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北朝鮮、韓国との国交断絶を表明

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North Korea says it is ending all relations and communication with South Korea. The cancelation of relations was contained in a statement from North Korea's national reunification committee. The North's state-operated news agency published the announcement. North Korea says it will not talk with South Korean officials while South Korean President Lee Myung-bak is in office. The North also announced plans to expel all South Korean officials working at an industrial center in the border town of Kaesong.

ジャマイカ、首都での暴動で30人死亡

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Officials in Jamaica say fighting in the capital, Kingston, has killed at least thirty people. Hundreds of troops and police are searching for a suspected drug dealer wanted by the United States. At least twenty-five people have been injured and two hundred others detained. The violence was started by government efforts to find Christopher “Dudus” Coke. Heavily armed security forces raided the Tivoli Gardens neighborhood of Kingston, Monday, in a failed effort to find the suspect. Schools and businesses across the city have been closed because of the violence. Emergency conditions are in effect for areas of Kingston.

エチオピア与党が選挙で不正、EUが指摘

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European officials say the ruling party in Ethiopia used unfair actions in the parliamentary elections on Sunday. The latest official election results show Ethiopia's EPRDF coalition winning at least four hundred ninety-nine in parliament. The main opposition coalition, Medrek, won one seat. But, the E.U. observer team says conditions for the election helped the ruling party. The E.U. team said the Ethiopian government used its resources to help the ruling coalition. And, it said that more than fifty percent of all election news on state-owned media involved the ruling party. The E.U. chief observer said the government blocked other news sources, including VOA broadcasts.

イエメン部族がアメリカ人夫妻を解放

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Yemeni and American officials say tribesmen in Yemen freed an American man and his wife Tuesday. The two Americans and their driver were kidnapped Monday near the capital, Sana'a. A Yemeni spokesman says police surrounded the tribesmen and negotiated the release of the Americans. On Monday, their driver said the kidnappers demanded that officials release a detained tribesman. It is unclear if their demands were met. Separately, Yemeni tribesman attacked an oil pipeline after the government carried out an air strike against suspected al-Qaida members. The air strike missed its target but killed the Secretary General of the Marib provincial council, Jaber Ali al-Shabwani. He was negotiating the surrender of al-Qaida members.

アルカイダ、W杯へのテロ行為の表明を否定

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An al-Qaida group in Iraq is denying claims that it is plotting an attack on next month's world cup football competition in South Africa. The group published statements on Islamist websites Tuesday, calling the claims lies. Iraqi military officials said last week that a captured Saudi al-Qaida militant admitted to planning attacks against the sports event. On Tuesday, the State Department warned Americans that the world cup could offer targets for terrorists. The agency said, however, that it has no information on any planned threats.