· ( Kenya relocating non-Muslims after deadly attacks )
The move follows two attacks by militants in the past two weeks. In one attack they killed 28 non-Muslims travelling in a Nairobi-bound bus, and in the other attack they massacred 36 quarry workers in Mandera.
Mandera County Commissioner Alex Ole Nkoyo confirmed Saturday that plans were underway to facilitate the transportation of 370 people, stating that all the quarry workers had already been assembled at the Kenya Defence Forces camp.
"We are currently having 370 people at the military camp and we are not evacuating them. We are only facilitating those who want to go home and we are talking to the bus owners in this town to see if we can get up to five and we give them police escort along the way," Ole Nkoyo said.
Reports from the border town said all ground transport and three civilian flights that depart weekly from Mandera were fully booked.
· Russia sends troops to Ukraine border in Crimea
Russia has stationed about 4,000 troops with their
equipment and ammunition in north Crimea on the border with Ukraine.
"According to our information, almost all military units of the Russian Federation stationed in the north of Crimea were pushed to the administrative border with Ukraine, Press TV reported Saturday citing the spokesperson of Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council, Andriy Lysenko.
The move comes as Russian President Vladimir Putin said he has approved the establishment of a Russian military task force in Crimea.
Moscow has also accepted a peace agreement with Kiev in a bid to end five months of conflict in the eastern regions of Ukraine.
The new development also came after pro-Russia forces in Ukraine's eastern regions recently rejected a law passed by Kiev that grants limited self-rule to the war-torn areas.
Under the law, Ukraine's eastern regions of Donetsk and Lugansk will be offered three-year limited self-rule.
Pro-Russia militias in the region have been fighting for independence for the past five months.
Earlier this year in March, Crimea's largely Russian-speaking residents voted in a referendum to break away from Ukraine and join Russia.
The Ukrainian government, US and EU rejected the referendum and condemned the joining of Crimea to Russia.
However, President Putin signed into law the documents officially making Crimea part of Russian territory. Putin said the move was made based on international law.
Located on the northern coast of the Black Sea, the Crimea Peninsula is of high strategic value. It is also of importance economically as the peninsula is home to several natural gas fields onshore and offshore, which are connected to Ukraine's pipeline system.
"According to our information, almost all military units of the Russian Federation stationed in the north of Crimea were pushed to the administrative border with Ukraine, Press TV reported Saturday citing the spokesperson of Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council, Andriy Lysenko.
The move comes as Russian President Vladimir Putin said he has approved the establishment of a Russian military task force in Crimea.
Moscow has also accepted a peace agreement with Kiev in a bid to end five months of conflict in the eastern regions of Ukraine.
The new development also came after pro-Russia forces in Ukraine's eastern regions recently rejected a law passed by Kiev that grants limited self-rule to the war-torn areas.
Under the law, Ukraine's eastern regions of Donetsk and Lugansk will be offered three-year limited self-rule.
Pro-Russia militias in the region have been fighting for independence for the past five months.
Earlier this year in March, Crimea's largely Russian-speaking residents voted in a referendum to break away from Ukraine and join Russia.
The Ukrainian government, US and EU rejected the referendum and condemned the joining of Crimea to Russia.
However, President Putin signed into law the documents officially making Crimea part of Russian territory. Putin said the move was made based on international law.
Located on the northern coast of the Black Sea, the Crimea Peninsula is of high strategic value. It is also of importance economically as the peninsula is home to several natural gas fields onshore and offshore, which are connected to Ukraine's pipeline system.
o Thousands gather to protest secrecy law in Japan
The protesters rallied in Tokyo's Hibiya Park located near the Imperial Palace, and later marched to the Ginza district, the most exclusive shopping district of the city, Xinhua reported.
They said the legislation undermines the public's right to know and helps cover up official misdeeds. They vowed to continue their fight to have it scrapped as the law, which will toughen penalties on those who leak state secrets, is set to take effect Dec 10.
"We will not cower and will keep fighting for the abolition of the law," lawyer Yuichi Kaido, an organiser of the Tokyo rally, told reporters.
On Dec 6, 2013, the Japanese parliament enacted the controversial secrecy law despite strong public protests and criticism. A national survey showed that more than 50 percent citizens oppose the bill.
Under the law, public servants or others with access to state secrets could be jailed for up to 10 years if they leaked them. Journalists and others in the private sector convicted of encouraging such leaks could get up to five years' jail term if they use "grossly inappropriate" means to solicit information.
Taro Takahashi, 58, said its broad and vague definition of what constitutes a secret will only further strengthen Japan's already-secretive central bureaucrats. "We should not make society even darker,"he said.
· Seven jihadists sentenced to death by Egypt court
The attack took place in August 2013 following the government's violent clearing of two protest camps in Cairo, where supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi had gathered to demand his reinstatement. Saturday's ruling came after the Grand Mufti endorsed the sentence. Those sentenced were accused of stopping mini buses carrying the victims, forcing them to get off and then shooting them.
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