BANGKOK – Thai prosecutors stuck summons on the door of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin’s Bangkok home, demanding he and his wife, who live in exile in London, appear in court next month to answer corruption charges.
Photographer killed * LONDON – An Iraqi photographer and driver employed by Reuters news agency were killed in Iraq yesterday in an area of eastern Baghdad where US forces were battling militants, the London-based agency said. The victims were identified as photographer Namir Noor-Eldeen, 22, and driver Saeed Chmagh, 40.Kenyan govt attacked * NAIROBI – Leading Kenyan presidential hopeful accuses government of trying to manipulate this year’s general elections by denying voters identity cards in opposition areas.Is there a link? * LONDON – British security services have yet to find a direct link between four suicide bombers who hit London’s transport network in July 2005 and a group of Islamists jailed this week for a failed copycat attack two weeks later.Nampa-Reuters-BBCThe victims were identified as photographer Namir Noor-Eldeen, 22, and driver Saeed Chmagh, 40.Kenyan govt attacked * NAIROBI – Leading Kenyan presidential hopeful accuses government of trying to manipulate this year’s general elections by denying voters identity cards in opposition areas.Is there a link? * LONDON – British security services have yet to find a direct link between four suicide bombers who hit London’s transport network in July 2005 and a group of Islamists jailed this week for a failed copycat attack two weeks later.Nampa-Reuters-BBC
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