CAIRO, March 13 (AFP) - Twenty-four people were injured in clashes between Christians and Muslims in northern Egypt, a security official said on Saturday.

ZAMBOANGA, March 13 (AFP) - Six Islamist militants were killed and their training camp in the restive southern Philippines seized after a week of fighting, a military official said Saturday.

BAGHDAD, March 13 (AFP) - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's State of Law Alliance has formed a committee to begin negotiating with rival blocs to form a government, a senior member of his coalition said on Saturday.

BANGKOK, March 13 (Bernama) -- The Thailand government is confident to able to control the rally situation as security men have been fully careful of maintaining security, Deputy Prime Minister in charge of security affairs Suthep Thaugsuban said Saturday.

BANGKOK, March 13 (AFP) - Tens of thousands of supporters of deposed premier Thaksin Shinawatra streamed through military checkpoints outside the capital Saturday as they headed to a rally aimed at toppling the government.

TOKYO, March 13 (AFP) - The Japan Coast Guard inspected a Japanese whaling ship Saturday with a New Zealand anti-whaling activist who is under arrest for trespassing on the vessel in the Antarctic Ocean last month.

BANGKOK, March 14 (Bernama) -- Anti-government protesters of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) from upcountry have gradually arrived in the Thai capital.

WASHINGTON, March 13 (AFP) - A second American Muslim woman has been arrested in Ireland on charges of conspiracy to kill a Swedish cartoonist who made fun of the Prophet Mohammed, The Wall Street Journal reported late Friday.

BANGKOK, March 13 (AFP) - Thailand's security forces braced for possible violence Saturday as tens of thousands of protesters loyal to deposed premier Thaksin Shinawatra headed to Bangkok for a mass anti-government rally.

YANGON, March 13 (Bernama) -- An earthquake, which struck Monywa, Myanmar's northwestern Sagaing division, early Saturday morning, caused no serious damage and casualties, local residents told Xinhua in a telephone interview.