Briefs

Storm ‘kills at least 40’ in Vietnam
* HANOI – Tropical storm Mirinae, which hit the Philippines as a deadly typhoon at the weekend, killed at least 40 people and left 11 missing in Vietnam, a national disaster official said yesterday.

Rwanda wants UN to send convicts home * KIGALI – The United Nations genocide court in Tanzania is reneging on its promise to transfer Rwandan convicts to serve the remainder of their sentences in their homeland, Rwanda’s justice minister said.Korea raises threat to get US into direct talks* SEOUL – North Korea said yesterday it has reprocessed 8 000 spent nuclear fuel rods and extracted enough plutonium to bolster its atomic stockpile, raising the stakes in an apparent effort to push the US into direct negotiations.Clinton offers aid to help boost Muslim ties* MARRAKESH – US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton offered aid yesterday to boost ties with the Muslim world and urged Israel, the Palestinians and Arab countries to move beyond recrimination in the search for peace.China attacks Dalai Lama * BEIJING – China yesterday accused the Dallas Lama of seeking to undermine Beijing’s relationship with Delhi through a visit to a disputed border region, insulating India’s government from direct Chinese wrath over the dispute.