WORLD IN BRIEF

YouTube Pulls Activist's Account, Images

The video-sharing Web site YouTube has suspended the account of a prominent Egyptian anti-torture activist who posted videos of what he said was brutal behavior by some Egyptian policemen, the activist said.

Wael Abbas said close to 100 images he had sent to YouTube were no longer accessible, including clips depicting purported police brutality, voting irregularities and anti-government demonstrations.

YouTube, owned by search engine giant Google, did not respond to a written request for comment.

PERU

Ex-Minister Gets Jail for Aiding Fujimori

Former Peruvian interior minister Juan Briones D¿vila has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for helping then-President Alberto Fujimori send tanks to shut down Congress and Peru's judiciary in 1992.

Nine other ministers who served Fujimori were given four-year suspended sentences by a panel of Supreme Court justices.

Fujimori, 69, faces charges of ordering death squad killings and kidnappings. His trial is to begin in December.

VENEZUELA

Ch¿vez Recalls Envoy to Colombia

A diplomatic crisis between Venezuela and Colombia deepened Tuesday as the government of President Hugo Ch¿vez recalled its ambassador to Bogota for consultations.

Ch¿vez and Colombian President ¿lvaro Uribe have exchanged increasingly sharp words over the past week, after Uribe abruptly halted Ch¿vez's efforts to broker a prisoner swap to free hostages held by Colombian rebels.

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