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Mexico
Police Raid on Nightclub Leaves at Least 12 Dead
Panicked youths rushed for the exits during a police raid on a Mexico City nightclub Friday, leaving at least 12 people dead in the crush of bodies, the capital's police chief said.
Chief Joel Ortega said three police officers and nine youths, at least three of them minors, were killed. At least 13 others were injured.
Police went to the News Divine club in the working-class district of Nueva Atzacoalco in the early evening to check reports of drugs and alcohol being sold to minors.
CHINA
Olympic Torch Carried Through Tibetan Capital
The Olympic torch relay resumed Saturday in Lhasa, Tibet's capital, where rioting in March helped fuel demonstrations at some of the flame's international stops and drew a government crackdown.
The 6.8-mile run began at the Dalai Lama's former summer palace, from which Tibet's traditional Buddhist leader fled into exile in 1959. Police and soldiers lined the route, keeping a close eye on flag-waving onlookers.
Tibet has been under a security clampdown since March and is still closed to foreign tourists. Foreign journalists have been allowed to visit only as part of closely monitored government tours.
Beijing Auto Curbs Set
Half of Beijing's 3.3 million vehicles will be pulled off the roads during the Olympics to help clean the city's noxious air for the Games, which begin in seven weeks.
Under the plan announced Friday, vehicles will be allowed on the roads on alternate days, according to even or odd car registration numbers, from July 20 until Sept. 20. And 300,000 heavy industrial trucks will be banned from July 1.
zimbabwe
Tsvangirai Condemns 'Wave of Brutality'
Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai called on his supporters Friday to challenge President Robert Mugabe's rule in the June 27 presidential runoff, despite the violence he says the government has unleashed.
