Victims Being Identified After Russian Train Wreck Relatives have begun the grim process of identifying loved ones killed in the wreck of a train Russian authorities say was blown off the tracks by a terrorist bomb. Staff, AP NEWS - 7 minutes ago
Family: Slain Public Defender Didn’t Speak of Fear An assistant federal public defender found strangled in her Oregon home was strong and athletic and would not have been easily overpowered, family members say. Staff, AP NEWS - 10 minutes ago
Cops: 4 Die in Calif. Crash as Car Runs Red Light Authorities say four members of a family, including two children, were killed when their minivan was hit broadside by a car that ran a red light in west-central California. Staff, AP NEWS - 13 minutes ago
Shootings Leave 3 Dead, 1 Wounded in Eastern Kan. A search is on in eastern Kansas for a man authorities want to question after a shooting that left three people dead and another wounded. Staff, AP NEWS - 19 minutes ago
Revaluation of the Yuan Would Be “Appropriate”: EU The head of the European Central Bank said here Sunday that a revaluation of the yuan currency would be “appropriate” after talks with China’s Premier Wen Jiabao. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 27 minutes ago
AP NewsAlert Powerful opposition leader calls on Pakistani president to relinquish more powers immediately. Staff, AP NEWS - 29 minutes ago
Afghan Gov't: 26 Militants Killed Along Border Officials say 26 militants were killed in a gun battle with border security guards in eastern Afghanistan along the Pakistan frontier. Staff, AP NEWS - 51 minutes ago
Eq. Guinea Vote to Reinstall Leader Denying Graft Elections in Equatorial Guinea on Sunday will undoubtedly extend the 30-year rule of Teodoro Obiang Nguema, a man accused of draining his nation’s oil wealth to fabulously enrich family and cronies while his people suffer in slums. Michelle Faul, AP NEWS - 53 minutes ago
2 Stranded Whales Near Death on Bali Beach Two young whales are stranded on Indonesia’s resort island of Bali and will die on the beach because they are too weak to survive even if returned to the water, an official said Sunday. Staff, AP NEWS - 70 minutes ago
Iran’s Larijani Warns of Less Cooperation With IAEA Parliament speaker Ali Larijani warned on Sunday that Iran could “seriously decrease” cooperation with the UN atomic watchdog after it demanded that Tehran halt work on a second nuclear plant. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 87 minutes ago
Australia Climate Deal Threat Ahead of Copenhagen Australia’s commitment to slash carbon pollution by up to 25 percent was in jeopardy Sunday, as rebel opposition politicians refused to support the deal. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 87 minutes ago
Karzai Under Pressure to Draw Up Troop Exit Plan British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has upped the pressure on Afghan President Hamid Karzai insisting he draw up in the next two months an action plan to enable foreign forces to start withdrawing. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 87 minutes ago
Brown Ups Pressure on Karzai for Afghan Exit Plan Prime Minister Gordon Brown has upped the pressure on Afghan President Hamid Karzai insisting he draw up in the next two months an action plan to enable foreign forces to start withdrawing. Afp, AFP EUROPEAN EDITION - 87 minutes ago
Sri Lanka’s Ex-Military Chief Runs for President The Sri Lankan general who led troops to victory over Tamil separatists after decades of war formally announced on Sunday that he would try to unseat the president in January elections. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 87 minutes ago
British PM Sets Targets for Afghan President Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Sunday he wanted to set President Hamid Karzai a series of three-monthly targets so that international forces can start to hand over control of Afghanistan. Afp, AFP ASIAN EDITION - 87 minutes ago
N.Korea Leader Took Son on ‘Guidance’ Trip: Report North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il took youngest son Kim Jong-Un on a “field guidance” trip as part of his grooming to take over the Stalinist nation, a Japanese newspaper reported Sunday. Afp, AFP ASIAN EDITION - 87 minutes ago
Chinese Police Capture Suspect in Family Slaughter Police in China said Sunday they had captured a man suspected of hacking to death his parents, wife, sons and sister in Beijing. Afp, AFP ASIAN EDITION - 87 minutes ago
Woods Remains Mum on Crash: Police Tiger Woods put off an interview with police for a second day, deepening the mystery surrounding the late-night, one-car crash that left the global golf icon bloody and dazed. Afp, AFP AMERICAN EDITION - 87 minutes ago