IRAQ - More than 40 killed in bombings
BAGHDAD (AP): Bombings killed more than 40 people in Iraq yesterday in the worst violence since United States combat troops withdrew from urban areas last week, and American forces released five Iranian officials suspected of aiding Shi'ite...

COSTA RICA - Resolution for leadership crisis on shaky grounds
COSTA RICA (AP): Leaders of the government that ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya in a coup have arrived in Costa Rica for talks on resolving the leadership crisis

ITALY - G-8 partners tackle environmental issues
Italy (AP):President Barack Obama and his G-8 summit partners held tense discussions yesterday about how both rich and emerging nations can live up to new clean-climate goals adopted by leading industrialised...

ENGLAND - Senior cop probes hacking allegation
LONDON (AP):Britain's most senior policeman ordered an inquiry yesterday into claims that journalists from a tabloid, owned by media mogul Rupert Murdoch, illegally hacked into the mobile phones of hundreds...

Hundreds injured in quake
BEIJING (AP): State media says a moderate earthquake rocked southwestern China, injuring at least 336 people.

Cemetery workers charged with dismembering bodies
Illinois (AP): Four cemetery workers have been charged with dismembering bodies after police found what they called "startling and revolting" conditions at a historic cemetery near Chicago.