BOGOTA: Colombia rebels blow prison gate, free 68 inmates
Marxist rebels blew open the front gates of a prison in southwestern Colombia, allowing 68 inmates -- most of them guerrilla comrades -- to sprint to freedom, in the biggest prison break this year, police said Tuesday.

GUATEMALA CITY: Hundreds mourn American nun killed in Guatemala
GENEVA: Amnesty says torture still common in Brazil jails
HAMILTON: Six sailors in U.S. yacht rescued off Bermuda
MEXICO CITY: Mexico's state-run oil company revokes president's appointments
BRASILIA: Pressure mounts on Brazil minister to resign

DAMASCUS: Syria's Assad: 'We are Semites too'
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, responding to sharp Israeli and U.S. criticism for anti-Jewish comments, said on Tuesday Arabs could not be accused of being anti-Semitic as they were Semites themselves.

WASHINGTON: State Department calls Israeli settlement reports 'provocative'
CAIRO: Sour note in Egypt over anti-Israel song
TEHRAN: Castro begins visit to Iran
VALLETTA: Pope in Malta after peace plea
DUBAI: Dubai fines oil tanker for polluting Gulf
GENEVA: Decision on Iran joining WTO put off until July

BARCELONA: Atlantic adventure in a reed boat
A Spanish adventurer has set out on a third attempt to cross an ocean in a boat made of reeds.

TIRANA: Two-headed 'golden' calf
ZURICH: Chocolate sweetens Swiss stamps
BANGKOK: Love of food wins crown for beauty queen