Aaron's Daily WWW Newspaper

HOUSTON - Speeding 17,000 miles an hour around Earth, space shuttle Endeavour aimed for a docking with the international space station Sunday to drop off a new housemate and deliver equipment which will change the outpost into a two-kitchen, two-bath, five-bedroom home.

WASHINGTON - Presidents typically say they want to be surrounded by strong-willed people who have the courage to disagree with them. President-elect Barack Obama, reaching out to Hillary Rodham Clinton and Republicans, actually might mean it.

Cross burnings. Schoolchildren chanting "Assassinate Obama." Black figures hung from nooses. Racial epithets scrawled on homes and cars.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. - Victoria's Secret's angels have descended upon Miami Beach. Singer Usher kicked off the Victoria's Secret show Saturday, which featured 35 supermodels, some wearing angel wings. Models including Heidi Klum and Adriana Lima strutted down the runway at the newly renovated Fontainebleau Miami Beach during the show, which coincided with the opulent reopening of the hotel.

HOUSTON - Yao Ming scored 21 points, Tracy McGrady added 18 points and nine rebounds, and the Houston Rockets bottled up Chris Paul in a 91-82 victory over the New Orleans Hornets on Saturday night.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - World leaders pledged rapid action on Saturday to rescue a weakening global economy from the worst financial crisis in over 70 years and agreed to give emerging nations more say in running financial affairs.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Los Angeles firefighters on Sunday battled wind-whipped blazes raging around the second-largest city that have destroyed hundreds of homes and forced thousands of people into shelters.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's cabinet approved a pact on Sunday that will let U.S. troops stay in the country until 2011, setting a final date to end a military presence that began with the 2003 invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein.

JOMBA, Congo (Reuters) - Congolese rebel leader Laurent Nkunda agreed on Sunday to support a peace process for eastern Congo being negotiated by United Nations envoy Olusegun Obasanjo.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - The shuttle Endeavour crew scanned the ship's wings and heat shield on Saturday, checking for damage after Friday's launch as it headed for a rendezvous with the International Space Station.

HAVANA (Reuters) - China's President Hu Jintao travels to Cuba on Monday for a close-up look at the government of new President Raul Castro, a fellow communist struggling to lead his island nation through the devastating effects of three hurricanes and the international financial crisis.

GAZA (Reuters) - An Israeli air strike killed four militants in the Gaza Strip on Sunday and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said he had commissioned a plan for military action in the Hamas-run territory should rocket attacks on Israel persist.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Russia is ready to discuss existing missile defense programs with the United States, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Saturday, signaling an easing in Russia's outright opposition to U.S. plans.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - World leaders, meeting for a crisis summit here, have agreed on an action plan to restore global growth and prevent future financial upheaval while promising new spending plans, a trade deal and a set of reforms.

BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraq's cabinet defied fiery opposition from Shiite hardliners on Sunday to approve a wide-ranging military pact that includes a timetable for the withdrawal of all US troops by the end of 2011.

JOMBA, DR Congo (AFP) - UN special envoy Olusegun Obasanjo started talks on Sunday with rebel leader Laurent Nkunda in the east of Democratic Republic of Congo, as fresh fighting broke out in the region.

JERUSALEM (AFP) - Interim Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert accused the Islamist Hamas movement on Sunday of "shattering" the Gaza truce, after two rockets hit Israel, prompting an air strike which killed four Palestinian militants.

SYDNEY (AFP) - An Australian scientist who developed a vaccine for cervical cancer is set to outline a breakthrough which could pave the way for a skin cancer vaccine, reports said Sunday.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Prime Minister Taro Aso has made an ambitious bid to take the lead in creating a new global financial mechanism, as Japan announced its fresh commitment to tackling the global economic crisis.

WASHINGTON, (AFP) - Democrats returning to Congress are clamoring for legislation to stem the economic crisis, but have little hope in face of stiff opposition from Republican lawmakers and the White House, analysts say.