HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong interim leader Donald Tsang said on Saturday that elections will be held on July 10 to pick the city's next chief executive, following the resignation of unpopular leader Tung Chee-hwa.

NABLUS, West Bank (Reuters) - A militant Palestinian group sworn to Israel's destruction announced on Saturday that it would compete in Palestinian parliamentary elections scheduled for July, ending a decade-old boycott.

HANOI (Reuters) - At least 11 people were killed and around 200 injured when a north-south express train was derailed in central Vietnam on Saturday, officials said.

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt ordered the release on bail on Saturday of Ayman Nour, an opposition leader detained since the end of January, the public prosecutor said.

SAN JOSE, Philippines (Reuters) - Philippine doctors said on Saturday they suspected pesticide contamination as the possible cause of food poisoning that killed dozens of children in a remote village.

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian on Saturday called for a million people to take to the streets of Taipei on March 26 to protest against China's anti-secession bill, which allows for the use of force against the island.

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran defiantly insisted on Saturday it would never give up its nuclear fuel program despite a new united policy of incentives and threats from Washington and the European Union.

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said she opposed changes to the constitution that will limit the responsibilities of President Viktor Yushchenko and make her post more powerful.

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia stepped up security at a shopping mall in the capital Saturday after the U.S. embassy warned of a possible bomb threat, a spokesman for the complex said.

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal's sacked prime minister, just freed from house arrest, urged King Gyanendra Saturday to begin talks with political parties to solve the Himalayan nation's crisis following his power grab last month.

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong interim leader Donald Tsang said on Saturday that elections will be held on July 10 to pick the city's next chief executive, following the resignation of unpopular leader Tung Chee-hwa.

NABLUS, West Bank (Reuters) - A militant Palestinian group sworn to Israel's destruction announced on Saturday that it would compete in Palestinian parliamentary elections scheduled for July, ending a decade-old boycott.

HANOI (Reuters) - At least 11 people were killed and around 200 injured when a north-south express train was derailed in central Vietnam on Saturday, officials said.

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt ordered the release on bail on Saturday of Ayman Nour, an opposition leader detained since the end of January, the public prosecutor said.

SAN JOSE, Philippines (Reuters) - Philippine doctors said on Saturday they suspected pesticide contamination as the possible cause of food poisoning that killed dozens of children in a remote village.

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian on Saturday called for a million people to take to the streets of Taipei on March 26 to protest against China's anti-secession bill, which allows for the use of force against the island.

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran defiantly insisted on Saturday it would never give up its nuclear fuel program despite a new united policy of incentives and threats from Washington and the European Union.

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said she opposed changes to the constitution that will limit the responsibilities of President Viktor Yushchenko and make her post more powerful.

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia stepped up security at a shopping mall in the capital Saturday after the U.S. embassy warned of a possible bomb threat, a spokesman for the complex said.

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal's sacked prime minister, just freed from house arrest, urged King Gyanendra Saturday to begin talks with political parties to solve the Himalayan nation's crisis following his power grab last month.