immunity
from prosecution.
The deputy head of the transitional government in Libya has said that he's resigning amidst growing protests against him in the country's second city Benghazi. Abdul Hafiz Ghoga told al-Jazeera that he was resigning in the national interest. On Saturday, several hundred protesters stormed the headquarters of the National Transitional Council in Benghazi.
The Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has promised to defeat those responsible for the coordinated bombings in the northern city of Kano. The militant Islamist group Boko Haram said that it was responsible for the bombings. He was speaking during a visit to the city, where more than 150 people were killed in the attacks on Friday.
"These suicide attacks are not really part of us. They are quite new. Unfortunately the whole world is
passing through
terror attacks - a very ugly phase of our history. We know that we'll
get over
it. We'll continue to fight - the security services will not rest until we clean up the country."
This is the World News from the BBC.
Emergency workers in Italy say that there may have been
unregistered
passengers on board the cruise liner that
ran aground
nine days ago. The statement came as divers found another body on the ship, bringing the number of dead to 13.
Early results in Croatia's referendum on whether to join the European Union show a large majority has voted in favour of the membership. Partial results put the yes vote at just over 67%. All the major political parties campaigned in favour of joining. Opponents argued that the country would lose its sovereignty if it entered the EU.