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Landslides in Indonesia kill up to 28

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Up to 28 people have been killed in landslides triggered by heavy rain in Indonesia's Central Java province, the official Antara news agency said on Tuesday. The landslides struck the districts of Cilacap and Banyumas early on Monday morning while residents of various villages located in valleys were sleeping. (more)

U.N. says Afghans could face starvation

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A U.N. agency said on Friday hundreds of thousands of Afghans could face starvation unless it receives some $54 million in food to feed the population through the winter. "If WFP does not receive fresh pledges soon, it will run out of food by February of next year," said Gerard van Dijk, the country director for the World Food Program. "If we do not receive new pledges this month. . . (more)

Clinton should visit Agent Orange victims-veteran

HANOI, (Reuters) - A U.S. veteran exposed to toxic defoliants during the Vietnam War said President Bill Clinton should meet children with birth defects blamed on the chemicals when he visits the communist country next month. Tom Joyce, who served with the 101st Airborne Division in Vietnam in the mid-1960s, told Reuters that his exposure to Agent Orange had caused the nervous disorder peripheral neuropathy, while his son had spina bifida. He said he wanted to see U.S. help for Vietnamese victims. (more)