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AFP - A moderate earthquake measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale jolted the Tokyo region early Monday, swaying buildings, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

AP - U.S. and Iraqi forces killed more than 60 insurgent and militia fighters in intense battles over the weekend, with most of the casualties believed to have been al-Qaida fighters, officials said Sunday.

AFP - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg warned Sunday a global economic downturn was looming, triggered by the "lunacy" of public debt.

AP - Iraq’s foreign minister said a high-level meeting next month between the country’s neighbors and key international supporters will be the most important yet because it could turn promises of help into action.

AFP - South African Nobel peace prize laureate Desmond Tutu arrived in Sudan on Sunday heading a group of statesmen known as The Elders seeking to help peace efforts in the western region of Darfur.

AP - Ukraine’s pro-Western Orange Revolution allies made a strong combined showing in Sunday’s parliamentary elections and looked poised to win a majority that could allow them to unseat Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, an exit poll showed.

AP - Myanmar’s military government flooded the main city of Yangon with troops, swelling their numbers to about 20,000 by Sunday and ensuring that almost all demonstrators would remain off the streets, a diplomat said.

AP - The former world chess champion Garry Kasparov entered Russia’s presidential race on Sunday, elected overwhelmingly as the candidate for the country’s beleagured opposition coalition.

AP - When Sputnik took off 50 years ago, the world gazed at the heavens in awe and apprehension, watching what seemed like the unveiling of a sustained Soviet effort to conquer space and score a stunning Cold War triumph.

AP - Miguel Roda fires four shots into the palm trees and imagines a civil war.