Baghdad/London(Agencies): Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's eldest son Uday warned on Sunday of a U.S. plan to launch a military strike on Iraq and break up the regions countries,

Johannesburg, South Africa (Agencies): Derided as a club for dictators and a useless bureaucratic talk shop, the Organization of African Unity (OAU) will hardly be missed when it disbands on Tuesday.

Seoul (Agence France-Presse): The two Koreas traded threats of renewed hostilities on Sunday as the South's navy said that a deadly sea clash last month was "meticulously" planned by the North.

Kabul (Reuters): Thousands of Afghans converged on the capital's main mosque on Sunday for the funeral of slain Vice President Haji Abdul Qadir, gunned down on Saturday in an assassination that rocked hopes of healing...

Washington (Agencies): The U.S. government said on Saturday it was sending armed patrols to all areas of the nation's airports in an effort to step up security in the wake of a deadly shooting in Los Angeles that left three people dead.

Bangkok (Associated Press): Malaysia's prime minister on Saturday urged Southeast Asia's free trade group to guard against becoming so open that it falls prey to global business poachers.

Newswires New York (Dow Jones): In a sign that the Internet sector may be nearing the end of its brutal shakeout, the number of shutdowns and bankruptcies by dot-com companies in the first half of this year fell 73 percent from the same period last year,

Copenhagen (Agence France-Presse): Asian and European finance ministers were optimistic Saturday about a global economic recovery later this year, while backing closer economic and financial cooperation in Asia for which European integration could serve as a model.

England (Agencies): Michael Schumacher was closing on a record-equaling fifth Formula One world title on Sunday after celebrating another Ferrari one-two at the British Grand Prix.

London (Reuters): World number one Lleyton Hewitt crushed Argentine debutant David Nalbandian 6-1, 6-3, 6-2 on Sunday to win his first Wimbledon title.