UN worker shot dead in Pakistan

**A UN refugee agency official has been shot dead during a failed kidnap attempt in north-west Pakistan.**The man, a Pakistani, died in hospital after the shooting at the Katcha Garhi camp near Peshawar, the UN said.

Police say a second UN official was also killed and another injured when four armed men tried to abduct them.

More than 200,000 people have been staying in camps near Peshawar since being displaced by recent fighting between troops and the Taliban.