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23 KILLED, DOZEN WOUNDED IN IRAQ SUICIDE BOMBING

At least 23 people were killed and 49 were wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up among members of a local Awakening Council in Taji, Iraq, on Monday.

Dozens of members of the council had lined up outside an office to receive monthly paychecks when the attacker detonated an explosive vest in the crowd. Most of those killed or wounded were members of the council, or al-Sahwa.

Taji is about 20 kilometers (12 miles) north of Baghdad.

Meanwhile, in a separate incident in a western Baghdad neighborhood, a police officer was killed and three were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded near their patrol.

SPANISH PM VOWS TO BATTLE ALLEGATIONS

Allegations of high-level corruption in Spain's ruling conservative party followed Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy to Berlin, where on Monday he strongly denied that he or other top conservatives had accepted secretive cash payments from the party for years.

"The things that are attributed to me are false. I can say it again today," Rajoy said at a news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. It was the first time he taken questions from reporters since the Spanish newspaper El Pais published allegations about the payments Thursday.

On Saturday, Rajoy denied the allegations in a speech to his party's top leadership that was televised nationally.

In Berlin, where he and Merkel tried to keep the news conference focused on their bilateral economic talks, Rajoy said he has a "stable" government and an absolute majority in the Spanish parliament. Spain's Socialist opposition leader, Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba, has demanded that Rajoy resign over the scandal.

Spain's unemployment rate hits 26%

Spain's austerity characters suffer

Spain's unemployment rate hits 26%

Rajoy also announced that lawyers for his Popular Party are studying possible lawsuits against those who have made the allegations, leaked the allegations or published the allegations. A statement issued by the party earlier in Madrid said all legal options were on the table, including potential criminal or civil lawsuits.

Spain sees growing corruption scandals

Merkel said she is confident that Spain and Rajoy will solve Spain's deep economic problems, and she said bilateral talks with Rajoy indicated that Spain has been enacting structural and economic reforms aimed at reactivating the economy.

She added that Germany is well aware of Spain's high level of unemployment -- the rate is 26% -- but she said she is sure the reforms will make an impact.

On Thursday, El Pais published what it said were handwritten documents detailing 19 years of secretive cash payments.

The payments continued through 2009, the newspaper reported, including tens of thousands of dollars paid to Rajoy.

Rajoy, saying he has nothing to hide, announced Saturday that his income tax statements and declaration of personal wealth will be posted this week on the prime minister's website.

"We can't permit that Spaniards, whom we are asking to make sacrifices, could have the impression that we are not up to strictest ethical standards," he said.

Na Anderson Mujwahuzi.

PEPO mbaya ameendelea kuvuma ndani ya halmashauri ya manispaa ya Bukoba iliyoko mkoani Kagera, hii inafuatia hatua ya mstahiki Meya wa Manispaa hiyo Anatory Amani ya kupeleka mjini Dodoma mapendekezo ya awali ya bajeti ya mwaka 2013/14 bila kujadiliwa na madiwani wa manispaa hiyo.

Madiwani walioongea na mtandao huu kwa nyakati yofauti wamesema kuwa uamzi wa meya wa kupeleka mijini Dodoma bajeti ambayo haijajadiliwa na madiwani kuwa inaonyesha jinsi gani anavyotaka kuifilisi manispaa hiyo.

"Huyu bwana ni fisadi mkubwa sana na ndio maana tunampinga, amekataa kuitisha kikao cha baraza la madiwani cha kujadili bajeti kwa hofu ya kuhofia kuibuka kwa mjadala wa tuhuma zinazomkabili za ubadhilifu" alisema mmoja wa madiwani.

Baadhi ya madiwani wamesema bajeti ambayo Mstahiki Meya ameipeleka Dodoma kuwa hawatakubakiana nayo, wamesema bajeti hiyo ni yake binafsi, "haiwezekani mtu ukakataa kuitisha vikao muhimu  kwa hofu ya kung'olewa, kinachotia aibu ni hatua yake ya kuweka pingamizi mahakamani ili vikao visifanyike.

RAIS KIKWETE ABARIKI UTARATIBU WA VITAMBULISHO VYA TAIFA

 Rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania, Mheshimiwa Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete akitia saini baada ya  kuthibitisha maelezo yake binafsi kwenye Fomu ya Kitambulisho cha Taifa wakati alipokamilisha taratibu za kupatiwa Kitambulisho hicho  nyumbani kwake jijini Dar es salaam  leo, Ijumaa, Februari Mosi, 2013. Kushoto ni Mkurugenzi Mkuu wa Mamlaka ya Vitambulisho vya Taifa (NIDA) Bwana Dickson E Maimu.

Rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania, Mheshimiwa Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete akipiga picha kwa ajili ya Kitambulisho cha Taifa wakati alipokamilisha taratibu za kupatiwa Kitambulisho cha Taifa nyumbani kwake.

DR. KAMALA AITANGAZA TANZANIA

 Mh.Balozi wa Tanzania nchini Ubelgiji Dr Diodorus Kamala akiwa katika picha na watendaji wa TANAPA wakati wa maonyesho ya utalii yaliyofanyika nchini Brussels.

Mh.Balozi Dr.Kamala akipokea maelezo toka ka ndugu Crispin Mwinuka toka TANAPA katika maonyesho ya kimataifa ya Utalii Nchini Ubelgiji mjini Brussels.