Ethiopian girls join a candlelight procession on the eve of the Coptic millennium. Soldiers patrolled the streets and the capital was decked out in streamers and lights Tuesday in the countdown to Ethiopia's millennium, seven years after the rest of the world. Ethiopia, which follows the Coptic calendar instead of the more common Gregorian, will ring in the 21st century with an all-night party capped by a Black Eyed Peas concert.

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CAIRO — A newspaper editor will be put on trial over his paper's recent reports questioning the health of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, 79, the state news agency said Tuesday.

Ibrahim Eissa, 41, editor of the independent daily Al-Dustor, was questioned for seven hours last week for printing the rumors and released without bail, but the general prosecutor decided Tuesday to send the case to trial, the MENA news agency reported.

Eissa's trial on charges of disturbing the peace and harming national economic interests was set to begin Oct. 1, said his lawyer, Nasser Amin.

LA PAZ — Bolivia announced Tuesday it will require visas for U.S. tourists beginning Dec. 1, following through on a pledge to treat Americans much the way they treat Bolivians entering the U.S.

Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca said U.S. citizens would now fall under Bolivia's most highly regulated migratory category.

A 30-day tourist visa will cost $134, an amount similar to fees paid by Bolivian citizens applying to enter the United States.

U.S. tourists now need only fill out a small form on entering Bolivia, which grants them 30 days' stay with the chance to apply for up to 90 days.

The new category requires proof of "economic solvency," proof of hotel reservations for the entire planned visit or a notarized invitation from a Bolivian citizen, a yellow-fever vaccine, and a small passport photo taken against a "red background."

The Bolivian Tourism Chamber says more than 70,000 Americans visited in 2005, the last year for which estimates were available. Americans spend about $40 million a year in South America's poorest country.

Bolivian President Evo Morales has called Bolivia's new policy "a matter of reciprocity."

The U.S. government requires Bolivians to obtain visas to enter the U.S., charging $100 for each visa plus a $14 fee per family to begin the application process.

MOSCOW — The Russian military has successfully tested what it described as the world's most powerful non-nuclear air-delivered bomb, Russia's state television reported Tuesday.

It was the latest show of Russia's military muscle amid chilly relations with the U.S.

Channel One television said the new weapon, nicknamed the "dad of all bombs" is four times as powerful as the U.S. "mother of all bombs."

The new bomb is comparable to a nuclear weapon, said Col.-Gen. Alexander Rukshin, a deputy chief of the Russian military's General Staff.

But unlike a nuclear device, the bomb does not hurt the environment, Rukshin added.

TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, whose year-old government has suffered a string of damaging scandals and a humiliating electoral defeat, has told ruling party leaders he intends to resign, an official said today.

Tadamori Oshima, parliamentary affairs chief for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, said Abe would make the resignation announcement later in the day.