Aaron's Daily WWW Newspaper

LONDON - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, on the first stop of a European tour, met privately on Monday with British officials to talk about intelligence and terrorism.

DETROIT - It looks like scrappy little Chrysler LLC might yet escape the auctioneer's gavel.

DES MOINES, Iowa - The only gay couple who were legally wed in Iowa are looking forward to getting some company. Iowa county clerks were to begin processing same-sex marriage applications Monday, following the Iowa Supreme Court's ruling on April 3 that legalized same sex-marriage. Iowa typically requires a three-day waiting period for marriages, but judges can waive that and allow immediate weddings.

An influential doctors group is backing off its call for annual tests after age 50 to screen for prostate cancer.

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. - LeBron James had 36 points, 13 rebounds and eight assists to lead the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 99-78 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Sunday, sweeping the Eastern Conference first-round series. The top-seeded Cavs might be off for more than a week, waiting for Atlanta or Miami to advance.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Governments around the world acted to stem a possible flu pandemic on Monday, as a virus that has killed 103 people in Mexico and spread to North America was confirmed to have reached Europe.

DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Corp on Monday made the following announcements:

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Diplomats from the world's biggest greenhouse gas polluters including the United States, China and India are set to take part in a forum on Monday at the U.S. State Department aimed at getting a U.N. agreement to curb global warming.

MINGORA, Pakistan (Reuters) - A radical cleric, acting as the Taliban's go-between in Pakistan's restive Swat valley, broke off talks with the government on Monday after a military offensive began in a neighboring northwest region.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States declared a public health emergency on Sunday because of an outbreak of swine flu that has infected 20 people across the country and is suspected of killing up to 81 people in Mexico.

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari said on Monday that the whereabouts of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden remained a mystery and there was a suspicion that he could be dead.

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Monday the Justice Ministry was amending a controversial law which contains harsh provisions on women that critics have called a step back toward Taliban-era controls.

TIKRIT, Iraq (Reuters) - Seven suspected al Qaeda insurgents were killed in clashes with U.S. forces in a largely Sunni Arab province of Iraq, the U.S. military said Monday.

MEXICO CITY (AFP) - The rising death toll from the Mexican swine flu epidemic sent a wave of alarm around the world on Monday with the United States declaring a public health emergency and Europe's first confirmed case reported in Spain.

COLOMBO (AFP) - Sri Lanka announced on Monday that it was halting the use of heavy weapons and air strikes to spare civilian lives in its battle against the Tamil Tigers, but asserted it was not calling a truce.

PESHAWAR, Pakistan, (AFP) - Pakistan forces pounded suspected militant hideouts after the Taliban suspended talks with the government over the Swat valley, the military said.

MOSCOW, (AFP) - A Russian police major went on a killing spree at a Moscow shop leaving three people dead and at least six injured, Russian news agencies reported.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Campaigning for president, Barack Obama pledged to bring greater transparency and openness to the White House and to use technology to reboot government.

PARIS (AFP) - The global outbreak of swine flu sent shivers through financial markets on Monday just as some signs had appeared that the global economic crisis might be easing.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US auto giant General Motors announced Monday it would restructure 27 billion dollars in debt and phase out the Pontiac brand by the end of 2010.