Iran releases ex-official on bail in mass trial
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's official news agency reports a former vice president has been released on bail in the mass trial of opposition figures accused of fomenting the country's postelection unrest....

China coal mine blast death toll jumps to 87
HEGANG, China (AP) -- Rescuers worked in frigid cold to reach 21 miners trapped underground Sunday as the death toll from a huge gas explosion in a northern Chinese mine jumped to 87 - the deadliest blast to hit the beleaguered industry in nearly two years....

Israeli aircraft strike Gaza targets
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israeli aircraft attacked two suspected weapons-making factories and a smuggling tunnel in the Gaza Strip early Sunday in what the military said was retaliation for Palestinian rocket fire into southern Israel....

Iran begins war games to protect nuclear sites
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran on Sunday began large-scale air defense war games aimed at protecting the country's nuclear facilities against any possible attack, state television reported....

Denmark: 65 world leaders for UN climate summit
COPENHAGEN (AP) -- A Danish official says 65 world leaders so far will attend the Copenhagen climate summit in December and several more have responded positively to invitations....

Police: IRA dissidents plant car bomb in Belfast
DUBLIN (AP) -- Irish Republican Army dissidents left a 400-pound (180-kilogram) car bomb outside police reform headquarters in Belfast but the homemade device failed to detonate, Northern Ireland's police commander said Sunday....

Indonesian ferry sinks; 25 dead, some 240 rescued
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Rescuers saved more than 240 people aboard an Indonesian passenger ferry that sank Sunday in rough waters off Sumatra island, but at least 25 people have died, officials said. Search operations were called off after nightfall for the unknown number of passengers still missing....

5 Afghan border security guards killed in south
KABUL (AP) -- A roadside bomb killed five Afghan border security guards traveling on a heavily used road in southern Afghanistan near the border with Pakistan on Sunday....

Rare Charles Darwin book found on toilet bookshelf
LONDON (AP) -- An auction house says it is selling a rare first edition of Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" found in a family's guest lavatory in southern England....

Canadian woman loses benefits over Facebook photo
BROMONT, Quebec (AP) -- A Canadian woman on long-term sick leave for depression says she lost her benefits because her insurance agent found photos of her on Facebook in which she appeared to be having fun....