World IN BRIEF : BURUNDI : Conference Aims to End Bloodshed

Burundi's feuding parties have agreed to attend a conference organized by Africa's elder statesman, former Tanzanian President Julius K. Nyerere, in an effort to stop ethnic bloodshed, the U.N. announced. The meeting, scheduled for Monday in Tanzania, is aimed at stopping killing that has claimed more than 300 lives in the past two weeks alone.