Gunmanr kSl-2 ^Karachi; tw» gunmen walked into a weddihg dinner ano opened- fire -killing a two-year-old boy and the brother of the groom, police said on Sunday. AP reports from Karachi.

The attack, which occurred just before midnight on Saturday took place in Karachi's violent central district, where rival members of an ethnic group routinely clash.

Police has refused to say who was behind the killing, but the bridegroom, Azhar Iqbal, who was wounded, is from an MQM stronghold in Karachi's Korangi district.

Israeli soldier killed in Lebanon: An i.-raeli soldier was killed and two Lebanese villagers wounded Sunday in fighting in southern Lebanon, security officials said. AP reports from Maijayoun, Lebanon.

The officials said rocket and artillery clashes erupted in the eastern sector of Israel's self-proclaimed "security zone" in the South.

More than an hour later. Iranian-backed Hezbollah guerillas were still exchanging fire with the Israeli army and their allied Lebanese militiamen, said the officials, who spoke on customary condition of anonymity.

Lebanon-Syria peace talks held: Syrian President Hafez al-Assad held talks on Saturday with visiting Lebanese President Elias Hrawi on the deadlocked Middle East peace process. Syrian officials said, AFP reports from Damascus.

The talks focused on the peace process, frozen by the Israeli government, and the need to strengthen cooperation between the two countries, said Syrian presidential spokesman Gebran Korie. The two men also spoke about recent inter-Arab contacts Eiimed at averting the "dEingers that threaten the Arab nation." he added.

Journalist killed in India: A scribe of a local eveninger. "Desh Pardesh Ni Aaj Kaal." Dilip Rathod was stabbed to death by some unidentified assailants at Vadia village of Amreli district on Saturday. PTI reports from Rajkot.

According to reports reaching here. Rathod was going to report some events at a telephone booth in the morning, when some miscreants attacked and stabbed him to death. It was suspected that reporting of a police officer's presence at the marriage of a criminals' son sparked enmity between them, the reports added.

14 die as rainstorms hit China: At least 14 people have died, and three are missing after some of the worst rainstorms for decades hit southern China, reports yesterday said. AFP says from Hong Kong.

The fierce rainstorms hit the southern Chinese province of Guangdong, bordering Hong Kong, over the past five days, newspapers said, quoting the semi-official China news service.