World news: At least 64 dead as Uganda hit by World Cup final blasts

One American was killed and several were wounded.

The deadliest attack occurred at a rugby club in Kampala last night as people watched the game between Spain and Holland on a large-screen TV outdoors.

The second blast took place at an Ethiopian restaurant, where at least three Americans were wounded.

One American was killed in the blasts, said Joann Lockard, a spokeswoman for the US embassy in Kampala.

Kampala's police chief said he believed Somalia's most feared militant group, al-Shabab, could be responsible for the attack. Al-Shabab is known to have links with al-Qaida, and counts militant veterans from the Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan conflicts among its ranks.

Body parts found at the rugby club suggested a suicide bomber may have been to blame, a reporter at the scene said.

At least three Americans - part of a church group from Pennsylvania - were injured at the restaurant. One was Kris Sledge, 18, of Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania.

Minefield horror kills 13 soldiers

COLOMBIA: 13 soldiers were killed after entering two minefields in the north-eastern province of Arauca.

General Javier Fernandez said 10 soldiers were killed pursuing rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia who were trying to blow up electrical towers.

INDIA: Nearly 200 Maoist rebels attacked a village in the Kaimur district of Bihar state and kidnapped nine men in order to steal their licensed weapons.

Government faces poll blow

Japanese voters have handed a stinging weekend electoral defeat to the ruling party in parliament's upper house, exit polls showed.

If true, it will be a serious blow to the fledgling government as they struggle to prevent economic meltdown.

'Progress' made by BP

BP said today it was making progress on what could prove its most effective effort yet to contain the Gulf of Mexico oil leak, but warned that the verdict could still be several days away.

A new cap is being placed on top of the gusher to provide a tight seal.

11 police die in car blast

Militant attacks in once-calm northern Afghanistan killed at least 11 police officers and a government official whose car was hit by a remote-controlled bomb.

NATO also said a US service member died yesterday following an insurgent attack, while a combined coalition and Afghan patrol killed a senior Taliban commander and a dozen other insurgents who were discovered planting a home-made bomb on a road.

'Barefoot bandit' is arrested

Police in the Bahamas say they have captured a fugitive US teenager known as the Barefoot Bandit.

Colton Harris-Moore, 19, stayed one step ahead of the law for two years as he stole cars, powerboats and even aircraft, supposedly without shoes.