KUWAIT CITY - Kuwait may call in the army to help security forces stop a march called by the opposition for today after the government vowed to use force if necessary, the emirate's Al-Anbaa newspaper reported. The move came after security forces used tear gas to disperse thousands of protesters on Wednesday. The opposition has called the march in Kuwait City to protest against an amendment to the electoral law ordered by emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah last month ahead of a snap December 1 parliamentary election. AFP
KABUL - Officials say a roadside bombing in southern Afghanistan has killed a district police chief, as the insurgents target Afghan security forces amid the drawdown of foreign troops. Ahmadulah Nazik, the administrator of Dand district in Kandahar province, said Rahmatullah Khan died yesterday while trying to reach a police outpost under Taliban attack. The killing comes a day after four policemen were shot dead in southern Helmand province by their own colleagues. Taliban spokesman Qari Jusuf Ahmedi said the killers fled and joined the guerillas. AP
YENAGOA - Nigerian security forces have killed 13 members of a gang suspected of abducting a Turkish man in a dawn raid on their hideout in oil-producing Rivers state, police said. A US$127,600 ransom was paid for the release of Bayram Karakus, who worked for the Rivigo Construction company, said police spokesman Ben Ugwuegbulam. He gave no details of what happened to Karakus. Police said the ransom money was recovered. Kidnapping for ransom is common in the Niger Delta region. Reuters