AP - A raid by foreign and Afghan forces in Kabul killed a man and his two children early Monday, a police official and witnesses said.

AP - Russia warned the West on Monday against supporting Georgia's leadership and called for an arms embargo against the ex-Soviet republic nation until a different government is in place.

AFP - At least 32 people were killed or reported missing and about 258,000 homes destroyed in a powerful earthquake in southwest China, state media said Sunday.

AFP - Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua has been in a Saudi hospital for several days, a hospital official said on Sunday, as his government insisted he was in good health.

AP - Hundreds of thousands of frustrated Mexicans, many carrying pictures of kidnapped loved ones, marched across the country Saturday to demand government action against a relentless tide of killings, abductions and shootouts.

AP - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas rejected Israel's idea of an interim peace agreement at a Sunday summit, a Palestinian negotiator said, insisting on an all-or-nothing approach that virtually ruled out an accord by a January target date.

AFP - Andrew Flintoff starred with bat and ball as England won the fourth one-day international against South Africa by seven wickets at Lord's on Sunday.

AP - People in the poor, mainly Tamil neighborhood in Colombo described it as a harrowing day.

AP - The advice of doctors to Zimbabweans is, don't get sick. If you do, don't count on hospitals — they're short of drugs and functioning equipment.

AP - Stranded by hundreds of miles of floodwaters and trapped on rooftops and trees, desperate villagers stormed rescue boats on Sunday as they tried to escape the flooding that tore through a riverbank and spilled over northern India's vast plains.

AP - Traffic moved through a Russian checkpoint on Sunday, but crowds of refugees remained camped nearby, preferring hot tents and filthy toilets to the violence they fear awaits them at home.

AP - Cubans returned from shelters to find flooded homes and washed-out roads Sunday, but no deaths were reported after a monstrous Hurricane Gustav roared across the island and into the oil-rich Gulf of Mexico.

AFP - Australia on Sunday warned of a "high risk" of terror attacks on domestic and international flights in and to the United States, urging citizens to be vigilant while in the country.

AFP - Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej turned to parliament Sunday to try and defuse protests that have blockaded his offices and briefly shut airports, but insisted he would stay in power.

Reuters - Libya and Italy signed an accord on Saturday under which Italy will pay $5 billion in compensation for colonial misdeeds during its decades-long rule of the North African country.