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The murderer Lubomir Harman, 48, was an unemployed, avid member of a shooting club who legally owned six guns, among them a sport version of Kalashnikov assault rifle, Slovak Police President Jaroslav Spisiak announced.

The murderer had no criminal record, spent a lot of time in the club taking part in shooting competitions. He was never married, living alone and was the neighbor of the six victims, who “lived a very lively social life and often received visits,” Spisiak said. All six were Roma (gypsy) national minority members and led unruly life, according to Slovak press reports. Contrary to previous press reports, he was neither a professional soldier, nor a policeman.

Since 1990′s he worked for four companies and was considered “a serious, honest man,” Spisiak told the press. He was unemployed since 2008. Other neighbors said he did not communicate with them much, and he never had any conflicts with them, added Spisiak.

An official ceremony of the conclusion of the mission will take place at the Lithuanian air base in Shavle on Wednesday.

The Poles started their shift on April 30 when they took over the duties from French airmen. This was the third Air Policing mission for Poland. The contingent was formed by some 100 persons and four MiG-29 aircraft.

NATO introduced Air Policing in 2004 as an airspace safety measure for the Baltic states, which do not have combat aircraft.

Mission’s tasks included carrying out of round-the-clock patrols of Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian air space and providing emergency aid for civilian and military aircraft in the region.

Gaddafi on Monday met privately with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in his Bedouin tent set-up in the Libyan ambassador’s residence. The two leaders discussed global affairs, the international economic crisis, immigration, defense and business.

Together they inaugurated the Libyan Academy in Rome, set to become a linking cultural bridge across the Mediterranean, and in the evening Berlusconi and Gaddafi jointly celebrated the “Day of Friendship” at the capital’s largest military station.

The commemorative event, featuring Arabian horse performances and tribal dances, was a tribute to the special relationship existing between the two nations. A gala dinner with more than 800 high-level guests followed the ceremony.

According to Berlusconi and Gaddafi, the celebrations marked a “new era” of bilateral ties because, finally, Italy’s colonization of Libya was a “page of past history.”

British Foreign Secretary William Hague on his first official visit to Belgrade on Tuesday called on the Serbian government to withdraw its resolution on Kosovo before the September 9th session of General Assembly of the United Nations.

Although Serbian officials, including President Boris Tadic and Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic, said they would welcome European Union input on the wording of the resolution, Hague told them that the easiest way to reach a compromise with the EU was to withdraw the resolution entirely.

Serbia submitted a draft resolution in July that calls for the General Assembly to get both sides (Belgrade and Pristina) to find “mutually acceptable solutions for all outstanding issues through peaceful dialogue.” The Serbian resolution came a week after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled that Kosovo’s unilateral declaration of independence in 2008 was not a violation of international law. Most EU countries, including the UK, have recognized Kosovo’s independence.

Mexican Foreign Minister Patricia Espinosa Tuesday held talks with her Austrian counterpart Micheal Spindelegger on climate change, organized crime and the United Nations Security Council.

Espinosa, who arrived here Tuesday for a visit, also met with Austrian President Heinza Fischer and Arts Minister Claudia Schmied.

Espinosa discussed the 16th Conference of the Parties on Climate Change, which will be held in the Mexican resort city of Cancun, with Spindelegger.

The two also exchanged views on the United Nations Security Council, of which both nations are holders of non-permanent seats, and Mexico’s fight against organized crime.

During her talks with Schmeid, the ministers discussed the opening of the Austrian College, a secondary school in the central Mexican state of Queretaro.

Former British prime minister Tony Blair said he was “desperately sorry” for deaths in the Iraq war but insisted in his memoirs published Wednesday that the controversial 2003 invasion was right.

Entitled A Journey, the book is Blair’s account of his decade on Downing Street from 1997 to 2007 and also features an unprecedented, stinging attack on his successor, Gordon Brown, whose premiership he brands a disaster.

Blair apologized over casualties on all sides – British soldiers, their allies, Iraqi civilians, diplomats and casualties such as murdered hostages – and suggested he had shed tears over the loss of life.

However, he insisted that he “can’t regret the decision to go to war” as he again outlined the case for the conflict.

Blair did, though, acknowledge that what followed the invasion was far worse than anticipated.

“The aftermath was more bloody, more awful, more terrifying than anyone could have imagined,” he said. “I can say that never did I guess the nightmare that unfolded, and that too is part of the responsibility.”

Sweden’s chief prosecutor said Wednesday that she was reopening a preliminary investigation into rape charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange that a lower official had withdrawn two weeks ago.

Neither Assange, who has denied the charges, nor his lawyer could be immediately reached for comment.

WikiLeaks published more than 70,000 secret military files on Afghanistan in July in what US officials have called one of the biggest security breaches in US military history.

Assange has said he has been warned by Australian intelligence that he could face a campaign to discredit him after leaking the documents.

Police searched the home of France’s richest woman Wednesday in the latest twist in an ongoing scandal rocking President Nicolas Sarkozy’s government, a source close to the enquiry said.

The search was ordered by a judge investigating whether a Parisian society photographer took advantage of 87-year-old Liliane Bettencourt, the heiress of the L’Oreal cosmetics empire, the source said.

Bettencourt was reportedly abroad during the search.

Several judicial investigations are underway into affairs linked to Bettencourt’s fortune, including allegations of tax evasion and illegal campaign funding that have implicated Labor Minister Eric Woerth.

Two Yemenis arrested in Amsterdam on suspicion of terrorism have been freed for a lack of evidence, the Dutch authority said Wednesday.

As ballot papers were distributed to voters Wednesday, the moment of truth in the UK for the Labour leadership contest rapidly draws near.

Five MPs, backbencher Diane Abbott, former cabinet ministers David and Ed Miliband, Ed Balls and Andy Burnham, are bidding to lead the party.

Of them, former foreign secretary David Miliband, 44, and his younger brother, former energy secretary Ed Miliband, 40, are the leading candidates. While David wants to continue to pursue the center ground, Ed seeks a “progressive coalition.”

UK media describe the contest as a “two-horse race.” It is speculated that while David Miliband will win the most first-preference votes, as well as the support of the majority of Labour MPs, brother Ed has mopped up more union support and could beat his elder sibling to the post if enough second preference votes fall his way.