International Briefs
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TOKYO - Miyoko Watai, the fiancee of Bobby Fischer, the imprisoned American chess master, admitted yesterday that Fischer might be using her in an effort to counter his detention by Japanese immigration authorities.
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A brief timeline of important events in the crisis in western Sudan.
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President Bush walks to the podium to make a statement from his Crawford, Texas ranch, Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2004. President Bush said Wednesday the United States, India, Australia and Japan have formed an international
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WASHINGTON, Sep 15, 2004 (United Press International via COMTEX) -- Saudi Arabia finds itself for the first time on a US list of countries of particular concern &quot;for particularly severe violations of religious freedom,&quot; paving the way for possible US
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GCC states must stand together, particularly with the world as it is today, Saudi Arabia declared in Bahrain yesterday. They must take a unified stand on a number of vital issues, said
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Iran reprimands Danish ambassador after newspapers in Denmark reprint  controversial cartoon of prophet Muhammad, Iranian state TV reports
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Germany's relations with Israel, early elections for Spain's Basques and French concern about cannabis lead the way in today's European papers.
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These are some of the leading stories in Hong Kong newspapers on Monday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
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Description: The world&#39;s first public health treaty is set to become international law, but the United States has yet to ratify it.
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The deployment of European troops to Lebanon and Afghanistan comes under the spotlight and there are mixed views on how the EU should deal with a national unity government in the Palestinian territories. In Austria and Germany, papers are dismayed at a fall in the number of students receiving university degrees.
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MONTEVIDEO, Oct 12 (IPS) - Freedom of expression worldwide has been under   threat since agents of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation  (FBI) last  week seized two Internet servers hosting websites of  the Independent Media  Centres. In Latin America, Indymedia  Brazil and Uruguay are directly affected.
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Brief items on notable IT-related developments, both current and historical.
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SEC asks the conglomerate for information about participation in the defunct UN program in Iraq. NEW YORK  - Tyco International said the Securities and Exchange Commission asked it for information
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Kosovo's elections, Wednesday's decisive vote in the European Parliament to determine the fate of the new EU Commission, and the Spanish Catholic Church's questioning of some of the Madrid government's policies are among the topics in which today's papers take an interest.
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Xinhua international news advisory -- June 9    BEIJING, June 9 (Xinhua) -- The following are some of the major international news stories scheduled to be covered or pursued by Xinhua on Saturday.
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STATE DEPARTMENT The State Department is including Saudi Arabia for the first time on its list of countries that could be subject to sanctions for violations of religious freedom.
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Several European dailies today focus on the role of international troops in Afghanistan as clashes with the Taleban intensify. Elsewhere, French presidential hopeful Nicolas Sarkozy comes under fire, EU expansion comes under scrutiny and an Austrian daily fears that Muslim schools in Europe could be forced underground.