Libya said today it has asked the United States for “clarifications” regarding the abduction in Tripoli of an al Qaida leader linked to the 1998 US Embassy bombings in East Africa, adding that Libyan nationals should be tried in their own country.

THREE sporting cheers for satellite and cable networks, and for the internet. Sunday’s All-Ireland hurling final will be seen by millions worldwide.

Two British teenagers attacked with acid in Zanzibar are said to be “well rested and comfortable” as they begin a second evening in hospital.

Two British teenagers attacked with acid on the African island of Zanzibar have arrived back in the UK.

The family of one of the two British teenagers attacked with acid on Zanzibar has released a photograph of the injuries suffered by their daughter as they arrived back in the UK.

Two international flights have landed at Kenya’s main airport after a devastating fire, officials said.

A four-storey building under construction in Rwanda has collapsed, killing at least six workers and injuring dozens more people, police said.

Radical cleric Abu Hamza and four other terror suspects have been extradited to the United States.

The UK's Home Office said today that radical Islamist cleric Abu Hamza and four other terror suspects would be extradited to the US “as quickly as possible” after High Court judges threw out their last-ditch pleas against removal from the UK.

Radical cleric Abu Hamza and four other terror suspects could be put on a plane to the United States within days after Europe’s human rights judges rejected their bid for an appeal.

Radical cleric Abu Hamza and four other terror suspects could be put on a plane to the United States within days after Europe’s human rights judges rejected their bid for an appeal.

Authorities in Tanzania have called off the search for missing passengers after an overloaded ferry capsized this week.

Ireland’s celebrities lined up last night to honour three people for their tireless charity work in Ireland.

I represent Concern here in Tanzania.

Nearly 200 people are feared drowned after a crowded ferry sank near the Tanzanian island of Zanzibar.

SOMALIA’S president said his security forces will defeat al-Qaida and its affiliate militants in the war-ravaged country, after they killed Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, Africa’s most wanted al-Qaida operative.

The al-Qaida mastermind behind the 1998 bombings of US Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania was killed this week at a security checkpoint in Mogadishu by Somali forces who did not immediately realise they had killed the most wanted man in East Africa, officials said today.

AL-QAIDA has appointed an Egyptian militant as temporary leader and named a new head of operations following the killing of Osama bin Laden, Al Jazeera reported.

Al Jazeera television has reported that Al-Qaida has a new leader.

At least 20 people have been killed when a military ammunition depot in Tanzania's largest city blew up in a series of explosions.

JOINING forces once again, South-west France holiday rental specialists The Gascony Secret and Simply Périgord offer a range of striking properties at prices for different pockets, the high range including historically important Chartreuse set in about 180 acres of land.

Defence giant BAE Systems was today fined £500,000 (€589,205) for failing to keep proper records of payments to an adviser in the east African country of Tanzania.

THE great world spins towards another All-Ireland Sunday. Around the world – for an hour or two at least – Irish feet will not make footprints on the fine sands of southeast Asia’s beaches.

A man has been arrested by detectives after an Irish aid worker was found dead on a beach in Zanzibar, it was confirmed today.

The Department of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that a 26-year-old Irishman has been found dead on the African island of Zanzibar.

Some 33 people have died after a bus crashed into a truck in north-eastern Tanzania.

The state-owned broadcaster has reported a bus crashed into a truck killing 33 people in north-eastern Tanzania.

A MOTHER-of-three has swapped her idyllic life in Co Wicklow to take control of thousands of tonnes of food aid being shipped in to east Africa.

Somali pirates armed with rocket-propelled grenades and automatic weapons attacked a Dutch-operated container ship off the coast of Tanzania, but failed to hijack the vessel, a maritime official said today.

About 1,000 people cheered and marched with a team of 80 athletes and a Cabinet minister who are participating in the Tanzania leg of the Olympic torch run.

US President George Bush said today the US will work to prevent violent clashes following Kosovo’s declaration of independence. The State Department was reviewing the development with European allies as the province sought swift recognition from the West.

US President George W Bush today said that Congress should renew his global Aids programme and preserve a requirement that steers money into abstinence efforts.

IT WAS near the spot where the intrepid Stanley finally found Dr Livingstone, but it would be wrong to presume the Taoiseach had similar good fortune locating his tax clearance certificate.

The challenges facing farming communities in rural Tanzania will be seen first hand by Taoiseach Bertie Ahern today.

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern today met political leaders in Tanzania and pledged €170m in direct aid for the country up to 2010.

Southern African leaders will begin emergency talks in Tanzania today on the political turmoil in Zimbabwe.

SWISSAIR is offering special fares from Dublin to a range of long-haul destinations (via Zurich). Bookings must be made before October 31, for travel to be completed by January 31.

President Mary McAleese today travels to Tanzania as part of her resumed trip to southern Africa.

President Mary McAleese today headed off on an 11-day tour of southern Africa visiting Lesotho, Mozambique and Tanzania to check on Irish-funded aid projects.

SUDAN yesterday denied Darfur rebel reports that its troops had attacked their camps, breaking a ceasefire and a peace deal signed this month to end the conflict which has killed tens of thousands.

An Indian court today sentenced two British men to six years in prison after finding them guilty of sexually abusing boys at a children’s shelter that one of them had set up for street children in Bombay.

Recruits to Osama bin Laden’s terrorist training camps in Afghanistan were clamouring for suicide missions against the United States more than a year before the September 11, 2001, attacks, according to al-Qaida documents that the US Defence Department has declassified.

BIRD flu poses a major threat to Africa’s fight against its AIDS epidemic, challenging overburdened healthcare systems and stretching economies already hit by the impact of HIV, the UN’s AIDS chief said yesterday.

The man widely expected to win tomorrow’s presidential elections in Tanzania collapsed while addressing thousands of supporters on the last day of campaigning today.