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ABOARD THE USS TARAWA (Reuters) - Troops from countries across the Americas started a major military exercise on Friday to defend the Panama Canal from an attack by a fictional terrorist group bent on damaging the world economy.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Southern African leaders held lengthy discussions on Saturday on a power-sharing agreement to end Zimbabwe's post-election political crisis.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A top Russian general on Friday said Poland's deal with the United States to set up parts of a missile defense shield on Polish territory lays it open to a possible military strike, a Russian news agency reported.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A top Russian general on Friday said Poland's deal with the United States to set up parts of a missile defense shield on Polish territory lays it open to a possible military strike, a Russian news agency reported.

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Seven people were killed and nearly 50 wounded in the most serious Colombian guerrilla attack this year when a bomb exploded in a small town as residents celebrated a festival, officials said on Friday.

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Almost 50 people were killed in Somalia after separate roadside bombs targeting allied Ethiopian and government troops went off and led to retaliatory attacks, residents said on Friday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is confident an international fund set up with Libya to compensate victims of U.S. and Libyan bombings will be well financed and start paying out soon, a senior U.S. official said on Friday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is confident an international fund set up with Libya to compensate victims of U.S. and Libyan bombings will be well financed and start paying out soon, a senior U.S. official said on Friday.

HOUSTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court has ruled that an anti-Castro Cuban exile and former CIA operative accused in Cuba of a 1976 plane bombing that killed 73 people should stand trial for an immigration violation, court records showed on Friday.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A top Russian general on Friday said Poland's deal with the United States to set up parts of a missile defense shield on Polish territory lays it open to a possible military strike, a Russian news agency reported.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A top Russian general on Friday said Poland's deal with the United States to set up parts of a missile defense shield on Polish territory lays it open to a possible military strike, a Russian news agency reported.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Iran rejected on Friday Western allegations that its central bank and other financial institutions were trying to skirt U.N. sanctions by covering their tracks, and threatened to seek compensation.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's political rivals are expected to resume power-sharing talks on Saturday on the sidelines of a regional summit in South Africa with pressure mounting to find a way to end the country's political crisis.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Government auditors are urging the Pentagon to improve its oversight of a troubled program to produce new military radios, warning that delays and immediate radio replacement needs have more than doubled costs.

NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) - The United States threatened more cuts in aid to Mauritania on Friday if the country's new military rulers did not reinstate its first freely elected president.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has provided more than $3.6 million in aid to Georgia and supplies are being distributed in the Russian-occupied town of Gori, the U.S. government's aid agency said on Friday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has provided more than $3.6 million in aid to Georgia and supplies are being distributed in the Russian-occupied town of Gori, the U.S. government's aid agency said on Friday.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Serbia said on Friday it would seek an opinion from the International Court of Justice on whether Kosovo's declaration of independence was legal and that Belgrade would abide by whatever the court said.

MIAMI (Reuters) - The U.S. state of Florida said on Friday that insurer Allstate Corp would lower all homeowner insurance rates in the state by 5.6 percent under a broad settlement ending the state's disputes with the company.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Myanmar envoy Ibrahim Gambari will visit the Asian country on Monday to renew pressure on its ruling junta to democratize and improve its human rights record.