Car bomb kills 7 people in southern Afghan city
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) -- A car bomb exploded just outside the police headquarters of a southern Afghanistan city on Sunday, killing at least seven people, officials said....

Protesters attack 7 Syrian embassies around world
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- Protesters attacked seven Syrian embassies around the world following reports of the bloodiest episode yet in Damascus' nearly yearlong crackdown on dissent. Mobs trashed diplomats' offices from London to Australia and set the embassy in Cairo on fire....

Saudi women push challenge to driving ban
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- Saudi women leading a campaign against the kingdom's ban on female driving are calling on the courts to take up their lawsuits demanding the right to drive....

Attackers blow up gas pipeline in Egypt's Sinai
EL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) -- An Egyptian security official says attackers have set off explosives along a gas pipeline in the country's Sinai peninsula, halting exports to neighboring Israel and Jordan....

Report says 3 set themselves on fire in China
BEIJING (AP) -- Three more people have set themselves on fire to protest China's policies toward Tibetans in a politically sensitive area that already has seen ethnic violence this year, a media report and an activist group said....

Russia, China veto UN resolution on Syria
BEIRUT (AP) -- Russia and China vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution aimed at ending Syria's bloodshed, despite international outrage Saturday over a devastating bombardment of the city of Homs by President Bashar Assad's forces. Activists said more than 200 were killed in the bloodiest episode of the nearly 11-month uprising....

Chavez and allies back Argentina on Falklands
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and other leaders in the left-leaning ALBA bloc backed Argentina on Saturday in its long-running dispute with Britain over the Falkland Islands....

Dominican migrant boat overturns; at least 10 dead
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) -- An overloaded boat carrying migrants from the Dominican Republic overturned in the pre-dawn darkness Saturday off the coast of the Caribbean country, killing at least 10 people and leaving dozens missing, officials said....

Heavy snow traps many people in Bosnia
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) -- Bosnia's government declared a state of emergency in its capital on Saturday after Sarajevo was paralyzed by snow, while in Rome residents dug out from the city's biggest snowfall in 26 years, which shut down the Colosseum....

Russia, China veto UN resolution on Syria
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The U.N. Security Council failed again Saturday to take decisive action to stop the escalating violence in Syria as Russia and China blocked a resolution backing an Arab League plan that calls for President Bashar Assad to step down. The double-veto outraged the U.S. and European council members who feared it would embolden the Assad regime....