Sunday, March 30, 2008

Zimbabwe opposition claim election victory
17:52 Zimbabwe's main opposition today claimed victory after a general election yesterday in which it claimed President Robert Mugabe attempted to rig the vote. Secretary General of the Movement for Democratic Change Tendai Biti said early results showed his party had won majorities in provinces across the country including Masvingo - traditionally a stronghold for Mr Mugabe's Zanu-PF party. A government spokesman later warned that premature claims would be seen as an attempted coup. "We all know how coups are handled," he told the state-owned Sunday Mail.

Chinese crackdown sparks more Tibetan tension
17:40 There was a heavy police presence Zhuoni in the province of Gansu where buildings were burned out yesterday after a protest in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa sparked protests on the other side of the border.
Al Sadr orders followers off the streets
14:49 Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has urged his followers to stop battling government forces seeking to stamp down on violence in towns and cities that has threatened to spiral out of control.
Man held in connection with Kerry murders
00:07 A 30-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the deaths of a father and son in north Kerry earlier this week.