News in brief.....Habari Mchanganyiko

JALALABAD, Afghanistan – Suicide attackers detonated bombs and fired rockets outside a major U.S. base in Afghanistan on Sunday, killing five people in a brazen operation that highlighted the country’s security challenges ahead of the 2014 NATO combat troop pullout.

 

 

KUWAIT (Reuters) – Kuwaitis have elected a parliament including many newcomers which may prove more government-friendly than its predecessor but could lack legitimacy in the eyes of some due to a low voter turnout.

 

Newly elected member of Parliament Yousef Zalzaly (top C), a Shi’ite Muslim, is greeted by supporters after the final results of the election were announced in Kuwait city December 1, 2012. REUTERS

 

From sci-fi to reality! A new missile which uses electromagnetic pulses to target buildings can permanently shut down a country’s electronics without harming people, Boeing has claimed.

 

Aircraft manufacturer Boeing has successfully tested a missile which knocked out an entire military compound in the Utah deser

 

 

 

 

TOKYO — Parts of a tunnel collapsed Sunday on a highway west of Tokyo, trapping an unknown number of vehicles as smoke from a fire inside initially prevented rescuers from approaching.

Police vehicles are parked at the entrance as smoke billows out of the Sasago Tunnel on the Chuo Expressway in Koshu, Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan, Sunday morning, Dec. 2, 2012. A part of the tunnel collapsed Sunday morning, possibly involving several vehicles and injuring several people, local media said

 

Kumekucha mabilioni ya Uswisi

SERIKALI imeamua kuunda kikosikazi kitakachohusisha Idara ya Usalama wa Taifa,  Polisi wa Kimataifa (Interpol) na Taasisi ya Kuzuia na Kupambana na Rushwa (Takukuru) kwa ajili ya kuanza uchunguzi kuhusu  Watanzania wanaotuhumiwa kuficha kiasi cha Sh314 bilioni nchini Uswisi.

Hatua hiyo ya uchunguzi inatokana na Bunge kutoa maazimio ya kuitaka Serikali kufuatilia sakata hilo katika kikao chake kilichopita mjini Dodoma na kutoa majibu katika kikao cha Bunge cha Aprili mwakani.

Akizungumza na Mwananchi Jumapili jana, Mwanasheria Mkuu wa Serikali, Jaji Frederick Werema alisema, “Tuhuma hizo siyo jambo dogo na Serikali haiwezi kuzipuuza, sasa tunachukua hatua madhubuti.”

Jaji Werema alisema kuwa Serikali imeshapiga hatua katika kufanya uchunguzi huo.

“Tumepiga hatua katika suala hili, ila ukianza kusema sana utakuwa unaharibu. Tumeamua kuwa na kikosi maalumu cha upelelezi kitakachoshirikisha Idara ya Usalama wa Taifa, Taasisi ya Kuzuia na Kupambana na Rushwa (Takukuru) na Wizara ya Fedha na wachunguzi binafsi wakiwamo Polisi wa Kimataifa (Interpol) pamoja na Benki ya Dunia (WB).

Mwanasheria mkuu wa Serikali,Jaji Frederick Werema.