Incumbent wins Nigerian vote AWKA: The incumbent in Nigeria’s Anambra state was on Sunday pronounced the winner of a gubernatorial vote seen as a test for Africa’s largest democracy ahead of presidential elections next year. The Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Peter Obi of the opposition All Progressives Grand Alliance victor despite glitches and fears the vote would be rigged in favor of President Umaru Yar’Adua’s party.
Arrests of Filipino rebels questioned
MANILA: A human rights group protested Sunday the arrests of dozens of suspected communist guerrillas accused of bomb-making near the Philippine capital, saying that those detained were in fact volunteer health workers
About 100 army troops and police arrested the 43 men and women in a raid early Saturday of a residential compound in Morong township east of Manila.
India test-fires Agni III missile
NEW DELHI: India again successfully test-fired a nuclear capable missile Sunday that can hit targets across much of Asia and the Middle East, a Defense Ministry press release said. It was the fourth test of the Agni III missile, the statement added. The first attempt in 2006 failed, but the last two tests were successful.
“The Agni III missile tested for the full range, hit the target with pinpoint accuracy and met all the mission objectives,” the press release added.
— Compiled by Arab News
