Haiti parents testify they gave kids to Americans
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- Parents of some of the children who 10 U.S. missionaries tried to take out of Haiti after its catastrophic earthquake told a judge Tuesday that they freely handed over their kids, the Americans' lawyer said....

Doctor says vendor may have been in rubble 27 days
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- A rice vendor may have lived under the rubble of a flea market for 27 days with little more than water and possibly fruit, a doctor said Tuesday, in what would be a dramatic tale of survival four weeks after Haiti's devastating earthquake....

Iran boosts nuclear enrichment, drawing warnings
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iranian nuclear technicians set dozens of centrifuges spinning Tuesday to begin enriching uranium stocks to a significantly higher level, prompting President Barack Obama to warn of a "significant regime of sanctions."...

UN envoy in North Korea to spur nuke talks
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- A senior U.N. envoy pressed ahead Wednesday with international efforts to get North Korea back into nuclear disarmament talks, during the world body's first high-level visit to the reclusive state in nearly six years....

Health crisis in Haiti enters a deadly new phase
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- Fourteen-month-old Abigail Charlot survived Haiti's cataclysmic earthquake but not its miserable aftermath. Brought into the capital's General Hospital with fever and diarrhea, little Abigail literally dried up....

Nigeria: Vice president now acting president
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) -- Nigeria's parliament empowered Vice President Goodluck Jonathan to run Africa's most populous nation Tuesday in place of an ill and absent president, striving for a political end to a crisis that ground the government to a virtual halt and triggered the resumption of an insurgency in the vital oil sector....

Iran sentences another activist to death
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran has convicted another opposition activist on charges related to the country's post-election turmoil and sentenced him to death, the judiciary said Tuesday, bringing to at least 10 the number of those facing the death penalty for the unrest following June's disputed presidential election....

Italian Catholic scandal draws in Pope Benedict
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- A scandal in Italy's Catholic Church has morphed into a tale of Vatican intrigue complete with forged documents, reports of dueling cardinals and a papal admonishment Tuesday to put the matter to rest....

EU nations' reality: Greece's woes are theirs, too
BRUSSELS (AP) -- Wealthy European nations were moving closer toward swallowing a bitter pill Tuesday: rescuing Greece from its overspending before its debts drag down the euro and stock markets all the way to Wall Street....

US poised to seize Afghan town as Taliban dig in
NEAR MARJAH, Afghanistan (AP) -- U.S. and Afghan forces pushed Tuesday to the edge of the southern Afghan town of Marjah, poised to seize the major Taliban supply and drug-smuggling stronghold in hopes of building public support by providing aid and services once the insurgents are gone....