In Brief

* SAVED – Johannesburg rescue workers had to break a diabetic woman weighing 250kg out of her flat, hoisting her down by crane, to get her to hospital for treatment.

* REJECTION – Within hours of President Hugo Chavez’s re-election on Sunday, Washington made overtures to open dialogue with Venezuela. But the man who calls President George W Bush a “donkey” ruled out rapprochement.* ANGRY – Somalia’s powerful Islamist movement said yesterday that UN endorsement of an African peacekeeping force will “add fuel to the fire” in the Horn of Africa nation many fear is on the verge of all-out war.* ABDUCTED – Nigerian gunmen attacked an Agip oil export terminal in the Niger Delta on Thursday and kidnapped three Italian workers, authorities said.* JAILED – Jordan’s state security court yesterday sentenced three Syrians and an Iraqi to death for their role in firing rockets at two US warships docked at the Red Sea port of Aqaba in 2005.* STRONGER – North Korea armed with nuclear weapons is still no match for the South, and Pyongyang knows better than to attack its neighbour because it cannot win, South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun was quoted as saying yesterday.Nampa-AFP-AP-Reuters-SapaBut the man who calls President George W Bush a “donkey” ruled out rapprochement.* ANGRY – Somalia’s powerful Islamist movement said yesterday that UN endorsement of an African peacekeeping force will “add fuel to the fire” in the Horn of Africa nation many fear is on the verge of all-out war.* ABDUCTED – Nigerian gunmen attacked an Agip oil export terminal in the Niger Delta on Thursday and kidnapped three Italian workers, authorities said.* JAILED – Jordan’s state security court yesterday sentenced three Syrians and an Iraqi to death for their role in firing rockets at two US warships docked at the Red Sea port of Aqaba in 2005.* STRONGER – North Korea armed with nuclear weapons is still no match for the South, and Pyongyang knows better than to attack its neighbour because it cannot win, South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun was quoted as saying yesterday.Nampa-AFP-AP-Reuters-Sapa