10 News Monday, January 11, 2010 D Trashed: Staff in Eureka, California clean up a store in the aftermath of this weekends earthquake. The 6.5 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Northern California, shaking buildings and disrupting power to several areas. No major injuries were reported Amnesty calls for rendition review By Colm Kelpie A CABINET sub-committee set up to review the law on searching sus- pected rendition flights has met just twice in a year, a human rights body said yesterday. Amnesty International Ireland used the eighth anniversary of the opening of Guantanamo Bay to de- mand the findings be made public. Executivedirector ColmOGorman said the announcement in November 2008 of the setting up of a review committee was an indication the Government said it was taking hu- man rights seriously. But the committee, made up of Foreign Affairs Minister Michel Martin, Justice Minister Dermot Ahern, Transport Minister Noel Dempsey, Communications Minis- ter Eamon Ryan and Environment Minister John Gormley, has only met twice in more than a year. There was a widespread belief that US president Barack Obama had ended rendition by ordering the Cu- ban centres closure, but this is not the case, Mr OGorman added. He called on the Taoiseach to an- nounce when the review will take place and to make its findings public. worlddigest sPaIN: Four suspected members of Eta have been arrested in Portugal and France. Two Basque separatists were stopped with 10kg (22lb) of explosives in their van close to police barracks in the north-western Spanish town of Bermillo de Sayago. They were intercepted by Portuguese police on Saturday when they fled across the border in a stolen police car. Meanwhile, a man and woman were arrested in central France as they approached a weapons stash in Clermont-Ferrand. Police were lying in wait after a surveillance operation. Two Eta bomb teams arrested THAILAND: a second minister has quit over a 1.6billion healthcare scheme fraud. deputy health minister Manit Nopamornbodee denied he was involved but was resigning for the good of the shaky six-party governing coalition. Prime minister abhisit Vejjajiva (pictured) is due to face a no confidence vote later this month. Second minister out over fraud scandal CROATIA: Law professor Ivo Josipovic was yesterday on course to become president. The 52- year-old reformist (pictured) held a solid lead over rival Milan Bandic. Mr Josipovic, who has campaigned on an anti- corruption ticket, looked set to fend off a late surge by Zagreb mayor Mr Bandic. Both are keen to see the country join the european Union. Law professor set to become president sOUTh KOrea: A woman at the centre of a right-to-die case has been declared dead seven months after being taken off a life support machine. The family of the 77-year- old, who had been in a vegetative state since suffering brain damage in February 2008, went to court to force doctors in Seoul to take her off a respirator, saying she opposed keeping the terminally ill alive artificially. The patient, identified only as Kim, continued breathing and was fed nutrients but eventually died yesterday from organ failure. 7mths to die after life support pulled and finally... ChINa: A thief hid a 12-year-old boy in his suitcase so he could break into other luggage during a coach trip. Han Song, 26, was caught when police in eastern Ningning saw him go into a loo with an empty case and come out with it dragging on the floor. His accomplice Wu Shihuan was found inside. index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html