In Brief

BETTER – Fidel Castro is walking more and doing better, his brother said of the ailing Cuban leader who underwent intestinal surgery in July.

Now 80, Fidel Castro “is doing better and walking more every day,” the Communist Party newspaper Granma on Saturday quoted his brother and interim leader Raul Castro, 75, as saying. * NO GAY CLERGY – The Episcopal Church in the US has chosen a Massachusetts priest to be the new bishop for the Newark diocese, rather than an openly gay candidate.* BUTCHERED – A Belgian diplomat posted to India was found stabbed to death in her New Delhi home in an upscale neighbourhood yesterday morning, police said.* SUSPENSION – The BBC is to indefinitely postpone the new series of Top Gear until presenter Richard Hammond has recovered from the brain injuries he suffered in a high-speed crash.* UN PLEA – United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan has urged Sudan to accept UN peacekeepers in its troubled Darfur region and condemned a new bombing offensive by Khartoum’s army.* ATTACK – A five-month-old girl has died after being attacked by two Rottweiler dogs in Leicester, UK.Emergency services were called to Stephenson Drive in the New Parks area of the city at 1500 GMT on Saturday.* PLEDGE – North Korea has said it plans to increase the amount of plutonium it extracts for use in nuclear weapons, according to a US scholar.Nampa-AP-AFP-Reuters* NO GAY CLERGY – The Episcopal Church in the US has chosen a Massachusetts priest to be the new bishop for the Newark diocese, rather than an openly gay candidate.* BUTCHERED – A Belgian diplomat posted to India was found stabbed to death in her New Delhi home in an upscale neighbourhood yesterday morning, police said.* SUSPENSION – The BBC is to indefinitely postpone the new series of Top Gear until presenter Richard Hammond has recovered from the brain injuries he suffered in a high-speed crash.* UN PLEA – United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan has urged Sudan to accept UN peacekeepers in its troubled Darfur region and condemned a new bombing offensive by Khartoum’s army.* ATTACK – A five-month-old girl has died after being attacked by two Rottweiler dogs in Leicester, UK.Emergency services were called to Stephenson Drive in the New Parks area of the city at 1500 GMT on Saturday. * PLEDGE – North Korea has said it plans to increase the amount of plutonium it extracts for use in nuclear weapons, according to a US scholar.Nampa-AP-AFP-Reuters