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Iraq electoral law passes, sets up national vote
Iraq's parliament ended weeks of debate Sunday and passed a long-delayed law paving the way for the planned January election to go forward, sidestepping a crisis that could have delayed the U.S. troop withdrawal.
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Government: 91 dead in El Salvador flooding
Mud and boulders loosened by heavy rains swept down a volcano and partly buried the town of Verapaz Sunday, swallowing up homes and cars as massive flooding killed 91 people throughout El Salvador, authorities said. Another five dozen people are missing.
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Germany celebrates memory of Berlin Wall falling
With concerts and memorials on Monday, Germans will celebrate the day the Berlin Wall came crashing down 20 years ago.
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Clinton: Berlin Wall festivities not just a party
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urged Europeans and Americans on Sunday to see the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall as a call to action against new global threats.
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Brazil student expelled after wearing mini-dress
A Brazilian university has expelled a woman who was heckled by hundreds of fellow students for wearing a short, pink dress to class - publicly accusing her Sunday of immorality.
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Karzai vows to keep corrupt officials out of govt
The embattled Afghan president pledged Sunday that there would be no place for corrupt officials in his new administration - a demand made by Washington and its international partners as they ponder sending more troops to confront the Taliban and shore up his government.
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Pakistan bomb kills anti-Taliban mayor, 11 others
A suicide bomber blew himself up Sunday in a market in northwest Pakistan crowded with shoppers ahead of a Muslim holiday, killing 12 people, including a mayor who once supported but had turned against the Taliban, officials said.
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New fair targets France's 260,000 annual divorces
The city of romance got a lesson in love's hard knocks Sunday, as thousands flocked to the French capital's first divorce fair.
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Saudis take mountain from Yemen rebels
Saudi Arabian forces seized a strategic mountain straddling the border with Yemen and cleared it of Shiite rebels after five days of fighting that have left three Saudi soldiers dead, a Saudi defense official said Sunday.
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Pakistani gov't pressured on post-offensive plan
As Pakistan's army plows ahead with its offensive in South Waziristan, its success is at risk because the government has yet to come up with a plan to run and rebuild the lawless territory so that the Taliban and al-Qaida don't re-emerge.
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