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WORLD IN BRIEF
Maricel Arevalo, 31, cries as she searches for her three missing children among the remains of Busay village, 200 miles south of Manila, four days after a typhoon struck. The Philippine Red Cross estimates that more than 1,000 were killed by the storm.
(By Bullit Marquez -- Associated Press)
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· ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Harsh winter weather is threatening to cut off critical food supplies for more than 300,000 survivors of the October 2005 earthquake that hit Pakistan and India, the United Nations warned.
Ahead of the foul weather, the U.N. World Food Program has positioned nearly 10,000 tons of emergency food at base camps in Kashmir and surrounding areas.
· SUVA, Fiji -- Fiji's military commander said Tuesday that he had seized control of the country from the elected government, dismissed the prime minister and appointed an interim replacement.
The announcement came after armed troops surrounded Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase's house, set up checkpoints in the capital and seized official vehicles from government ministers. Australian Prime Minister John Howard said he refused a request from Fiji's besieged prime minister Tuesday for "military intervention" to end the coup.
· KATHMANDU, Nepal -- Nepal's government and Maoist rebels must ensure the safe return of hundreds of thousands of people who fled their homes during the country's civil war, the United Nations said Monday.
· GUINOBATAN, Philippines -- Officials could only apologize when asked about the prospects of finding survivors in the villages swamped by mudslides from devastating Typhoon Durian, which may have killed more than 1,000 people.
"At this time, no more. I'm sorry," said Juan Garcia, a mayor.
AFRICA
· NEW YORK -- Libya detained an outspoken critic of the country's leader, Moammar Gaddafi, a month ago and he has not been heard from since, U.S.-based Human Rights Watch said.
Libya's internal security agency detained Idrees Mohamed Boufayed, a doctor who had lived in exile in Switzerland for the past 16 years, on Nov. 5 in Tripoli, the group said.
