Pope ill for second day, postpones audiences but working
VATICAN CITY, Feb 28: Pope Francis is still "slightly unwell" and has postponed all official audiences for Friday but is working from his residence. In a statement, the Vatican did not specify what the 83-year-old pope was suffering from. At his general audience on Wednesday he appeared to have a cold and spoke with a slightly hoarse voice, and he coughed during an afternoon Ash Wednesday service in a Rome church, his last appearance outside the Vatican. — Reuters
Promising political stability, new Tunisian govt takes office
TUNIS, Feb 28: Tunisia's new coalition government took office on Friday and Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh said the country needed political stability to start urgent reforms and revive the ailing economy. Parliament approved the coalition in the early hours of Thursday after a day of debate, ending months of political wrangling that has slowed the North African country's efforts to tackle looming economic problems. — Reuters
Prince Harry meets Jovi
LONDON, Feb 28: Britain's Prince Harry visited Abbey Road Studios on Friday to meet singer Jon Bon Jovi and members of a military veterans' choir, in one of his last engagements as a senior member of the royal family. Harry and Bon Jovi spoke briefly outside the north London building where the Beatles recorded 11 of their 13 albums before heading inside. — Reuters
Somali troops clash with militia
MOGADISHU, Feb 28: Somali government troops clashed with a regional militia on Friday, residents said, in one of the most serious outbreaks of fighting yet over political rivalries that Washington says are slowing the war against al Qaeda-linked insurgents. — AFP
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