Sarkozy Seeks France Presidency in Right-Wing Surge
Paris AP reports Nicolas Sarkozy, son of a Hungarian immigrant, to be named the mainstream right's presidential candidate. The move signals a generational shift from Jacques Chirac and sets the stage for a high stakes race amid France's economic and social concerns. Royal challenges Sarkozy with diverging visions of change.
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Lost innocence in Mogadishu child soldiers rise and fall
In Mogadishu a 16 year old shoe shiner Adirisaq Khalid Ahmed joined the Islamic movement after a soldier recruited him. weeks of fighting left many youths 14 to 16 hiding or wounded as child soldiers are alleged on both sides UNICEF and Save the Children urge immediate release from armed groups. The Islamic courts were driven from power with Ethiopian-backed forces ending Islamist control in the capital two weeks earlier.
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Iraq PM silent on Bush plan
President Bush framed a new crackdown on Shiite militias as pivotal to Iraq’s security. Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki offered cautious public signals, avoiding direct endorsement and urging harsh action only against illegally armed individuals. He has previously pressured U.S. forces to focus on Sunni insurgents west of Baghdad.
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