“I commanded operation Bluestar in 1984 when we went into the Golden Temple in Amritsar to secretly attacked on the extremists. And ever since then I have been under threat”.
The Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has blamed what he called the enemies of his country for the sharp falls in its currency the rial. Mr Ahmadinejad said western sanctions amounted to an economic war, but that would not stop Iran's nuclear program. The rial has fallen around 10% further in the latest trading and has now lost a third of its value in just over a week. Iran's central bank has placed a 5000-dollar limit on the amount of foreign currency travellers can take in or out of the country.
A bus has crashed on a hillside in the Peruvian Andes killing at least 22 people and injuring another 19. Initial reports say the driver who died in the accident lost control of the
double-decker
bus in a narrow and unsurfaced patch of road. The emergency services worked for hours to rescue the survivors and recover bodies from the
ravine
.
Ukraine's parliament has given initial backing to legislation which bans the promotion of homosexual activity. Gay rights groups in the country said the bill which won support from more than half of the 450-member-seat at the parliament
discriminates
against gay people and prevents them from gathering publicly. Correspondents say a similar law recently adopted in the Russian city Saint Petersburg has led to the arrest of several same-sex couples.