News in Brief

2 Russians die: An Egyptian security official says two Russian tourists have died the Sinai Peninsula after their minibus flipped over.

Maj. Gen. Mahmoud alHefnawi says a 50-year-old Russian man and a 48-year-old Russian woman were killed in the accident Friday.

Al-Hefnawi says eight others were injured, including Egyptians and Russians, and that they have were transported to a hospital in Nuweiba in southern Sinai.

Also Friday, an armored police vehicle flipped over in northern Sinai, killing a policeman. Five other police officers were critically injured.

Egypt’s roads are among the most dangerous in the world. Car accidents are common due to lax enforcement of driving laws and poorly paved roads, leading to hundreds of deaths each year. (AP) Free activist – AI: Amnesty International urged Bahrain on Friday to release 13 jailed opposition activists, saying doing so would prove the Gulf monarchy is “genuinely committed” to reform and respecting human rights.

Amnesty said the men, who were involved in anti-government protests last year and convicted by a military tribunal on charges that included “setting up terror groups to topple the regime,” were prisoners of conscience who should be freed immediately.

All of them maintain their