AFP - The US special envoy for Sudan said Sunday he would shuttle between northern and southern leaders to try to resolve a crisis in a disputed oil district where deadly clashes have sparked fears of a new civil war.

AP - A weak tropical storm formed Saturday off the Yucatan Peninsula and quickly made landfall at the Belize-Mexico border, dumping rain and kicking up surf.

AP - Gunfire erupted as Macedonians voted in early parliamentary elections, and two people were reported wounded.

AP - Myanmar needs more than food and shelter. It needs human expertise for everything from cleaning water to mental health counseling — and right now, those experts can't get to the hard-hit delta.

AP - The U.S. military says one of its helicopters has crashed south of Baghdad, wounding two American soldiers.

AP - U.S. military deaths plunged in May to the lowest monthly level in more than four years and civilian casualties were down sharply, too, as Iraqi forces assumed the lead in offensives in three cities and a truce with Shiite extremists took hold.

AP - A police official says a car bomb exploded in Baghdad near the Iranian embassy, killing at least two civilians and wounding five people.

AP - A military helicopter carrying 10 people injured in China's devastating earthquake and four crew members crashed in fog and turbulence, and authorities were searching for survivors, state media reported Sunday.

Reuters - A former Pakistani minister was denied entry to India because he arrived at the New Delhi airport without proper papers, not as reports said because he was mistaken for a criminal, the government said on Saturday.

AFP - Two supporters of Zimbabwe's ruling party have been shot dead in the country's northeast, state radio reported Saturday, amid mounting violence ahead of a presidential run-off next month.

AP - Investigators were probing a commercial jetliner crash that killed five people and injured 65 in Honduras, as authorities blocked additional flights from landing at the capital's notoriously dangerous airport on Saturday.

AP - Lebanese troops shot and killed a suicide bomber near Lebanon's largest Palestinian refugee camp Saturday, a senior military official said.

AFP - Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said Saturday his government is planning new measures to stimulate economic growth and make Spanish business more competitive.

AP - Matucana's mayor is a worried man. The Shining Path rebels who terrorized Peru decades ago are back, moving across the jungle-draped slopes near his remote village and recruiting young fighters to their born-again insurgency.