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MEXICO
Flooding displaces 44,000
Flooding after days of heavy rain along Mexico's Gulf Coast has forced more than 44,000 people from their homes.
Tabasco state Gov. Andres Granier said several rivers had jumped their banks, flooding homes in more than 90 communities. The federal government declared a state of emergency and troops were helping rescue people.
Residents expressed frustration that government infrastructure projects had not prevented yearly flooding in Tabasco. In 2007, floods killed 33 people and inundated more than 1 million homes.
THE NETHERLANDS
Ex-Serb leader appears in court
Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic appeared in court for the first time since his trial for genocide started but said he would not take part again unless he had more time to prepare.
Karadzic, acting as his own lawyer, boycotted the start of proceedings last week before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, where he faces 11 war crimes charges including genocide during the 1992-95 Bosnian war.
Karadzic, who has denied all charges, was the leader of the Serb republic that sought to carve its own state from Bosnia during the breakup of Yugoslavia.
He said he needed 10 more months to review 1.3 million pages of documents and prepare his case.
MYANMAR
U.S. delegation meets with rulers
A delegation of senior U.S. officials met with Myanmar's military rulers in the highest-level talks with the reclusive government in 14 years.
Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell led the U.S. delegation meeting the military government in its new capital, Naypyidaw, before traveling to Yangon for talks with detained Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy party.
State Department spokesman Ian Kelly characterized the trip as "basically . . . a fact-finding mission."
-- times wire reports
Flooding displaces 44,000
Flooding after days of heavy rain along Mexico's Gulf Coast has forced more than 44,000 people from their homes.
Tabasco state Gov. Andres Granier said several rivers had jumped their banks, flooding homes in more than 90 communities. The federal government declared a state of emergency and troops were helping rescue people.
Residents expressed frustration that government infrastructure projects had not prevented yearly flooding in Tabasco. In 2007, floods killed 33 people and inundated more than 1 million homes.
THE NETHERLANDS
Ex-Serb leader appears in court
Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic appeared in court for the first time since his trial for genocide started but said he would not take part again unless he had more time to prepare.
Karadzic, acting as his own lawyer, boycotted the start of proceedings last week before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, where he faces 11 war crimes charges including genocide during the 1992-95 Bosnian war.
Karadzic, who has denied all charges, was the leader of the Serb republic that sought to carve its own state from Bosnia during the breakup of Yugoslavia.
He said he needed 10 more months to review 1.3 million pages of documents and prepare his case.
MYANMAR
U.S. delegation meets with rulers
A delegation of senior U.S. officials met with Myanmar's military rulers in the highest-level talks with the reclusive government in 14 years.
Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell led the U.S. delegation meeting the military government in its new capital, Naypyidaw, before traveling to Yangon for talks with detained Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy party.
State Department spokesman Ian Kelly characterized the trip as "basically . . . a fact-finding mission."
-- times wire reports
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