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· MADRID -- The head of the banned Basque party Batasuna was freed from jail after paying $305,000 in bail, making it possible for him to take part in any peace talks following a truce by the separatist group ETA. Arnaldo Otegi was jailed for breaking the terms of an earlier bail by calling a strike that turned violent.
ASIA
· TOKYO -- A U.S. military air base in Okinawa will be relocated to a city elsewhere on the island as part of a reorganization of American troops stationed in Japan, officials said.
The city of Nago in central Okinawa agreed to host the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station after Japan's Defense Agency decided to relocate a planned runway to keep flights away from residential areas. Futenma Air Station is currently located in Ginowan, in southwestern Okinawa.
The deal marks a major step toward a final agreement between Japan and the United States on redeploying U.S. troops in Japan. Washington has proposed the adjustment as part of a worldwide realignment of U.S. forces.
· KATMANDU, Nepal -- Hundreds of Nepalese protesters fought pitched battles with police, braving tear gas, hurling stones and chanting pro-democracy slogans as part of a four-day general strike against King Gyanendra's rule. Protesters postponed a demonstration planned for Saturday after the king imposed a curfew and ordered violators shot on sight.
AFRICA
· LONDON -- Life in Zimbabwe is shorter than anywhere else in the world, with neither men nor women expected to live to 40, the World Health Organization said. The World Health Report for 2006 said the average life expectancy in the AIDS- and poverty-stricken country was 36 years -- less than half the 82 years in Japan, which tops the list.
-- From News Services
