WORLD IN BRIEF

DENMARK

Sixth Night of Youth Violence

Groups of youths torched schools and cars in a sixth consecutive night of violence across Denmark, mostly in immigrant neighborhoods, police said Saturday. Forty-three people were arrested.

Police said they weren't sure what triggered the spate of vandalism in cities including Copenhagen, Aarhus, Ringsted and Slagelse. Some observers said immigrant youths were protesting perceived police harassment but suggested that reproduction of a cartoon of the prophet Muhammad in Danish newspapers Wednesday may have intensified the unrest.

More than a dozen newspapers reprinted a cartoon that sparked massive protests in Muslim countries two years ago -- a gesture of solidarity after police revealed an alleged plot to kill the cartoonist.

On Saturday, 10 Danish lawmakers canceled a trip to Iran after its parliament demanded an apology for the reprinting.

Gaza Strip

Hamas Fighter Killed in Clash

Israeli troops killed a Hamas fighter during clashes in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, the radical Islamic group and medical workers said.

Six other gunmen and a civilian were wounded as Israeli troops, backed by aircraft, clashed with Palestinian militant groups in the southern Gaza town of Rafah, Hamas security sources said.

An Israeli army spokeswoman said she was looking into the report.

Israel frequently carries out airstrikes and ground raids against fighters in the Gaza Strip in what it says is an effort to stop them firing rockets into southern Israeli towns.

SOMALIA

President Survives Attack

Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf escaped unhurt from a mortar attack by Islamic insurgents on his official residence in Mogadishu on Saturday, his spokesman said.