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BAGHDAD - Rocket and mortar attacks in Iraq have decreased to their lowest levels in more than 21 months, the U.S. military said Monday.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistan's opposition called on Gen. Pervez Musharraf to lift a state of emergency, threatening Monday to boycott upcoming parliamentary elections unless citizens' rights were fully restored and he stepped down as army chief.
VALENCIA, Spain - The U.N.'s top climate official challenged world policymakers Monday to map out a path to curb climate change, charging that to ignore the urgency of global warming would be "nothing less than criminally irresponsible."
NEW YORK - Striking stagehands and theater producers traded accusations but not much else as the work stoppage that has shut down more than two dozen Broadway plays and musicals entered its third day Monday.
SAN FRANCISCO - Intel Corp. plans to roll out its newest generation of processors Monday, flexing its manufacturing muscle with a sophisticated new process that crams up to 40 percent more transistors onto the company's chips.
SAN DIEGO - Peyton Manning was poised to turn one of his worst games into one of his most memorable. Then Adam Vinatieri missed a 29-yard field goal attempt with 1:31 left, and the San Diego Chargers held on for a wild 23-21 win over the defending Super Bowl champion Colts on Sunday night.
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - Opposition leader Benazir Bhutto on Monday urged Pakistanis of all shades to join a motorcade protest against President Pervez Musharraf's emergency rule and vowed it would go ahead even if police try to block her.
LONDON (Reuters) - A big fire at a warehouse sent out a pall of black smoke over east London on Monday, but there were no reports of casualties and police said there was nothing to suggest it was anything more than a fire.
GAZA (Reuters) - Gunfire killed at least five people on Monday at a Fatah memorial rally for Yasser Arafat that drew hundreds of thousands of supporters of the defeated faction in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, a medic said.
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's government hopes it will soon be able to declare an end to a U.S.-Iraqi security operation in Baghdad following a sharp drop in insurgent attacks in the capital, a military spokesman said on Monday.
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodia's "Killing Fields" court charged former Khmer Rouge Foreign Minister Ieng Sary and his wife on Monday with crimes against humanity, the latest members of Pol Pot's inner circle to face justice.
LAGOS (Reuters) - A group of Islamist militants with suspected links to al Qaeda have been arrested in three states in northern Nigeria and explosives were seized from them, a spokesman for the State Security Services (SSS) said on Monday.
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Residents fled the Somali capital Mogadishu on Monday, adding to a growing humanitarian crisis as government forces backed by Ethiopian tanks stepped up efforts to crush Islamist-led insurgents.
KABUL (Reuters) - U.S.-led coalition forces killed around 15 militants, but also a woman and two children, during an operation in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, the U.S. military said in a statement on Monday.
GAZA CITY (AFP) - Five people died when gunfire erupted in Gaza City on Monday as hundreds of thousands gathered to mark the death of Yasser Arafat in the biggest rally organised by the Fatah party since its ouster by Hamas.
LAHORE, Pakistan (AFP) - Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto Monday ruled out any more power-sharing talks with Pervez Musharraf, setting herself on a direct collision course with the military ruler.
PHNOM PENH (AFP) - Former Khmer Rouge foreign minister Ieng Sary and his wife Ieng Thirith were arrested Monday, bringing to four the number of regime leaders now facing Cambodia's UN-backed genocide court.
PORT KAVKAZ, Russia (AFP) - The bodies of three sailors washed ashore on Monday and 20 more were missing after a ferocious Black Sea storm sank five ships, including an oil tanker, raising environmental fears.
SEOUL (AFP) - South Korean scientists said Monday they used human embryonic stem cells to treat mice suffering from a vascular disease, in an experiment that could lead to cures for strokes and other ailments.
LONDON (AFP) - London shares rose on Monday, pushing to one side a tumble by Asian stocks and more pain on Wall Street caused by a global credit crunch.
DUBAI (AFP) - European aircraft manufacturer Airbus on Monday hailed a record year for orders with deals for well over 1,100 on its books, after emerging from the most turbulent period in its history.
TOKYO (AFP) - Greying Japan has a new weapon to scare people into saving for their retirement -- an exploding piggy bank.
CAIRO (AFP) - Bayonets fixed, the soldiers scrambled onto the island in the middle of Cairo, rolled out barbed wire and set up camp. The reasons why they did so are as murky as the Nile waters that flow around them.
LAGOS (Reuters) - A group of Islamist militants with suspected links to al Qaeda have been arrested in three states in northern Nigeria and explosives were seized from them, a spokesman for the State Security Services (SSS) said on Monday.
TOUBA, Senegal (Reuters) - For Senegalese street sellers from Manhattan to the Vatican, selling fake Prada purses and Chinese-made Gucci sunglasses is as much a question of religious devotion as of making a quick buck.
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The quantity of Iranian bomb-making components being found in Iraq is increasing despite a fall in attacks and 20 Iranian-trained agents are still operating south of Baghdad, a top U.S. general said on Sunday.
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - Once they stopped beating themselves with penalties, the Dallas Cowboys beat the New York Giants and took command of the NFC East. Tony Romo hit Terrell Owens on two of his four touchdown passes and Dallas opened a three-game lead in the division by ending the Giants' six-game winning streak with a 31-20 victory on Sunday.
BOSTON - In hopes of keeping pace with rivals in the field of "business intelligence" software, IBM Corp. said Monday it plans to buy Cognos Inc. for $5 billion in cash.
10. While traveling the country, I can shower with any team I choose
9. Can now advertise my garage sales as "Hall of Fame garage sales"
8. George Steinbrenner just offered me $20 million to play again
7. On Bobblehead Day, guess who gets two bobbleheads?
6. At any moment, there's a good chance Bob Costas is boring someone with stories about me
5. It's nice to be mentioned in the same breath as Arky Vaughan, Burleigh Grimes, and Gabby Hartnett
4. Free chalupa from Taco Bell if I mention them in my induction speech
3. Made all those years playing in southern California's lousy climate worth it
2. I can now admit I broke my streak in 1998 because I had tickets to "Les Mis"
1. Get to be on national television-- even if it is this show