In Brief

* CONDEMNED – Amnesty International accused Zimbabwe of worsening the plight of thousands made homeless in a shantytown demolition campaign, by herding them into camps out of the reach of humanitarian agencies.

* CRASH – State funerals were held for the 17 Spanish soldiers killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan, in the presence of King Juan Carlos and Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero. * QUAKE – An earthquake registering 5.0 on the Richter scale rattled northern Japan, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage, officials said.* AMNESTY – Indonesia will this week announce an amnesty for some 2 000 detained Aceh rebels as part of a pact signed to end 29 years of separatist conflict in the resource-rich province, a report said * NUCLEAR – The UN nuclear watchdog meets this week with Pakistani officials to check its conclusions that highly enriched uranium particles found in Iran were from smuggled Pakistani centrifuge parts rather than enrichment work by Iran, diplomats said.* SECT – The trial of the founder of a doomsday cult that attacked the Tokyo subway is at a crossroads with his lawyers saying his mind is in “another world” ahead of a decision that could send him to the gallows.- Nampa-AFP* QUAKE – An earthquake registering 5.0 on the Richter scale rattled northern Japan, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage, officials said.* AMNESTY – Indonesia will this week announce an amnesty for some 2 000 detained Aceh rebels as part of a pact signed to end 29 years of separatist conflict in the resource-rich province, a report said * NUCLEAR – The UN nuclear watchdog meets this week with Pakistani officials to check its conclusions that highly enriched uranium particles found in Iran were from smuggled Pakistani centrifuge parts rather than enrichment work by Iran, diplomats said.* SECT – The trial of the founder of a doomsday cult that attacked the Tokyo subway is at a crossroads with his lawyers saying his mind is in “another world” ahead of a decision that could send him to the gallows.- Nampa-AFP