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Britain and US lead calls for end to Kenya violence

DIPLOMATIC efforts to defuse the bloody political crisis in Kenya were intensifying last night amid a continuing blame game between the country’s leaders. Read

British police to help Pakistan in Bhutto death probe

A SCOTLAND Yard team is to travel to Pakistan to help with the probe into Benazir Bhutto’s assassination, it was announced yesterday. Read

Tourists warned off Kenya

BRITISH tourists were last night advised against all but essential travel to areas of Kenya’s two biggest towns as post-election violence erupted in the East African country. Read

Million revellers welcome the new year in Sydney

A MILLION New Year revellers cheered as fireworks sprayed from Sydney’s Harbour Bridge in a massive display at the stroke of midnight. Read

18 killed in Egypt coach crash

EIGHTEEN people – 17 passengers and the driver – died when their coach plunged into a branch of the Nile River in Egypt yesterday, the state Mena news agency reported. Read

Pakistan in crisis after Bhutto death

PAKISTAN was plunged into crisis last night after its former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated in a suicide attack at a political rally. Read

Al-Qaeda linked to tourists’ murderers

MAURITANIAN prosecutors last night called the murder of four French tourists a terrorist act, and said security forces were hunting three suspects believed to be members of a group allied to al-Qaeda. Read

Investigation continues after tiger kills man

A US zoo remained closed to visitors last night as investigators tried to determine how a tiger escaped from its enclosure to attack three visitors, killing one of the men and mauling two others. Read

78 dead as heavy rains cause landslides

UP TO 78 people were feared dead in western Indonesia yesterday after days of torrential rain triggered landslides. Read

Al-Qaeda linked to tourists’ murderers

Heavy rain sends landslides through villages killing 78

UP TO 78 people were feared dead in western Indonesia yesterday after days of torrential rain triggered landslides. Read

Investigation continues after zoo tiger escapes and kills man

FBI director’s plan for 1950 mass arrests revealed

FORMER FBI director J Edgar Hoover drew up a list of Americans he suspected of being disloyal and put forward a plan to have them arrested, newly declassified papers have revealed. Read

Visit to Egypt for Israeli defence chief

ISRAELI Defence Minister Ehud Barak is due to travel to Egypt today to meet President Hosni Mubarak against the backdrop of Hamas truce overtures, security officials said. Read

Army stages unique nativity in Iraq

ARMY officers dressed up as shepherds and angels in the deserts of southern Iraq to help spread festive cheer among troops spending Christmas away from home. Read

Pope calls for spread of Christianity

POPE Benedict XVI has told the faithful gathered in Saint Peter’s Square in Rome that “nothing can keep us from this onerous and fascinating duty” of spreading the Christian faith. Read

Attack on military convoy kills nine

A SUICIDE bombing attack on a military convoy killed five civilians and four soldiers yesterday in troubled north-western Pakistan, the army and police said. Read

Brown hails end of navel-gazing at EU

GORDON BROWN last night hailed the end of Europe’s navel-gazing and the start of a new era of tackling the issues most concerning people – jobs, prosperity, security and the environment. Read