AP - Suspected Sunni insurgents ambushed a minibus carrying Iraqi police recruits near the Syrian border Monday, killing all 11 passengers, Iraqi officials said — the first deadly attack since Iraqi forces launched a major sweep against al-Qaida fighters in the region.

AP - Israeli aircraft launched at least two strikes on Palestinians Tuesday, killing a 13-year-old boy and an unidentified man in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian doctors said.

AP - Myanmar began three days of mourning for some 78,000 cyclone victims Tuesday, after its ruling junta appeared to relent to foreign pressure to allow more outside help for its storm survivors.

AP - China said it was struggling to find shelter for many of the 5 million people whose homes were destroyed in last week's earthquake, while the region remained jittery Tuesday over warnings of aftershocks.

AP - An American sniper was removed from Iraq after he used a copy of the Quran for target practice, the military said Sunday, a day after a U.S. commander held a formal ceremony apologizing to Sunni tribal leaders.

AP - A Taliban militant group claimed responsibility Monday for a suicide bombing that killed at least 11 people at the gate of an army base in Pakistan's volatile northwest.

AP - Zimbabwe's opposition party accused the country's military Monday of plotting to assassinate the group's presidential candidate using snipers.

AP - The U.S. military is holding about 500 juveniles suspected of being "unlawful enemy combatants" in detention centers in Iraq and has about 10 detained in Afghanistan, the United States has told the United Nations.

AP - Myanmar's military regime allowed the U.N. humanitarian chief into the devastated Irrawaddy delta for a brief tour on Monday, a U.N. official said, as the government's dealings with the international community appeared to thaw.