An Islamic militia with alleged al-Qaida links has seized Somalia’s capital Mogadishu after weeks of bloody fighting with US-backed secular warlords, raising fears that the nation could fall under the sway of Osama bin Laden’s terrorist organisation.

THE man suspected of shooting six hunters to death agrees with a survivor that the tragedy began with a confrontation on private land. But they sharply differ on what happened next.

US investigators arrested a Minnesota teenager today on charges of unleashing a damaging virus-like infection on the internet, officials said.