D Tuesday, February 2, 2010 News 11 early 2007, as warlords, militias and pirates seized control of the Horn of Africa nation. ITALY: A Milan judge says it is likely Italian secret services were at least aware of, if not complicit in, the 2003 kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric as part of the CIAs extraordinary renditions programme. But Judge Oscar Magi (pictured) said it would be impossible to prove under state security laws. Spies knew of CIA kidnapping Oil stations shut after pipe attack NIgErIA: Royal Delta Shell has shut three pumping stations in the Niger Delta after a key crude oil pipeline was sabotaged. Oil spilled from the pipeline in Bayelsa state after it was attacked by suspected Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta militants, which called off a ceasefire and threatened an all-out assault on Africas biggest oil and gas industry. 16 die as troops fire on militants SOMALIA: At least 16 people were killed when troops opened fire on positions held by Islamist militants near the presidential palace. Al-Shabaab rebels allied to al-Qaeda often shoot at the palace from Mogadishu suburbs, provoking and finally... INDONESIA: A boy of nine who was facing three years in jail for stinging a classmate with a bee has been cleared. David Yusuf was charged with serious abuse. This should not have been brought to court its just normal childrens naughtiness, said judge Sutriadi Yahya. heavy shelling of civilian areas in return. More than 21,000 people have been killed since IRAN: Top judge Sadeq Larijani has refused to bow to political pressure and execute more convicted anti- government activists. Mr Larijani (pictured) yesterday rejected calls by hardliners, saying: These demands are political in nature and are against the law and Sharia. Two protesters were hanged last week. Judge refuses more hangings Bus worker kills nine in rampage CHINA: Nine pedestrians were killed yesterday after a transport worker stole a bus. Fifteen people were wounded, including four police officers, as dozens of squad cars chased the dispatch clerk through Tianjin. The 40-year-old stole the empty vehicle after attacking a fellow clerk with a knife in an argument. He was finally cornered at a junction. worlddigest school, said 40-year-old Berdadel Perkington, a teacher giving an impromptu maths lesson outside the collapsed national palace. Haitis culture minister Marie-Lau- rence Jocelin Lassegue agreed. The children are in shock and they are trau- matised, she said. Its like the end of the world for some of them. Officials worry that the children will suffer the longer-term consequences of destroyed schools and dead teachers. None of us like being out of school, said 14-year-old Ludmia Exiloud. We miss our studies. Theres nothing to do. More quake victims are flown to US MEDICAL evacuation flights for Haitis earthquake victims have been resumed by the US military, as the reopening of some schools yesterday signalled a step toward normality. The flights had been suspended for five days as US officials squabbled over the costs of treating victims at Ameri- can hospitals. We have a list of seven people who would probably die within 48 hours if they dont get out of here, said the Uni- versity of Miamis Dr Mike Sheehan. The evacuation flights have space for 15 patients each. Many rural schools reopened yester- day swollen in numbers by some of the 300,000 refugees from the capital, Port-au-Prince. Most outlying schools are expected to reopen next week but children in the capital will probably be on the streets for months, warned officials. With everything that has already hap- pened in the past few years the floods, hurricanes, unrest these children can- not afford to lose more time outside By Fred Attewill TEN Baptists arrested for suspected child-trafficking in Haiti could be sent back to the US to face prosecution. They may have to stand trial in America because Haitis court system has been crippled by the January 12 earthquake, officials said yesterday. The ten, who are mostly from Baptist churches in Idaho, were detained on Friday as they tried to take 33 children out of the Caribbean country. They are being held in the capital, Port-au-Prince. Getting by: A resident walks through downtown Port-au-Prince Picture: EPA IrAQ: Bloodied Mohammed Haider, two, is held by his mother after being hurt in a suicide attack in Baghdad yesterday. At least 54 people died when a female bomber blew herself up Picture: AP index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html