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Dubai - Somalia's Security Minister, Omar Hashi, has been killed in a blast by a suicide bomber, news channel al-Arabiya reported Thursday.

There was no further details initially.

The country - widely regarded as a failed state since the early 1990s - has seen increasingly violent clashes in the capital, Mogadishu, forcing the displacement of tens of thousands of residents.

On Wednesday, at least 20 people died during fighting between Islamist insurgents and government forces, including a dozen leaving evening prayers.

Four Soft, a globar leader offering software solution for transporation and logistics, has informed that company's flagship WMS products has been selected by Polar Speed Distribution, a leading pharmaceutical distribution company based in UK, to Optimize its management of their temperature controlled, pharmaceutical distribution warehouses throughout the UK.

The contract will be serviced through Four Soft's UK subsidiary Four Soft UK Limited.

Guangzhou (China), June 18 : The Chinese city of Guangzhou has stirred controversy by implementing a one-dog policy.

Beginning July 1, each household can raise only one pooch.

The regulation won''t be grandfathered in, so families with two or more dogs will apparently have to decide which one gets to stay

"It''s a cruel regulation. These dogs are like family. How can you keep one and get rid of the others?" said Chen, who declined to give her full name.

Rome - AC Milan midfielder Andrea Pirlo Thursday denied through his club's website saying he could leave for Chelsea at the end of the season.

The 30-year-old Italian international had been quoted by an Irish newspaper as saying that he didn't know if he was going to stay at Milan.

Perhaps its possible that I could join (former Milan coach Carlo) Ancelotti in London," Pirlo was quoted as saying by the Irish Independent after Italy beat the US 3-1 in its opening Confederations Cup match in Pretoria, South Africa.

London, June 18 : Barcelona is set to launch a 17 million pound bid for Liverpool keeper Pepe Reina.

The news comes after the European champions saw their contract talks with current number one Victor Valdes break down.

Valdes, who has a year left on his contract, has been pushing for parity with Xavi, who is paid 150,000 pounds a week.

Barcelona is confident they can lure back the Anfield stopper, who began his career at the Nou Camp.

Harare - The failure by Zimbabwe's new power-sharing government to tackle the "grim and precarious" human rights situation in the country could lead to more violence in the run-up to the next elections, Amnesty International warned Thursday.

The head of the New York-based rights watchdog, Irene Khan, was speaking to reporters in Harare at the end of her six-day inspection visit to the southern African country - the first ever by an Amnesty secretary-general to Zimbabwe.