CANADA

Top Canadian military official charged with murder

The arrest of the Air Force commander, charged with murder and sexual assault, shocked Canada's military.

UKRAINE

Ukrainian opposition leader: I've won

Ukraine's runoff election seemed to give pro-Russian candidate Viktor Yanukovych a victory, but the numbers were being contested.

UKRAINE

Loser in Ukraine vote may not concede

Analysts say the vote in Ukraine's presidential runoff will be close, with both sides expected to resort to legal maneuvering if defeat looms.

IRAQ

Iraqi court pressed to rule on banned candidates

Iraqi leaders on Saturday pushed the country's highest court to issue a quick ruling on hundreds of candidates who have been banned from running in March elections, warning that parliament will settle the controversy if the judges don't.

SOMALIA

19 killed in fighting in Somali capital

Women and children were among at least 19 people who were killed during heavy fighting in the Somoli capital.

GREAT BRITAIN | TONY BLAIR

Iraqi war was justified, Blair tells inquiry panel

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair told an investigative panel that Saddam Hussein's actions demanded military intervention.

GREAT BRITAIN | MARGARET THATCHER

Margaret Thatcher papers reveal cautioned response to Iranian hostage crisis

In 1979, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher refused a larger response to the Iranian hostage crisis asked for by Jimmy Carter, according to newly-released papers.

AL QAEDA

Bin Laden topic: climate change

In a new audiotape, Osama bin Laden blamed the United States and other industrialized nations for global warming.

WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM | REBUILDING HAITI

Haiti could emerge stronger after the quake, Bill Clinton says

Earthquake-stricken Haiti needs the world's help not to rebuild but to remake the country the Haitian people envision for the future.

REBUILDING

`We have to build better,' Haiti premier says

Haiti's prime minister says he hopes the devastated country's international partners will deliver on their promises -- not just with money, but with long-term resolve to help rebuild.

World leaders look at long-term help for Haiti

Foreign leaders and organizations joined the United States in pledging to help rebuild Haiti over the next decade, but costs and specific plans remain elusive

IRAQ CONTRACT WORK

Audit blasts State Department oversight in Iraq

For nearly $4.5 million a year, the State Department assigned a 16-person security detail to protect six U.S. contractors in Iraq who already had a team of hired guards they didn't really need.

PAKISTAN

Officials: U.S. drone crashes

A suspected U.S. drone crashed in Pakistan's lawless tribal area near the Afghan border Sunday, a rare mishap for a program Washington has increasingly relied on to kill Taliban and al Qaeda militants, said intelligence officials and a local resident.

AFGHANISTAN

U.S.-funded power plant too costly for Afghans

An audit of a U.S. watchdog agency found that the Afghanistan government isn't able to maintain a power plant in Kabul that was built with U.S. tax dollars.

AFGHANISTAN

Taliban strikes in Afghan capital kill 5, injure at least 71

Making a bold move from countryside strikes to a major city, Taliban militants attacked several places in the heart of Kabul, Afghanistan.

IRAQ

`Chemical Ali' sentenced to hang

Ali Hassan al Majid received his fourth death sentence for crimes against humanity for a deadly gas attack against a Kurdish town in 1988.

AFGHANISTAN

Afghan Cabinet picks blocked in 2nd blow for Karzai

Ten of 17 ministers proposed by President Hamid Karzai in his second bid to form a government were rejected by the Afghan parliament.

IRAQ

Rarely used flying bomb strikes new targets

Militants have been using an unusual weapon sometimes called a ``flying IED'' in their attacks.

TERRORISM

Few changes in security at many airports

Worldwide, responses to new U.S. security demands are mixed. Most European airports apparently have not increased screening for passengers.