World briefs 5/3/04

Suspect in Serbian prime minister's death caught

BELGRADE, Serbia-Montenegro -- A notorious paramilitary leader suspected of masterminding last year's assassination of Serbia's prime minister surrendered to police Sunday. Milorad Lukovic, known by his nickname "Legija," had been on the run since March 12, 2003, when pro-Western Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic was gunned down by a sniper in front of his Belgrade government headquarters.

Dictator's son wins Panama presidential race

PANAMA CITY, Panama -- Martin Torrijos, the son of a former dictator, on Sunday won the nation's first presidential vote since the handover of the Panama Canal and withdrawal of U.S. troops in December 1999. Ex-president Guillermo Endara, his main rival, conceded defeat to Torrijos, whose father, Gen. Omar Torrijos, ruled Panama from 1968 until his death in 1981.

Iraq, Cuba, Zimbabwe worst for journalists

NEW YORK -- Iraq is the most dangerous place to be a journalist, followed by Cuba and Zimbabwe, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Sunday in a list of the 10 most hazardous countries for the job. Twenty-five journalists have died in Iraq since the war began in March 2003, the group said -- many of them since May 1, 2003, when President Bush declared that major combat had ended. Several journalists also have been abducted and detained there.

U.S. commission looking to end Castro regime

WASHINGTON -- A government commission is recommending to President Bush a series of measures to cut U.S. dollar flows to Cuba as part of a broader policy to hasten the end of the country's communist system, an administration official said Sunday night. A commission report, in preparation for six months and overseen by Secretary of State Colin Powell, also calls for steps to overcome Cuban jamming of U.S.-government sponsored radio and television broadcasts to Cuba, the official said.

-- From wire reports