Shoot-out between Somali pirates on a hijacked cargo ship loaded..
The maritime group's Andrew Mwangura told the BBC three men where shot in a row over tactics.Pirates seized the Ukrainian ship last week and have demanded a $20m (£11m) ransom to release it.Mr Mwangura said the situation is very tense with the ship, the Faina, surrounded by US navy vessels.
US navy spokesman Lt Nathan Christensen said on Monday that destroyers and cruisers has been deployed within 10 miles (16kms) of the hijacked ship.
US failure hits European shares..
European share indexes have been volatile in early trading after a US financial rescue plan failed to gain Congressional backing.With the US House of Representatives rejecting the $700bn (£380bn) rescue deal, the UK's FTSE 100 fell as much as 3% before recovering to down 0.4%.Asian stocks have already seen big declines in Tuesday trading. Wall Street's Dow Jones index saw its biggest one-day points fall in history on Monday after the deal was rejected.
Scores die in India temple crush...
Officials told the BBC that at least 150 more were injured in the incident at the Chamunda Devi temple in Jodhpur.A wall near the temple is said to have collapsed, causing panic among thousands of gathered devotees.There have been a number of deadly stampedes in India's temples recently - last month 140 people were killed in the northern state of Himachal Pradesh. Before dawn, thousands of people had made their way to the hill-top temple in a huge 15th Century fort overlooking Jodhpur.Ecuadoran president cheers 'crushing' win...
Ecuador's leftist President Rafael Correa urged his opponents Monday to join his efforts to build a more just society, saying the overwhelming victory of his constitutional referendum gives him a broad mandate.
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