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Accident on Russian nuclear sub suffocates 20 (AP)

AP - The fire safety system on a brand-new Russian nuclear submarine accidentally turned on as the sub was being tested in the Sea of Japan, spewing a gas that suffocated 20 people and sent 21 others to the hospital, officials said Sunday.

USGS: 6.5-magnitude quake strikes northwest China (AP)

Monks brawl at Christian holy site in Jerusalem (AP)

AP - Israeli police rushed into one of Christianity's holiest churches Sunday and arrested two clergyman after an argument between monks erupted into a brawl next to the site of Jesus' tomb.

Bomb attacks kill 8, wound dozens across Iraq (AP)

AP - Bombs killed at least eight people Sunday across Iraq and wounded dozens of others, officials said. Syria's president blamed the U.S. military presence for Iraq's instability and called on U.S. troops to leave.

Pilot blinded by stroke is guided safely to ground (AP)

AP - A British pilot who was suddenly blinded by a stroke during a solo flight was talked safely down by a military pilot, the Royal Air Force said Friday.

Doctors fight cholera oubreak in eastern Congo (AP)

AP - Doctors struggled Sunday to contain an outbreak of cholera in a sprawling refugee camp near Congo's eastern provincial capital of Goma, as renewed fighting ignited fears that patients could scatter and launch an epidemic.

Abducted Canadian reporter describes 4-week ordeal (AP)

AP - Mellissa Fung says captors kept her blindfolded for four weeks in an underground cave so low the Canadian journalist could barely stand. Chains bound her hands and feet during her last week as a prisoner.

Egypt denies entry to bin Laden's son (AP)

AP - Egypt denied entry to one of Osama bin Laden's sons on Sunday, becoming the third country to reject the self-proclaimed "ambassador for peace."

French say 'Yes, we can!' too, to ending racism (AP)

AP - Inspired by Barack Obama, the French first lady and other leading figures say it's high time for France to stamp out racism and shake up a white political and social elite that smacks of colonial times.

China announces $586 billion stimulus plan (AP)

AP - China unveiled a $586 billion stimulus package Sunday in its biggest move to inoculate the world's fourth-largest economy against the global financial crisis.

Paloma weakens quickly after slamming Cuba's coast (AP)

AP - Hurricane Paloma leveled hundreds of homes along Cuba's southern coast before rapidly losing steam over land Sunday, weakening from a dangerous Category 4 storm into a tropical depression in less than a day.

Report: Peru to sue Yale for Inca artifacts (AP)

Wenger's young guns can build on United victory (AFP)

AFP - Arsene Wenger expects his young guns to build on the momentum created by Arsenal's stunning win over Manchester United when they face Wigan in the League Cup fourth round on Tuesday.

Hurricane Paloma weakens further to Category One (AFP)

AFP - Hurricane Paloma weakened further early Sunday to a Category One storm as it moved across Cuba, the US National Hurricane Center said.

Haiti school disaster sparks anger, wider concerns (AP)

AP - Angry Haitians stormed the twisted wreckage of a collapsed school on Sunday to demand rescuers speed up a search for victims, while officials worried about the stability of other buildings across this desperately poor country.

Congo rebel leader Nkunda vows to keep fighting (AP)

AP - High in the mist-shrouded Mushaki mountains, amid a drenching tropical storm, the rebel leader swept into the crumbling brick farmhouse, his sinewy frame swathed in a red-and-black shawl — dutifully followed by a pet lamb called Betty.

China says no progess made at Tibet talks (AP)

AP - China said Monday that no progress was made at recent talks with representatives of the Dalai Lama and said it would never accept the exiled leader's demands for greater autonomy for the mountain region.

In food crisis, Mexican valley offers lessons (AP)

AP - On the walls of some farmhouses here, a photo of a one-time Iowa farm boy hangs along with a portrait of the pope. The American long ago wrought a kind of miracle in the wheat fields of this valley, one that today's world hungers for anew.

Financial crisis paves way for new multilateralism: Brown (AFP)

AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Monday the credit crisis had created a "moment of change" that allowed world powers to rebuild the financial system but also to refashion the way they work together.

Scholar finds Mayans' buried highway through hell (AP)

AP - Legend says the afterlife for ancient Mayas was a terrifying obstacle course in which the dead had to traverse rivers of blood, and chambers full of sharp knives, bats and jaguars.