court ruled that former French premier Edith Cresson was guilty of favouritism when she was an EU commissioner in the 1990s, but did not levy a financial penalty.* MASSACRE – Tens of thousands of Muslims from across Bosnia were heading for Srebrenica to commemorate the 11th anniversary of Europe’s worst massacre since World War II.* JIHAD – Chechen fighters will continue their “jihad” against Russian forces following the death of rebel warlord Shamil Basayev in an explosion, a spokesman for the separatist movement said.* RELATIONS – Sudan and Chad are ready to work to restore relations, three months after N’Djamena broke off ties over alleged Sudanese backing for a failed coup, a foreign ministry spokesman in Khartoum said.* WEAPONS – East Timor Prime Minister Jose Ramos-Horta launched into his new job with a symbolic start, collecting weapons from civilians as the nation tries to rebuild from a spate of violence.* REINFORCED – said it will send nearly 900 more troops to southern Afghanistan between now and October to grapple with Taliban insurgents, bringing its total deployment in the area to 4 400.* SHUTTLE – Two spacewalking astronauts replaced broken hardware deemed crucial for the completion of the International Space Station, a new success for NASA in the six-day-old Discovery shuttle mission.* VOTE – Leftist candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador alleged he has “irrefutable” video evidence of fraud in last week’s presidential balloting, and renewed his call for a recount in the poll won by Felipe Calderon. – Nampa-AFP-Reuters