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Four Palestinians Die In Factional Fighting
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There was no letup in the fighting in the south. More than two dozen people were killed in weekend violence, including four in an attempt by a suicide car bomber to kill the governor of Kandahar province, the birthplace of the Taliban militia.
· KATHMANDU, Nepal -- Nepal's Supreme Court ordered the release of three former cabinet ministers detained after the recent change in government.
· BEIJING -- Chinese police joined throngs of tourists in a crowded Tiananmen Square, heading off any incidents to mark the anniversary of the bloody military crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations 17 years ago.
While no major protests were reported in China proper, organizers of an evening vigil in Hong Kong said 44,000 people showed up to sing and wave candles in memory of the victims of the crackdown. Police put the number at 19,000.
· BEIJING -- A Chinese military transport plane crashed Saturday in the eastern province of Anhui, killing all 40 aboard, the New China News Agency said on Sunday.
EUROPE
· LONDON -- Two brothers suspected of plotting to make a chemical bomb for an attack in Britain have denied all accusations, their attorneys said, as police continued to search their home.
The men, ages 23 and 20, were detained during a dawn raid Friday when more than 250 police officers, some in chemical protection suits, stormed their house in east London.
The 23-year-old was shot in the shoulder during the raid, one of the biggest operations since last July's suicide attacks in the British capital, although police said it was not related to those attacks.
AFRICA
· YENAGOA, Nigeria -- Nigerian militants released eight foreign workers kidnapped Friday from an oil platform 40 miles from the southeastern coast. Police involved in negotiating the release of the six Britons, one American and one Canadian, who looked tired but unharmed, would not say whether a ransom was paid.
· MOGADISHU, Somalia -- Militiamen loyal to Somalia's Islamic courts seized the strategic town of Balad, outside the capital, dislodging a key member of a warlord coalition in fierce fighting that left 18 people dead, officials and residents said.
-- From News Services
