Briefly: N Korea releases photos of N-facility
North Korea for the first time showed images of the centrifuges that produce fuel for its nuclear bombs on Friday, as leader Kim Jong Un visited a uranium enrichment facility. The state media report on Kim's visit to the Nuclear Weapons Institute for weapon-grade nuclear materials was accompanied by the first photos of the centrifuges.
S Africa ex-minister Gordhan dies at 75
johannesburg: Pravin Gordhan, a veteran Indian-origin South African politician and anti-apartheid activist, died at a hospital here on Friday after a brief battle with cancer, his family said. Gordhan, 75, had been in South African politics since 1994 when the country was transitioning to democracy. Barely four months ago, he had announced that he was retiring from active politics to spend more time with his family.