Karateka dies after match: Happy Alfred Walla, 26, who had been

Karateka dies after match: Happy Alfred Walla, 26, who had been
in coma after her match during the National Championships in
Surabaya, East Java, on Sunday, was pronounced dead from a brain
hemorrhage at the Dr. Soetomo Hospital on Wednesday at 1:00 p.m.
Happy, who hailed from West Java, fell unconscious after taking a
series of kicks and punches to the head from Andriko of East Nusa
Tenggara during their 70kg kumite match. --Antara

Canada withdraws its ambassador to Tehran: Canada said on
Wednesday it was withdrawing its ambassador to Tehran and was
considering other sanctions after Iranian authorities buried a
Canadian journalist who died in custody in Tehran against
Ottawa's wishes. Zahra Kazemi, 54, a photojournalist of Iranian
descent living in Canada, died on July 10, more than two weeks
after she was arrested for taking pictures outside a prison in
Tehran. An Iranian government inquiry into her death said she had
died of a brain hemorrhage caused by a severe blow to the head.
--Reuters

Landslide kills 21 in remote corner of Cameroon: At least 21
people were swept to their deaths by a landslide in a remote
corner of Cameroon after nearly a week of continuous rain, a
local official in the central African country said on Wednesday.
The mudslide destroyed 15 homes, making 100 people homeless. The
government had in the past asked the farming population to move
from the rich volcanic soils on the slopes of a mountain but the
calls were ignored, he added. --Reuters

Sao Tome coup leader says parliament to reconvene: The leader of
a coup on Sao Tome and Principe said on Wednesday that army
officers had reached a deal for parliament to reconvene and grant
amnesty to those behind last week's military takeover. Mediators
said the reconvening of parliament represented a major
breakthrough in their negotiations with the coup leaders, and
might herald the return of ousted President Fradique de Menezes
later on Wednesday, or possibly in the next few days. --Reuters

Iran admits holding top al-Qaeda members: Ending weeks of
speculation, Iran acknowledged on Wednesday that it was holding
senior members of Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda network and said it
expected to try, deport or extradite them soon. Intelligence
Minister Ali Yunesi gave no names but said top bin Laden aides
were among "many" al-Qaeda members detained by Iranian security
forces since the 2001 overthrow of the Taliban militia in
neighboring Afghanistan. They include the movement's Egyptian-
born number three, Saif al-Adel, its Kuwaiti-born spokesman
Sulaiman Abu Gaith, and bin Laden's Saudi-born son, Saad. --AFP