News in Brief

The deputy leader of the Ulster Unionists, John Taylor, has called on Sinn Fein to condemn a gun smuggling operation uncovered by police in the Irish Republic. Two men from Northern Ireland were arrested after 20 handguns were seized at Dublin docks. The weapons were found by police and customs officers during a search of a container that had arrived from the Netherlands. It is not clear for which organisation the guns were destined but the discovery is sure to add to Unionist unease. The peace talks process at Stormont is deadlocked over their demands on decommissioning of weapons.

Reports from Cambodia say that Pol Pot, the deposed leader of the Khmer Rouge, has been tried by his former comrades and sentenced to life imprisonment. A radio station run by a Khmer Rouge faction said Pol Pot had been found guilty of "crimes against the nation". The Khmer Rouge killed more than a million Cambodians in the 1970s under Pol Pot's leadership.

Labour fundraisers are hoping to cash in on Tony Blair's popularity and his love of football by selling red Number Ten soccer shirts with his name emblazoned across the back. Similar shirts were sold by Young Labour activists during the Wirral by-election - a few months on, and Labour can add the words "Downing Street" to the bottom of the shirt, which will cost £11.99. Tory sports spokesman Patrick Nicholls called the idea a gimmick and criticised "the cult of the personality" surrounding the Prime Minister.