Bus mishap claims 10 in India: ai least 10 people were killed and 30 Injured when a bus slammed into another near the holy Hindu city of Varanasi on Saturday, the Press Trust of India said. AFP reports from New Delhi.

Police said the injured have been admitted to hospital. Some of them are in a critical condition.

Philippine jet blast kills 1 • A midair explosion on a Philippine Airlines Jet killed' one person and injured 10 others on Sunday, and forced the plane to make an emergency landing. Japanese officials said. AP reports from Tokyo.

The plane. Flight 434. was heading for Tokyo from Cebu in the Phllippipes with 293 people on board when the explosion occurred. Transport Ministry official Akira Miura said. He said the nationalities of the dead and Injured were not Immediately known. The plane landed safely at Naha airport on Okinawa In southern Japan, and police were searching for clues to the cause of the explosion, he added.

Kirghiz president meets Benazir: Kirghizstans President Askar Akayev held wide-ranging talks with Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto soon after his arrival in Islamabad on Saturday on a state visit. AFP reports

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Officials said the talks centred on bilateral maters and region Issues including the conflicts in Afghanistan and Tajikistan as well as ,the dispute between Pakistan and India over Kashmir.

Strong quake rocks C Mexico: A strong earthquake shook central Mexico on Saturday, ’sending panicked tourists running from an airport terminal and shaking buildings in the capital. There were no immediate reports of serious Injuries. AP reports from Mexico City.

The quake had a magnitude of 6.3 and was centered In the ocean. 165 miles (264 kilometres) southwest of Mexico City, said Russ Needham of the US Geological Earthquake Centre in Golden. Colorado.

Militiaman killed in Lebanon : Iranian-backed guerillas fired rockets £tt pro-Israeli militia in southern Lebanon on Saturday, killing one militiaman and wounding another, security sources said, AP reports from Matjayoun.

The Shi'ite Muslim Hezbollah guerillas fired Katyusha rockets and mortar shells at a South Lebanon army militia position, the sources said on condition of anonymity.

7 bodies from sunken ship found:

A second crewman was rescued and at least seven bodies recovered as a desperate race against the elements continued for survivors of a sunken Ukrainian cargo ship. AP reports from Halifax.

Most of the 31 crew members aboard the Salvador Allende, which sank on Friday 1.200 kilometres (750 miles), southeast of Halifax, had Been spotted in lifeboats, Jife rafts or survival suits. But rough North Atlantic seas hampered rescues for a second day on Saturday.

Tokyo trains resume service: Partial train service resumed on Sunday, almost 12 hours after a fire In a transformer station brought trains on several of Tokyo's busiest railroad lines to a halt. AP reports from Tokyo.

Service has been restored to most line, and full service on one of the city's busiest. the"Chuo or Central Une. will be restored later Sunday, an official said.

6 hacked to death in Guyana: a™, apparently crazed by crack cocaine went berserk and hacked to death his mother, five neighbours and a dog before police

' fKtally shot him. police and news, reports said on Saturday, AP reports ,from Georgetown.

Hubert Headley. 35. nearly decapitated most of his victims in his rampage on Friday in the villages of Buxton and Friendship, about 12 miles (19 kilometres) east of the capital, newspapers reported.

Next Americas meet in Bolivia: Leaders attending the summit of the Americas agreed on Saturday to hold a summit in Bolivia In early 1996 on the issue of sustainable development, a White House official said. Reuter reports from Miami.

2 Cuban escapees found dead: Firefighters recovered on Saturday what appeared to be two bodies among dozens of Cuban rafters missing since a mass escape from US refugee camps during riots last week. AP reprots from Panama City.

The first body was taken form the Panama Canal about 300 yards from the Pedro Miguel lock . about six miles (10 kilometers) from New Emperor, one of four for Cuban refugees run by the united States.

Freighter adrift in N Pacific: a freighter was adrift without power on Saturday far out in the stormy north Pacific following a fire, and air force and national gbard crews prepared for A possible rescue attempt wfthjand-based helicopters, AP yports from Anchorage.

The Greek Cypriot-registered container ship Hyundai Seattle, with a crew of 27. was about 550 miles south of Adak, a navy base in the remote Aleutian Island chain, the coast guard said.

Youth shoots 2, kills himself: A 19 year-old shot and wounded hts ex girlfriend and another teenager on Saturday just before a Christinas parade, then killed himself. AP report from Pelham. Georgia.

ChaAea Earnest SWilley fired a hunting rifle with a scope from behind a hedge about 25 yards from the parade staging area where about 200 people had gathered, police investigator Willie Jacoba said. The 15-year-old girl was hit in the neck with an exploding bullet and fragments struck a 16-year old boy in the stomach. Swillev then shot himself in the head Jacobs said

US author James dies: Daniel J Atnes. an

author and journalist who specialised in Latin America and helped arrange former President Carter's recent mission to Haiti, is dead at age 60. AP reports from Washington

. He died on Friday at Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Springs, Md. of lieart failure Carter credited James in interviews, although not by name for helping arrange the mission