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Japanese PM Quits Party After Sweeping Rejection at Polls Democratic Party of Japan surged to a 308-seat majority, all but confirming party leader Yukio Hatoyama as the country's next leader US, NATO Military Commander Offers Review on Afghanistan General Stanley McChrystal says Afghan situation serious, but success is achievable and strategic changes must be made Pakistan Blast Sets NATO Fuel Convoy Ablaze Police suspect a bomb planted under a fuel tanker exploded late Sunday at the Chaman crossing in Baluchistan province Syria Dismisses Iraqi Charges it Shelters Bombers Syria's Bashar al-Assad calls charges 'immoral', says Damascus is waiting for Baghdad to back charges with documented evidence Putin Condemns 1939 Soviet Treaty with Nazi Germany Russia's PM calls Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact that secretly divided Europe and set the stage for WWII immoral Dalai Lama Visits Taiwan Typhoon Victims Tibetan religious leader also says Taiwan should build closer relations with China, while enjoying its democracy and prosperity Rival Claims of Electoral Victory in Gabon Interim President Rose Francine Rogombe says there will be only one winner and people should refuse to be manipulated by losing candidates into demonstrating against the winner Critics of Guinea's Military Leader Allege Intimidation, Threats Human Rights Watch is concerned about intimidation, freedom of speech violations in response to criticism of Dadis Camara Senegal Activates Emergency Plan After Flooding 5 days of heavy rain cause widespread flooding in Dakar; weather forecasts expect more flooding as rainy season continues Burma Refugees in China Head Home as Fighting Dies Down Hundreds of refugees left China's Yunnan province Monday for home in Kokang, the mainly ethnic Chinese region of Burma's northeastern Shan state