AP - A series of strong aftershocks from last month's devastating quake rocked Chile on Thursday as a new president was sworn into office and immediately urged coastal residents to move to higher ground in case of a tsunami.

AFP - Zimbabwe's government has allocated 100 million dollars to refurbish the country's dilapidated infrastructure, part of the funds granted by the IMF last year, the finance minister said Thursday.

AFP - Japan's Coast Guard obtained an arrest warrant Thursday for an anti-whaling activist who has been held aboard a Japanese harpoon ship since boarding it in the Antarctic last month, press reports said.