BBC news with Sumont Garmery.

Forensic scientists in Switzerland say the late Palestinian leader Yasser Araf may have been poisoned. In a report published on the Al-Gizeva and Guardian newspaper websites, the experts said Mr.Araf’s bones showed Polonian level’s at least 18 times of normal level, which is said the results prove that he was assassinated. Michelle Folks reports. The report from Louzan’s Institution of Radiation Physics is 108 pages long, its conclusion that Yasser Araf’s body contained unexpectedly high level of radioactive Polonian which could support the theory that the Palestinian leader’s poisoned. There have been rumors that he may have been poisoned ever since his death in 2004, this institution was unavailable for comment, but this report does contain some words of caution. The links of time passed between Mr.Araf’s death and the examination and the possibility that some of the materials examined may have been contaminated.

The militant group Al-Kaida in Islamist Miagrab, says it killed two French journalists last week in the northern Mali town of Kadal. The group said in its statement the killings were in retaliation for French and African military action in Mali. Maya Fessy reports. “The statement says the French and UN peace keepers are committing daily crimes against people of Mali and Muslims in the northern region. This killing, the statements reads, remain just more price to pay for the French crusades.