11.   Chinese Premier Li Peng will next month carry out a five country tour of Africa, Europe and America, the foreign ministry announced Wednesday.

12.   Ethiopia has recalled a diplomat freed by kidnappers in Somalia but is keeping the embassy in Mogadishu open, the foreign ministry announced Tuesday.

13.   Eritrea has released a French couple detained in Asmara since mid-March for snapping photographs on an island of the disputed Hanish archipelago, the French foreign ministry announced Thursday.

14.   Two neo-Nazis were killed during a knife fight overnight in Berlin between rival groups, the regional ministry of justice announced Friday.

15.   Two Tajik soldiers were killed overnight by unknown assailants as they manned a checkpoint east of the capital Dushanbe, the interior ministry announced Thursday.

16.   UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has named a French diplomat, Bernard Miyet, as head of peacekeeing operations, the French foreign ministry announced Tuesday.

17.   Zaireans are flooding into Rwanda, saying they were attacked by Zairean troops aided by Rwandan Hutu militiamen, the information ministry announced Wednesday.

18.   Zaireans are flooding into Rwanda, saying they were attacked by Zairean troops aided by Rwandan Hutu militiamen, the Rwandan information ministry announced Wednesday.

19.   Zaireans have been flooding into Rwanda, saying they have been attacked by Zairean troops aided by Rwandan Hutu militiamen, the Rwandan information ministry announced Wednesday.

20.   Italy has decided to recall its ambassador to Nigeria for consultations in an accord with its EU partners, the foreign ministry announced Saturday.