AFP - Zimbabwe's political rivals are set to resume power-sharing talks on Monday after marathon negotiations the previous day ended with President Robert Mugabe "confident" a deal was within reach.

AP - Hurricane Hernan weakened to Category 1 strength in the eastern Pacific on Sunday as it lumbered over cooler waters far from land, the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said.

AP - Iranian media are quoting the country's vice president as saying Iranians are "friends of all people in the world — even Israelis."

AFP - Police are continuing to investigate on Monday following the discovery of the bodies of two Chinese students in a flat in Newcastle.

AP - Voters vigorously endorsed President Evo Morales on Sunday in a recall referendum he devised to try to break a political stalemate and revive his leftist crusade, partial unofficial results showed.

AP - President Bush said Monday the Beijing Olympics exceeded his expectations, calling them a "very uplifting experience" that he won't forget.

AP - A series of clashes and an airstrike in southern Afghanistan killed 25 militants and eight civilians held hostage by insurgents, the U.S.-led coalition said in a statement Monday.

AP - President Bush, increasingly distracted by Russia's harsh military crackdown in Georgia, took in one final golden Olympic moment Monday then ended what was likely his last trip to Asia before he leaves the White House.

AP - Russia and Georgia clashed on land and at sea Sunday despite a Georgian cease-fire offer and claim of withdrawal from the separatist province of South Ossetia, officials from both countries said.

AFP - Australian soldiers have captured a key Taliban commander in southern Afghanistan, the military said Sunday.

Reuters - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe was locked in long talks with opposition leaders on Sunday after signs they were about to reach a power-sharing deal to end a post-election political crisis.

AP - Hurricane Hernan weakened to Category 1 strength on Sunday as it lumbered over cooler waters far from land.

AP - Iraq and China are set to revive a $1.2 billion oil deal that was canceled after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, the Iraq's oil ministry said Sunday.

AFP - AB de Villiers threw down a challenge to South Africa's bowlers Sunday after a fighting innings of 97 gave his team an outside chance of victory in the fourth and final Test at the Oval.