World briefs

FBI to help investigate attack in Guatemala

GUATEMALA CITY -- The FBI is sending a team to Guatemala to help investigate an attack on a busload of American Mormon tourists that killed a man from Utah, the U.S. Embassy said Friday. Thirteen members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints were headed from the mountain city of Quetzaltenango to the Mexican border on Wednesday when five men with automatic weapons opened fire. Brett Richards, 52, an architect from Ogden, Utah, was shot in the chest and died en route to the hospital. Most of the tourists were from Ogden and Salt Lake City.

Cuba tightens its control over Internet access

HAVANA -- Cuba tightened its controls over the Internet on Friday, prohibiting access over the low-cost government phone service most ordinary citizens have at home. The move could affect hundreds, perhaps thousands, of Cubans who illegally access the Internet from their homes, using computers and Internet accounts they have borrowed or purchased on the black market. Cuba's communist government already heavily controls access to the Internet. Cubans must have government permission to use the Web legally and most don't, although many can access international e-mail and a more limited government-controlled intranet at government jobs and schools.

Swiss arrest 8 foreigners in Saudi terror attacks

BERN, Switzerland -- Swiss police have made their first arrests of alleged al-Qaida supporters -- eight foreigners suspected in deadly May 12 suicide attacks on Westerners in Saudi Arabia, officials said Friday. About 100 federal police officers supported by state authorities raided homes across the country Thursday, the Swiss Federal Police said. The arrests were believed to be the first outside Saudi Arabia in the May 12 bombings, which killed 35 people, including eight Americans and nine attackers. Police refused to disclose the nationality of those arrested or say what was found in the searches.

Indian Airlines flies to Pakistan after 2-year halt

NEW DELHI -- India resumed commercial flights to Pakistan on Friday after a two-year halt, while India's foreign minister said relations between the rivals show "new signs of promise" ahead of next month's planned talks aimed at resolving a decades-old dispute over Kashmir. Meanwhile, more violence was reported in the Himalayan region Friday when attackers hurled a grenade at a mosque during afternoon prayers in the Indian-controlled part of Kashmir, injuring at least 15 worshippers. It was the first major assault since India and Pakistan began peace efforts last year. As part of those efforts, an Indian Airlines flight carrying eight passengers left New Delhi for Lahore on Friday afternoon and was to return to New Delhi in the evening, a company official said on condition of anonymity. Pakistan resumed its flights to India on New Year's Day.

Delegation visits North Korean nuclear facility

BEIJING -- An unofficial delegation of Americans who visited North Korea said Saturday they saw the country's disputed Yongbyong nuclear facility but said they couldn't give details until information about their trip was reported to Washington. The five-member American delegation was allowed to see all of the sites they had requested, said one member, John W. Lewis, a Stanford University professor emeritus of international relations. A North Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman hinted that the recent decisions by Libya and Iran to allow intrusive inspections of their suspected weapons programs would not affect its strategy.

-- From wire reports