Brazil
SAO PAULO -- Riot troops stormed a prison in southeastern Brazil on Saturday, ending a 60-hour rebellion by hundreds of inmates who demanded to be transferred to other prisons.
Canada
MONTREAL -- Former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau, 80, was undergoing treatment in a Montreal hospital for pneumonia Saturday.
Mexico
MEXICO CITY -- Mexico, in a joint project with the World Bank, said Saturday it would invest $1 million in refrigeration technology that conserves electricity and does not damage the ozone, a move aimed at reducing air pollution in one of the world's most smog-choked cities.
Lebanon
TRIPOLI -- Muslim militants killed a soldier less than 24 hours after kidnapping him and his colonel during an ambush in northeastern Lebanon, security officials said Saturday.
Ukraine
KIEV -- Prime Minister Viktor Yushchenko promised Saturday to complete the task of forming a new Cabinet by next week, filling the five remaining posts left vacant after presidential elections in November.
Dominica
ROSEAU -- Dominica's prime minister on Saturday announced early elections at a sunrise ceremony ushering in the year 2000, saying it was time to choose leaders for the next millennium.
Peru
LIMA -- Peru's President Alberto Fujimori has won final legal approval to run for an unprecedented third term to continue a decade of rule marked by free market reforms, tough anti-rebel policies and human rights criticisms.
Israel
JERUSALEM -- The Israeli army accused the leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah guerrillas on Saturday of exaggerating the impact of a suicide attack on Israeli soldiers to try to cover up Hezbollah failures.
England
OXFORD -- Art thieves broke into an Oxford museum and made off with a painting by the French artist Paul Cezanne early Saturday, authorities said.
Congo Republic
KINSHASA -- President Laurent Kabila called in a new year's message for increased popular resistance in rebel-held areas to end the 18-month-old war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Turkey
ISTANBUL -- A Turkish Airlines plane headed for South Africa was forced to return to Istanbul's airport Saturday after colliding with a flock of seagulls, knocking out two of the plane's four engines, the Anatolia news agency said.
Czech Republic
PRAGUE -- President Vaclav Havel urged developed countries to pay more attention to charity, suggesting that the world's richer nations cancel debts to the poorest ones.
Albania
TIRANA -- A bell made of bullet casings collected by children from a northern Albanian town rang for the first time Saturday, offering a message of hope and peace for the new millennium.
India
NEW DELHI -- India and Pakistan on Saturday exchanged lists of their nuclear installations as part of a 1988 agreement not to attack each other's nuclear facilities, the Indian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
Syria
DAMASCUS -- Syria expressed hope on Saturday that a just and comprehensive peace in the Middle East will prevail and that the new millennium would put an end to all conflicts in the region.
Tajikistan
DUSHANBE -- Security guards discovered a bomb in central Dushanbe shortly before the start of New Year's Eve celebrations but were able to defuse it before festivities began.