A round-up of the other world news stories of the day in brief...
Man questioned over prostitutes' deaths
LONDON – A 40-year-old man arrested following the discovery of body parts in a river is being questioned on suspicion of murdering three prostitutes, police said.
The remains were found in the river Aire, in Shipley, West Yorkshire, at about 2pm on Tuesday.
West Yorkshire Police said the man had been arrested on suspicion of murdering Bradford sex workers Suzanne Blamires (36), from Allerton, Shelley Armitage (31), also from Allerton, and Susan Rushworth (43), from the Manningham area. – (PA)
Ethiopia PM rejects call for fresh poll
ADDIS ABABA – Ethiopian prime minister Meles Zenawi rejected opposition calls for a fresh election yesterday, after the EU and the United States said his landslide victory did not meet international standards.
The 55-year-old leader, who came to power in 1991, offered the opposition an olive branch, saying forums may be used to give opponents a say in legislative proposals and how political parties are funded. – (Reuters)
Poles welcome US Patriot missile battery
WARSAW – Poland hailed the deployment of a US Patriot battery and troops on its soil as an important boost for its national security, but Russia said that the move harmed regional “trust and predictability”.
The surface-to-air missile battery, which is accompanied by 100 US military personnel, arrived on Sunday at Morag in northern Poland’s Mazurian lake district, about 70km from Russia’s Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad.
Its mission is to train Polish troops and it poses no threat to Russia’s vast military arsenal, but its presence is hugely symbolic for Poland, which has long complained it hosts no major Nato hardware or troops 11 years after joining the alliance. – (Reuters)
Sudan 'protecting' war crime suspects
AMSTERDAM – The Sudanese government is protecting suspects wanted for war crimes in Darfur instead of arresting them to face trial at the International Criminal Court, judges told the UN Security Council.
The formal notification by pre-trial judges at the ICC is aimed at increasing pressure on Sudan and its president Omar Hassan al-Bashir, also charged with war crimes by the Hague-based court. – (Reuters)