Germany
HAMBURG -- A grenade hidden in a crowded Hamburg discotheque went off early Saturday morning, sending nine people to the hospital, two of them in critical condition.
Chile
SANTIAGO -- A pair of buses carrying tourists and rural travelers collided head-on in central Chile Saturday, leaving seven people dead and 33 injured, eight of them seriously, police reported.
Somalia
MOGADISHU -- A cholera outbreak, compounded by drought, has claimed 43 lives in 24 hours in central Somalia, local officials said Saturday.
India
NEW DELHI -- A massive blaze ripped through a military armory, killing three civilians and blowing up nearly 10,000 tons of ammunition but leaving missile stockpiles untouched.
Iran
TEHRAN -- An Iranian policeman and two Mujahedin rebels were killed near the Iraqi border on Saturday when guerrillas blew up a house where they were hiding, state television reported.
Mexico
MEXICO CITY -- The Chiapas state governor has admitted taking part in a plot to influence local newspapers during Mexico's presidential debate.
Ghana
ACCRA -- Ghana's ruling party on Saturday endorsed Vice President John Evans Atta Mills as its presidential candidate for December elections.
France
PARIS -- Jean-Marie Le Pen, the head of France's far-right National Front, predicted a strong comeback for his flagging political movement after the party re-elected him Saturday.
Tanzania
DAR ES SALAAM -- President Benjamin Mkapa said Saturday he would seek re-election to another five-year term in Tanzania's Oct. 29 presidential and legislative elections.
Russia
MOSCOW -- Russian President-elect Vladimir Putin will travel to the Black Sea resort of Sochi on Sunday for a break during which he may think about the structure of his government, Interfax news agency said.
Peru
LIMA -- President Alberto Fujimori, seeking an unprecedented third term in office, has agreed to hold a public debate with his rival in an upcoming runoff presidential vote, his political party said.
Indonesia
JAKARTA -- Indonesian fighters intercepted a flight of Australian warplanes that had strayed over Indonesia and escorted them back into international airspace.
Antigua
ST. JOHN'S -- An Air Canada Boeing 767 flying from Barbados to Toronto made an emergency landing in Antigua after pilots reported smoke in the cabin, an airline official said Saturday.
South Korea
SEOUL -- U.S. and South Korean officials will dig on the grounds of a Seoul hospital next week in hopes of recovering the remains of at least two American soldiers missing since the Korean War, a joint statement said Saturday.
Japan
TOKYO -- A nuclear reactor in western Japan automatically shut down Saturday after voltage dropped below the normal level, Kyodo News agency reported. There was no radiation leak at the plant in central Fukui prefecture.
Burundi
BUJUMBURA -- Fresh clashes between the army in the central African nation of Burundi and ethnic Hutu rebels have left 10 guerrillas and nine soldiers dead, officials said on Saturday.
England
LONDON -- American pop diva Madonna and her British film director lover, Guy Ritchie, are close to splitting up after a row over where they will live, the News of the World Sunday tabloid said.