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Canada

MONTREAL - A commuter plane crash-landed at Mirabel airport near Montreal, killing all 11 people aboard, airport authorities said. The twin-engine plane was based at nearby Dorval airport and was headed to Peterborough, Ontario, authorities said.

Pakistan

KARACHI - Two bombs exploded within 30 minutes of each other in Karachi, injuring 10 people in the port city's third straight day of violence.

El Salvador

SAN SALVADOR - The Farabundo Marti Front, a political party of former guerrillas, announced plans to ally itself with a smaller leftist party in El Salvador's 1999 presidential elections.

Japan

TOKYO - Parliament held its last session before recessing for upper house elections scheduled next month. One of its last legislative acts was passage of a $122 billion economic stimulus package.

Brazil

SAO PAULO - Three heavily armed men opened fire in a bar, killing 11 people and seriously wounding four, police said. The shootings occurred in the Francisco Morato neighborhood on the outskirts of Sao Paulo while people were celebrating Brazil's 3-0 victory over Morocco in the World Cup.

Germany

BONN - The Economic Cooperation and Development Ministry said it has canceled talks with Ethiopia over aid worth tens of millions of marks because of its border conflict with Eritrea.

Hungary

BUDAPEST - President Arpad Goncz designated Viktor Orban as prime minister with a brief to form a cabinet likely to get Hungary into the EU and NATO early next century.

Cyprus

LEFKONIKO - Six Turkish F-16 jet fighters swooped into the north of Cyprus in the latest exercise in brinkmanship between NATO allies Turkey and Greece.