In Brief

Latin Mass VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI has approved a document that relaxes restrictions on celebrating the old Latin Mass used by the Roman Catholic Church for centuries until the modernising reforms of the 1960s, the Vatican said.

* Kidnap BOGOTA – Eleven kidnapped Colombian state lawmakers held hostage for five years have been killed after a military attack on the jungle camp where they were being kept, according to a statement on a Web site sympathetic to the country’s largest rebel group. There was no way to independently confirm the report.* Elections DILI – Police fired tear gas to disperse a crowd in East Timor after rival political supporters threw rocks at each other, but UN officials say Saturday’s polls should go smoothly.* Death Lebanon – Lebanese troops killed six Islamist militants, mostly foreigners, in clash on outskirts of northern town of Qalamoun, security sources said.* Friends WASHINGTON – Six years ago, US President Bush said he gazed into Russian President Putin’s soul.Now he just wants to see if they can get along – when they meet next week at Bush family estate in Maine.Nampa-Reuters-APThere was no way to independently confirm the report. * Elections DILI – Police fired tear gas to disperse a crowd in East Timor after rival political supporters threw rocks at each other, but UN officials say Saturday’s polls should go smoothly.* Death Lebanon – Lebanese troops killed six Islamist militants, mostly foreigners, in clash on outskirts of northern town of Qalamoun, security sources said.* Friends WASHINGTON – Six years ago, US President Bush said he gazed into Russian President Putin’s soul.Now he just wants to see if they can get along – when they meet next week at Bush family estate in Maine.Nampa-Reuters-AP