Australia
CANBERRA — A man was in critical condition after setting fire to himself outside Australia's parliament Monday after a decision denying permission for his family to join him from Pakistan, police and immigration officials said.
Bosnia
SARAJEVO — Hundreds of survivors of a Serb massacre during the Bosnian war stormed the U.N. building here Monday after hearing that a Muslim commander was about to be arrested for trial by the U.N. war crimes tribunal.
Botswana
GABORONE — A South African woman was hanged for a love-triangle murder in Botswana on Saturday, the first white person and the fourth woman to be executed since independence in 1966, officials said on Monday.
Britain
LONDON — Greenpeace activists on Monday ended their occupation of a U.S. oil rig off Scotland — the first major protest by the group since President Bush pulled out of the Kyoto global-warming accord.
Cambodia
PHNOM PENH — The United States on Monday said it would resettle 24 ethnic minority Vietnamese being detained in Cambodia if the United Nations determined they were refugees in need of protection.
China
BEIJING — Traffic accidents in China killed around 94,000 people last year, and drivers were mainly to blame, the official Xinhua news agency said on Monday.
Japan
TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori said on Monday he would meet a senior leader of his ruling party this week to discuss setting a date for finding his successor and paving the way for his long-awaited resignation.
India
NEW DELHI — Commuters in the Indian capital were stranded for a second successive day on Monday as a court order for a switch to cleaner fuel by April 1 forced thousands of buses and taxis off the roads.
Indonesia
JAKARTA — Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid has rejected as unconstitutional a proposal for him to hand over the day-to-day running of the government to his deputy, the official Antara news agency reported on Monday.
Mexico
OVENTIC — Zapatista rebel commanders returned to a hero's welcome in this Chiapas Indian village Sunday, ending a monthlong journey to the nation's Congress hailed as a watershed event in Mexico.
Nepal
KATMANDU — Maoist rebels attacked police stations in two remote mountain villages in midwest and central Nepal on Monday, killing at least 35 policemen, police said. Three rebels died in the attacks.
South Korea
SEOUL — The South Korean Red Cross said Monday talks with North Korea about holding more reunions of families separated during the Korean war have been canceled, the latest setback for reconciliation between the erstwhile enemies.
Sri Lanka
COLOMBO — Police questioned 20 suspects in connection with twin bombings at a weekend concert that killed 11 people and wounded at least 150 others, police said Monday.
Thailand
BANGKOK — Thailand's anti-drug agency said Monday the number of drug addicts may reach 4 million out of its 62 million population this year — up from 2.7 million in 1993 — unless more was done to tackle the problem.
Taiwan
TAIPEI — A man threw a firebomb at a school on Monday, killing the principal and a 9-year-old boy and injuring a dozen other children as fire engulfed their classrooms, police said.
Vietnam
HANOI — Vietnam will officially recognize a southern branch of the Protestant Evangelical Church on Tuesday by approving its charter and executive board, officials said.