SWEDEN
STOCKHOLM -- James Morgan, a professor at California Institute of Technology, and his Swiss mentor shared this year's Stockholm Water Prize for aquatic chemistry research that has led to improvements in wastewater treatment.LEBANON
BEIRUT -- Israeli forces are barring 11,000 Lebanese from leaving the occupied southern zone, Lebanese security sources said Monday.
ENGLAND
LONDON -- Bail for Augusto Pinochet has been extended until April 6, when the former Chilean dictator should have a clearer idea of where he stands in his fight against extradition to Spain, legal officials said Monday.
SOUTH KOREA
SEOUL -- Three North Koreans sought asylum in South Korea Monday after escaping their hunger-stricken communist homeland.
ALGERIA
ALGIERS -- Armed rebels have killed 10 people after stopping travelers at a series of roadblocks in different parts of Algeria.
BANGLADESH
BANDARBAN -- Bangladesh troops have been ordered to destroy more than 90 acres of poppy fields discovered in southeastern jungles near the borders of India and Myanmar.
FINLAND
HELSINKI -- Finnish Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen looked set to cling to power Monday after his Social Democrats came from behind to snatch a narrow election victory.
SINGAPORE
Singapore said Monday it had isolated seven abattoir workers for further observation after testing 272 for a deadly viral disease linked to pigs.
ERITREA
ASMARA -- Eritrea said Monday its forces had shot down an Ethiopian fighter jet in weekend battles along their disputed border.
IRAQ
BAGHDAD -- Dozens of Iraqis and other Arabs chanting "This is the tyranny of the United States" took part Monday in a funeral procession for 27 children Baghdad said had died because of U.N. economic santions.
SPAIN
MADRID -- A Belgian woman died from injuries suffered during a satanic ritual in southeastern Spain.
FRANCE
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat said in Paris Monday that a declaration of an independent Palestinian state could be deferred if Israel fully implemented its international accords.
RUSSIA
MOSCOW -- The prime ministers of Russia and Israel pledged Monday to boost economic and political ties and agreed to cooperate more closely to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction in the Middle East.
ISRAEL
JERUSALEM -- Israel said Monday it was bracing for the possibility of a long strike starting this week by hundreds of thousands of public-sector workers demanding higher wages to compensate for inflation.
TURKEY
ANKARA -- Turkish Prime Minister Bulent on Monday defeated an opposition attempt to topple his caretaker government, charged with taking Turkey to elections on April 18.
PAKISTAN
ISLAMABAD -- A U.N. special envoy will go to Afghanistan Tuesday seeking an agreement between warring Afghan factions, said Pakistani Foreign Minister Sartaj Aziz.