In Brief

CORRUPT – President Thabo Mbeki has admitted that “widespread corruption” within the Home Affairs department was hindering service delivery.

He said a new management system would be put in place while additional staff would be recruited in a bid to normalise operations. * OFFENSIVE – Chadian rebels rolled into the east of the country on Friday, in their second offensive against President Idriss Deby Itno in a month.* BOMBER – A suicide bomber blew himself up in a hotel restaurant in eastern Afghanistan, killing 15 Afghans, most of them soldiers with a militia force that works for the US military, a provincial governor told AFP.* CURFEW – Baghdad was under curfew for the second straight day on Saturday after an explosion of violence killed hundreds of Iraqis and forced President Jalal Talabani to delay his much-anticipated visit to Tehran.Nampa-AFP-AP-Reuters-Sapa* OFFENSIVE – Chadian rebels rolled into the east of the country on Friday, in their second offensive against President Idriss Deby Itno in a month.* BOMBER – A suicide bomber blew himself up in a hotel restaurant in eastern Afghanistan, killing 15 Afghans, most of them soldiers with a militia force that works for the US military, a provincial governor told AFP.* CURFEW – Baghdad was under curfew for the second straight day on Saturday after an explosion of violence killed hundreds of Iraqis and forced President Jalal Talabani to delay his much-anticipated visit to Tehran.Nampa-AFP-AP-Reuters-Sapa