Today: BOSTON GLOBE World News, Jul 17, 2011

LATEST WORLD NEWS FROM AP

Indonesia volcano spews ash in biggest eruption

A government volcanologist says a rumbling volcano in central Indonesia has re-erupted, sending panicked residents racing down back to shelters. There were no immediate reports of casualties. (Associated Press, 2:50 a.m.)

Kidnappers seek ransom for 2 Americans, Filipino

The kidnappers of an American woman, her son and Filipino nephew in the southern Philippines have telephoned their family by phone demanding a ransom, officials said Sunday. (Associated Press, 2:41 a.m.)

Rights groups urge UAE to release activists

International rights groups on Sunday called on the United Arab Emirates to release from custody five political activists who have campaigned for democratic reforms in the oil-rich Gulf country. (Associated Press, 2:30 a.m.)

Vietnamese hold anti-China march despite crackdown

A small group of Vietnamese marched Sunday to denounce China's actions in the South China Sea after about two dozen other protesters were rounded up by police, shoved onto buses and driven away. (AP, 1:30 a.m.)

China slams Obama's meeting with the Dalai Lama

China on Sunday slammed President Barack Obama's meeting with the Dalai Lama as an act that has "grossly interfered in China's internal affairs" and damaged Chinese-American relations. (Associated Press, 1 a.m.)

Chinese rescuers stop search for trapped miners

Rescuers in southern China have called off a search at a mine where 23 workers were trapped by flooding two weeks ago. (AP, 12:50 a.m.)

In Egypt, fighting for a $50-a-month factory job

The sun was already searing the pavement on the early June morning when Mariam Hawas and her co-workers from the garment factory descended on the bank.(Associated Press, 12 a.m.)

Vietnamese hold anti-China march despite crackdown

A small group of Vietnamese have marched with signs to denounce China's actions in the South China Sea after about two dozen protesters were rounded up by police, shoved onto buses and driven away. (AP, 7/16/11)

Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest Jerusalem parking lot

Police are preventing hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jews from blocking a main street in protest against a Jerusalem municipal parking lot that is open on the Jewish Sabbath. (AP, 7/16/11)