Aaron's Daily WWW Newspaper

KABUL, Afghanistan - Insurgents shot down a U.S. helicopter after exchanging fire with its crew in central Afghanistan on Monday, while a suicide bomber in the north killed two American soldiers inside a police station, officials said.

WASHINGTON - People who have the AIDS virus should start drug treatments sooner than current guidelines recommend, suggests a large new study that could change the care of hundreds of thousands of Americans.

NEW YORK - Cable TV provider Cox Communications Inc. is set to announce Monday that it plans to have its own cellular network up and running next year, a move that intensifies cable's competition with phone companies.

NEW YORK - "Saturday Night Live" just won't be the same without Amy Poehler — who gave birth to a son hours before the "Baby Mama" star was to appear on the NBC show.

MONTERREY, Mexico - The world's heaviest man has tied the knot. Manuel Uribe, who hasn't left his bed in six years, married his longtime girlfriend Claudia Solis Sunday in northern Mexico.

LONDON (Reuters) - The Group of Seven warned on Monday the surging yen posed a threat to financial and economic stability, the latest coordinated effort by the world's richest nations to curb the worst financial crisis in 80 years.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Barack Obama leads John McCain in five of eight crucial battleground states one week before the presidential election, with McCain ahead in two states and Florida dead even, according to a series of Reuters/Zogby polls released on Monday.

DAMASCUS (Reuters) - A deadly raid on the Syrian side of Iraq's border, blamed by Syria on the United States, targeted an area used by insurgents for attacks on Iraq, Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said on Monday.

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (Reuters) - Two people were shot and killed and a third wounded on an Arkansas university campus on Sunday night, according to university and hospital officials.

LONDON (Reuters) - Investor fears that further possible coordinated action to calm markets will not be enough to fend off a global recession sent shares from London to Tokyo reeling on Monday, while the yen continued to surge.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Tzipi Livni has seen a sharp turnaround in fortunes for Israel's ruling Kadima party since she became leader last month and could now beat the right-wing opposition in a coming election, polls on Monday indicated.

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea complained during rare military talks with the South on Monday about anti-Pyongyang leaflets being sent into its territory by balloons, with a South Korean civic group sending a new batch over the communist state.

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Missiles from a suspected U.S. drone aircraft killed up to 20 militants in a Pakistani region on the Afghan border on Monday, officials said, hours before Afghan and Pakistani tribal and political leaders met to discuss peace.

TOKYO (AFP) - Growing fears of global recession sent share and oil prices plummeting Monday as markets shrugged off new moves to protect shell-shocked economies and a G7 pledge to stabilise the financial system.

JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israel is set to hold snap elections early next year after the leader of the biggest party failed to form a coalition, with political rivals already setting the tone for a campaign likely to focus on peace talks with the Palestinians.

BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraq said on Monday a deadly raid on Syria was targeting an area used by insurgents plotting attacks on its soil, as Damascus protested about what it branded a cold-blooded war crime by US forces.

NIAMEY (AFP) - West African judges on Monday fined the state of Niger the equivalent of 15,000 euros for failing to protect a woman sold into slavery, in a landmark ruling with implications across the region.

BERLIN (AFP) - Greenpeace presented Monday a "practical blueprint" it says would not only improve the world's energy mix and stop climate change but also help end the global financial crisis.

LONDON (AFP) - Brent crude oil prices plunged underneath 60 dollars per barrel here on Monday, as traders responded to the potential impact of a global recession on energy demand.

TOKYO (AFP) - The Group of Seven major economies on Monday vowed to work together to protect the crisis-hit financial system and fired a warning shot to currency traders over the surging yen.