Africa
19 Burundian parties begin talks to implement peac, 19 Burundian parties fail to agree on transitional, 2 dead, several injured in riots in central Sudan, 6 killed, 4 wounded in attacks on Hutu suburb in B, Abducted U.N. worker released in Guinea, Abidjan calm after Ivorian junta members sacked, Africa's despair laid bare at Millennium Summ, African leaders to meet Annan, discuss flash point, Aid saves Angola's children, but relief threa, All calm as Mauritius votes
Americas
7 killed as Colombian warplane crashes amid heavy , After 10 years, ex-Guatemalan army officials may s, All eyes on Fujimori as Peru waits for word of new, Another MP switches to Liberal party, elections ma, Argentina mounts dragnet for Paraguayan assassinat, Argentina's De la Rua looks to combat confide, Argentine leader meets predecessor amid scandal, Argentine legislators vote to end broad immunity f, Argentine official urges early vote in wake of cor, Argentine spies to open accounts in bribe scandal
Asia
'The Drug Games': The legacy Sydney does, 10 rescued in Indonesian ferry disaster; hope fade, 170,000 evacuate homes in flooded Cambodia, death , 3 Japanese policemen sentenced for ignoring plea b, 400 percent increase in heroin seizures along Taji, 55 feared drowned as boat capsizes on Indian river, 600,000 homeless after floods, storms batter South, 8 killed, 21 hurt in suicide bombing in Sri Lanka&, Aboriginal athlete lights Sydney's Olympic fl, Activists claim McDonald's toys made with chi
Europe
'Milosevic has taken an important psychologic, 'No' camp heads for victory in Denmark p, 'Wise men' could lift Austria sanctions, A beatification marred by controversy, A prehistoric walk on Dusseldorf's wild side, Accused U.S. spy must be tried in Russia, Putin te, Activists set to protest IMF, World Bank meeting i, After the poll: Milosevic's options, Air experts want Concorde to fly again, Albania to destroy 100,000 weapons looted in 1997
Meast
118 Lebanese refugees return home from Israel, 12-year-old boy among dead in Israeli-Palestinian , 40 years later, OPEC has world running on empty, 61 Lebanese return after fleeing to Israel, A 10-year-old narrowly escapes dangerous fate as c, Abdullah seeks to revive Jordan's role as pea, Albright calls Arafat, Israel tries to arrange sum, Albright hails Barak's 'courage and visi, Albright hopes to break ice with Iranian foreign m, Albright welcomes Palestinian deferral of statehoo