Lastnight World: Storm that killed 600 threatens Philippines again

Storm that killed 600 threatens Philippines again

NEW BATAAN: A typhoon that killed nearly 600 people and left hundreds missing in the southern Philippines has made a U-turn and is now threatening the country's northwest, officials said Saturday. There is a strong possibility the disastrous storm would make a second landfall on Sunday, forecasters warned.

Sri Lanka CJ found guilty by panel

Colombo: A Sri Lankan Parliamentary panel Saturday found the country's first woman Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake guilty on three counts of professional misconduct, a verdict likely to pave way for her dismissal. The panel "found her guilty on three charges while exonerating her from two others".

Italy: Berlusconi to run for PM job again

Rome: Silvio Berlusconi Saturday ended weeks of speculation by announcing he would run again for the job of prime minister, the post he was forced out of last year. "I am running to win," the leader of the right-wing People of Freedom party said.

New gel may prevent HIV transmission

London: A new vaginal microbicide gel could be highly effective in blocking infection by the AIDS virus, a new study has claimed. Researchers from the European Combined Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Microbicides Consortium describe the gel's key ingredient as engineered to bind the virus and prevent it from entering and infecting the body cells.

Myanmar formally apologises to monks

YANGON: Myanmar government apologized for a violent crackdown, which injured nearly 100 Buddhist monks, at a copper mine in northwest Myanmar. Religious Affairs Minister Thura Myint Maung formally apologized to 29 senior monks at a ceremony in Yangon on Friday.

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