Washington  - Sixty-one detainees once held at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, prison are believed to have returned to terrorism after being released, the US Defence Department said Tuesday.

Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell said intelligence officials have confirmed that 18 have returned to terrorism while 43 are "suspected of returning to the fight."

The numbers represent an increase from 7 per cent to 11 per cent of released detainees suspected or known to have returned to terrroism, Morrell said.

Wellington  - Torrential rains lashed flood-stricken Fiji again on Wednesday and weather forecasters warned that worse was to come as another tropical depression settled over the Pacific island state.

The town of Nadi, where the country's international airport is situated, was reported to be cut off under 1.5 metres of water after a nearby river burst its banks for the second time overnight and police allowed nobody to enter unless they own a business.

Riga  - Riot police clashed w

Bogota  - Two Colombian rebels turned themselves in to the police Tuesday alongside two hostages they were guarding, in apparent response to government offers of rewards for turning themselves in, the authorities said.

Two members of the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) identified with the aliases "Ernesto" and "David" fled a camp between the villages of Cubarral and Vistahermosa, in the central Colombian province of Meta.

Athens  - An infant drowned Tuesday during a search and rescue effort by Greek coast guard officials who rushed to save 19 drowning immigrants attempting to cross into Greece from neighboring Turkey on an inflatable boat.

The immigrants, of unknown origin, were travelling on the inflatable raft when it ended up overturning due to high seas and strong winds off the coast of the eastern Aegean island of Symi.