In Brief

TARGETS – Four former ministers should be prosecuted for their part in one of Kenya’s biggest corruption scandals involving some $300 million, the country’s anti-graft body said yesterday.

It did not name names in the statement, issued as political pressure mounted over the slow pace of investigations into the so-called Anglo Leasing affair which involved state tenders awarded to fictitious firms. * DEFENSE – The Vatican on Monday threw its full support behind British bishops who attacked a BBC documentary alleging there had been a cover-up of child sexual abuse under a system Pope Benedict enforced in his previous job.Roman Catholic bishops from England and Wales condemned the documentary, which was aired on Sunday night, as “false and misleading” * PEACE – Calm returned to the streets of the Gaza Strip yesterday after the Islamist-led government withdrew interior ministry troops that had engaged in deadly clashes with security forces loyal to moderate president Mahmud Abbas.* HELP – Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany could be poised to seek a parliamentary vote of confidence to shore up his position after a local elections rout, a senior cabinet minister said yesterday.Gyurcsany was due to make a statement yesterday, at 1200 GMT.* SUPPORT NEEDED – The African Union needs increased United Nations support if it is to continue its peacekeeping operation in Darfur, European Commission aid chief Louis Michel said yesterday.European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and Michel arrived in Addis Ababa for talks with their African counterparts after a 24-hour visit to Sudan to try to break an impasse over peacekeepers for Sudan’s vast west.* BLOWN UP – A suicide bomber blew himself up next to a NATO convoy in the country’s capital Monday, wounding three soldiers and three civilians, while 15 people were killed in other violence around the country, officials said.* LIGHT BABY UP – A popular Spanish flamenco singer is accused of trying to set a 20-month-old baby on fire after a barroom brawl with the child’s father, Spanish media reported yesterday.Miguel Flores, who performs under the stage name Capullo de Jerez, stands accused of attempted homicide, according to the newspaper La Vanguardia.Police could not immediately be reached for comment.Nampa-AP-AFP-Reuters* DEFENSE – The Vatican on Monday threw its full support behind British bishops who attacked a BBC documentary alleging there had been a cover-up of child sexual abuse under a system Pope Benedict enforced in his previous job.Roman Catholic bishops from England and Wales condemned the documentary, which was aired on Sunday night, as “false and misleading” * PEACE – Calm returned to the streets of the Gaza Strip yesterday after the Islamist-led government withdrew interior ministry troops that had engaged in deadly clashes with security forces loyal to moderate president Mahmud Abbas.* HELP – Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany could be poised to seek a parliamentary vote of confidence to shore up his position after a local elections rout, a senior cabinet minister said yesterday.Gyurcsany was due to make a statement yesterday, at 1200 GMT.* SUPPORT NEEDED – The African Union needs increased United Nations support if it is to continue its peacekeeping operation in Darfur, European Commission aid chief Louis Michel said yesterday.European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and Michel arrived in Addis Ababa for talks with their African counterparts after a 24-hour visit to Sudan to try to break an impasse over peacekeepers for Sudan’s vast west.* BLOWN UP – A suicide bomber blew himself up next to a NATO convoy in the country’s capital Monday, wounding three soldiers and three civilians, while 15 people were killed in other violence around the country, officials said.* LIGHT BABY UP – A popular Spanish flamenco singer is accused of trying to set a 20-month-old baby on fire after a barroom brawl with the child’s father, Spanish media reported yesterday.Miguel Flores, who performs under the stage name Capullo de Jerez, stands accused of attempted homicide, according to the newspaper La Vanguardia.Police could not immediately be reached for comment.Nampa-AP-AFP-Reuters