Kenya manhunt for al-Qaeda wanted

There is a manhunt under way in Kenya for an al-Qaeda operative wanted for the attacks on the US embassies in Kenya aand Tanzania 10 years ago.

Fazul Abdullah Mohammed allegedly evaded a police raid at the weekend in the coastal town of Malindi, where he was being hosted by friends. Earlier this year the suspect, who is from the Comoros Islands, survived a US missile attack on a hideout in Somalia.The United States has offered a reward of up to $5m (£2.5m) for his arrest. Three people arrested over the weekend - reportedly relatives of Mr Mohammed - pleaded not guilty on Monday to accusations they had harboured him. A judge ordered that they be held for four more days while prosecutors gather information. nd Tanzania 10 years ago. Meanwhile, the man who led the investigation into the Kenya bombing, Maj Marsden Madoka, has told the in an interview African Perspective programme that Kenyan intelligence passed on information to the US embassy ahead of the attack in 1998, but it was not acted on. The failure may have been due to a lack of communication between the embassy and US intelligence agencies, he said. More than 250 people were killed in the bomb attacks 10 years ago that Mr Mohammed allegedly planned.

Rising prices beat down consumer spending in June

WASHINGTON - Consumer spending, after adjusting for inflation, fell in June as shoppers were hit with the biggest increase in prices in nearly three decades.

The Commerce Department reported Monday that consumer spending dipped by 0.2 percent in June, after removing the effects of higher prices, the poorest showing since a similar drop in February. The higher prices reflected a big surge in gasoline costs and helped to drive an inflation gauge tied to consumer spending up by 0.8 percent in June, the biggest increase since a 1 percent rise in February 1981.The big rise in inflation ate up a part of the billions of dollars in stimulus payments delivered during the month. Personal incomes rose by a tiny 0.1 percent in June following a giant 1.8 percent increase in May.Stocks declined in early trading as investors fretted about what rising prices would do to consumer spending. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 63.02, or 0.56 percent, to 11,263.30 in early trading.In other economic news, the Commerce Department reported that orders to U.S. factories shot up at the fastest pace in six months in June, reflecting big increases in petroleum prices and heavy demand for military equipment.

11 feared dead on K-2; 2 Dutch climbers rescued

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - A helicopter plucked two frostbitten Dutch climbers from K-2 on Monday after an avalanche and exposure left at least 11 people missing and believed dead on the world's second-highest mountain. One of the rescued men, Wilco Van Rooijen, blamed mistakes in preparation for the final ascent — not just the avalanche — for one of mountaineering's worst disasters as a stranded Italian climber struggled to descend low enough to reach rescuers."Everything was going well to Camp Four and on summit attempt everything went wrong," Van Rooijen told The Associated Press by phone from a military hospital, where he was being treated for frostbitten toes.K-2, which lies near Pakistan's northern border with China, is regarded by mountaineers as more challenging to conquer than Mount Everest, the world's highest peak. K-2 is steeper, rockier and more prone to sudden, severe weather.The Ministry of Tourism released a list of 11 climbers believed dead: three South Koreans, two Nepalis, two Pakistanis and mountaineers from France, Ireland, Serbia and Norway.It was not clear how they all died. At least two fell on their way up the mountain, before the avalanche.

Five ringed bicycle

A nice boy cycling on five wheels like Olympic rings.

Meet Beijing resident Meng Jie, cycling around China on a bicycle in the shape of the five Olympic rings.For more Olympics coverage, and take part in the BBC's My Games programme go to bbc.com/Olympics and look for My Games. My Games will be broadcast live on BBC World News. You can get involved by sending us your photos and videos and if you have a webcam you could even appear live on the programme.

Chinese border assault kills 16

Sixteen Chinese policemen have been killed in an attack on a border post in the restive Muslim region of Xinjiang, state media say. Two attackers reportedly drove up to the post in a rubbish truck and threw two grenades, before moving in to attack the policemen with knives. The attack came four days before the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. Both attackers were captured during the raid near the city of Kashgar, Xinhua state news agency reported. Kashgar, known as Kashi in Chinese, is some 2,500 miles (4,000km) from Beijing, near the border with Tajikistan. Xinhua said the attack happened at Fourteen policemen died at the scene and two on the way to hospital. Another 16 policemen were hurt. One of the attackers was reported to have been injured in the leg.
Xinjiang, in the north-west of the country, is home to the Muslim Uighur people. Uighur separatists have waged a low-level campaign against Chinese rule for decades. about 0800 (0000 GMT), as the policemen were jogging outside the compound. "China has focused on strengthening security and protection around Olympic venues and at the Olympics Village, so Beijing is already prepared to respond to any threat," Sun Weide was quoted as saying. Last week, a senior Chinese army officer warned that Islamic separatists were the biggest danger to the Olympics.