11.   Also, a previously bombed and destroyed Sloboda factory in the central town of Cacak, was targeted again, media said.

12.   Beijing has liberated the skies above Tiananmen Square, abolishing rules requiring kite fliers to register with authorities, state media said Friday.

13.   But Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin put Israeli forces on alert for a possible Hamas revenge attack, Israeli media said Tuesday.

14.   China plans to split its giant China State Shipbuilding Corp. into two companies to boost innovation by its struggling shipbuilders, state media said Saturday.

15.   China will begin work this year on a project to breed, monitor and protect wild animals, state-run media said Saturday.

16.   China is issuing its first rules to protect the privacy of people with AIDS and their rights to hold jobs and marry, state media said Friday.

17.   China will start letting college applicants pick some subjects on entrance exams next year to give schools more flexibility in choosing students, state media said Tuesday.

18.   Doctors broke into government medical insurance offices in Paris, allegedly stealing computer equipment, said French media.

19.   Fifteen other local officials were given jail terms up to life imprisonment, state media said.

20.   Explosion in Gaza kills one Israeli, say Israeli media.