Syrian opposition activists say thegovernment has launched its heaviest air raids since it started using warplanesearlier this year. The opposition groups, the Syrian observatory for humanrights said the military launched more than 60 air strikes around the country.Meanwhile state media reported that at least ten people were killed in two carbomb attacks in Damascus.

The Iranian state news agency says flotillaof Iranian warships has docked Port Sudan">Sudan in what it called a message of peace andsecurity and in an effort to confront piracy and terrorism. The arrival of theflotilla which includes helicopter carrier and destroyer comes just days aftera weapon's factory was attacked in the capital Khartoum. The Sudanese">Sudanese authorities blamed

Israel

for thebombing. Reports in western and Israeli newspapers suggested the raid byIsraeli bombers was to halt Iranian weapons being produced in

Sudan

for useby the Palestinian rebel movement Hamas.

A prominent ally of Kenyan Prime MinisterRaila Odinga has been killed in a drive-by shooting in the western city of Kisumu. Shem OnyangoKwega, who was due to stand in next year's parliamentary election wasreportedly fired up by assailant on a motorbike.

World News from the BBC

A court in southeastern

England

has jailed a man for 20 years forsmuggling Nigerian children into

Britain

to be sold to Europeanprostitution gangs. The man, Osezua Osolase is said to have used West Africanwitchcraft rituals to terrorize the children into submission. Jane Peal has thedetails.