Adviser downplays threat of renewed al-Qaida haven (AP)

AP - A top U.S. commander's public plea for more troops in Afghanistan prompted a mild rebuke Sunday from the White House national security adviser, as the administration heads into a second week of intensive negotiations over its evolving Afghan strategy.

Socialists trounce conservatives in Greek election (AP)

AP - Greece's Socialists trounced the governing conservatives in a landslide election Sunday, with voters angered by scandals and a faltering economy ousting Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis halfway through his second term.

Anti-Jewish statements raise concern on Honduras (AP)

AP - A Jewish civil rights organization is expressing alarm over conspiracy theories claiming Jews and Israel aided the ouster of the Honduran president and attempts to dislodge him from his refuge in the Brazilian Embassy.

Anti-Jewish statements raise concern over Honduras (AP)

AP - A Jewish civil rights organization is expressing alarm over conspiracy theories claiming Jews and Israel aided the ouster of the Honduran president and attempts to dislodge him from his refuge in the Brazilian Embassy.

Socialists trounce conservatives in Greek election (AP)

AP - Greece's Socialists trounced the governing conservatives in a landslide election Sunday, with voters angered by scandals and a faltering economy ousting Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis halfway through his second term.

Greece's new leader is a low-key veteran pol (AP)

AP - Two years ago, when George Papandreou led Greece's Socialist party to its worst election result in three decades, he was widely derided as an ineffective politician.

Last prominent militant disarms in Nigeria's delta (Reuters)

Reuters - Nigeria's last prominent militant leader agreed to halt fighting in the oil-producing Niger Delta and surrendered his weapons on Sunday in return for an unconditional pardon.

8 US troops killed in fierce Afghan fighting (AP)

AP - Hundreds of insurgents armed with automatic rifles and rocket-propelled grenades stormed a pair of remote outposts near the Pakistan border, killing eight U.S. soldiers and capturing more than 20 Afghan security troops in the deadliest assault against U.S. forces in more than a year, military officials said Sunday.

Socialists trounce conservatives in Greek election (AP)

AP - Greece's Socialists trounced the governing conservatives in a landslide election Sunday, with voters angered by scandals and a faltering economy ousting Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis halfway through his second term.

Adviser downplays threat of renewed al-Qaida haven (AP)

AP - A top U.S. commander's public plea for more troops in Afghanistan prompted a mild rebuke Sunday from the White House national security adviser, as the administration heads into a second week of intensive negotiations over its evolving Afghan strategy.

Socialists trounce conservatives in Greek election (AP)

AP - Greece's Socialists trounced the governing conservatives in a landslide election Sunday, with voters angered by scandals and a faltering economy ousting Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis halfway through his second term.

Thousands on village streets to see top rebel disarm (AFP)

AFP - Thousands of jubilant villagers of a Oporoza riverine villages in the Niger Delta came out to witness a top militant surrender his arsenal under a Nigerian government amnesty deal.

Eight US troops die in one of worst Afghan battles (AFP)

AFP - US forces suffered one of their bloodiest days in eight years of war in Afghanistan with eight soldiers killed when their remote outposts were overrun by hundreds of Taliban militants, officials said Sunday.

Socialists trounce conservatives in Greek election (AP)

AP - Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis has stepped down from the leadership of his conservative party following a humbling defeat to the Socialists in a national election Sunday.

Top US adviser doesn't see Taliban returning to power (AFP)

AFP - A top White House adviser said Sunday Afghanistan is in no imminent danger of falling to the Taliban and dismissed concern the group's resurgence could fuel a renewed Al-Qaeda sanctuary there.