US presses Pakistan to divulge more air passenger info

WASHINGTON - The United States is increasing pressure on Pakistan for much broader airline passenger information, considered a crucial tool to track terrorist travel patterns, but a step that Pakistan has resisted, according to the New York Times.

Man arrested after Paris-to-Mexico City flight denied US airspace is diverted to Montreal

Man arrested on warrant after flight diverted

Head found during search of Calif. park thought to be that of man slain in double-murder plot

Police: Search turns up head of slain Calif. man

Ex-Uribe defense minister dominates Colombia vote; to face clean-government outsider in runoff

Uribe torchbearer dominates Colombia vote

BOGOTA, Colombia — A conservative former defense minister who promises to build on Alvaro Uribe’s security gains easily defeated a maverick outsider in Colombia’s election Sunday but fell short of the votes needed to avoid a presidential runoff.

Mexican authorities recover 20 to 25 bodies from abandoned silver mine

More than 20 bodies found in Mexican silver mine

Authorities recover 20 to 25 bodies from abandoned silver mine in Mexico

Up to 25 bodies found in Mexican silver mine

Police searching S. California park find head believed to be man killed in double-murder plot

Police find head believed to be slain S. Calif man

Freed Malawi gay couple keep low profile after pardon, warned homosexuality remains illegal

Malawi gay couple keep low profile after pardon

US laywer being held in Rwandan prison on charges of genocide denial sees legal team

US lawyer held in Rwandan prison sees legal team

Police arrest 7 men suspected of links to attacks on minority sect in Pakistan

Pakistan: 7 arrested over links to sect attackers

Blagojevich on trial: Combative former Illinois governor faces fight of his life

Michelle Obama and President Barack Obama

Bamyan residents fear return of Taliban

BAMYAN - The more the violence in Afghanistan escalates, the more the West clings to the hope that negotiations with the Taliban could solve the conflict and bring within reach the withdrawal of the international troops.

Let ULFA give formal proposal for peace talks, says Gogoi

GUWAHATI - Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Sunday asked the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) to formally apprise the state government of its decision on opening peace talks to end three decades of insurgency in the region.

Malawi gay couple freed hours after presidential pardon, warned homosexuality remains illegal

Malawi gay couple freed after presidential pardon

Four killed in blasts in Afghanistan

KABUL - Four civilians were killed in separate blasts in Afghanistan as Taliban militants torched six fuel tankers destined for NATO forces in the southern region, officials said Sunday.

Pakistani forces report killing 15 Taliban militants

ISLAMABAD - Pakistani jet fighters and artillery Sunday pounded militants’ positions in the country’s lawless tribal region, killing at least 15 rebels, a security official said.

Maoists blow up panchayat building

BHUBANESWAR - Maoist guerrillas Sunday blew up a panchayat office building in Orissa’s Malkangiri district, police said. No one was injured as it was empty at the time of the attack.

Wanted Khalistani terrorist arrested in Amritsar

AMRITSAR - One of the most wanted terrorists in Punjab, Bakshish Singh alias Baba of the Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF), has been arrested in this Punjab city, police sources said Sunday.

Pakistani extremists joining Taliban, Al Qaeda: Rehman Malik

LAHORE - Several banned extremist outfits in Pakistan have now become part of Taliban and Al Qaeda and are working together to destabilise the country, Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik said Sunday.

Times Square bomber got crash course in terror

NEW YORK - Pakistani-American Faisal Shahzad who tried to bomb Times Square had received a crash course in terror in Pakistan, said an official, adding: “He might have gotten some briefings, but not much”.

250 suspects detained over Lahore terror attack

LAHORE - Over 250 suspects have been detained following the Lahore terror attack in which at least 90 people were killed as intelligence agencies feared that terrorists could target minority communities once again.

Pakistani minorities live in fear after Lahore attack

LAHORE - Pakistani minorities, including Sikhs and Hindus, are living in constant fear ever since the attack Friday by Taliban guerrillas at two mosques of the minority Ahmadi sect in which at least 90 people were killed.

In Colombia presidential vote, maverick outsider vies with Uribe disciple

Uribe torchbearer vs. outsider in Colombia vote

Maoists blow up Orissa village council building

BHUBANESWAR - Maoist guerrillas early Sunday blew up a panchayat (council) office building in Orissa’s Malkangiri district, police said.

Mexican police, army probe silver mine where gangs tossed numerous bodies

Silver mine in southern Mexico used to dump bodies