Tanzania
ARUSHA — The future of the Burundi peace process was in doubt Friday after Hutu and Tutsi political parties seeking an end to the country's seven-year civil war completed another round of talks without an agreement.
United Nations
Ireland's emigrants, who fled famine and searched for economic freedom, were honored at the United Nations Friday, with the unveiling of "Arrival," a bronze boat perched near the east river.
Canada
WINNIPEG, Manitoba — A Canadian man was arrested Friday and charged with threatening to kill New York Sen.-elect Hillary Clinton and her daughter, Chelsea, and to assault Canada's prime minister.
OTTAWA — In another sign that Canada's economy is still booming, figures released Friday showed November's unemployment rate was steady at 6.9 percent and almost 60,000 new jobs were created last month.
Venezuela
MEXICO CITY, Mexico — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who once took part in an unsuccessful military coup, said Friday he was concerned that the United States had not yet chosen a new leader and offered to lend a hand.
Ivory Coast
ABIDJAN — The party of Muslim former prime minister Alassane Ouattara announced a boycott of Ivory Coast's Dec. 10 parliamentary election on Friday after the supreme court excluded him from the poll on nationality grounds.
Czech Republic
PRAGUE — Czech President Vaclav Havel is recovering from pneumonia he contracted over the weekend, a spokesman said Friday.
Zimbabwe
HARARE — A U.N. special envoy said Friday the international donor community would not support President Robert Mugabe's land reforms unless he addressed law and order problems.
China
BEIJING — China has sent a Chinese-Canadian Falun Gong follower to labor camp for three years, Canada said Friday, the first practitioner of the banned sect with foreign citizenship to be imprisoned.
Switzerland
BERNE — Switzerland admitted Friday it had been "unjust" in barring thousands of gypsies fleeing Nazi persecution from entering its neutral territory during World War II but stopped short of apologizing outright.
Mexico
MEXICO CITY — Mexico began Friday to pull some troops back from Zapatista rebel-held areas in the troubled southern state of Chiapas, underlining new president Vicente Fox's desire to resolve the conflict, a senior adviser to Fox said.
Cuba
HAVANA — Scores of Cuban dissidents united on Friday in holding a minute of silence to express solidarity with the people of Spain after this year's attacks from the Basque separatist group, ETA.
Yugoslavia
PRISTINA — NATO sent reinforcements to the tense southern Kosovo boundary Friday after clashes between ethnic Albanian insurgents and Yugoslav forces.
Nigeria
LAGOS — The governor of Lagos called on Friday for a judicial inquiry into a fuel pipeline fire that killed more than 60 people near Nigeria's commercial capital.
Indonesia
JAYAPURA — Police used tear gas outside the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta on Friday to disperse protesters wanting international support for independence for remote Irian Jaya.
Guatemala
GUATEMALA CITY — Efrain Rios Montt, a former dictator who has been accused in Spain of genocide said Friday he plans next year to resign his post as president of Guatemala's congress.
East Timor
SYDNEY, Australia — U.N. troops searched on Saturday near the East Timor border town of Balibo for suspected pro-Indonesia militia who shot and wounded an Australian peacekeeper.