10 METRO Tuesday, November 17, 2009 D FIND FREE SAMPLE SUFFERING INSTANT FROM SENSITIVITY? GET YOUR FREE SAMPLE THIS WEEK IN CAFE SOL * WITH EVERY COFFEE PURCHASED * WHILE STOCKS LAST Gaddafi invites 500 women to Islam talks By Ross McGuinness Party time: The women were all presented with a copy of the Koran after the party hosted by Col Gaddafi (inset) Picture: AP METRO World China: A fed-up husband left his wife after she forced him to eat cake for every single meal. I was pleased to start with they were very tasty, said Cheng Yu, 31, from Beijing. But then they wouldnt stop egg cake, fruit cake, chocolate cake, cheese cake. I felt like a bakery dustbin. Egypt: The government will apply for the first internet domain written in Arabic, its information technology minister revealed. Speaking at a UN conference to discuss boosting online access in emerging nations, Tarek Kamel said Egypt would apply for the new domain pronounced .masr but written in the Arabic alphabet making it the first Arab nation to apply for a non-Latin character domain. China: Barack Obama held talks with President Hu Jintao, hours after nudging his host to stop censoring the web. Mr Obama (pictured) told students in Shanghai the more freely information flows, the stronger the society becomes, because then citizens of countries around the world can hold their own governments accountable. 46 illegal killings by police officers A NEW Amnesty International report claims 46 people in Mozambique have been unlawfully killed by police since 2006, and called on the state to ensure excessive violence is investigated, and officers are better trained. In one example, a dancer who called police to his home over robbery fears was shot after officers opened fire indiscriminately. iraq: Gunmen have killed at least 13 people in a Sunni village west of Baghdad. The dead included relatives of a leading figure in the local branch of the influential Iraqi Islamic Party. Violence dropped dramatically in predominantly Sunni regions after local tribes banded together and turned on al- Qaeda in the country. However, revenge attacks by insurgents against government-allied politicians and their families still take place. aUStraLia: Prime Minister Kevin Rudd made a historic apology to thousands of poor British children shipped to Australia up until 1967 with the promise of a better life that mostly ended in abuse and neglect. At a ceremony in Canberra, Mr Rudd (pictured) told tearful survivors the country was sorry for the absolute tragedy of childhoods lost. SaUdi arabia: The countrys most senior cleric has accused Iran of supporting Shia rebels whose war with the government of neighbouring Yemen has spilled across the border and drawn in Saudi troops. Sheik Abdul-Aziz Al Sheikh said the alleged collaboration between Iran and the rebels was one of sin and aggression. Yemen and the Saudis have accused Iran of sending money and weapons to the rebels but Tehran denies the charge. Libyan dictator Colonel Muammar Gaddafi asked for 500 beautiful italian girls via the Hostessweb agency to be supplied for a gala evening at which he tried to convert them to islam, it emerged yesterday. Mr Gaddafi, 67, also requested they were aged between 18 and 35 years old, did not wear mini skirts or plunging necklines but high heels were OK. The women were told to meet at a hotel in the Rome, where he is attending a summit on world food security, before being taken to the Libyan ambassadors residence in the city. Photographs on italian TV showed the wom- en, a mixture of blondes, brunettes and black- haired beauties dressed in heels and three- quarter length coats, as they queued up to go through security checks. Several of them were turned away after being told they were inappropriately dressed or they were too short. Once inside, the eccentric lead- er lectured the girls on the superiority of islam and how they should all convert. He also gave a talk on the Koran and gave all 200 women who turned up a copy as a gift, with 50 as well as a signed version of his Green book on democracy and political phi- losophy, written in 1975. Libyas ambassador in Rome, Haffed Gadur, said: The colonel wanted to meet the girls to tell them that islam was not against women. index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html