In Brief

BURIED – Three days after a gunman’s gruesome attack on an Amish schoolhouse, four of the five girls killed in the attack were buried yesterday.

* APOLOGISE – Kenyan independence veterans want Britain to apologise publicly for the beating, starvation and torture they say they suffered at the hands of British authorities when they fought against colonial rule over 50 years ago, their lawyer said yesterday. * ATTACKS – Militants in Nigeria’s oil heartland said yesterday they had called off attacks on troops after two bloody gunbattles and would fight only in response to actions by the military.* EXPLOSION – An explosion at the house of a senior advisor to Kosovo’s deputy prime minister shattered windows of several nearby houses but caused no injuries, officials said yesterday.* FIRED – A top Israeli general who was about to retire had been fired for calling on Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and army chief Dan Halutz to resign over the Lebanon war, said military sources yesterday.* BIAS – Somalia’s weak government has accused the Arab League of bias toward the country’s powerful Islamists movement and warned that upcoming Arab-mediated peace talks are in jeopardy, say officials.Nampa-Reuter-AFP-AP* ATTACKS – Militants in Nigeria’s oil heartland said yesterday they had called off attacks on troops after two bloody gunbattles and would fight only in response to actions by the military.* EXPLOSION – An explosion at the house of a senior advisor to Kosovo’s deputy prime minister shattered windows of several nearby houses but caused no injuries, officials said yesterday.* FIRED – A top Israeli general who was about to retire had been fired for calling on Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and army chief Dan Halutz to resign over the Lebanon war, said military sources yesterday.* BIAS – Somalia’s weak government has accused the Arab League of bias toward the country’s powerful Islamists movement and warned that upcoming Arab-mediated peace talks are in jeopardy, say officials.Nampa-Reuter-AFP-AP