News: World

Spanish police arrest five hackers they describe as being among the most active on the internet.

Daniel Griffiths travels to China's Sichuan province where collapsed school buildings have claimed the lives of many children.

Emilio San Pedro reflects on the contribution 43 million Latino people make to the US.

GENEVA, May 17 (IPS) - The fate of the world’s oldest customs union, the Southern African Customs Union (SACU), is hanging in the balance as a result of the economic partnership agreements that most SACU countries have signed with the European Union (EU).

The turbulent history of the Balkans is retold through the experiences of its master Kosovan bakers.

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) -- Islamic insurgents in Somalia seized a major agricultural center overnight, sending hundreds of people fleeing, a human rights leader said Saturday....

PM issues Britain's strongest criticism of Burma's military rulers yet for blocking distribution of relief to cyclone survivors

Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has postponed a planned return to Zimbabwe, officials from his party say.

TAILANDIA, Brazil (AP) -- Acrid smoke from charcoal-making blankets this Amazon logging town with the smell of business as usual. Less than three months ago, federal agents swooped in to close sawmills, confiscate wood and smash charcoal furnaces in a government crackdown on illegal logging....

KUWAIT CITY (AP) -- Voters in Kuwait lined up Saturday to vote in landmark parliamentary elections that could substantially change the legislative body of this tiny, oil-rich Gulf emirate following electoral reforms to reduce corruption and vote buying....

Play starts 25 minutes late on day three of the first Test, with England 68-0.

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- A French navy ship carrying 1,000 tons of food idled near Myanmar's coast Saturday, awaiting permission from the uncooperative ruling military regime to dock in the cyclone-devastated Irrawaddy delta....

SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt (AP) -- President Bush pivoted to the Arab side of the Mideast peace dispute on Saturday, but he may well get a less glowing reception than he did in Israel earlier this week....

Official death toll in China rises to almost 29,000 as thousands of people are evacuated from areas near the epicentre amid fears of flooding

BEICHUAN, China (AP) -- Thousands of Chinese earthquake victims fled areas near the epicenter Saturday, fearful of potential floods from a river blocked by landslides....

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Pakistan's ambassador to Afghanistan was freed unharmed three months after he vanished in a tribal area in Pakistan's border region, a foreign ministry official and a relative said Saturday....

HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai will not return home on Saturday as expected to prepare for the second round of elections against Robert Mugabe, his party said.

DOHA (Reuters) - Lebanon's rival leaders held tense talks in Qatar on Saturday to try to end a political conflict that has pushed their country to the brink of a new civil war but face major hurdles to reaching a deal.

The China story headlined "Thousands flee to hills as China lake banks burst" is wrong and is withdrawn.

KUWAIT (Reuters) - Kuwaitis voted in a parliamentary election on Saturday that they hoped would bring in fresh faces able to revive economic reforms to wean the country off its dependence on oil.