World -- June 20, 2006

• 32 family members, loyalists of lawmaker murdered in S. Afghanistan
• 7 Taliban militants killed in southern Afghanistan
• Australia to buy 34 European military helicopters
• Ethiopia hosts over 100,000 African refugees
• Ethiopian PM holds talks with U.S. commander

• ECOWAS Court to establish appellate division
• EU calls for respecting human rights in combating terrorism
• Italian FM says Italy to resolve problems with U.S.
• Los Angeles community mulls easing marijuana law enforcement
• Philippine military concentrates on fighting leftwing rebels

• Pakistan welcomes Kuwaiti investment in building energy, trade corridor
• Russia demands release of kidnapped diplomats in Iraq
• Saddam Hussein trial resumes in Baghdad
• Sudanese government, eastern rebels sign ceasefire agreement
• Timor-Leste's PM refuses to resign

• Terror threat to Jordan still exists: king
• Three U.S. soldiers charged over prisoner deaths in Iraq
• U.S. blocks assets of Belarus president
• Zimbabwean government to tighten laws on deforestation