AFP - A British soldier killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan, becoming the third British casualty there in a week will be named on Monday, the Ministry of Defence said.

Reuters - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and longtime rival Morgan Tsvangirai will sign a power-sharing deal on Monday likely to allow Mugabe to retain a grip on the army, and the opposition to control the police.

AP - President Evo Morales struggled to assert control over a badly fractured Bolivia on Sunday as protesters set fire to a town hall and blockaded highways in opposition-controlled provinces, provoking gasoline and food shortages.

AFP - Lehman Brothers declared bankruptcy Monday and Merrill Lynch announced a rescue sale in a series of dramas in the US financial system which hit European stocks as soon as trading began.

AP - Afghan authorities Monday handed over to Pakistan officials the son of a American-educated Pakistani woman who's been labeled an al-Qaida supporter and is on trial in the United States.

AP - Security forces backed by helicopter gunships and heavy artillery struck suspected militant hide-outs in northwest Pakistan, killing 32 people, including three women, an official said Monday.

AFP - Four people died in a helicopter crash Sunday in Western Australia's remote Kimberly region, police said.

AFP - US oil giant Chevron Sunday confirmed a shooting incident at one of its facilities in southern Nigeria, after a top militia group declared an "oil war" in the region.

AP - At the end of a dirt road in northern Mexico, the conveyer belts processing hundreds of tons of vegetables a year for U.S. and Mexican markets are open to the elements, protected only by a corrugated metal roof.

AP - Israel's government had its first discussion Sunday of a plan to offer West Bank settlers cash to leave their homes, a largely symbolic step taken as the prime minister approaches the premature end of his term.