BEIJING (Reuters) - Talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear threat that fizzled over a bank gridlock may restart soon as negotiators seek to focus on a nascent disarmament deal, the chief U.S. envoy said on Friday.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Security Council members on Friday will review a revised draft of a U.N. resolution to impose new sanctions against Iran over its refusal to halt uranium enrichment, with a view to voting over the weekend.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Soon after becoming defense secretary, Robert Gates argued the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, should be closed because the international community would view any trials there as tainted, The New York Times reported on Thursday.

AP - John and Elizabeth Edwards stood side-by-side in the North Carolina sunshine to announce that her cancer was back and that his run for the presidency would go forward at full speed. It was a sympathetic tableau that drew an immediate outpouring of well wishes from people of all political persuasions.

AP - The Southern California farm that grew the green onions that were first linked to and then cleared in last year's E. coli outbreak has filed a libel lawsuit against Taco Bell Corp.

AP - Ohio State senior Ron Lewis knew better than to look at the scoreboard. One look at the Tennessee Volunteers told him all he needed to know. Although the top-seeded Buckeyes trailed by 17 and freshman sensation Greg Oden was in deep foul trouble, Lewis could tell his team had the Vols right where they wanted them.

Reuters - Talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear threat that fizzled over a bank gridlock may restart soon as negotiators seek to focus on a nascent disarmament deal, the chief U.S. envoy said on Friday.

Reuters - Security Council members on Friday will review a revised draft of a U.N. resolution to impose new sanctions against Iran over its refusal to halt uranium enrichment, with a view to voting over the weekend.

Reuters - Soon after becoming defense secretary, Robert Gates argued the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, should be closed because the international community would view any trials there as tainted, The New York Times reported on Thursday.

AFP - Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer was strangled to death in his hotel room, and more than one person could have been involved, police said Thursday.

AFP - The chief US envoy to North Korean nuclear disarmament talks insisted Friday that the Stalinist regime remained committed to ending its atomic programme, despite a dramatic breakdown in negotiations.

BEIJING (Reuters) - Talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear threat that fizzled over a bank gridlock may restart soon as negotiators seek to focus on a nascent disarmament deal, the chief U.S. envoy said on Friday.

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's anti-satellite missile test in January sent a confusing message to the world about its military plans, the United States' top military officer said on Friday, urging Beijing to be more open.

AP - House Democrats are increasingly confident they have the votes to pass legislation designed to force an end to the war in Iraq next year.

AP - The genteel sport of cricket was dealt a brutal blow when Jamaican police said Pakistan's national coach was murdered in his hotel room a day after his team suffered a humiliating World Cup loss.

AP - Millions of college students are suddenly facing sharply higher prices for birth control, prompting concerns among health officials that some will shift to less preferred contraceptives or stop using them altogether.

AP - Celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck is cooking up kinder, gentler menus. As part of a new initiative to fight animal cruelty, Puck said Thursday he will no longer serve foie gras, the fatty liver produced by overfeeding ducks and geese.

Reuters - Talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear threat that fizzled over a bank gridlock may restart soon as negotiators seek to focus on a nascent disarmament deal, the chief U.S. envoy said on Friday.

Reuters - China's anti-satellite missile test in January sent a confusing message to the world about its military plans, the United States' top military officer said on Friday, urging Beijing to be more open.

AFP - Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer was strangled in his hotel room a day after his team's defeat at cricket's World Cup showpiece, Jamaican police said, in a crime that has sent shockwaves through the sport.

AFP - The chief US envoy to North Korean nuclear disarmament talks insisted Friday that the Stalinist regime remained committed to ending its atomic programme, despite a dramatic breakdown in negotiations.

KINGSTON, Jamaica (Reuters) - Jamaican police launched a murder inquiry on Thursday into the death of Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer at the World Cup, saying he was strangled.

BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) - British forces said on Friday there had been 'an incident' in the northern Arabian Gulf after an Iraqi sailor reported seeing up to seven British or American military personnel being seized by an Iranian ship.

KINSHASA (Reuters) - Heavy gun and mortar fire shook Congo's capital Kinshasa at first light on Friday in a second day of bloodshed between government troops and forces of a former rebel leader who lost last year's presidential polls.

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Heavy fighting broke out for a third day on Friday in the Somali capital Mogadishu between insurgents and Ethiopian troops supporting the interim government, residents said.

AP - Ohio State and Kansas sweated out big tests before advancing on a night of close semifinals in the West and South regionals.

Reuters - Jamaican police launched a murder inquiry on Thursday into the death of Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer at the World Cup, saying he was strangled.

Reuters - British forces said on Friday there had been "an incident" in the northern Arabian Gulf after an Iraqi sailor reported seeing up to seven British or American military personnel being seized by an Iranian ship.

Reuters - Heavy gun and mortar fire shook Congo's capital Kinshasa at first light on Friday in a second day of bloodshed between government troops and forces of a former rebel leader who lost last year's presidential polls.

Reuters - Heavy fighting broke out for a third day on Friday in the Somali capital Mogadishu between insurgents and Ethiopian troops supporting the interim government, residents said.

AFP - Pakistan's cricket coach Bob Woolmer was strangled in his hotel room and probably knew his killer, Jamaican police said Friday, in a crime that has stunned the sport's World Cup showpiece and sent shockwaves around the game.

AFP - Democratic Republic of Congo authorities on Friday issued an arrest warrant for "high treason" against defeated presidential candidate Jean-Pierre Bemba, as he sheltered in the South African Embassy in Kinshasa.

LONDON (Reuters) - Iran captured fifteen British Royal Navy personnel during a 'routine boarding operation' in Iraqi waters on Friday, Britain's Ministry of Defense said.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Salam al-Zobaie was undergoing surgery after a suicide bomb attack and his condition is 'not stable,' a senior Iraqi security official said on Friday.

HOBART (Reuters) - Rising sea levels and melting polar ice-sheets are at upper limits of projections, leaving some human population centers already unable to cope, top world scientists say as they analyze latest satellite data.

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Clashes broke out in Mogadishu for the third day on Friday between gunmen and Ethiopian troops helping the government fight an insurgency many fear could plunge Somalia back into civil war.

AP - Iraq's Sunni deputy prime minister was wounded Friday in a suicide bombing at a mosque in the courtyard of his home that killed six people, including one of his advisers, authorities said.

AP - The circumstances surrounding Harry Houdini's sudden death were as murky as the rivers where he often performed death-defying stunts. Despite a medical explanation, rumors that the escape artist was murdered have persisted for decades.

Reuters - Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Salam al-Zobaie was undergoing surgery after a suicide bomb attack and his condition is "not stable," a senior Iraqi security official said on Friday.

AFP - Jamaican police think it likely that Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer was strangled by someone he knew after his team's defeat at cricket's World Cup showpiece, a senior officer told British radio Friday.

AFP - Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Salam al-Zubayi was wounded in a double attack near his home on Friday and rushed to a US military hospital in Baghdad, US and Iraqi officials told AFP.

BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) - Iranian forces seized 15 British Royal Navy personnel who had searched a merchant ship on Friday, Britain said, triggering a diplomatic crisis at a time of heightened tensions over Tehran's nuclear ambitions.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Salam al-Zobaie, a leading Sunni Arab politician, was wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up in a hall where he was attending prayers on Friday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (Reuters) - A police revelation that one of the most famous figures in cricket was murdered has knocked the wind out of the World Cup ahead of its 11th day of competition on Friday.

AP - Iraq's deputy prime minister, a Sunni who crossed the country's sectarian divide to join the Shiite-led government, was wounded Friday in a suicide bombing at a mosque in the courtyard of his home. Nine people were killed, police said.

