SUVA (AFP) - Fiji authorities have received reports of "a few" deaths in the devastating cyclone, National Disaster Management Office director Pajiliai Dobui said Tuesday.
HANOI (AFP) - A dissident Vietnamese Catholic priest with a brain tumour said Tuesday that his prison sentence has been suspended for one year while he undergoes medical treatment.
WASHINGTON (AFP) - A 6.7-magnitude aftershock struck off Chile's coast Monday, some 86 kilometers (54 miles) from the town Concepcion, among the cities hardest hit by last month's 8.8-magnitude quake, US seismologists said.
SUVA (AFP) - Fiji declared a state of disaster in the cyclone-hit north and east Tuesday as damage reports from the storm rose sharply, authorities said.
BEIJING (AFP) - Twenty-five people have been confirmed dead in a coal mine fire in central China, state media reported Tuesday, citing local authorities.
