Aaron's Daily WWW Newspaper

WASHINGTON - When the CIA revived a plan to kill or capture terrorists in 2004, the agency turned to the well-connected security company then known as Blackwater USA. Full Story »

BARCELONA, Spain - An experimental drug reduces the stroke risk in patients with irregular heartbeats by more than three times, compared with the popular drug warfarin — but possibly at a cost, according to new research released Sunday. Full Story »

NEW YORK - Authorities will need to conduct toxicology tests, expected to take weeks, to determine what killed celebrity disc jockey DJ AM, a medical examiner's office spokeswoman said Saturday. Full Story »

DETROIT - Several Michigan football players claim the program regularly violates NCAA rules limiting how much time they can spend on training and practice sessions, according to a published report. Full Story »

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's opposition was headed for a historic victory in an election Sunday, exit polls showed, a win that would oust the long-ruling conservative party and give the untested Democrats the job of reviving a weak economy. Full Story »

• Video: Final campaigns in Japan election Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain agreed to include Lockerbie bomber Abdel Basset al-Megrahi in a prisoner transfer deal with Libya because of "overwhelming interests" shortly before an oil deal was sealed with Tripoli, a newspaper reported on Sunday. Full Story »

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Hurricane Jimena strengthened to a major Category 3 storm on Sunday off Mexico's Pacific Coast, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. Full Story »

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Obama administration has accused Pakistan of illegally modifying U.S.-made missiles to expand its ability to hit land-based targets, which would constitute a threat to India, The New York Times reported in Sunday editions. Full Story »

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's election fraud watchdog said on Sunday it is probing 567 allegations of abuse it considers serious enough to affect the outcome of the Aug 20 vote, more than double the number announced two days ago. Full Story »

GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli aircraft bombed a building in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Sunday which the military said had been used by Palestinians to access a tunnel intended for cross-border attacks in Israel. Full Story »

• Slideshow: Israeli troops invade Gaza

NANSAN, China (Reuters) - Men who said they had been fighting Myanmar government troops in fierce battles over recent days streamed into China on Sunday, saying their long-autonomous enclave had fallen and its future was in doubt. Full Story »

WASHINGTON/BOSTON (Reuters) - Senator Edward Kennedy, the liberal champion of the U.S. Senate who carried on the political legacy of his slain brothers, was buried on Saturday after four days of emotional tributes. Full Story »

• Slideshow: Sen. Edward Kennedy dies at 77
• Interactive: Key dates in Ted Kennedy's life AP

TOKYO (AFP) - Japanese voters swept to power an untested centre-left party on Sunday in an electoral avalanche that ended more than half a century of almost unbroken conservative rule, according to exit polls. Full Story »