Unity talks at risk of collapse, says Zanu-PF

HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s party says the opposition is putting Zimbabwe’s troubled power-sharing talks at risk by speaking publicly about the negotiations.

Suicide bomber kills 9 in Baqouba * BAGHDAD – A female suicide bomber detonated an explosives vest Wednesday in a city northeast of Baghdad, killing nine people and wounding 21, Iraqi officials said. Syrian troops gather on Lebanese border * ABBOUDIYEH – A few tents and trucks dotting a green hill across the river are about all that is visible of a Syrian troop deployment on Lebanon’s northern border – a buildup that has raised concerns of a possible Syrian incursion.German goes on trial for Holocaust denial *POTSDAM – A founder member of a left-wing terrorist group turned neo-Nazi went on trial yesterday accused of publishing documents on the Internet denying the Holocaust.Horst Mahler – a founding member of the Red Army Faction in 1970 – is accused of regularly posting documents online between 2001 and 2004.Half-ton man dies after pleading for help * JUAREZ – A 450 kg, bedridden man who had appealed on Mexican television for help tackling his weight problem died on Tuesday of heart failure, his family said.Computer may have caused Qantas plunge * PERTH – A computer glitch may have caused a Qantas jet to plunge mid-flight, an investigator said yesterday as passengers told how they were slammed against the cabin roof in the terrifying drama.US inquiry shows Afghan raid killed 30 * WASHINGTON – An inquiry by the US military has concluded that US air strikes on an Afghan village in August killed more than 30 civilians, far more than US commanders have acknowledged, The New York Times said on Tuesday.Malaysian PM to quit next March * KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia’s Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said yesterday that he will step down next March and hand power to his deputy, ending months of uncertainty since disastrous general elections.Syrian troops gather on Lebanese border * ABBOUDIYEH – A few tents and trucks dotting a green hill across the river are about all that is visible of a Syrian troop deployment on Lebanon’s northern border – a buildup that has raised concerns of a possible Syrian incursion.German goes on trial for Holocaust denial *POTSDAM – A founder member of a left-wing terrorist group turned neo-Nazi went on trial yesterday accused of publishing documents on the Internet denying the Holocaust.Horst Mahler – a founding member of the Red Army Faction in 1970 – is accused of regularly posting documents online between 2001 and 2004.Half-ton man dies after pleading for help * JUAREZ – A 450 kg, bedridden man who had appealed on Mexican television for help tackling his weight problem died on Tuesday of heart failure, his family said.Computer may have caused Qantas plunge * PERTH – A computer glitch may have caused a Qantas jet to plunge mid-flight, an investigator said yesterday as passengers told how they were slammed against the cabin roof in the terrifying drama.US inquiry shows Afghan raid killed 30 * WASHINGTON – An inquiry by the US military has concluded that US air strikes on an Afghan village in August killed more than 30 civilians, far more than US commanders have acknowledged, The New York Times said on Tuesday. Malaysian PM to quit next March * KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia’s Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said yesterday that he will step down next March and hand power to his deputy, ending months of uncertainty since disastrous general elections.