AP - Iraqi officials say an interior ministry brigadier has been killed in a drive-by shooting in western Baghdad.

AFP - Luiz Felipe Scolari has lit the fuse on Chelsea's explosive Premier League showdown with Manchester United by admitting he could make a move to sign Cristiano Ronaldo.

AP - Pakistan's prime minister says the death toll from the huge truck bombing of a luxury hotel in Pakistan's capital has reached about 53.

AP - Nigeria's main militant group declared a ceasefire in the southern oil region on Sunday, ending the worst spate of militant attacks in years to hit Africa's oil giant.

Reuters - At least 50 people were injured on Saturday when Bangladeshi police used batons to disperse a protest by textile workers demanding to be paid early ahead of the Muslim Eid al-Fitr festival, police and witnesses said.

AP - Affable populist Jacob Zuma could teach other politicians a thing or two about resiliency.

AP - Prominent Palestinians are lighting a fire under Israel's feet by proposing a peace in which there would be no separate Palestine and Israel, but a single state with equal rights for all.

AFP - Europe held their nerve Saturday to narrow the gap on the United States to 7-5 as the morning foursomes produced another batch of back-and-forth battles at the 37th Ryder Cup.

AP - The stooped man in the yarmulke fights his way through this chaotic city, the weight of generations heavy upon his shoulders.