Dozens of young Chinese protesters rallied outside a French-run supermarket in northeastern China Friday, voicing anger over the recent disruption of the Olympic torch relay in Paris.

Colombia has the world's highest kidnapping rate, and in the past 10 years more than 3,000 Colombians have been kidnapped by rebel groups, paramilitaries and common criminals, who use their victims for economic or political gains.

The United States has called on China to use restraint against protesters in Tibet and to hold talks with the country's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama.

A hundred Tibetan refugees have begun a march from India to Tibet to protest Chinese rule in their homeland. The march began as Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, said Tibet continues to witness increased repression and brutality under Chinese rule.

Kenya's embattled opposition was poised to begin three days of mass rallies to protest an intensely disputed presidential vote they say was rigged in favour of incumbent President Mwai Kibaki.

But international observers said that even Zimbabwe had better elections than Nigeria. So, the international community will be on tenterhooks as Nigerian masses march out Tuesday, to protest against the massively rigged elections of last April.