Algeria
ALGIERS — Two trains collided in western Algeria this weekend, killing seven people and injuring nearly 60 others, the official news agency APS reported Monday.
Argentina
BUENOS AIRES — Argentina's lower house of Congress on Tuesday voted to grant the nation's embattled president special powers to tackle a 33-month-old recession that shows no signs of easing.
Australia
CANBERRA — More than 300 illegal immigrants, believed to be from the Middle East, landed at remote islands off Australia's northwest coast over the weekend.
Austria
VIENNA — Joerg Haider's Freedom Party suffered sharp losses Sunday in elections for Vienna's City Hall, the latest setback for the far right and their combative leader whose remarks have drawn accusations of anti-Semitism.
Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazilian police arrested a group of folk musicians at Rio airport over the weekend after X-ray machines detected cocaine in the soles of their sports shoes, police said Monday.
Britain
LONDON — Two U.S. F-15 fighter jets were reported missing Monday over a Scottish mountain range, the Defense Ministry and police said.
France
VALOGNES — A train carrying nuclear waste left France for Germany early Monday as authorities on both sides of the border braced for angry protests by anti-nuclear activists.
Japan
TOKYO — More aftershocks hit southwestern Japan on Monday two days after a strong earthquake killed two people, injured nearly 200 and disrupted industry.
Lithuania
VILNIUS — Lithuania said Monday it has formally asked Britain to extradite an 85-year-old man suspected of murdering Jews during World War II but said its request would not reach British officials until later this week.
Mozambique
MAPUTO — Hunger is driving hundreds of Mozambicans who initially refused to be evacuated during floods into temporary emergency centers, a U.N. official said.
Papua New Guinea
PORT MORESBY — Rebellious soldiers surrendered hundreds of looted weapons to army chiefs Monday under a deal to end a 13-day mutiny that threatened to topple the government.
Philippines
MANILA — Buxom stars of Philippine sex movies led 2,000 entertainment industry workers on Monday in the first major protest against President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's policies, demanding that she remove a ban on a film showing sexual acts.
Russia
MOSCOW — Additional charges have been filed against American exchange student John Tobin, a Fulbright scholar allegedly caught using and selling marijuana in a central Russian city, a news report said Monday.
South Korea
SEOUL — Officials from the United States, Japan and South Korea met on Monday to discuss North Korea and reaffirmed regular talks were crucial to review policy toward the communist state.
St. Barts
GUSTAVIA — As emergency workers pulled bodies from the wreckage, police interviewed witnesses and searched for clues to determine the cause of a plane crash that killed 20 people Saturday on the Caribbean island of St. Barts.
Ukraine
KIEV — Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma on Monday sacked Interior Minister Yuri Kravchenko, a key figure in a scandal over a murdered journalist.
Vietnam
HANOI — Rats are back in season in Vietnam's Mekong Delta, with tons being brought to the market daily by rice farmers for sale to bars and restaurants.