Daily Archives: June 19, 2014

Official: Egypt’s Mubarak Breaks Leg in Hospital

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An Egyptian security official says ousted President Hosni Mubarak has broken his leg at a Cairo military hospital, where he is serving his three-year prison sentence in a corruption case.

The official says the 86-year-old Mubarak slipped in the bathroom and broke the upper part of his thigh bone on Thursday.

The official says Mubarak will need surgery for the break. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to media.

Mubarak, toppled in 2011, is facing a retrial for his role in the killings of hundreds of protesters during the uprising against his rule.

Last month he was convicted on charges of embezzling millions of dollars of funds allocated for the renovation of presidential palaces.

Blast at Nigerian soccer viewing center kills men, young boys

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Tuesday’s explosion at a soccer viewing center in northeastern Nigeria claimed the lives of several men and young boys watching the Brazil-Mexico World Cup match.

A hospital source said Wednesday that 21 people were killed in the explosion and another 27 were injured.

The incident occurred on the outskirts of Damaturu, in Yobe state, the sources said. The explosives had been concealed in an abandoned motorized rickshaw outside the center.

Volatile northeastern Nigeria is the home of the Boko Haram group, the militant Islamists who abducted scores of schoolgirls in April.

A Yobe police official in Damaturu told CNN the extremist group had distributed leaflets to the viewing centers in three different languages warning them not to open during the World Cup.

 

It’s official: King Felipe VI takes over in Spain

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Flanked by his family and before Spain’s Parliament, Felipe VI was formally proclaimed the new king of Spain Thursday, following the abdication of his father, Juan Carlos.

The new king, clad in military uniform and flanked by his wife and daughters, also swore an oath before the packed parliamentary chamber.

In an address, the new king spoke of his respect for the Parliament and the nation — as well as his own emotion at becoming the monarch of “a great nation” he loves and admires.

Felipe paid tribute to his father’s “extraordinary” legacy over nearly four decades, including his leadership as the country returned to democracy following the death of dictator Francisco Franco in 1975.

He also thanked his mother, Queen Sofia, for a lifetime of hard work and devotion to the Spanish people.

The proclamation ceremony is a more subdued affair than a coronation, without the pomp of foreign dignitaries and elaborate ceremonies.