AP - Israeli officials say the U.S. has provided Israel with an advanced radar system that will give early warning in case of an Iranian missile attack.

AP - Islamic militants struck back at security forces in Pakistan's northwest while gunmen Sunday abducted a Polish engineer and extended a wave of attacks on foreigners.

AP - Austrians began voting in parliamentary elections Sunday that analysts said could bolster the standing of the country's two right-wing parties.

AFP - Prime Minister Wen Jiabao vowed Saturday to ensure the 'Made in China' brand was safe for consumers at home and abroad, as a mounting contamination scandal led to a new European Union import ban.

AFP - The coup leader who seized power in Mauritania last month rejected Saturday an ultimatum set by the African Union to reinstate President Sidi Ould Sheikh Abdallahi by October 6.

AP - A deadly clash on a jungle highway has become the newest and bloodiest symbol of Bolivia's political crisis, pitting President Evo Morales against an autonomy movement in the eastern lowlands that is bitterly resisting his leftist reforms.

AP - The abduction of a European tour group in a distant corner of Egypt's desert underlines the potential dangers of adventure tourism pushing deeper into remote destinations and getting closer to conflict zones.

AP - A brazen car bombing near Syrian security offices killed 17 people Saturday, the deadliest attack in decades that raised questions about the regime's usually strong grip as the country tries to boost its international profile.

AP - Chinese celebrated their nation's first spacewalk Saturday, gathering at outdoor TV screens to cheer live video of the milestone for a program that has ambitions of building a space station and challenging the U.S. and Russia in offworld exploration.

AP - A U.S. destroyer off the coast of Somalia closed in Saturday on a hijacked Ukrainian ship loaded with tanks and ammunition, watching it to ensure the pirates who seized it do not try to remove any cargo or crew.

AFP - China's three astronauts prepared Saturday for the nation's first ever space walk as the country waited with bated breath to see if the manoeuvre, deemed highly risky, would be successful.