AP - Iranian naval vessels on Friday seized 15 British sailors who had boarded a merchant ship in Iraqi waters of the Persian Gulf as part of efforts to protect the Iraqi coastline and its oil terminals, U.S. and British officials said.

AP - Former Deputy Interior Secretary Steven Griles has decided to plead guilty to one count of obstruction of justice in the Jack Abramoff corruption investigation, The Associated Press has learned.

AP - Sales of existing homes unexpectedly rose in February by the largest amount in nearly three years, but analysts expressed fears that the recovery for the battered housing industry will be slowed by spreading troubles in mortgage lending.

AP - The genteel sport of cricket was dealt a brutal blow when Jamaican police said Pakistan's national coach was murdered in his hotel room a day after his team suffered a humiliating World Cup loss.

Reuters - Iranian forces seized 15 British Royal Navy personnel who had searched a merchant ship on Friday, Britain said, triggering a diplomatic crisis at a time of heightened tensions over Tehran's nuclear ambitions.

Reuters - Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Salam al-Zobaie, a leading Sunni Arab politician, was wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up in a hall where he was attending prayers on Friday.

Reuters - A police revelation that one of the most famous figures in cricket was murdered has knocked the wind out of the World Cup ahead of its 11th day of competition on Friday.

AFP - Some 15 sailors from a British warship were seized by Iranian naval vessels in the Gulf on Friday, the Ministry of Defence said, demanding their immediate release and seeking urgent clarification from Tehran.

AFP - Pakistan's cricket coach Bob Woolmer was strangled in his hotel room and probably knew his killer, Jamaican police said Friday, in a crime that rocked the sport's World Cup showpiece and sent shockwaves around the cricket world.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rodent poison has been discovered in the pet food that has been blamed for pet deaths, a spokeswoman for the New York Department of Agriculture and Markets said on Friday, according to the Associated Press.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives have secured enough votes to pass legislation setting a September 1, 2008, deadline for withdrawing American troops from Iraq, lawmakers said on Friday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The former No. 2 official in the U.S. Interior Department has agreed to plead guilty to lying to Congress about his role in the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal, officials familiar with the case said on Friday.

AP - Rat poison has been found in pet food blamed for the deaths of at least 16 cats and dogs, a spokeswoman for the State Department of Agriculture and Markets said Friday.

AP - Iranian naval vessels on Friday seized 15 British sailors and marines who had boarded a merchant ship in Iraqi waters of the Persian Gulf, British and U.S. officials said. Britain immediately protested the detentions, which come at a time of high tension between the West and Iran.

AP - Former Deputy Interior Secretary J. Steven Griles pleaded guilty Friday to obstruction of justice in a Senate committee's investigation, becoming the highest-ranking Bush administration official convicted in the Jack Abramoff corruption scandal.

AP - Democratic front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton, in a major political coup, captured the endorsement of former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack, who recently abandoned his own presidential bid, officials told The Associated Press on Friday.

AP - House Democrats voiced confidence Friday that they had enough support to approve Congress' boldest challenge yet to President Bush's Iraq policy, a bill ordering combat troops to leave the country before the fall of 2008.

AP - Some 1.8 million Americans fell off the government's list of the medically uninsured, but not because they now have health coverage.

AP - Stocks tried to carve out modest gains Friday after a surprise jump in sales of existing homes last month lent strength to the growing notion that the housing sector may not be as weak as feared.

AP - With a sniff and a stumble, Berlin Zoo's irresistibly cuddly baby polar bear made his public debut Friday, delighting hundreds of excited children who packed around the pen's railings.

AP - 'Saturday Night Live' is just another game for Peyton Manning.

Reuters - Rodent poison has been discovered in the pet food that has been blamed for pet deaths, a spokeswoman for the New York Department of Agriculture and Markets said on Friday, according to the Associated Press.

Reuters - Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives have secured enough votes to pass legislation setting a September 1, 2008, deadline for withdrawing American troops from Iraq, lawmakers said on Friday.

