AP - A U.S. diplomat narrowly escaped an attempt on her life Tuesday when two men with AK-47s jumped in front of her armored vehicle and sprayed it with bullets, staging a brazen attack that raised fears other foreigners could be targeted.

AP - A man holding a knife hijacked a plane, carrying more than 100 people Tuesday in Sudan's troubled Darfur region, a security official said.

AP - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is warning his country may respond to a U.S. missile shield in Europe through military means.

AP - A suicide bomber with explosives hidden beneath his traditional robe blew himself up Tuesday in a crowd of Iraqis trying to join the police force, killing at least 25 people in the second major bombing in Iraq this week.

AP - Hurricane Gustav struck Haiti on Tuesday and sent global oil prices soaring on fears it could become "extremely dangerous" even before it reaches the Gulf of Mexico.

AP - Opposition legislators jeered President Robert Mugabe on Tuesday as he opened Zimbabwe's parliament, singing and chanting and sometimes drowning out his voice.

AP - The 27-year-old woman and her husband already had three children — all girls. They badly wanted a boy, and she had not conceived in five years, so doctors gave her hormones.

AP - Russia formally recognized the breakaway Georgian territories at the heart of its war with Georgia on Tuesday, drawing immediate condemnation from the West as the United States dispatched a military ship bearing aid to a port city still patrolled by Russian troops.

AFP - National Foods, a unit of Japanese brewing giant Kirin, has acquired Australia's Dairy Farmers co-operative for 910 million Australian dollars (782 million US), the companies confirmed Tuesday.

AFP - North Korea said Tuesday that it has stopped disabling its nuclear plants and will consider restoring the Yongbyon complex as it accused the United States of violating a six-nation disarmament deal.

AP - The old shore road to Totope is now under the sea, and when developers began carving out another one, it was washed away so often they abandoned it. Now the road to this village is just a track across the sand.

AP - Forecasters say tropical storm Julio has weakened to a tropical depression after drenching the central section of Mexico's Baja California peninsula.

AP - A police official says a bomb planted in a parked car has killed four people and wounded six — including three policemen — in the city of Tikrit north of Baghdad.