South Korea
SEOUL -- North and South Korean officials are expected to sign a pact on Wednesday on procedures for an historic summit on the divided peninsula, but thornier talks lay ahead before the rival leaders can face each other in June.
France
PARIS -- Leading French euroskeptic Charles Pasqua denounced the euro as an inherently unstable currency on Tuesday and said its continued weakness against the dollar proved the Maastricht Treaty should be repealed.
Japan
TOKYO -- One of the most controversial issues in U.S.-Japan relations is likely to simmer even longer after Tokyo decided to postpone study of ways to realign the American military presence in Okinawa, Kyodo news agency said Tuesday.
Sierra Leone
FREETOWN -- Former rebel fighters in Sierra Leone have taken 17 U.N. peacekeepers hostage in the north and east of the country, the commander of the United National Mission in Sierra Leone said Tuesday.
Brazil
BRASILIA -- More than half a million Brazilian truck drivers went on strike Tuesday, pledging to cripple Latin America's largest nation until their demands for lower tolls and better highway security were met, the union's leader said.
Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE -- A Haitian politician kidnapped from his home by armed men has been freed after 12 days in captivity, a party official said Tuesday.
Tajikistan
DUSHANBE -- An earthquake hit the mountainous border between Afghanistan and Tajikistan on Tuesday, officials said. No casualties or major damage were reported.
Israel
EILAT-- With President Clinton's envoy about to start mediation, Palestinian negotiators said today they wanted to limit U.S. involvement, while Israel said it would accept any role Washington seeks to play in the deadlocked talks -- a reversal of the two sides' usual positions.
England
LONDON -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his Irish counterpart, Bertie Ahern, met today with the three largest parties in Northern Ireland, seeking a way out of the disarmament deadlock that has stalled the peace process.
Armenia
YEREVAN -- Armenian President Robert Kocharyan fired Prime Minister Aram Sarksyan and his government Tuesday over what he said were intrigues aimed against him.
Northern Ireland
BELFAST-- Gangs of suspected guerrillas wielding guns and clubs injured two men in separate incidents in Northern Ireland, while another escaped injury in a nail bomb attack on his house 24 hours after his car was firebombed, police said Tuesday.
Germany
BERLIN -- After convicting East German coaches, doctors and other sports functionaries of systematically doping athletes for the glory of communism, prosecutors aimed their sights today at the men allegedly responsible for the top-secret program.
BERLIN -- About 200 officers were injured in May Day street fighting between radical leftists and police in the German capital and hundreds of demonstrators were taken into custody, officials said Tuesday.
Yugoslavia
PRISTINA -- French soldiers fired at a car which deliberately ran into one of them at a checkpoint in the volatile Kosovo city of Mitrovica, the NATO-led KFOR peacekeeping force said Tuesday.
Poland
OSWIECIM -- The presidents of Israel and Poland led Jews and Poles in an annual March of the Living at the former Auschwitz death camp Tuesday in remembrance of the hundreds of thousands murdered there.
South Africa
JOHANNESBURG -- Associated Press photographer Obed Zilwa returned home to South Africa today, nearly a week after he was arrested by Zimbabwean police.