AFP - Iran seized 15 British navy sailors conducting "routine" anti-smuggling checks in Iraqi waters Friday, the Ministry of Defence said, demanding their immediate release.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday voted to impose a September 1, 2008, deadline for withdrawing all American combat troops from Iraq, prompting a quick veto promise from President George W. Bush.

BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) - Iranian forces seized 15 British servicemen on Friday in the mouth of the waterway that separates Iran and Iraq, triggering a diplomatic crisis at a time of heightened tensions over Tehran's nuclear ambitions.

ALBANY, NY (Reuters) - An ingredient used in rat poison has been found in samples of Menu Foods cat food, New York State officials said on Friday. Food manufactured by the company has been blamed for the deaths of at least 14 animals.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice begins a new round of talks in the Middle East on Friday amid deep skepticism about whether the United States is serious about promoting peace.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Security Council members worked on final changes on Friday to a resolution imposing new sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program, with calls for a nuclear-free zone in the Middle East the main stumbling point.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Interior Department official J. Steven Griles pleaded guilty on Friday to obstructing Congress, becoming the highest-ranking Bush administration official convicted in the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal.

AP - A sharply divided House voted Friday to order President Bush to bring combat troops home from Iraq next year, a victory for Democrats in an epic war-powers struggle and Congress' boldest challenge yet to the administration's policy.

AP - Iranian naval vessels on Friday seized 15 British sailors and marines who had boarded a merchant ship in Iraqi waters of the Persian Gulf, British and U.S. officials said. Britain immediately protested the detentions, which come at a time of high tension between the West and Iran.

AP - Republican presidential contender Rudy Giuliani has been married three times and, as it turns out, so has his wife.

AP - The likely source of an E. coli outbreak in spinach that killed three people and sickened more than 200 was a small cattle ranch about 30 miles from California's central coastline, state and federal officials said Friday as they concluded their investigation.

Reuters - President George W. Bush threatened on Friday to veto legislation approved by the House of Representatives that would impose a deadline for U.S. troops to withdraw from Iraq.

Reuters - Iranian forces seized 15 British servicemen on Friday in the mouth of the waterway that separates Iran and Iraq, triggering a diplomatic crisis at a time of heightened tensions over Tehran's nuclear ambitions.

Reuters - Aminopterin, a folic acid derivative that can cause kidney failure in cats and dogs, has been found in cat food samples from Menu Foods, whose wet pet food was blamed for the deaths of at least 14 pets, New York State officials said on Friday.

Reuters - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice begins a new round of talks in the Middle East on Friday amid deep skepticism about whether the United States is serious about promoting peace.

Reuters - U.N. Security Council members worked on final changes on Friday to a resolution imposing new sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program, with calls for a nuclear-free zone in the Middle East the main stumbling point.

AFP - Britain demanded the immediate return of 15 navy sailors detained by Iran Friday, as the incident threatened to inflame already tense relations between the West and Tehran into a full-blown crisis.

AFP - The US House of Representatives voted for the first time Friday to link funding for the Iraq war to a timeline for withdrawing combat troops by August 21, 2008, defying a veto threat from President George W. Bush.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department is sending its top North Korea negotiator back to Beijing on Saturday to help authorities in China and Macau sort out details of the planned transfer of frozen North Korean funds from a Macanese bank.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Tanzanian al Qaeda suspect confessed and apologized to the United States for supplying equipment used in the 1998 bombing of a U.S. embassy in Africa, according to a transcript released on Friday of a hearing at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice begins a new round of talks in the Middle East on Friday amid deep skepticism about whether the United States is serious about promoting peace.

AP - A sharply divided House voted Friday to order President Bush to bring combat troops home from Iraq next year, a victory for Democrats in an epic war-powers struggle and Congress' boldest challenge yet to the administration's policy.

