Algeria blamed for killings: The banned Islamic Salvation Front (FIS) has accusetTAlgerian authorities of killing more than 200 civilians during anti-terrorists sweeps over the past few. days, according to a statement received Friday, AFP reports from Paris.

The head of the FIS abroad. Rabah Kebir. who normally lives in Germany, called on International human rights organisations to condemn what he said was a wave of killings. Cuba to cancel May Day parade: Cuba will cancel its May Day parade this year for the (first time since Fidel Castro took power in 1959 because of its economic crisis, news reports said Friday. AP reports from Mexico City.

The government cannot afford to pay for the Labour Day festivities, a spokesman for the Cuban Workers' Central, a powerful labour federation, told the Mexican news agency Notimex in Havanh Ukraine criticises IAEA: Nur Ingmatulln. vice chairman of the Ukrainian atomic energy utilisation committee, yesterday criticised the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for lacking in "objectivity' in appraising the security of the Cernobyl nuclear power station Xinhua reports from Kiev

In an Interview with the Ukrainian press agency. Ingmatulln said the security of the Cernobyl nuclear power station is not inferior to any other nuclear power stations tn Russia He said the problems are psychological and sociologl cal rather than technical

Vietnamese PM in Phnom Penh: Vietnamese Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet arrived in Phnom Penh yesterday for a 24-hour visit during which he Is expected to discuss lingering problems over border demarcation and Vietnamese settlers, a Cambodian official said. Reuter reports from Phonm Penh

Among the Cambodian leaders welcoming Vo at Phonm Penh's airport were co-prime ministers Prince Norodom Ranariddh and Hun Sen as well as Foreign Minister Prince Norodom Sirivudh.