AFP - A South Korean-led international consortium said Monday it has reached a deal to sell natural gas from Myanmar to China.

AFP - The International Whaling Commission, a treaty organization grouping 80 countries, was to meet on Monday in Chile to debate a possible resumption of commercial whale-hunting.

Reuters - Rescuers held little hope on Monday of finding some 800 people missing from a capsized ferry in the Philippines, as divers prepared to drill into the ship's hull in the hope of finding survivors in air pockets.

AFP - The Jeddah energy summit, convened to address rocketing oil prices, called on Sunday for greater transparency and regulation in dealing and more investment in production.

AFP - The International Whaling Commission, a treaty organization grouping 80 countries, is to meet next week in Chile to debate possibly allowing a resumption of commercial whale-hunting.

Reuters - An Iranian newspaper has been banned after carrying articles critical of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's economic policies, the state Press TV satellite station said on its website.

Reuters - More than 800 people were missing on Monday after a Philippine ferry capsized in a typhoon that has killed scores and left a trail of destruction across the archipelago.

AP - Bizarre microbes flourish in the most punishing environments on Earth from the bone-dry Atacama Desert in Chile to the boiling hot springs of Yellowstone National Park to the sunless sea bottom vents in the Pacific.

AP - The U.S. energy secretary said Saturday that insufficient oil production, not financial speculation, was driving soaring crude prices.

AP - Even as a youngster, Rollie looked older and wiser than his years. His white mustache sprouted longer by the month, until it flamed from his cheeks like a German kaiser's.

AP - A rescue ship battling huge waves and strong winds on Sunday reached a passenger ferry that capsized in Typhoon Fengshen, but found none of the more than 700 people who were on board. The storm has submerged entire communities in the Philippines and left at least 80 people dead.