 | Pakistan Military Captures Taliban Leader's Hometown  Soldiers take Kotkai after days of heavy fighting in South Waziristan |
 | Afghan Campaign for Presidential Runoff Starts Under Taliban Threats Election officials working to improve security while minimizing fraud |
 | UN Nuclear Inspectors to Tour Iran's Second Enrichment Plant Near Qom International Atomic Energy Agency experts to examine unfinished uranium enrichment facility to verify it is for peaceful purposes |
 | Southeast Asian Nations Discuss East Asian Community Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao unveils six-step proposal to enhance country's cooperation with 10-nation regional bloc |
 | Abbas's Call for Elections Deepens Palestinian Divisions But rival faction Hamas quickly rejects call, saying it is illegal, unconstitutional |
 | Final Phase of Mauritanian Returns From Senegal Begins UN refugee agency says between 5,000 and 7,000 refugees expected to return by end of year |
 | Cuban-Americans Rally Support for Honduras Government Cuban exiles backing Honduras' de facto government even as Washington supports ousted Honduran president Manuel Zelaya |
 | Obama Calls on Banks to Loan More to Small Businesses US president says point of economic stimulus package is to 'jumpstart lending' |
 | Upcoming US Governor's Races Pose Test for Obama In addition to two governor's races, there will be special elections for US House seats in New York and California, and mayoral elections in several major cities |
 | Hungarians Commemorate 20th Anniversary of End of Communism However, opinion polls show growing number of Hungarians dissatisfied with political changes that have occurred since then |
