 | Blasts Take More Than 20 Lives in Northwest Pakistan Violence comes as military finishes first week of its offensive against Taliban extremists near Afghan border |
 | NATO Ministers Endorse McChrystal Approach in Afghanistan  Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen says defense ministers have 'general shared view' that alliance must make Afghanistan strong enough to defend itself against militant forces |
 | Gates: US Committed to Afghanistan Mission Pentagon chief tells NATO defense ministers in Slovakia it is 'vastly premature' to draw conclusions about new US strategy for Afghanistan |
 | Still No Word From Iran on Proposed Nuclear Deal French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner says signs are 'not positive' |
 | Senior North Korean Official Makes Rare Trip to US Ri Gun is North Korea's second most senior envoy in multinational talks aimed at ending Pyongyang's nuclear weapons programs |
 | UN: Human Rights Abuses in North Korea, Burma 'Abysmal' Special Rapporteur Vitit Muntarbhorn estimates that nearly a third of North Korea's 24 million people are denied one of most basic human rights - right to food |
 | Trade, Human Rights on Agenda as ASEAN Summit Opens Security at the summit is tight to prevent embarrassing protests that forced the cancellation of meetings in April |
 | Sri Lanka to Release Thousands of Tamil Refugees Nearly 40,000 ethnic Tamils confined in military-run refugee camps |
 | Honduras' Coup Government Rejects Zelaya's Ultimatum The de facto government of Honduras has rejected a Thursday midnight deadline set by ousted President Manuel Zelaya to return him to power |
 | Israel, Iran Reportedly Held Secret Nuclear Talks Direct talks reportedly held during multi-national conference on nuclear disarmament last month in Egypt |
 | War Crimes Suspect Surrenders to Police in Australia An Australian man accused of killing Jewish youth in Hungary during WWII in jail, awaiting possible extradition |
