US beef imports set to resume

SEOUL - South Korea said it will resume imports of US beef after suppliers agreed to block meat from older cattle, aiming yesterday to soothe health concerns that sparked weeks of protests against President Lee Myung-bak. Protest leaders said the plan does not go far enough, and about 6,000 people rallied yesterday. (AP)

HARARE - President Robert Mugabe accused the opposition of lying about political violence to justify contentions that next week's presidential runoff vote will not be free and fair, the official media reported yesterday. Mugabe said the Movement for Democratic Change was compiling false lists of people it says were beaten up. (AP)

WARRI - Chevron Corp. said yesterday that a breached pipeline prompted the shutdown of its onshore oil production. Nigerian media reported that militants sabotaged the pipeline in the Niger Delta. Analysts estimated the loss at 120,000 barrels a day. (AP)

MEXICO CITY - Mayor Marcelo Ebrard expressed outrage that youths as young as 13 were among the 12 people killed in a nightclub stampede Friday and said officials involved in the raid that sparked the crush had been suspended. Police went to check reports of underage drinking and drugs in the packed club. (AP)