Brazilians are set to elect a president to replace Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, with the governing party's Dilma Rousseff favoured to defeat rival Jose Serra.
Yemen arrested a woman suspected of sending two packages with unusually sophisticated bombs, further evidence that Al Qaeda is improving its ability to strike on U.S. soil.
AP - Yemeni police arrested a woman on suspicion of mailing a pair of bombs powerful enough to take down airplanes, officials said Saturday as details emerged about a terrorist plot aimed at the U.S. that exploited security gaps in the worldwide shipping system.
AP - The mail bombs discovered aboard cargo jets in England and Dubai could very easily have ended up on passenger planes, which carry more than half of the international air cargo coming into the U.S., experts say.
AP - Thousands of villagers returned to their homes along the slopes of Indonesia's most volatile volcano Sunday, taking advantage of an eerie lull following its most powerful eruption in a deadly week to check on crops and livestock.
Investigators are leaning in the direction that the same person or persons who crafted the Christmas Day underwear bomb were behind the PETN-based devices hidden in packages sent from Yemen, a U.S. government official told CNN.
The death toll from a cholera outbreak in Haiti has risen to more than 330, and officials believe Hurricane Tomas may worsen the situation as it approaches, a U.N. spokeswoman said Saturday.
Comedy Central funnymen Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert will hold rallies on the National Mall Saturday, putting a satirical spin on partisan politics three days before midterm elections.