In Short

A round-up of today's other world stories in brief

A round-up of today's other world stories in brief

British secret documents found on train

LONDON - The British home secretary, Jacqui Smith, was last night facing a House of Commons summons to explain how another batch of secret documents were left on a train.

Papers covering global terrorist funding, drug trafficking and money laundering were found last Wednesday in a carriage heading for London's Waterloo station. They were said to include details of how banking systems could be manipulated to finance illicit weapons of mass destruction in Iran.

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It comes after secret service reports on Iraq and al-Qaeda were found on a separate train last week and passed to the BBC. Those papers included secret Joint Intelligence Committee assessments. - (Guardian service)

Immigrants to be paid to leave

MADRID - Spain will offer unemployed immigrant workers financial incentives to return to their countries of origin, minister Celestino Corbacho said yesterday.

A slowing economy has halted Spain's construction boom and Mr Corbacho said workers who agree to return will receive accumulated unemployment benefits in two lump sums, provided they take their families with them and commit not to return for at least three years. - (Reuters)

Father battles for Narnia site

EDINBURGH - A father who bought a Narnia website name for his son's birthday says he faces a David and Goliath-style battle against one of the biggest law firms in the world.

Richard Saville-Smith, from Edinburgh, bought the name www.narnia.mobi for his son Comrie who is a CS Lewis fan.

But he now faces a fight with CS Lewis (Pte) Ltd,which wants the website name.

A complaint has been lodged with the World Intellectual Property Organisation. - (AP)

Israel undermining talks - Rice

JERUSALEM - US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice said yesterday that Israel's settlement building was harming peace negotiations with the Palestinians.

After meeting Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas - who called settlements "the highest hurdle" to a deal with Israel - Ms Rice said an agreement on creating a Palestinian state could be reached this year.

Ms Rice proposed holding more three-way meetings with Israeli and Palestinian negotiators. - (Reuters)