Pakistan: Blast kills at least 17

Shipping containers full of fireworks caught fire and exploded Tuesday, blowing in walls of a school and raining fiery debris on surrounding buildings. At least 17 people died, including two children.

Dozens of others were injured in the blasts at a trucking depot near the town of Sialkot as the fireworks were being placed in two containers for shipment to Lahore, 60 miles to the southwest.

Officials said the fireworks had been falsely listed on shipping documents as children’s toys but said they didn’t yet know what sparked the explosions.

Ivory Coast: Lawmakers seek denial of peace accord

Ruling party lawmakers urged Ivory Coast’s legislature on Tuesday to reject a peace accord as rebels warned they would attack the country’s commercial capital rather than renegotiate the French-brokered deal.

The wrangling came as the army and rebels traded accusations of attacks — the first since the French-brokered deal was signed Jan. 24.

Ivorian Patriotic Front representative Dalaba Zozore, reading a statement by ruling party members in the National Assembly, argued the accord “legitimizes” a 4-month-old uprising by rebels who have captured half the West African country.