Mexico

MEXICO CITY - More than 1,000 unarmed Zapatista guerrillas and their supporters wrapped up a 10-day rebel road trip to Mexico City that partly succeeded in breathing new life into the flagging movement.

MEXICO CITY - Hurricane Nora kicked up dangerous surf along a lengthy stretch of Mexico's Pacific coast Friday, swirling winds to 105 mph and dumping heavy rain on the state of Guerrero.

Panama

PANAMA CITY - Inmates took four prison guards hostage during a riot here, officials said. Inmates seized control of the notoriously violent La Joya prison, which houses more than 1,000 prisoners, demanding better living conditions and denouncing human-rights violations. There were no reports of injuries in the incident.

South Korea

SEOUL - The military announced the grounding of all its F-16 fighter jets, joining the United States in taking drastic precautions following a series of military plane crashes.

Japan

TOKYO - A scandal-tainted minister, Koko Sato, who became the first convicted felon to win a Japanese cabinet post yielded to a chorus of angry calls for his departure, signaling he would quit early next week.

Indonesia

JAKARTA - Police detained four foreign unionists and journalists and nine Indonesian activists after ordering the closure of the annual meeting of a local union, witnesses said.

Switzerland

GENEVA - A U.N. human-rights envoy travels to the United States this weekend to investigate capital punishment and possible deaths due to use of excessive force by law enforcement officials, a U.N. spokesman said.

South Africa

CAPE TOWN - President Nelson Mandela urged parties in the Middle East to shun war and follow South Africa's example of reconciliation and peace.

Philippines

MANILA - Dozens of Filipino women forced into "sexual slavery" during World War II picketed the Japanese Embassy here demanding compensation and an apology from Tokyo.

Turkey

TUNCELI - Security forces have killed 25 rebel Kurds in fighting in the country's troubled southeastern provinces over the past week, security officials said.

Slovakia

BRATISLAVA - The goernment, upset at Hungarian media coverage of its policy toward ethnic minorities, officially canceled a meeting designed to improve ties between the two neighbors.

India

SRINAGAR - Security forces fired mortar shells at guerrillas in the Kashmir mountains, but the shells instead fell in a nearby village, killing 12 civilians and injuring five others, witnesses said.

Peru

LIMA - A Czech tourist was arrested trying to smuggle to Europe an illegal haul of live Amazon species, including toucans, monkeys, tortoises and boa constrictors wrapped in plastic bags, police said.

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Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO - A farm-workers group will deliver a report denouncing widespread child labor on the country's farms and plantations to Pope John Paul II when he visits in October, the group said.

Argentina

BUENOS AIRES - The government will ask President Clinton when he visits next month to pressure Britain to negotiate over the future of the Falkland Islands, an official said.

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