Blix warns he wants convincing evidence
Chief U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix said Monday he warned Iraq that it must provide convincing evidence if it maintains - as it did last week - that it has no illegal weapons programs.
( By EDITH M. LEDERER, Associated Press, 11/25/2002 02:19 PM PST)

Canada could scrap ban on culling some young seals
The Canadian government on Monday said it would consider scrapping a 15-year-old ban on hunting some young seals, an idea which would undoubtedly raise the ire of environmentalists around the world.
( By DAVID LJUNGGREN, Reuters, 11/25/2002 01:50 PM PST)

Chief U.N. inspector to Iraq: Come clean on arms
With threats of war escalating in Washington, the chief U.N. inspector said on Monday that Iraq would have to provide "convincing" evidence to prove it no longer had any weapons of mass destruction.
( By EVELYN LEOPOLD, Reuters, 11/25/2002 01:45 PM PST)

Attackers blow up Colombian pipeline
Attackers dynamited Colombia's largest oil pipeline, causing a spill and forcing the brief evacuation of 280 people, officials said Monday.
( Associated Press, 11/25/2002 01:06 PM PST)

Tamils rebels reject U.S. call to renounce violence
Tamil rebels rejected a face-to-face U.S. appeal at an Oslo conference Monday to renounce violence and said it was "totally unacceptable" for Washington to label them terrorists for fighting a 19-year separatist war in Sri Lanka.
( By ALISTER DOYLE, Reuters, 11/25/2002 01:04 PM PST)

South America turns left as poor get angry
Coup-leader colonels and a former fiery union leader have risen to power in South America by capitalizing on the anger of millions fed up with corruption and poverty as the continent swings to the left.
( By JASON WEBB, Reuters, 11/25/2002 12:59 PM PST)

Nigeria city buries dead after Miss World riots
Trucks ferried bodies from hospitals in Nigeria's northern city of Kaduna for mass burials Monday as calm returned after deadly riots over the Miss World beauty pageant.
( By TUME AHEMBA, Reuters, 11/25/2002 12:56 PM PST)

U.S. soldiers shot in Kuwait accused of speeding
A U.S. soldier who was shot by a Kuwaiti policeman on a highway last week said on Monday that the man had accused him of speeding before opening fire on him and his colleague, wounding both.
( By TOBIAS SCHLIE, Reuters, 11/25/2002 12:48 PM PST)

Spain widens fishing ban in wake of oil spill
Spain widened a ban on fishing along its oil-stained coasts Monday, as officials said dead, tar-covered birds were washing up hundreds of miles from where the tanker Prestige broke in two and sank last week.
( Reuters, 11/25/2002 10:37 AM PST)

Iraq Says Fires at Western Jets in South
Iraq's anti-aircraft batteries opened fire at U.S. and British planes over the south of the country Monday, an Iraqi military spokesman said. The incident came hours before the first group of U.N. weapons inspectors arrived in Baghdad to resume a hunt for Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction.
( Reuters, 11/25/2002 10:26 AM PST)

Saudi Arabia says 9/11 cash charges are lies
Saudi Arabia Monday dismissed as lies charges that it financed September 11 hijackers, and some newspapers said the allegations were a desperate attempt by U.S. hawks to get Saudi support for a possible war against Iraq.
( By GHAIDA GHANTOUS, Reuters, 11/25/2002 10:19 AM PST)

Annan, Chirac say Iraq must comply with inspection
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan and French President Jacques Chirac said Monday that full Iraqi compliance with U.N. weapons inspections was the only way to avoid war in the Middle East.
( Reuters, 11/25/2002 09:59 AM PST)

Israel drafting convention against suicide attacks
Israel's Foreign Ministry said on Monday it was drafting an international convention on fighting suicide bombers, hoping to counter criticism of its tough military measures against the Palestinians.
( By GWEN ACKERMAN, Reuters, 11/25/2002 09:56 AM PST)

World trade talks struggle over cheap drugs access
World trade talks failed on Monday to make progress on the key issue of how to side-step international patent rules to give poor states facing health emergencies access to cheap drugs, trade sources said.
( By RICHARD WADDINGTON, Reuters, 11/25/2002 09:52 AM PST)