LONDON - A British man who was jailed for life for the brutal murders of three generations of the same family had his convictions quashed yesterday and will now face a retrial.
David Morris was jailed in 2002 for the murders of Mandy Power, her two young daughters and her 80-year-old invalid mother Doris Dawson at their home near Swansea in Wales. - (Reuters)
7 killed in Somalia after PM speech
MOGADISHU - An explosion killed at least seven people at a soccer stadium in Somalia's capital yesterday, just moments after the prime minister had addressed supporters. Prime Minister Ali Gedi, who escaped unhurt, said the blast may have been an accident. - (Reuters)
China offers pandas to Taiwan
BEIJING - China offered Taiwan a pair of pandas and other goodwill gestures yesterday at the end of a historic visit by a Taiwan opposition leader, but rejected an invitation to Chinese leader Hu Jintao to go to the island. - (Reuters)
Tribe kills four health workers
LIMA - Four government doctors and nurses found with their throats slit in Peru's remote northern jungle were killed by members of a native Amazon tribe, police said yesterday. - (Reuters)