Video fires up Malaga

PARIS. — Malaga have used medieval imagery in a promotional video for their Champions League soccer last-16 second leg at home to Porto, seeking inspiration for an historic performance from the Spanish debutantes tonight.

Arsenal seek escape route

MUNICH. — Arsenal must stage one of the most unlikely Champions League soccer comebacks if they are to advance at the expense of hosts Bayern Munich in their round of 16 second leg clash tonight.The match kicks-off at 9:45pm.

Kim Jong declares war

SEOUL. – North Korea leader Kim Jong-Un threatened to “wipe out” a South Korean island as Pyongyang came under new economic and diplomatic fire yesterday from US sanctions and UN charges of gross rights abuses.

Rodman plans holiday

LOS ANGELES. – The odd couple is getting odder: first, Dennis Rodman and North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un take in a hoops game side by side. Now, they’re reportedly planning a holiday together.

Detainees in hunger strike

NEW YORK. – Detainees at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp have launched a hunger strike to protest interference with their personal effects, including Korans, their lawyers and prison officials said Monday.

Cigarette vendor sets self on fire in Tunis

TUNISIA. – A cigarette vendor set himself on fire in the centre of Tunis yesterday, suffering extensive burns but not endangering his life, witnesses and medics said.

China to maintain socialism

BEIJING. – The newly-elected leader of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) pledged yesterday that China will not copy Western political systems under any circumstances.

Cuba pays homage to revolutionary fighter Chavez

IT was with profound and searing grief that our people and the Revolutionary Government learned about the decease of President Hugo Chavez Frias and are therefore preparing to pay a heartfelt and patriotic tribute to him, for he will go down in history as a Hero of Our America.

US, UN in wait-and-see approach to Kenyatta

NEW YORK. – The United States and the United Nations said separately on Monday that they are taking a cautious approach regarding their respective relations with Kenya’s president-elect Uhuru Kenyatta.

Tampers flare in Malawi

BLANTYRE. – Events kept unfolding yesterday following the arrest of opposition DPP acting president, Professor Peter Mutharika as party supporters on Monday night reportedly beat up a government doctor and two police officers who wanted to check on the presidential aspirant.

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