Gustav kills 11; US Gulf Coast awaits storm * PORT-AU-PRINCE - Gustav swirled toward Cuba yesterday after triggering flooding and landslides that killed at least 11 people in the Caribbean.

Its track pointed toward the US Gulf coast, including Louisana where Hurricane Katrina wreaked havoc three years ago.

Indian police told to shoot religious rioters * BHUBANESWAR - Indian police were ordered to shoot on sight to end Hindu-Christian clashes yesterday as Pope Benedict XVI "firmly condemned" violence that has killed at least nine people.

Dalai Lama, exhausted, cancels trips * DHARMSALA - The Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, was suffering from exhaustion and has cancelled two planned international trips to undergo medical tests, his office said yesterday.

Food riots as Bihar floods destroy homes * PATNA - Food riots erupted yesterday in Bihar, where more than two million people have been forced from their homes and about 250 000 houses destroyed in what officials say are the worst floods in 50 years.

Muslim convicted over teen floggings LONDON - A British court found a devout Muslim guilty of cruelty yesterday for forcing two teenagers to flog themselves until their backs bled during a Shia religious ceremony.

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•  Rwandan suspect extradited to France
•  Tiny, long-lost primate rediscovered in Indonesia
•  Indian navy sinks pirate 'mother ship'
•  Mbeki to review Zimbabwe constitution bill
•  Pudgiest UK pets to slim
•  50 000 displaced by floods
•  Cholera threatens 1,4 million in Zim
•   Zim court drops two charges against oppositon leader
•  City threatens blind woman over unpaid 1-cent bill
•  Obama reaches out to Georgian leader
•  Rebels withdraw from DRC town
•  President-elect Obama eyes 'team of rivals'
•  International court to prosecute Congo's Thomas Lubanga