Abdoulaye Wade's priorities should be health, education and so on. His priority can not just be to spend some money without talking to, to people,just spending the money into statues, just to promote himself and his family.

Police in Iraq say 25 people have been killed in an attack carried out by gunmen dressed in military uniforms. The attack was on the village of Sufiya, on the southern edge of Baghdad. The victims are believed to have supported local Sunni militias that

turned against

Al-Qaeda and its allies. A Defense Ministry spokesman general Muhammad al-Askari described what happened.

According to our investigation, the perpetrators came from a nearby village, around 500 meters away. They are from the same tribe. There were around 25 armed men wearing military uniforms. They had with them a list of names. They knocked people's doors, called out the name, then took the man or the woman who came out to a grove and killed them. We've now arrested 24 suspects.

Police in Kyrgyzstan have

disperse

d protesters calling for greater freedom outside parliament as the United Nations' Secretary General Ban Ki-moon was giving a speech, urging the country's leaders to improve human rights. Around 40 demonstrators carrying banners and shouting "help us" and "freedom" had gathered as Mr.Ban was driven to the building. He told parliament that human rights, including free speech and media freedom must be protected.