NEWS THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 2015

A man watches the sun set over the skyline in Johannesburg on Tuesday. — AP 42 killed in Tanzania bus, truck collision

DAR ES SALAAM: Forty-two people were container truck travelling in the opposite he said two of the injured died while receiv- Masenza said the bodies had already been nation’s President Jakaya Kikwete said in a killed and at least 20 others seriously direction. ing treatment in hospital, bring the overall moved to a district hospital mortuary, and statement. Serious road accidents are com- injured yesterday in a collision between a “The container fell on the bus... when the toll to 42 dead. those with serious injuries moved to a mon in the region, due to overloaded and bus and a truck in central Tanzania, officials truck carrying the container swayed while Officials had earlier confirmed at least 40 regional hospital. poorly-maintained vehicles, excessive said. A statement from the president’s office attempting to avoid potholes along the passengers on the Majinjaa Express-owned The accident occurred near Changarawe speeding and poor roads. The accident is said the packed passenger bus was travel- road,” said regional police commander bus were dead, many of them crushed in the centre of the country, and around the worst to be reported in Tanzania since ling between the western town of Mbeya Ramadhani Mungi, suggesting reckless driv- under the toppled container, and that more 550 km west of Dar es Salaam. “This gives 2006, when 54 people died when a bus fell and the economic capital and coastal city of ing was the cause of the road disaster. than 20 other were in a serious condition. cause for great mourning. The entire coun- off a bridge and into a river north of the Dar es Salaam when it was crushed by a Speaking to state television later yesterday, Iringa Regional Commissioner Amina try has been shaken,” the east African town of Arusha. -— AFP Riyadh recalls envoy from Assembly rejects proposal to quiz Central... Continued from Page 1 with the support of the Swedish people,” she added in Continued from Page 1 in the last 60 days, which means they are still new. The remarks to the TT news agency. health minister explained the procedures about two more “One must protest against what are nearly medieval Swedish Defence Minister Peter Hultqvist said only Ashour said the move is suspected to be part of a politi- legislations. This leaves just over 10 percent of laws without methods” of punishment, Wallstroem told TT. cooperation in medicine and gender studies would cal dispute and could be a form of settling scores. MP implementation, the minister said. On Tuesday, a day after the Cairo incident, Sweden remain on offer. “In practical terms, there is no military Jamal Al-Omar said the move is part of a struggle for posts Minister of Oil and State Minister for National Assembly scrapped its 10-year-old military deal with the Saudis in cooperation,” he told public broadcaster SVT. “What we between people he did not identify. He warned that such Affairs Ali Al-Omair also downplayed accusations by MPs retaliation. Saudi Arabia is the third-largest non-Western have is an open invitation to partake in medical and gen- struggles are damaging the country. that the government has not implemented many laws. A buyer of Swedish arms. In 2014, Riyadh bought equip- der training, but the Saudi side has not shown any inter- In another business, the National Assembly overwhelm- number of MPs however insisted that the government has ment worth 338 million kronor ($39 million). The deal est,” he added. Commenting on the severed military ties, ingly approved a law for the protection of children, which been very slow in implementing a large number of legisla- involved exchanges of military products, logistics, tech- liberal writer Fredrik Segerfeldt wrote that Sweden’s provides wide-ranging rights to Kuwaiti children. The sec- tions and doubted the figures provide by the ministers. At ond and final vote on the law is expected to take place in the end of the debate, MPs voted to provide the govern- nology and training. Signed by a leftwing government in objective was “to become a moral power” on the world the next session. The main debate of the session however ment a deadline to implement laws and demanded that 2005 and renewed in 2010, it sparked a heated debate stage. focused on allegations by MPs that the government is not the government provide them with a detailed report on after Swedish Radio revealed in 2011 that Sweden had Such policies recall the bold statements of slain Social implementing laws adequately. They strongly lashed out at the issue every two months. secretly helped the Saudis construct a weapons factory. Democrat Prime Minister Olof Palme, who made radically the government for not issuing the by-laws for a large The session also witnessed strong exchanges between Social Democrat Prime Minister Stefan Loefven told anti-US remarks on the Vietnam War and slammed the number of legislations passed by the Assembly, thus delay- MPs Abdulhameed Dashti and Hamdan Al-Azemi. It began public broadcaster Swedish Radio that “this is not a apartheid regime in South Africa as well as the rule of ing their implementation. when Dashti strongly criticized MPs for approving a game. It’s a serious issue that must be treated seriously”. Augusto Pinochet in Chile, before being shot dead on a State Minister for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Mohammad Al- request by the public prosecution to lift his parliamentary His party had come under intense pressure to abandon street in 1986. But taking a stance against Abdullah Al-Sabah acknowledged that the government immunity to be tried for slander. Dashti accused MPs of not the deal from coalition partners the . The Saudi Arabia today risked Sweden’s credibility as a busi- has been slow in implementing some laws, but insisted understanding the situation and giving an advantage to Social Democrats refused to cite human rights as a ness partner, according to some centre-right opposition that a majority of laws passed have long become effective. enemies of the Assembly. MP Adnan Abdulsamad then crit- motive for the decision but Wallstroem herself said her politicians and the Swedish business community. Sheikh Mohammad said that based on Assembly statistics, icized Dashti for his unwillingness to face the judiciary. speech at the Cairo meeting was blocked. Commenting “Foreign policy is not only about other countries,” right- 55 legislations had been issued by the house and as many Azemi also criticized Dashti for lashing out at MPs, which yesterday on the military deal, Wallstroem said “it’s a wing daily wrote in an editorial, not- as 44 of them have been implemented fully. This means triggered an exchange between Azemi and Dashti, who good and correct decision we have made”. “And I feel that ing that Swedish industry “must be allowed to trade... than only 11 laws have not been implemented, or 20 per- used foul language and were about to be involved in alter- when I speak about democracy and human rights, I do it even with dictatorships”. — AFP cent of all laws. Of the 11 laws, four have been issued with- cation, but were separated by other MPs.