World Briefing

A Spanish patrol boat rescued 33 people and recovered a body from the boat Wednesday off the coast of Almeria province in southern Spain, officials said.

Survivors told police they had been adrift for four or five days after the motor broke down and that as people died -- 14, including nine children ages 1 to 4 -- their bodies were thrown overboard, a Red Cross spokesman said.

TURKEY

A man wanted in the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Istanbul was detained after officials rounded up suspects who had communicated with three assailants killed by police, media reports said.

Officials are investigating whether the attackers were linked to Al Qaeda. So far they had no proof of a link, they said.

Three policemen and three assailants died in the attack, which prompted Turkey to increase security at all U.S. diplomatic missions in the country.

The private Dogan news agency reported that the alleged fourth gunman was caught after his getaway car was found and was being interrogated. A police officer confirmed the report but would not give details.

PAKISTAN Top Taliban aide reported captured Police arrested a militant who served as a deputy to the top Taliban commander in Pakistan, Interior Ministry chief Rehman Malik said.

The militant known as Rafiuddin, an aide to top commander Baitullah Mahsud, was captured Wednesday along with four associates in the South Waziristan region.

Police also recovered hand grenades and other munitions from the men, Malik said.

GAZA STRIP

Israeli troops shot and killed a teenage Palestinian militant along the border with the Gaza Strip in the first deadly incident since the two sides agreed to a cease-fire.

A faction of the militant Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade said the 18-year-old was a member. It vowed revenge and claimed responsibility for two rockets fired at southern Israel after the shooting.

Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade, which had previously violated the June 19 truce by firing rockets, did not say what the man was doing at the border.