Protests as nuclear fuel ship arrives at British port: A heavily-

Protests as nuclear fuel ship arrives at British port: A heavily- guarded shipload of returned nuclear fuel from Japan on Tuesday completed its controversial journey to Britain, where it was greeted by a flotilla of environmental protesters. The Pacific Pintail arrived in Barrow-in-Furness harbor in England's northwest, 75 days after it had set sail from Japan via the South Pacific and the Cape of Good Hope carrying a load of radioactive plutonium. --AfP

Malaysia is Islamic, but non-Muslims need not fear: Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Tuesday tried to reassure Malaysia's large non-Muslim population that it has nothing to fear from his view that the country is an Islamic state. Mahathir first described Malaysia as an Islamic state last year, pointing out Islam is the official religion and Muslims are subject to Islamic laws. But on Tuesday, he repeated his promise that his government had no plans to further entrench Islam in the nation's laws, which also guarantee freedom of religion and secular laws for non-Muslims. --AP

Burundi gunmen massacre 183 people: Unidentified gunmen in war- ravaged Burundi killed 183 people, mostly civilians, "in cold blood" on Sept. 9, the chairman of the parliamentary human rights commission said on Tuesday. "These people, who had taken refuge from fighting in the hills (in central Burundi) were killed in cold blood by men in military uniforms", said Leonidas Ntibayazi, who also heads the Front for Democracy in Burundi, the country's leading Hutu political party. Military uniforms are worn by armed Hutu rebels as well as government troops in Burundi. --AFP