LONDON/WASHINGTON - The International Monetary Fund said on
Tuesday that more countries were seeking its help coping with
the economic crisis every day, while banking and auto industry
woes reverberated around the globe.
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BEIJING - A Hong Kong ship loaded with wheat bound for Iran
was hijacked by Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden on Tuesday,
maritime officials said, the latest raid in the Horn of Africa's
perilous waters.
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BOSASSO, Somalia - A Saudi supertanker seized by pirates
with a $100 million oil cargo in the world's biggest ship
hijacking reached Somalia on Tuesday, and another vessel was
captured off the lawless state.
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DAMASCUS - British Foreign Secretary David Miliband urged
Syria and Israel on Tuesday to forge ahead with peace talks and
said the Syrian-backed Palestinian group Hamas was hurting
efforts to end Middle East conflict.
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GAZA - Israel resealed border crossings with the Gaza Strip
on Tuesday citing continued rocket fire at its towns, despite
warnings from world aid groups of looming shortages of food and
fuel supplies in the coastal territory.
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LUOFU, Congo - Rebels in east Democratic Republic of Congo
announced a military pullback on Tuesday to support a U.N. peace
initiative and the government sacked its armed forces chief
following a string of defeats.
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ABUJA - Nigeria's president on Tuesday unveiled a list of
ministerial nominees including a former OPEC chief, nearly three
weeks after sacking half the cabinet.
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TOKYO - Japan's opposition stepped up efforts on Tuesday to
force an early election by stalling key bills including help for
struggling banks, a strategy that threatens policy paralysis as
the economy sinks into recession.
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ANKARA - Russia's defence minister said on Tuesday that
Georgia was trying to build up its military and he warned this
could spark even greater instability in the region than there
was in the war in August.
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KABUL - Afghan government representatives and former members
of the Taliban are expected to meet in Saudi Arabia soon for
their second talks on a way to end the war in Afghanistan, an
Afghan government official said.
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THE HAGUE - The U.N.'s highest court ruled on Tuesday it had
jurisdiction to examine Croatia's accusation that Serbia
committed genocide in the Croatian 1991-95 independence war.
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DHARAMSALA, India - Tibetans could push for independence
from China if exile groups meeting this week in India decide
that is their only option, the prime minister of the Tibetan
government-in-exile said on Tuesday.
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