An explosion and gunshots are heard during the night in
former stronghold town of Bosnian Serb war crimes fugitive Radovan
Karazic as troops of Nato-led peacekeeping force seal off centre of
the small town of Pale.
The United Nations plans to
boost Asian, Middle Eastern and African involvement in western-
dominated aid operations as they turn to Iranian Red Crescent to
provide stand-by teams of aid workers for international emergencies
Sudan's Islamist opposition leader is arrested
following the arrest of some 10 Sudanese army officers on suspicion of
involvement in a military coup attempt.
Condoleezza Rice is given permission to give sworn
public testimony to commission looking into 9/11 attacks. The White House had
previously said that Rice would not appear publicly before the independent
bipartisan commission.
