Facebook has a new member — former US President George W. Bush.
Mr Bush joined the fast-growing social network on Wednesday and his profile page, facebook.Com/georgewbush, attracted more than 2,000 fans within a few hours.
The first post on the page touted Mr Bush’s accomplishments since leaving office in January 2009.
“President Bush has remained active,” it said.
“He has visited 20 states and 8 countries; given over 65 speeches; launched the George W. Bush Presidential Centre; participated in 4 policy conferences through The Bush Institute; finished the first draft of his memoir, Decision Points; and partnered with (former) President (Bill) Clinton to establish the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund.”
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‘8 Turks, US national killed in raid’
Ankara : The Turkish government confirmed on Thursday that eight Turks and a US national of Turkish origin were shot dead in an Israeli raid on Gaza-bound aid ships.
A statement by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s office released the identities of the nine victims, all men aged between 19 and 61, the youngest of whom was the Turk with US citizenship.
The bodies were handed over to families after post-mortem examinations in Istanbul, the statement said.
All the activists were shot dead, Anatolia news agency reported, adding that forensic experts found bullet marks on all the bodies.
—AFP
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South Africa recalls envoy
Johannesburg : South Africa is recalling its ambassador to Israel in the wake of the deadly raid on an aid convoy bound for the Gaza Strip, a government said on Thursday.
“The recall of ambassador Ishmael Coovadia is to show our strongest condemnation of the attack,” junior foreign minister Ebrahim Ebrahim said. told journalists in Pretoria.
—AFP