AP - NATO forces returned fire across the Afghan border at attackers in Pakistan, officials said Sunday, an incident that could stir tension between Washington and Islamabad over the response to militants in the lawless border region.

AP - North Korea has invited foreign television stations to broadcast its planned destruction of a key facility at the Yongbyon nuclear complex, South Korea's chief nuclear negotiator said Sunday.

AP - U.N. nuclear sleuths probing allegations that Syria is hiding secret atomic activities expressed hope Sunday that a trip to Damascus will be the start of a thorough investigation into the accusations.

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.

AFP - One man was killed after small bombs were hurled at people protesting the controversial construction of South Korean steel giant POSCO's plant in eastern India, officials said Saturday.

AP - Chevron Corp. said Saturday that a breached Nigerian pipeline has prompted the company to shut down its onshore oil production.

AP - Followers of Muqtada al-Sadr accused the government Saturday of targeting their political movement as security forces arrested 20 policemen linked to the anti-American cleric.

AFP - Teenage quick Tim Southee's career-best haul paved the way for up an unlikely 22-run win for New Zealand in the third one-day international here Saturday as they levelled their series with England at 1-1.

AP - President Robert Mugabe accused the opposition of falsely claiming that their supporters were being beaten up ahead of next week's presidential runoff, state-run media reported Saturday.

AP - The decisive battle of the Iraq war is shaping up — not in the streets of Baghdad but in the halls of government where the future of America's role across the region is on the line.

AP - Roadside bombs killed five foreign troops and five government soldiers Saturday, part of a surge of violence that has made Afghanistan's battlefields deadlier for foreign forces than those in Iraq.

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

AFP - Australian Aborigines threatened Saturday to close one of the country's top tourist destinations, Uluru, in protest at what they described as "racist" government policies in remote communities.

AFP - Flash floods and landslides triggered by Typhoon Fengshen have left at least 14 people dead and forced the evacuation of tens of thousands in the Philippines, officials said Saturday.