In Brief

CORPSES – Sixty bodies have been found scattered across the Iraqi capital Baghdad, police there have said.

* BURIED – Hundreds of mourners are attending the funeral in Moscow of the investigative reporter Anna Politkovskaya who was killed on Saturday. * TRUTH TIME – Liberia’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission is beginning investigations into crimes committed during the 24-year civil conflict.* NO POWER – Zimbabwe’s cash-strapped power company has warned of massive power outages due to a breakdown at the main thermal power station, say reports.* TROUBLED – Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday urged Sudan to accept a United Nations role in its troubled western Darfur region, where he said “genocide” was developing and African peacekeepers were overwhelmed.* ADVICE – Egyptian foreign minister Ahmed Abul Gheit took a fresh swipe at the Hamas-led Palestinian government and leader Ismail Haniya in an interview published on Tuesday by the top-selling daily Al-Ahram.* KILLED – Three people have been killed after a charter plane caught fire and skidded off a runway as it landed in Norway.* CHAOS – Flash floods caused by heavy rain swept through dozens of northern Greek villages for a second day on Tuesday damaging hundreds of homes, washing away roads and bridges and forcing rescue teams to airlift isolated villagers.BBC- Sapa-AFP-Reuters-AFP* TRUTH TIME – Liberia’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission is beginning investigations into crimes committed during the 24-year civil conflict.* NO POWER – Zimbabwe’s cash-strapped power company has warned of massive power outages due to a breakdown at the main thermal power station, say reports.* TROUBLED – Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday urged Sudan to accept a United Nations role in its troubled western Darfur region, where he said “genocide” was developing and African peacekeepers were overwhelmed.* ADVICE – Egyptian foreign minister Ahmed Abul Gheit took a fresh swipe at the Hamas-led Palestinian government and leader Ismail Haniya in an interview published on Tuesday by the top-selling daily Al-Ahram.* KILLED – Three people have been killed after a charter plane caught fire and skidded off a runway as it landed in Norway.* CHAOS – Flash floods caused by heavy rain swept through dozens of northern Greek villages for a second day on Tuesday damaging hundreds of homes, washing away roads and bridges and forcing rescue teams to airlift isolated villagers.BBC- Sapa-AFP-Reuters-AFP