Top Stories Finance Technology Sports Politics World Science			See News Headlines  SUMMARIES Last Update: May 10 8:34pm ET  Coalition Blocks Rebel Advance on S. Leone Capital - FREETOWN (Reuters) - A coalition of loyalist forces blocked a rebel advance on Sierra Leone's capital as U.N. peacekeepers helped by British paratroops dug in to defend the city, military sources said. The motley mixture of traditional hunters from the Kamajor militia and soldiers of the new and old Sierra Leone armies pushed the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebels back from Waterloo to Newton, 23 miles from Freetown, by late Wednesday, the sources added. Half of South Africa Goes on Strike - JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Half of South Africa's workforce went on strike for 24 hours Wednesday, protesting against soaring post-apartheid unemployment. the South African Chamber of Business (SACOB) said the manufacturing sector was hardest hit with 60 percent of workers staying away and unions estimated four million workers stayed at home. Car production ground to a halt. Luggage Fragments Shown at Lockerbie Trial - CAMP ZEIST (Reuters) - Fragments of suitcases, clothing and instructions for a cassette player were displayed Wednesday as prosecutors built their case against two Libyans charged with the 1988 Lockerbie airliner bombing. The six-day-old trial kept its focus on the painstaking recovery of debris after Pan Am flight 103 exploded over Scotland and crashed to earth, killing 270 people. Zimbabwe Opposition Plots Strategy Amid Violence - HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's main opposition party is seeking new strategies to marshal political resistance to President Robert Mugabe in the face of spreading violence that threatens to mar elections. As a third day of talks between white farmers and the black militants who have been seizing their land and intimidating their workers ended without a deal, the Movement for Democratic Change said its policy making body would meet Saturday. Old Kosovo Foes Move Closer But Still Far Apart - PRISTINA, Yugoslavia (Reuters) - Kosovo's Albanians and Serbs drew closer on the political front Wednesday but out on the streets thousands of ethnic Albanians demonstrated against plans to resettle Serbs in their region. In a move hailed by a top international official as historic, Albanian and Serb politicians issued a statement in which each community condemned crimes committed against the other and urged all citizens not to resort to violence. Ethiopia, Eritrea Close to New Fighting-Holbrooke - ASMARA (Reuters) - U.N. special envoy Richard Holbrooke warned Wednesday that Ethiopia and Eritrea were on the verge of fresh fighting which could leave hundreds of thousands dead. After meeting leaders of both countries, which have been involved in a border war for two years, Holbrooke said a diplomatic solution to the conflict was as far away as ever. Corruption Charges Mar Venezuela Election Race - CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's main opposition presidential candidate called on President Hugo Chavez's closest aide Wednesday to resign as head of Congress after the public prosecutor ordered he be investigated for corruption. With three weeks to go before general elections, the charges further marred an already bitter political climate in the South American country. US Pledges AIDS Drug Help for Sub-Saharan Africa - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said Wednesday it was retreating from a controversial policy which U.S. drug makers had pushed, in order to help make cheaper AIDS drugs available to millions of patients in sub-Saharan Africa. In an executive order, President Clinton promised that U.S. officials would not stand in the way of countries seeking to obtain less costly AIDS medication for their poorest citizens as long as the measures complied with international trade rules. Israel's Weizman Faints at Reception - JERUSALEM (Reuters) - President Ezer Weizman collapsed Wednesday during a reception for diplomats to mark Israel's 52nd anniversary of statehood, but doctors said he had suffered only a mild fainting spell. 'The President feels good. ... It was in the end a short moment that he felt dizzy,' Felix Omansky, one of two doctors who treated Weizman, told Israel Radio. 'It could be that he didn't drink enough and was a bit dehydrated.' Russian Assembly Likely to Back Kasyanov As PM - MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin formally asked parliament Wednesday to approve Mikhail Kasyanov as his new prime minister and the assembly, broadly favorable to the Kremlin, looked likely to back him. Within hours of his inauguration Sunday, Putin named Kasyanov, a 42-year-old economics specialist known to Western governments, as acting prime minister. Kasyanov was first deputy premier and finance minister in the outgoing cabinet.		Login Check Email
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