Killer's DNA found in cap
Investigators collected DNA from a baseball cap apparently left behind by the man who killed Sweden's foreign minister but found no match in a national criminal database, police said on Monday. The investigators also evaluated tips after releasing photos of a man who they said matched witness descriptions of the person who attacked Foreign Minister Anna Lindh in an upscale department store last Thursday. Swedish authorities were unable to collect any of the killer's DNA from a knife used in the attack and have sent the weapon to an overseas laboratory for further analysis.
■ United states
Playboy eyes Wal-Mart
Here's one thing you won't find at Wal-Mart. Adult entertainment company Playboy Enterprises on Monday invited Wal-Mart employees to pose nude for a photo series on its Internet site, no small irony since the world's largest retailer won't sell Playboy magazines on its shelves. "Wal-Mart employees have a reputation for being cheerful and now Playboy.com is giving them a chance to smile for the camera," a statement from Playboy said. In recent years, Playboy has made a splash with other corporate-themed pictorials such as "Women of Starbucks" and "Women of Enron." Wal-Mart spokeswoman Sarah Clark said the solicitation "is something that we have never even considered. If there happens to be any interest from an associate [to pose], we will look into it at that time."
■ Russia
Suicide bomber kills two
A suicide bomber blew up a truck outside security offices near rebel Chechnya on Monday, officials said, killing two people in a fresh setback for Moscow's peace plan for the region. The truck, with its cargo of explosives covered in hay, drove unchecked past roadblocks and exploded at the headquarters of Russia's FSB security service in Magas, capital of Ingushetia -- a tiny Russian province bordering Chechnya. The attack distracted attention from campaigning for an Oct. 5 Chechen presidential election -- the centre-piece of Russian President Vladimir Putin's plan to bring peace to the region. About 30 people were wounded, four seriously.
■ United States
Hurricane churns towards US
Hurricane Isabel churned across the Atlantic on its way to the US East Coast yesterday, its 200kph winds bringing dangerous surf to parts of the coastline as the storm headed toward North Carolina. Isabel's path could bring it ashore as early as tomorrow near Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, and north along the Chesapeake Bay near Washington, through Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania, the US National Hurricane Center said.
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