Mounted atop huge elephants and wielding long mallets, the Chivas Regal Scotland team nabs its second King's Cup Elephant Polo title Sunday, after scoring a golden goal in overtime to beat Thailand's Mullis Capital, 6-5. About 1,500 people watched the fifth annual charity game, which raises money for Thailand's National Elephant Institute in Lampang. The tournament took place near Hua Hin, 80 miles southwest of Bangkok.

The Washington County sheriff's office announces Tuesday that a man thought to have disappeared while hiking in southwest Utah has been traced to Australia. Bryan Butas, 35, planned to go hiking alone July 30 near Leeds. The following day, his car was found near the Oak Grove campground in Dixie National Forest.

China's official news agency Xinhua reports a mysterious disease has killed 17 farmers in southwestern China. 41 more are been hospitalized. Preliminary investigations reveal the victims became infected after butchering sick pigs or sheep. Xinhua also says those affected have developed symptoms like high fever, fatigue, nausea and vomiting.

Glastonbury rock music festival is turning out to be the most effective anti-crime measure in Britain. Almost 120,000 people attend the annual event, consuming vast amounts of alcohol. Yet, authorities say crime figures didn't go up.

One Colombian mayor puts ban on gossip in his town. Ignacio Jimenez, mayor of Icononzo, southwest of Bogota, told a local newspaper he decreed the ban because loose tongues can cost lives in Colombia - in the grips of a guerrilla war involving Marxist rebels and far-right paramilitary outlaws.