The North, which wants one-on-one talks with the US, said it's open to dialogue and had entered the "completion phase" of developing highly enriched uranium.
Election workers loyal to President Hamid Karzai set up hundreds of fictitious polling sites that delivered votes for the incumbent, according to officials.
Nearly 2,000 pieces of debris from the disaster, some weighing tons, others the size of a street sign, are being given away to towns across the country.
AP - The Obama administration's bottom line on a government health insurance option blurred Sunday as White House officials stressed support but stopped short of calling it a must-have part of an overhaul.
AP - An airstrike by U.S. fighter jets that appears to have killed Afghan civilians could turn into a major dispute for NATO allies Germany and the United States, as tensions began rising between them Sunday over Germany's role in ordering the attack.
AP - A man shot his estranged wife, son and 2-year-old grandson to death and seriously wounded his pregnant daughter-in-law at their rural Louisiana home, then killed himself as police tried to pull over his car 20 minutes later, authorities said.
A Mexican legislative candidate was killed, along with his wife and two children, bringing campaigns for statewide offices in the southeastern state of Tabasco to a halt, the state-run news agency Notimex reported. The weekend slaying was not the first time an entire family has been killed in Tabasco.
San Diego Chargers linebacker Shawne Merriman was arrested on suspicion of choking and restraining MTV reality show star Tila Tequila, police said. The incident happened when Tequila tried to leave Merriman's residence, a police statement said.
The resignation of Obama administration figure Van Jones, following controversies over a petition he had signed and his comments about Republicans, did not come at the request of the president, the White House senior adviser said today. The decision followed an uproar over a petition Jones signed in 2004 calling for an investigation into whether government officials deliberately allowed the 9/11 attacks to occur.