Aaron's Daily WWW Newspaper

KHARTOUM, Sudan - A Sudanese judge convicted a woman journalist for violating the public indecency law by wearing trousers outdoors and fined her $200, but did not impose a feared flogging penalty. Full Story »

BAGHDAD - A suicide car bomber targeted a line of vehicles stopped at a checkpoint in western Iraq on Monday, killing eight people and wounding 16, police and hospital officials said. Full Story »

• Slideshow: Iraq
• Interactive: U.S. troop deaths in Iraq AP

LOS ANGELES - Fear has trumped romance at the box office over Labor Day weekend. Full Story »

NEW YORK - When the Grand Slams roll around, the best stories often revolve around the prospect of Williams vs. Williams, Maria Sharapova, maybe even a possible breakthrough by No. 1 Dinara Safina. Full Story »

• Slideshow: U.S. Open Tennis

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Environmentalists hope the push in Congress for climate change legislation is not overwhelmed by the debate dominating Capitol Hill over changing the U.S. healthcare system. But it might be. Full Story »

• Slideshow: Climate Change Issues

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's president on Monday snubbed U.S. President Barack Obama's end-September deadline to talk to world powers on its disputed nuclear program, saying in his opinion discussion on the issue is "finished." Full Story »

KABUL (Reuters) - Scores of civilians died in last week's NATO air strike on Taliban insurgents in northern Afghanistan, a prominent domestic rights group said on Monday in a first independent estimate of the death toll. Full Story »

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel approved on Monday the building of 455 settler homes in the occupied West Bank, a move opposed by its U.S. ally and Palestinians but which could pave the way for a construction moratorium sought by Washington. Full Story »

• Slideshow: Israeli troops invade Gaza

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States accounted for more than two-thirds of foreign weapons sales in 2008, a year in which global sales were at a three-year low, The New York Times reported on Sunday. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama plans to announce on Monday that he has named a top Treasury Department official, Ron Bloom, to lead an effort aimed at revitalizing America's hard-hit manufacturing industry. Full Story »

VIENNA (Reuters) - OPEC ministers meeting in Vienna this week were expected to keep supply targets intact and instead rely on hoped-for economic growth to sustain oil prices. Full Story »

• Slideshow: Oil Industry

LONDON (Reuters) - Libya will not pay compensation to the families of people killed by Irish republican bombs they say were made using Libyan-supplied explosives, the son of the north African country's leader Muammar Gaddafi said. Full Story »

TEHRAN (AFP) - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday ruled out talks on Iran's "undeniable" nuclear rights, as world powers await Tehran's proposals for new talks on its controversial atomic drive. Full Story »

• Slideshow: Iran Nuclear Issues