World in brief: Murder suspect arrives in Peru

Lima, Peru – The lone suspect in the disappearance of U.S. teen Natalee Holloway was paraded – moist-eyed and looking stunned – before reporters Saturday as Peruvians denounced him and detectives began interrogating him about the killing of a Lima student.

Joran van der Sloot arrived at criminal police headquarters in a brown Interpol SUV and was escorted across an auditorium crowded with shouting, shutter-snapping journalists three times.

Wearing a green bulletproof vest, his hands handcuffed behind him, the husky 22-year-old stared straight ahead and didn’t respond to reporters’ questions or make eye contact.

His interrogation began almost immediately, Gen. Cesar Guardia, chief of Peru’s criminal police, told the Associated Press.

Van der Sloot is suspected of killing 21-year-old Stephany Flores on May 30 at his hotel room in the Peruvian capital. Police in neighboring Chile caught van der Sloot on Thursday and expelled him across the border a day later.

Bomb kills one in Kandahar

Kandahar, Afghanistan – A bomb exploded Saturday outside the provincial governor’s office in the Afghan city of Kandahar, killing one policeman and wounding at least 14 civilians, officials said.

The attack reflects deteriorating security in the largest city in the country’s volatile south – also the Taliban’s spiritual home – where NATO is preparing for a major operation seen as key to combating the insurgency. Gov. Tooryalai Wesa was not in his office at the time.

Kandahar city police Chief Sardar Mohammad Zazai said the explosives were strapped to a bicycle on the street outside the compound where the governor lives and works.