New York - The United Nations on Friday joined some 800 monuments and landmark sites around the world in commemorating World Diabetes Day by lighting its building in blue.

Other sites include the Pyramids and Sphinx in Egypt, the statue of Christ the Redeemer in Brazil, Niagara Falls, the Tower of London, the Sears Tower in Chicago and the Alamo in Texas.

Pristina - An explosive device was thrown Friday evening at the Pristina office of the internationally-appointed administrator for Kosovo, local police said.

Several cars were damaged and windows were smashed, but no one was injured in the attack, police spokesman Veton Elshani told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa.

Washington - Leaders from the Group of 20 nations were heading to the United States Friday for an historic summit to address a financial crisis threatening to derail the global economy.

US President George W Bush will welcome the leaders of 21 countries to the White House for a working dinner Friday evening and the group will hold an intensive day of talks Saturday aimed at overhauling the world's financial system.

San Francisco - Citing a "new economic reality," Sun MicroSystems said Friday that it would restructure and shed up to 6,000 jobs or 18 per cent of its worldwide staff.

The maker of high powered server computers has been struggling for years as its enterprise clients switch to cheaper alternatives based on Microsoft Windows and open-source Linux systems.

Lima - Peruvian Police colonel Oswaldo Alfaro, who was to be in charge of security at the 16th summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum, was removed from the job a week before the gathering that is set to be held in Lima, Peruvian media reported Friday.

New Interior Minister Remigio Hernani was said to have removed Alfaro along with all other officials with ties to former head of police Octavio Salazar, a personal rival whom he has already dismissed.

Amsterdam - Dutch integration minister Ella Vogelaar's resignation on Thursday highlights a shift to the right on the topic of migrant policy by the Dutch Labour Party.

Undoubtedly, Vogelaar's poor communication skills, painfully exposed by the Dutch media since her tenure began in February 2007, contributed to the fact her own party ousted her. But in the end it was a difference on migrant issues that sparked her departure.