A roundup of today's other world stories in brief
80 killed in Vietnam landslides
HANOI- About 80 people have been killed and dozens remain missing in northern Vietnam as heavy rains brought by tropical storm Kammuri triggered landslides and floods.
Weather officials warned of more flash floods and landslides yesterday in what has been described as the worst natural disaster to hit Vietnam this year.
"We are still counting the dead and searching for the missing but we expect the toll to be bad, especially at those villages that have been isolated after roads were washed away and communication lost," a spokesman for the Storm and Flood Prevention Centre in Lao Cai said.
- (Reuters)
Six die in Algiers suicide car bomb
ALGIERS- A suicide car bomb attack on security forces killed at least six civilians east of Algiers late on Saturday, the second such blast this month, Algerian authorities said yesterday.
Interior minister Noureddine Yazid Zerhouni told state radio that six civilians were killed and 18 injured in the attack at 10pm local time in Zemmouri el Bahri, 45km east of the capital.
- (Reuters)
Chinese deaths spur murder hunt
LONDON- British police have launched a murder inquiry after the discovery of the bodies of two Chinese people in a Newcastle flat, Northumbria Police said yesterday.
The man and woman, who are thought to have been students, were found on Saturday afternoon with "significant head injuries" after police were called to the flat.
- (Reuters)
Neo-Nazis 'now more violent'
BERLIN- German neo-Nazis appear to have made a tactical shift and are increasingly turning to violence, the country's top police officer has been quoted as saying.
Jörg Ziercke, head of the Federal Crime Office (BKA), told Der Tagesspiegelnewspaper yesterday that the number of violent incidents remained high.
Neo-Nazis had been very aggressive in clashes in Hamburg in early May, he said. "The black bloc of neo-Nazis are attacking left-wingers and police officers with an aggression that can be seen as a change in strategy," he said.
- (Reuters)