Brazil
SAO PAULO, Brazil — Jailed Mexican pop diva Gloria Trevi, wanted in her homeland on charges of kidnapping and corruption of minors, was questioned about the 1999 death of her newborn daughter, federal police said Saturday.
Colombia
BOGOTA — Hundreds of soldiers attacked a right-wing paramilitary force in central Colombia, killing and capturing dozens of fighters.
Congo
KIGALI, Rwanda — U.N. observers have discovered a grave containing the hacked bodies of 38 women and children outside a northeastern Congolese town, a U.N. spokesman said.
England
LONDON — Police investigating the disappearance of two 10-year-old girls in a rural village have found no evidence they used Internet chat rooms before they went missing.
Indonesia
JAKARTA — In a major expansion of democracy, Indonesia's top legislature amended the constitution Saturday to require direct presidential elections and end reserved parliament seats for the military.
Italy
ROME — A top Italian anti-terrorism official is under investigation for allegedly failing to provide sufficient protection for a government adviser who was slain by leftist extremists.
Jordan
AMMAN — Jordan recalled its ambassador to Qatar in a diplomatic row over a program on the Qatar-based Al-Jazeera satellite channel that the government said was insulting to the royal family, the official news agency reported.
Mali
BAMAKO — The Constitutional Court in this West African nation reversed the outcome of last month's parliamentary elections, giving an opposition alliance a comfortable lead. The Constitutional Court annulled tens of thousands of votes, saying voter cards had been falsified, results manipulated and more ballots counted than there were voters.
Niger
NIAMEY — Government troops have recaptured the last army garrison seized by renegade soldiers when they launched a revolt last week in this Sahara Desert nation, the De fense Ministry said.
Northern Ireland
LONDONDERRY — Catholic hard-liners allowed a Protestant group to mount traditionally divisive parades across Northern Ireland Saturday, including one past an Irish Republican Army stronghold in Belfast where hundreds of police and British soldiers kept the peace.
Pakistan
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan's military government said Saturday that former prime minister Benazir Bhutto will face corruption charges if she returns for parliamentary elections Oct. 10. Bhutto, who has lived in London and the United Arab Emirates since 1999, has hinted she will come back to Pakistan to contest the elections.
KARACHI — A three-day international technology exhibition attended by 300 foreign and local companies began Saturday under tight security in this volatile southern port city.
Puerto Rico
CAGUAS — Search teams were losing hope Saturday of finding the two remaining bodies of American servicemen killed when their plane slammed into a forested area during a training mission, an official said.
Russia
MOSCOW — A ban on imports of U.S. poultry could be reimposed next month, as the two sides have failed to reach a compromise on a dispute arising after Moscow voiced concerns over sanitary conditions at American processing plants.
SHIROKAYA BALKA — Divers searched for bodies off Black Sea coast, where beaches were littered with fallen trees, smashed vehicles and other debris after flooding that has taken at least 44 lives in Russia.
Sudan
KHARTOUM — President Omar el-Bashir lifted a ban on political parties he imposed after taking power in a 1989 coup but made no mention of reinstating the multiparty parliament.
Turkey
ISTANBUL — The architect of Turkey's economic recovery program, Kemal Dervis, resigned from the doomed governing coalition, saying he will use his reputation as the country's savior to rally the fractured political center into a single, consolidated, Westward-looking party in time for November elections.