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WORLD NEWSThursday 10 September
Boats carrying Indians bombed between Yemen and Somalia
AHMED AL-HAJ alive and seven are miss- cials with the rebels, known Saudi-led airstrikes in the Abdullah Saleh, and forces
Associated Press ing, Indian Foreign Ministry as Houthis, said the boats capital Sanaa on Wednes- loyal to exiled President
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — War- spokesman Vikas Swarup were carrying fishermen day, as the sound of air- Abed Rabbo Mansour
planes bombed two boats said in a statement. He and weren’t connected to strikes continued into the Hadi. Hadi fled to Saudi
carrying 20 Indian crew said authorities are trying to them. It wasn’t immediate- evening. Arabia in March, hours be-
members as the vessels gather more information. ly clear if the two incidents In the city of Taiz, five civil- fore the Saudi-led coalition
traveled between Somalia He didn’t elaborate on were the same. ians were killed and at least began its airstrikes against
and Yemen, India’s Foreign who may have carried out Saudi Arabia is leading a 20 wounded amid fighting the Houthis.
Ministry said Wednesday, a the attack. coalition of mainly Gulf na- between rebels and their The conflict has killed over
day after the Yemeni coast Yemeni coast guard of- tions fighting the Houthis, opponents, independent 2,100 civilians, according to
guard said a Saudi-led co- ficials said Tuesday that who seized the capital, Sa- security and medical offi- the United Nations.
alition fighting Yemeni Shi- a Saudi-led coalition at- naa, last September. cials said. All Yemeni officials spoke
ite rebels bombed boats tacked more than five Yemen’s rebel-controlled The impoverished country is on condition of anonymity
off the war-torn country’s boats off the Yemeni coast, Ministry of Health said six torn between the Houthis, because they are not au-
coast. the same day the Indian civilians were killed and allied with army units loy- thorized to brief reporters.q
Thirteen crew members are boats were bombed. Offi- 10 wounded as a result of al to former President Ali
Thai police: suspect handed backpack to Bangkok bomber
N. ANUSONADISAI, Police officers joke with a key suspect in last month’s Bangkok bombing, identified by Thai police The Erawan Shrine is espe-
J. GECKER as Yusufu Mierili, around a central Bangkok shopping center during a reenactment for the Aug. 17 cially popular with Chinese
Associated Press bombing at Bangkok’s popular Erawan Shrine that left 20 people dead and more than 120 injured, tourists, feeding the idea
BANGKOK (AP) — Police Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015. that it could be a target
said Wednesday a key sus- for people who believe
pect in last month’s deadly (AP Photo/Mark Baker) the Uighurs are oppressed
Bangkok blast has admit- by China’s government.
ted he handed a back- confiscated bomb-making have boosted a theory na in July. Uighurs (pro- One of the men in custody,
pack containing a bomb materials, and say they that the bombing was to nounced WEE-gurs) are identified as Yusufu Mierili,
to a man in a yellow shirt are looking for 10 other sus- avenge Thailand’s forced related to Turks, and Turkey was arrested Sept. 1 near
who was later seen leaving pects. Several Turkish and repatriation of more than is home to a large Uighur the Thai-Cambodia border
a similar bag at a down- Chinese links to the blast 100 ethnic Uighurs to Chi- community. carrying a Chinese passport
town shrine just before the and has confessed to play-
blast occurred. ing a key role in the attack,
The account offered the police said. The passport
first possible reconstruction indicated he was from Chi-
of events leading to the na’s western region of Xin-
Aug. 17 attack at Erawan jiang, home to the Turkic-
Shrine, an unprecedented speaking Uighurs. His DNA
act of violence in the Thai and fingerprints were found
capital that left 20 people in the two apartments po-
dead and more than 120 lice raided, including on a
injured. Authorities say they container of gunpowder in
still don’t know the motive one of the apartments.
but are also reluctant to On Tuesday, police took
call the blast an act of ter- Mierili back to the apart-
rorism, which would harm ments and also to a chemi-
Thailand’s image as a tour- cal supply shop where he
ist destination. said he bought “four sub-
After an initial slow start, stances” used to make
police have arrested two the bomb, national po-
foreigners, raided two lice spokesman Prawut
apartments on the outskirts Thavornsiri said Wednes-
of Bangkok where they day. q
Li says Chinese economic growth in ‘proper range’
JOE McDONALD market-opening reforms weekend that stock market Li announced no new initia- “hard landing,” with slump-
Associated Press despite recent “fluctua- turmoil was ending and the tives but touched on a wide ing growth fueling political
BEIJING (AP) — China’s No. tions” in economic perfor- economy was stable. range of issues that are sen- tensions, spiked up after
2 leader tried Wednesday mance. “The underlying trend of sitive for foreign investors in trade and factory activity
to mollify foreign concerns Communist leaders are in the economy is still mov- a clear attempt to assure fell in July and August.
about its economic slow- the midst of an unusually ing in a positive direction,” them business conditions Li said current growth, fore-
down, saying growth is in high-level effort to calm said Li, the country’s No. 2 would remain stable. cast by the government at
the “proper range” and global financial markets leader and its top econom- China’s economy has about 7 percent for the full
Beijing has no plans to al- after a collapse in Chinese ic official. Pointing to data cooled steadily over the year, is acceptable so long
low its currency to decline stock prices and abrupt showing more than 7 million past two years as commu- as it generates enough
further. downturns in manufactur- urban jobs were created in nist leaders try to steer it to jobs.
Speaking at a meeting of ing and exports. the first half of the year, he more self-sustaining growth The premier said Beijing has
the World Economic Forum The central bank governor, said, “all this shows the Chi- based on domestic con- no further plans to allow its
in the eastern city of Da- finance minister and secu- nese economy has been sumption instead of exports yuan to decline in value
lian, Premier Li Keqiang said rities regulatory agency is- running within the proper and investment. But foreign following a surprise Aug. 11
Beijing will stick to plans for sued similar statements last range.” concern about a possible devaluation. q
