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PISCO, Peru (Reuters) - When an 8.0 magnitude earthquake hit two coastal cities and destroyed 37,000 homes in Peru, President Alan Garcia promised a speedy reconstruction effort that would burnish the country's new image of dynamism.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top Bush administration official on Tuesday played down any connection between Russia's military action in Georgia and Moscow's long-term bid to join the World Trade Organization.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday dismissed former CIA analyst Valerie Plame's lawsuit against Vice President Dick Cheney and several former Bush administration officials for disclosing her identity to the public.

DHAKA (Reuters) - The release of detained former Bangladesh prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia, said by the military-backed interim government to be imminent, is being delayed for unexplained reasons, her party said on Tuesday.

LONDON (Reuters) - London's recently-elected mayor Boris Johnson on Tuesday called for a new airport to the east of the city to ease congestion at the other five which serve the capital.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Tuesday it could not confirm that Russia had halted military operations in Georgia, despite a statement from Russian President Dmitry Medvedev that hostilities were ending.

BAQUBA, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi authorities imposed a curfew on the capital of restive Diyala province on Tuesday after the governor survived a suicide attack that left the bomber's body parts scattered across the street.

WARSAW (Reuters) - The conflict between Russia and Georgia, which shocked capitals and markets with its speed and ferocity, may help Poland and the United States finally reach a deal on deploying a U.S. anti-missile system on Polish soil, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Tuesday.

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A visit by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Turkey on Thursday reflects a desire by the NATO member to remain on good terms with an unpredictable neighbor and secure future energy needs.

DUBAI (Reuters) - Al Qaeda's North Africa wing has called for a holy war in Mauritania to establish Islamic rule after a military junta toppled the country's elected president.

PARIS (Reuters) - French authorities have opened an investigation into an anonymous threat against Chinese national carrier Air China, a spokesman for the Paris prosecutor's office said on Tuesday.

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - International donors have been withholding payments to Cambodia's Khmer Rouge "Killing Fields" tribunal because of concerns about corruption, officials said on Tuesday.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi authorities imposed a curfew on the capital of restive Diyala province on Tuesday after the governor survived a suicide bomb attack on his convoy.

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's ruling coalition said on Tuesday the army would not intervene to support embattled President Pervez Musharraf, whom the government says it will impeach for years of alleged misrule.

BEIJING (Reuters) - Three security officers were stabbed to death and another wounded in renewed violence in far northwest China's Xinjiang region on Tuesday, the fourth day of the Beijing Olympic Games, state media said.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy said it was proceeding with a $1.16 billion contract with Northrop Grumman Corp for an unmanned patrol plane after government auditors denied a protest filed by losing bidder Lockheed Martin Corp.

HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe signed a power-sharing deal with a breakaway opposition leader on Tuesday after failing to agree with main rival Morgan Tsvangirai, a senior ruling party official said.

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Thirteen people were killed and 10 wounded in a bomb attack on an air force bus in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Tuesday, police said.

SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean court on Tuesday sentenced Jung Myung-seok, the leader of a fringe religious sect, to six years in jail for raping female followers, a court official said.

SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) - Police shot dead at least 13 people in Indian Kashmir on Tuesday as Muslim protests against what they termed an economic blockade by Hindus over a land row began to morph into independence calls, officials said.