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• Arab League tries to broker Lebanon settlement
  Arab foreign ministers urged warring Lebanese factions to immediately cease fighting and said Sunday they will send a delegation to try to broker a settlement between the Hezbollah-led opposition and U.S.-backed government.

• At least 427 US military deaths in Afghanistan
  As of Sunday, May 11, 2008, at least 427 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures May 3 at 10 a.m. EDT.

• Thousands protest violence in Mexico
  Thousands of white-clad people marched silently Sunday to protest a surge of drug-related violence in a Mexican city across from Texas where the No. 2 police officer was shot dead.

• Hundreds strip for naked photo shoot in Austria
  The man behind the camera had three requests for his subjects: no sunglasses, no smiling, and no underwear.

• 11 dead in Haiti ferry capsizing
  An overloaded ferry capsized off the coast of southern Haiti, killing at least 11 people, U.N. and Haitian authorities said Sunday.

• Main parties in Serbia vote
  The main parties that participated in early parliamentary elections in Serbia on Sunday:

• Facts and figures about Serbia
  Facts about Serbia, which held parliamentary elections Sunday:

• Real-life skull worship inspires new 'Indy' film
  There is a legend that the ancient Maya possessed 13 crystal skulls which, when united, hold the power of saving the Earth - a tale so strange and fantastic that it inspired the latest Indiana Jones movie.

• Sudan cuts ties with Chad
  Sudan severed ties with Chad Sunday, accusing its neighbor of backing a rebel assault on the capital and raising the possibility of new border clashes that could worsen Darfur's humanitarian crisis.

• Serbia's pro-Western president declares victory in elections
  Serbia's pro-Western president declared victory in Sunday's parliamentary elections - a stunning upset over ultranationalists who tried to exploit anger over Kosovo's independence. But his rivals vowed to fight on, and it was unclear if he could stave off their challenge.

• Documents indicate that Chavez helped Colombia rebels
  Documents that Colombia says it recovered from a slain guerrilla leader give the clearest indication yet that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez sought to arm and finance insurgents across the border.

• Myanmar cyclone shatters homes and dreams of families
  As the cyclone raged around him, Ko Zaw Min clung to a tree with one arm while clutching his newborn son with the other.

• Gaza City power plant shut down reducing electricity supply
  Gaza City residents faced closed bakeries, stalled elevators and no water on Sunday after the ruling Hamas shut down the territory's only power plant, saying it ran out of fuel supplied by Israel.

• Bloated bodies litter Myanmar, forgotten after the cyclone
  As the bloated bodies rise and fall with the current, women scrub clothes along the river bank, villagers bathe to cool themselves and a lone child sits on a dock staring aimlessly into the water.

• Iran looks to tap key oil field with homegrown crews
  At this huge oil field in southwest Iran, one building stands out among the pumps and maze of pipelines: On its roof in giant letters, big enough for satellites or pilots to see, are the words: "We can do it."

• Debt woes drive thousands of Indian farmers to suicide
  On the last night of his life, the farmer walked into his dusty fields, choked down pesticide and waited to die.

• In impoverished Central Asian valley, coal mining can kill
  In the impoverished Ferghana Valley in Kyrgyzstan, illegal coal mining is a dirty, dangerous part of the underground economy.

• US military orders court-martial for contractor in Iraq
  The U.S. military on Sunday ordered a court-martial for a civilian contractor charged with aggravated assault while working as an Army translator in Iraq - the first such military prosecution since the Vietnam War.

• Rice: Israel, Palestinians need to show progress
  The Bush administration has told Israeli and Palestinian leaders they will need to show progress in their secret talks soon, or risk a potentially fatal erosion in public support for a process now in its sixth month without any obvious successes.

• Boat carrying aid for Myanmar cyclone victims sinks
  A cargo ship carrying relief supplies for more than 1,000 cyclone victims in Myanmar has sunk.

• Nepal police detain more than 600 female Tibetan protesters
  Police detained more than 600 female Tibetan protesters, including many Buddhist nuns, on Sunday after breaking up several demonstrations against China's recent crackdown in Tibet.

• Zimbabwe election official: presidential runoff delay likely
  The runoff pitting President Robert Mugabe against opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai will not take place in the next few weeks as required by law, the head of the electoral commission said in an interview published Sunday.

• Lebanese violence spreads to mountains outside capital
  Lebanon hung between fears of all-out war and hopes of political compromise Sunday as government supporters and opponents battled with rockets and machine guns in the mountains overlooking the capital.

• Pakistan leaders fail to reach accord on restoring judges
  Pakistani leaders failed Sunday to reach a deal on restoring judges sacked by President Pervez Musharraf, increasing the likelihood the ruling coalition could shatter after just six weeks in power and plunge the country back into political turmoil.

• Chinese man held for threatening on Internet to grab torch
  A Chinese man was arrested for saying on the Internet that he planned to grab the Olympic torch during its relay through eastern China, police said Sunday.