burst into
the shop and demanded money before starting a blaze. Three staff and three customers were trapped inside the burning building after apparently fleeing to the back of the shop to escape the flames. A police spokesman described the incident as a national tragedy. Violent crime is
relatively
rare in Barbados.
An Islamic scholar from Nigeria (who) has been released without charge in Saudi Arabia seven months after being detained there.
The Saudi authorities took Sheikh Ahmad Gumi into custody in February after finding he had the telephone number of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab - the Nigerian man accused of trying to blow up an American airline over the US city of Detroit last year.
BBC News
阿富汗总统卡尔扎伊表示,他已组成全国和平委员会,与塔利班分子进行谈判。卡尔扎伊办公室称这是通往和平对话的重大进步。他的参谋长Mohammad Omar Daudzai告诉BBC,塔利班分子中的很大一部分人已经表现出了谈判的意愿。
“和平族长会议之后不久,我们注意到塔利班分子领导职位中的一些人以及基层士兵中的一部分出现了这种势头。相当高层的领袖已经表达了对话的意愿。当然,他们进行和平谈判是由条件的,但是确实已经出现了谈判的意愿。”
美国对巴基斯坦西北部与阿富汗接壤处部落地区的空袭造成至少7人死亡。导弹袭击的目标是一座房屋中的好战分子和北瓦齐里斯坦一个村庄中的车辆。政府官员表示,死者中包括三名外国战士。