LAGOS - A video apparently showing seven French hostages kidnapped from northern Cameroon has been posted online, with a man claiming that a radical Islamic group from Nigeria holds them. The video, posted yesterday to YouTube, shows two men, a woman and four children flanked by two armed men wearing camouflage uniforms. An unidentified man then says Boko Haram wants its members freed in exchange for the hostages. AP
NEW YORK -- A man has been arrested after authorities said he hacked at his wife with a meat cleaver on a New York City street before firefighters rescued her. Ming Guang Huang, 28, was arrested on the main thoroughfare in New York City's Chinatown. Firefighters said they saw Huang dragging a screaming woman along Canal Street. He pulled out the knife and slashed her before firefighters subdued him. AP
KABUL - A spokesman for the US-led coalition in Afghanistan said Nato has so far found no evidence to support Afghan allegations of misconduct by US special forces in an eastern province. German General Gunter Katz said the coalition would work with the government to find a solution to the concerns of Afghans. Katz's comments come a day after President Hamid Karzai ordered all US special forces to leave Wardak province. AP