World news from the BBC.
A suicide bomber has blown himself up outside the police academy in the Yemeni capital Sanaa. Officials said at least 10 people were killed and some 20 injured. The attacker died later in hospital. The blast happened as hundreds of
cadets
mostly teenagers were leaving for the weekend. No organization has claimed this responsibility, but the bombing follows a larger explosion at a military parade in May which was carried out by the local branch of the al-Qaeda.
Sudan has opened one of Africa and Middle East's largest sugar plants built despite economic sanctions imposed by the United States. The project costing 800 million dollars was launched by the president Omar al-Barshir. James Copnall has the details.
Initial production is expected to be 25,000 tones a year with the goal of eventually doubling this. The launch comes in this difficult economic time for Sudan. It lost three quarters of its daily oil production when South Sudan
seceded
a year a ago. This large scale agro-industry project is one of the Sudanese government responses. President Barshir was coming
under pressure
with demonstrations almost everyday over the high prices and his 23 years in power.
A Brazilian senator Demostenes Torres has been
expelled
from the Senate over alleged links with a gambling ring. Mr. Torres, who is independent, he is only the second senator to be removed from his post in the Brazilian Senate's 188-year history. Police say Mr. Torres helped a detained gambling magnate obtain favors for his companies in exchange for large payoffs. Mr. Torres has denied any wrongdoing.