AP - In the two weeks since a monsoon-swollen river burst its banks, ancient prejudices have run just as deep as the floodwaters. India's "untouchables" are the last to be rescued — if at all — from a deluge that has killed dozens and made 1.2 million homeless.

AFP - Runaway fires driven by strong winds across South Africa at the weekend killed at least 20 people, including two children, media reported Monday.

Reuters - European Union leaders agreed on Monday to postpone talks with Russia on a new partnership pact scheduled for later this month if Moscow had not withdrawn its troops to pre-conflict positions in Georgia by then.

AP - Foreign and Afghan forces accidentally killed five children in two separate operations Monday, further undermining President Hamid Karzai after he demanded a halt to attacks in civilian areas.

AP - Japan's chronically unpopular prime minister abruptly resigned Monday after a yearlong struggle with a deadlocked parliament, leaving the weakened ruling party to grapple with a stalled economy and rising calls for snap elections.

AP - European Union leaders warned Russia on Monday that talks with on a wide-ranging political and economic agreement would be postponed unless Russian troops pull back from positions in Georgia.

AP - American forces on Monday handed over security responsibility to the Iraqis in a province that the U.S. once feared was lost — a sign of the stunning reversal of fortunes since local Sunnis turned against al-Qaida in Iraq.

AFP - At least four people were killed and 19 others wounded when a powerful bomb ripped through a packed passenger bus in the southern Philippines on Monday, police and disaster officials said.

AP - The Nigerian military says kidnappers have released an Israeli hostage unharmed.

AP - The U.S. military has handed over security control of the western province of Anbar to Iraqi forces.