Reuters - Sudan criticized both U.S. vice-presidential contenders on Sunday for suggesting they might support a no-fly zone over Darfur, saying the plan showed they knew little about the conflict.

Reuters - Britain's commander in Afghanistan has said the war against the Taliban cannot be won, the Sunday Times reported.

Reuters - Germany said on Sunday it would guarantee more than 500 billion euros ($693 billion) in private deposit accounts to protect savers from the worst global financial crisis since the 1930s.

Reuters - Democrat Barack Obama counterattacked on Sunday against a new Republican tactic by saying rival John McCain was more interested in a smear campaign than fixing the U.S. economy.

AP - Wachovia Corp., at the center of a fight between Wells Fargo & Co. and Citigroup Inc. over who will buy the beleaugered bank, is moving ahead with its deal to sell itself to Wells Fargo — while questions arise about the damaging effects that prolonged litigation might have on Wachovia.

AP - The Taliban are furious about the latest apparent U.S. missile strike in Pakistan, indicating a senior militant may be among two dozen people killed, officials and residents said Sunday.

AP - Ann Burke saw signs of trouble with her daughter's boyfriend.

AP - Hurricane Ike's winds and massive waves destroyed oil platforms, tossed storage tanks and punctured pipelines. The environmental damage only now is becoming apparent: At least a half million gallons of crude oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico and the marshes, bayous and bays of Louisiana and Texas, according to an analysis of federal data by The Associated Press.

AP - Russian troops on Sunday began dismantling positions in the so-called security zones inside Georgia that they have occupied since August's war, Georgian and EU officials said, a sign Russia will fulfill its pledged pullback.

AP - And though she may have scored a political hit each time, her attack was unsubstantiated and carried a racially tinged subtext that John McCain himself may come to regret.