Reuters - Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has taken refuge in the Dutch embassy after pulling out of a presidential election because of attacks on his supporters, Dutch officials said on Monday.

Reuters - Democrat Barack Obama's race will complicate his White House bid, Americans say in both interviews and a poll showing that nearly a third of them acknowledge feeling racial prejudice.

AP - Returning to his favorite stage and resuming his dominant ways on grass, Roger Federer started his bid for a sixth straight Wimbledon title Monday by sweeping Dominik Hrbaty in straight sets on a sunbathed Centre Court.

AP - Straddling risky economic crosscurrents, the Federal Reserve is expected to stand still this week on interest rates.

AP - European Union nations approved new sanctions against Iran on Monday, including an assets freeze of the country's biggest bank.

AP - Militants ambushed troops patrolling in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan, prompting a gunbattle and airstrikes that left about 55 militants dead, the U.S.-led coalition said Monday.

AP - Zimbabwe's opposition leader has fled to the Dutch Embassy saying he feared for his safety, while police on Monday raided his party's headquarters and took about 60 people away.

AP - Former rivals Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton plan to campaign together Friday in the small New Hampshire town of Unity, their first joint appearance meant to ease tensions over the closely fought Democratic primary.

AP - Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television. Some People Are Stupid. Stuff. People I Can Do Without. George Carlin, who died Sunday at 71, leaves behind not only a series of memorable routines, but a legal legacy: His most celebrated monologue, led to a Supreme Court decision on broadcasting offensive language.

AFP - Philippine rescue teams battled furious seas and high winds Monday in a desperate hunt for more survivors of a ferry that sank in a typhoon with 862 people aboard.

AFP - Zimbabwe's ruling party said Monday that opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai's decision to withdraw from this week's presidential run-off was a ruse, and urged its supporters to campaign hard.

Reuters - Sectarian fighting raged for a second day in north Lebanon on Monday, further denting a Qatari-brokered deal to end the country's political crisis.