An American man has told a US court that he was asked by Osama bin Laden in 1995 to kill Egypt’s president by ramming his plane with his own in mid-air.

Firefighters are battling a large blaze raging at Kenya’s main international airport.

Calls for a re-run of the Kenyan election whose result sparked days of deadly rioting were effectively dismissed by president Mwai Kibaki tonight.

Kenyan officials today said a passenger plane had crashed near a Nairobi Airport with 80 people on board, but when reporters arrived, they found it had only been a practise drill.

A passenger plane with 80 people on board reportedly crashed while attempting to land at Nairobi Airport today.