Briefly World: William,Kate’s plane avoids crash: Report

list of self-immolations in ethnically Tibetan areas of China. Chinese army troops moved in after Tenzin Choedon set herself alight at the Mamae convent in Sichuan province,said activist group Free Tibet.

Osama wanted children to go to US: Report

LONDON: Osama bin Laden wanted his children to be educated in the West and live peacefully,a close relative has claimed. According to The Sunday Times,Zakaria al-Sadah,whose sister Amal was the fifth wife of Osama,said that he told his children,“Go to Europe and US and get a good education.”

Congo President’s adviser killed in jet crash

KINSHASA: A senior presidential adviser was among two killed after a private jet crashed while landing in Congo’s eastern city of Bukavu. “We’ve extracted two bodies from the plane,that of the honourable Augustin Katumba Mwanke who has just been moved to the morgue,and that of a co-pilot,’’ said Provincial Transport Minister Laban Kyalangalilwa.

Gunmen kill Afghan provincial judge,child

KABUL: Gunmen burst into a family home of a provincial judge in eastern Afghanistan,killing him and his eight-year-old niece,authorities said Sunday. Mohammad Nasir,the head of the appeals court for Kunar province,was visiting family in neighbouring Nangarhar province Saturday when gunmen stormed into his sister-in-law’s house and opened fire,officials said.

Britain gets first male mother: Report

London: A British woman,who had a sex change surgery,has become the country’s first and world’s third “male mother”. The man,who in his 30s,gave birth last year after having hormone treatment to reactivate his womb but the story was confirmed recently,the Mail Online reported Sunday. The man did not have his womb removed during the original sex change operation.