World Briefing
Israel: Bodies dug up for Hezbollah swap/ South Korea: Nuclear talks to resume / Britain: Church votes on female bishops / Chile: Nazi hunters seek 'Dr. Death' / Thailand: 2 rangers slain in attack
Israel's military said it had begun digging up the bodies of Lebanese fighters after the government struck a deal with the Hezbollah guerrilla movement to swap five prisoners and dozens of bodies for two Israeli soldiers captured in 2006 who Israel believes are probably dead.
Israel will hand over Samir Kuntar, serving multiple life terms for a 1979 attack in Israel's north, four other prisoners and dozens of bodies. In return, Israel is to receive the two soldiers, or their bodies. The soldiers were captured by Hezbollah in a 2006 cross-border raid that set off a fierce 34-day war.
SOUTH KOREA
Nuclear talks to resume in Beijing
South Korea's nuclear envoy said six-nation talks on North Korea's program would resume Thursday in Beijing.
Kim Sook spoke to reporters before heading to the Chinese capital for preparatory meetings. The last session of the talks -- which involve China, Japan, Russia, the U.S. and the two Koreas -- took place in October 2007.
The negotiations are resuming after the government in Pyongyang turned in a partial nuclear declaration and made progress in disabling its main atomic facility. The talks were expected to focus on how to verify the North's declaration.
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
Briton sentenced in '04 coup plot
A court in this West African nation convicted former British officer Simon Mann of being the key player in a 2004 coup plot and sentenced him to 34 years in prison.
During his trial, Mann, 55, acknowledged that he knowingly took part in the attempt to topple the government. His lawyer, however, argued that Mann was a secondary player and not the author of the botched coup.
The prosecution charged that Mann and the other plotters intended to install an exiled opposition leader in exchange for a share of the nation's oil wealth.
BRITAIN
Church votes on female bishops
The Church of England's ruling body voted to press ahead with steps permitting women to become bishops, a move that risks further division because it lacks accommodations for traditionalists opposed to the idea.
The decision came at a meeting of senior church leaders in which one bishop broke down in tears.
More than a dozen other Anglican churches around the world have authorized women to serve as bishops. The U.S. Episcopal Church is led by a woman, the Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori.
CHILE
