COTONOU — Pope Benedict XVI yesterday denounced corruption, warning it could lead to violent upheaval, while calling on African leaders not to rob citizens of hope on his second visit to the continent.

The party of ousted Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo plans to boycott next month’s legislative election, its interim leader Miaka Oureto said yesterday.
“The Ivorian Popular Front (PFI) will not take part in the election.

TRIPOLI — Ousted Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s fugitive son Seif al-Islam has been arrested in the south of the country, a senior National Transitional Council official said yesterday.

US President Barack Obama said yesterday that “In Libya, the death of Muammar Gaddafi showed that Nato‘s role in protecting the Libyan people, and helping them break free from a tyrant, was the right thing to do,” he said.

United States President Barack Ob-ama’s uncle has been arrested on suspicion of dri-nking and driving, authorities have said.

BY NQABA MATSHAZI
HUMANITARIAN organisations have warned of an upsurge in xenophobic violence in South Africa if the government continues with planned mass deportation of undocumented Zimbabweans, instead advising that all migrants should be granted long term permits.

CANBERRA — Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe hasn’t paid the country’s ambassador to Australia in six months, leaving her to fund diplomatic missions out of her own pocket, her lawyer says.

A disappointing Midlands derby finished goalless after a game of few clear chances at Villa Park.
Wolves started brightly and Stephen Hunt forced a save from Shay Given while Villa’s Emile Heskey’s flick went over the bar. Villa were the better side for much of the second half and Richard Dunne had a header cleared off the line. Both sides had spells of pressure but were content to preserve their unbeaten starts to the campaign.—BBCSport

A controversial last-gasp penalty by Mikel Arteta handed Everton their first win of the season after Blackburn had dramatically missed two spot-kicks.
Tim Howard was Everton’s earlier hero when he saved a 46th minute penalty from Blackburn’s Junior Hoilett.
He then watched Mauro Formica’s 77th minute spot-kick slam against the post with six minutes to go.
—BBCSport

Chelsea avoided an early blow to their Barclays Premier League title hopes by winning 3-1 but lost Didier Drogba to a sickening injury as they struck late again to beat 10-man Norwich.

New YORK — IBM has developed a microprocessor, which it claims comes closer than ever to replicating the human brain.

SHANGHAI — China’s top online search engine Baidu has apologised on state television following a barrage of criticism by official media over allegedly fraudulent advertisements.

An “electronic tattoo” could herald a revolution in the way patients are monitored and provide a breakthrough in computer gaming, say US scientists.
They used the device, which is thinner than a human hair, to monitor the heart and brain, according to a study in the journal Science.

The UK government is exploring whether to turn off social networks or stop people texting during times of social unrest.

Uganda’s Security minister Wilson Muruli Mukasa has accused the opposition of using social media in a “grand plan” to topple the government.

JOHANNESBURG — British Foreign Secretary William Hague has asked Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika to show restraint ahead of mass protests planned for next week, after his administration last month violently crushed anti-government rallies.

Berlin — Berlin’s mayor said yesterday, he was appalled that some Germans were nostalgic for the Berlin Wall and supported a newly fashionable leftist view that there were legitimate reasons for building it in 1961.

BMW has unveiled a range of cars, motorcycles and bicycles that will be used during the 2012 Olympics in London.

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is using Twitter as a tool to govern remotely while he undergoes cancer treatment in Cuba.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is to return to Cuba to resume cancer treatment, including chemotherapy.