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| Three Bangladeshis beaten to death by Tripura villagers | | | Agartala, April 6 (IANS) Indian villagers hacked to death three Bangladeshi nationals Sunday in a village on the India-Bangladesh border in western Tripura, police said. |
| Three killed in Jharkhand wall collapse | | | Ranchi, April 6 (IANS) Three people died in sleep when a wall of a building collapsed on them in Jharkhand's Godda district, police said Sunday. According to the police, the three people were carrying coal on their bicycles when they Saturday night reached Lengradih village of Godda district, about 400 km from the state capital Ranchi. They parked their bicycles laden with coal sacks, leaning against the wall of a government building and went to sleep. Unable to support the weight of the coal-laden bicycles, the wall collapsed on the three people, who died on the spot. |
| Dalai Lama to meet Japan quake survivors | | | Dharamsala, April 6 (IANS) Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama Sunday began his 12-day visit to Japan, where he will offer prayers and provide solace to the survivors of the devastating earthquake March 11, 2011, an official said here. "His Holiness will attend a special prayer service Monday for those affected by the disaster in Sendai city," said Lhakpa Tshoko, spokesperson for the Dalai Lama's office. An earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale and a subsequent tsunami three years ago, had left thousands dead and missing in Japan. "One of the main purposes of the visit, is to provide emotional support and strength to those, who had been affected by the devastating earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster," said a post on Dalai Lama's official website quoting the spokesperson. |
| Egypt court sentences police captain in southern province to death | | | An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced a police officer to death for the 2012 killing of two men in the southern province of Qena, state news agency MENA reported. Mahmoud Fathi Ali Al-Ataar, a police captain, was standing trial on charges of killing a local driver and a salesman in January 2012 and stealing 130,000 Egyptian pounds from the men. The judge in Qena ruled that the policeman's file be referred to the mufti, the country's highest religious authority to whom death sentences are always sent for review. The judge scheduled the next hearing in the trial until June 2, pending the mufti's review of the sentences, state news agency MENA reported. |
| U.N. chief says C. African Republic peacekeepers 'overwhelmed' | |  By Hubert-Mary Djamany BANGUI (Reuters) - French and African soldiers serving in Central African Republic are "overwhelmed" by the "state of anarchy" in the country, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Saturday, a day after Chadian troops began withdrawing from the peacekeeping mission. The U.N. Security Council is due to approve next week a 12,000-strong U.N. peacekeeping force for the former French colony. The force will take over authority from African Union troops in an attempt to restore order to the country. "I commend the African Union and French forces for making a difference," he said in a speech before the interim government.
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