Australia
PERTH - Three U.S. sailors were ordered jailed by a Perth court after being charged with raping a 15-year-old Australian girl in a hotel room two days before their warship was due to leave port.Argentina
BUENOS AIRES - President Carlos Menem ordered the creation of a committee to investigate Nazi activities after a U.S. report criticized Argentina for having traded with Adolf Hitler's regime.
Pakistan
QUETTA - Customs officials have seized more than a ton of hashish being brought from neighboring Afghanistan for shipment to Europe, customs sources said.
Iraq
BAGHDAD - Foreign Minister Mohammad Saeed al-Sahaf, in published remarks, sharply criticized Turkey for proposed naval exercises with Israel and the United States.
Hungary
BUDAPEST - Interior Minister Gabor Kuncze said Hungary will field thousands more police to fight rising crime and clamp down on tourist rip-offs that have tarnished the country's image abroad.
Belgium
BRUSSELS - The judiciary released a suspect in its investigations into a serial killer who has terrorized the city of Mons, dumping bin-bags containing the severed body parts of up to six women.
Northern Ireland
BELFAST - Nationalist leaders demanded a British inquiry into why police failed to stop the savage, fatal beating of a Roman Catholic man by a Protestant mob.
Vatican City
The spiritual leader of Lebanon's pro-Iranian, Moslem fundamentalist Hizbollah said that Pope John Paul would not be at risk during his weekend visit to the country.
Mexico
MEXICO CITY - Federal agents seized close to 400 pounds of cocaine in unclaimed luggage at Mexico City's international airport, the attorney general's office said.
China
BEIJING - Three straight days of heavy rains have caused severe flooding in the southern province of Fujian, killing at least 16 people, mostly small children, and leaving three missing, local officials said.
India
BOMBAY - At least 280 people, mostly children, were hospitalized with nausea and dizziness after drinking tainted milk at a wedding party, police said.
Italy
ROME - The Italian cabinet finalized a draft law that would allow Vittorio Emanuele, the son of the last king, to come home a half-century after the monarchy was abolished and all male heirs were barred from entry.
Denmark
COPENHAGEN - Danish magistrates gave a suspended 20-day prison sentence to a leading newspaper editor for publishing EU Commissioner Ritt Bjerregaard's diary without her consent, a court official said.
Saudi Arabia
DUBAI - A Chadian man was beheaded for smuggling heroin into the kingdom, the Interior Ministry said.
England
LONDON - The BBC World Service said it is launching a global news program aimed at morning commuters driving to work in the United States.