World news summary at 1530 GMT, Jan. 30
ADDIS ABABA — Demonstrations must be done in a nonviolence and peaceful way and leaders should listen attentively to the voice of their people, declared Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon when answering a question referring to the ongoing turmoil in Egypt at a press conference on the sidelines of the 16th summit of the African Union.
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CAIRO – Thousands of prisoners escaped from the Wadi Natrun facility in north of Cairo amid the nationwide riots, reports here said Sunday, quoting security officials.
Earlier the Dubai-based Arabiya TV reported that around 5,000 Egyptian prisoners broke out of a prison in the Fayyoum Govenorate on Saturday night.
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TUNIS — Tunisian Islamist leader Rached Ghannouchi returned home after more than 20 years in exile on Sunday, local reports said.
Ghannouchi was seen being greeted by a large number of supporters after his plane touched down at the Carthage airport in Tunis.
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CARACAS — One person was killed and about 40 were injured in explosions at an ammunition depot in central Venezuela Sunday, and the local residents were forced to evacuate, local officials said.
A local official told state television that a woman close to the arsenal was probably killed by the powerful blasts in the city of Maracay, Aragua state. The explosions were reportedly triggered by a fire, and the cause of the blaze remained unclear.
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MOSCOW — Four people were killed in a pub fire in Russian Volga city of Kazan early Sunday, local media reported.
According to a local emergency services spokesman cited by RIA Novosti news agency, the fire broke out at local time 4:47 am (GMT 0147) in Kazan’s Leprikon pub. Seven people were evacuated by rescuers.
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