AP - Naval forces of Iran's hardline Revolutionary Guards captured 15 British sailors and marines at gunpoint Friday in the Persian Gulf — a provocative move coming during heightened tensions between the West and Iran.

AP - Marines accused of shooting and killing civilians after a suicide bombing in Afghanistan are under U.S. investigation, and their entire unit has been ordered to leave the country, officials said Friday.

AP - Sixty-four-year-old Vivian Westerman rode out Hurricane Katrina in her 19th-century house. So terrible was the experience that she wanted two things before the 2006 season arrived: a backup power source and a gun.

AP - Online pornographers and religious groups are in a rare alliance as a key Internet oversight agency nears a decision on creating a virtual red-light district through a '.xxx' Internet address.

Reuters - The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday voted to impose a September 1, 2008, deadline for withdrawing all American combat troops from Iraq, prompting a quick veto promise from President George W. Bush.

Reuters - An ingredient used in rat poison has been found in samples of Menu Foods cat food, New York State officials said on Friday. Food manufactured by the company has been blamed for the deaths of at least 14 animals.

Reuters - The U.S. Treasury Department is sending its top North Korea negotiator back to Beijing on Saturday to help authorities in China and Macau sort out details of the planned transfer of frozen North Korean funds from a Macanese bank.

Reuters - A Tanzanian al Qaeda suspect confessed and apologized to the United States for supplying equipment used in the 1998 bombing of a U.S. embassy in Africa, according to a transcript released on Friday of a hearing at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay.

Reuters - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice begins a new round of talks in the Middle East on Friday amid deep skepticism about whether the United States is serious about promoting peace.

AFP - Iran said it seized a group of British sailors on Friday after they illegally entered its waters, threatening a full-blown crisis in already tense relations between the West and Tehran.

TORONTO (Reuters) - Menu Foods Income Fund, whose pet food has been blamed for at least 14 deaths of cats and dogs, does not know how a toxic substance got into its product, company officials said on Friday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department is sending its top North Korea negotiator back to Beijing on Saturday to help authorities in China and Macau sort out details of the planned transfer of frozen North Korean funds from a Macanese bank.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Friday she hoped to persuade Israelis and Palestinians to agree on a common set of issues to discuss as she headed to the Middle East amid skepticism about the U.S. commitment to pursuing peace.

AP - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad canceled a trip to New York to address the U.N. Security Council before it votes on whether to impose further sanctions against his country for refusing to stop enriching uranium, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said Friday.

AP - The former top aide to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales agreed Friday to testify at a Senate inquiry next week into the firings of eight U.S. attorneys last year.

AP - Naomi Campbell has cleaned up her act — by getting down and dirty. The catwalker was released Friday from a garbage truck garage after completing five days of community service for assaulting her maid.

AP - Stocks closed mostly higher Friday, sending the Dow Jones industrials' to their best week in four years after a surprise jump in home sales eased concern that frailty in the housing market will hurt economic growth.

AP - The Houston Texans waived quarterback David Carr, the first draft pick in franchise history five years ago, and running back Domanick Williams. The Texans never have had a winning record, and Carr often was the scapegoat. He completed 60 percent of his passes, but also threw 65 interceptions and was sacked 249 times in five seasons.

Reuters - Menu Foods Income Fund, whose pet food has been blamed for at least 14 deaths of cats and dogs, does not know how a toxic substance got into its product, company officials said on Friday.

Reuters - The U.S. Treasury Department is sending its top North Korea negotiator back to Beijing on Saturday to help authorities in China and Macau sort out details of the planned transfer of frozen North Korean funds from a Macanese bank.

Reuters - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Friday she hoped to persuade Israelis and Palestinians to agree on a common set of issues to discuss as she headed to the Middle East amid skepticism about the U.S. commitment to pursuing peace.

ALBANY, NY/TORONTO (Reuters) - An ingredient used in rat poison that causes kidney failure in cats and dogs and has been blamed for the deaths of at least 14 animals, was found in samples of Menu Foods cat food, New York State officials said on Friday.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Debris that may have contained bits of bone from victims of the World Trade Center attacks was used to fill potholes and pave city roads, according to court papers filed on Friday.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Security Council members reached broad agreement on Friday on a resolution imposing new sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program but Iran's president canceled plans to address the council.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (Reuters) - Pakistan's World Cup cricketers provided DNA samples on Friday as Jamaican police probed the murder of their coach Bob Woolmer and awaited results of tests on his body for more clues on how he died.

AP - Mel Gibson exchanged angry words with a university professor who challenged the accuracy of his film 'Apocalypto' at an on-campus screening.

AP - With the Masters right around the corner and his putting stroke lagging behind, Tiger Woods stayed on the practice green for close to an hour after the first round at Doral in a desperate search for a solution.

Reuters - An ingredient used in rat poison that causes kidney failure in cats and dogs and has been blamed for the deaths of at least 14 animals, was found in samples of Menu Foods cat food, New York State officials said on Friday.

Reuters - Debris that may have contained bits of bone from victims of the World Trade Center attacks was used to fill potholes and pave city roads, according to court papers filed on Friday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (Reuters) - Pakistan's World Cup cricketers provided DNA samples on Friday as Jamaican police probed the murder of their coach Bob Woolmer and awaited results of tests on his body for more clues on how he died.

AP - Attorney General Alberto Gonzales approved plans to fire several U.

AP - A Pentagon investigation will recommend that nine officers, including up to four generals, be held accountable for missteps in the aftermath of the friendly fire death of Army Ranger Pat Tillman in Afghanistan, senior defense officials said Friday.

AP - The slate of 51 young women aspiring to wear the Miss USA crown was trimmed to 15 on Friday as the pageant moved closer to selecting a new titleholder.

AP - A Brazilian housewife was convicted and sentenced to 19 years in prison Friday for killing her husband, chopping his corpse into small pieces and frying it.

AP - Florida started slowly — again — and staved off another challenge with a late surge. If these Gators are going to repeat, it seems they're going to do it the hard way. Al Horford had 16 points, seven rebounds and a key block in the final minute to help the top-seeded Gators hold off undersized Butler 65-57 Friday night.

AFP - Pakistan's cricket coach Bob Woolmer probably knew the killer who strangled him in his hotel, Jamaican police said on Friday, as sports fans reeled over the murder amid rumors match-fixing gangs may be involved.

AFP - Suspected insurgents shot down a cargo plane over Mogadishu on Friday, killing all 11 on board, during a third straight day of clashes with Ethiopian troops propping up the Somali government.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Attorney General Alberto Gonzales attended a meeting last November that discussed the imminent enacting of a plan to fire U.S. federal prosecutors, the Justice Department said in documents released on Friday.

AP - Lawyers for families of those who died at the World Trade Center in the 2001 terrorist attack said in court documents Friday that the city pressed workers cleaning up the site to take shortcuts that may have caused human remains to be lost forever.

AP - Rachel Smith, a journalism graduate from Tennessee, was crowned Miss USA on Friday, winning the contest to replace a titleholder whose reign was marred by a much-publicized struggle with alcoholism.

AP - Kobe Bryant is making 50-point games look routine. Bryant finished with exactly 50, becoming only the second NBA player to hit that mark in four straight games and leading Los Angeles to a 111-105 victory over the New Orleans Hornets on Friday night. Bryant followed scoring totals of 65, 50 and 60 in his previous three games, all Lakers victories.

Reuters - Attorney General Alberto Gonzales attended a meeting last November that discussed the imminent enacting of a plan to fire U.S. federal prosecutors, the Justice Department said in documents released on Friday.

AFP - The body of Pakistan's strangled cricket coach Bob Woolmer will remain in Jamaica while an inquest is conducted, local media reported, as sports fans reeled over the murder amid rumors match-fixing gangs may be involved.