TOKYO (Reuters) - A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.9 jolted the west coast of central Japan on Sunday, killing one person, injuring more than 150 and damaging hundreds of homes, Japanese officials and media said.

AP - A powerful, deadly earthquake struck Japan early Sunday, killing at least one person and injuring 150 others as it violently shook buildings and triggered a small tsunami that hit the coast, officials and media reports said.

AP - Fire broke out in a Moscow nightclub early Sunday, killing 10 people, an Emergency Situations Ministry spokesman said.

AP - Undercover NYPD officers traveled around the U.S. and even to Europe to observe activists who planned to protest at the 2004 Republican National Convention — including hundreds who showed no sign of illegal intent, a newspaper reported.

AP - Doctors are planning an attempt this spring to gradually separate 3-year-old twin girls who were born connected at the head.

AP - Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning used his 'Saturday Night Live' monologue to poke a little fun at his mother.

Reuters - A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.9 jolted the west coast of central Japan on Sunday, killing one person, injuring more than 150 and damaging hundreds of homes, Japanese officials and media said.

Reuters - The Ohio State Buckeyes advanced to the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament with a 92-76 win over Memphis in the South Regional final in San Antonio on Saturday.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Iran rejected a repeated demand by the U.N. Security Council to suspend uranium enrichment work after the 15-nation body imposed arms and financial sanctions on Tehran.

AP - Vice President Dick Cheney on Saturday accused the Democrat-led House of not supporting troops in Iraq and of sending a message to terrorists that America will retreat in the face danger.

Reuters - Iran rejected a repeated demand by the U.N. Security Council to suspend uranium enrichment work after the 15-nation body imposed arms and financial sanctions on Tehran.

TEHRAN (Reuters) - The British envoy to Tehran on Sunday requested access to 15 detained British naval personnel who Iran says entered Iranian waters illegally despite Britain's insistence they were in Iraqi territory, a diplomat said.

AP - A powerful, deadly earthquake struck Japan early Sunday, killing at least one person and injuring 162 others as it violently shook buildings and triggered a small tsunami that hit the coast, officials and media reports said.

AP - Fire broke out in a Moscow striptease club early Sunday, killing 10 people, an Emergency Situations Ministry spokesman said.

AP - Iraqi police detained a man as he was trying to detonate an explosives-laden truck filled with chlorine in Ramadi, the military said Sunday.

Reuters - Iran rejected a repeated demand by the U.N. Security Council to suspend uranium enrichment work after the 15-nation body imposed arms and financial sanctions on Tehran.

Reuters - The British envoy to Tehran on Sunday requested access to 15 detained British naval personnel who Iran says entered Iranian waters illegally despite Britain's insistence they were in Iraqi territory, a diplomat said.

AFP - US Vice President Dick Cheney has assured political allies that an early withdrawal of US forces from Iraq would not be allowed, despite efforts by Congress to impose a deadline on US combat operations there.

NOTO PENINSULA, Japan (Reuters) - A strong earthquake killed one person and injured more than 170 in Japan on Sunday, demolishing houses, buckling roads, triggering landslides and cutting off water supplies to thousands of homes.

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged Israel on Sunday to embrace Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as a peace partner, a call in contrast with new Israeli criticism of the moderate leader.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. presidential candidates have friends in corporate America fanning out across the country raising millions of dollars for their 2008 bids, ranging from Washington lobbyists to Wall Street financiers.

AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Sunday she raised U.S. criticism of Egyptian democracy efforts with President Hosni Mubarak, but added the United States would not try to dictate how Egypt should proceed.

AP - Fire broke out in a Moscow striptease club early Sunday, killing 10 people, an Emergency Situations Ministry spokesman said.

AP - Suspected Shiite militants bombed a Sunni mosque in southern Iraq on Sunday in apparent retaliation for a suicide attack the day before against a Shiite shrine in the same city that killed 11 people, police said.

AP - A man and woman fell overboard from the cruise ship into the Gulf of Mexico but were recovered alive after a four-hour search, a Coast Guard spokeswoman in New Orleans said.

Reuters - A strong earthquake killed one person and injured more than 170 in Japan on Sunday, demolishing houses, buckling roads, triggering landslides and cutting off water supplies to thousands of homes.

Reuters - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged Israel on Sunday to embrace Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as a peace partner, a call in contrast with new Israeli criticism of the moderate leader.

AFP - Iran reacted angrily Sunday to fresh sanctions imposed by the UN Security Council over its nuclear program and ignored an offer of new talks from the major powers.

AFP - International pressure mounted on Iran on Sunday to free 15 British naval personnel but British authorities admitted they do not know where the group are being held.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. and Iraqi troops clashed with gunmen in a town south of Baghdad on Sunday shortly after a Sunni mosque was bombed in apparent revenge for the destruction of a Shi'ite mosque there a day earlier.

ASWAN, Egypt (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Sunday toned down criticism of planned amendments to Egypt's constitution that rights groups have called a step backward for freedom and democracy.

AP - A powerful earthquake struck central Japan on Sunday, killing at least one person and injuring 170 others as it toppled buildings, triggered landslides and generated a small tsunami along the coast. The quake was followed throughout the day by aftershocks.

AP - British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Sunday that the 15 British sailors and marines captured by Iran were not in Iranian waters and warned that Britain viewed their fate as a 'fundamental' issue.

AP - A man and woman fell overboard from a cruise ship in the Gulf of Mexico early Sunday, but both were rescued after a four-hour search and appeared to be in good condition, a cruise line spokeswoman said.

Reuters - U.S. and Iraqi troops clashed with gunmen in a town south of Baghdad on Sunday shortly after a Sunni mosque was bombed in apparent revenge for the destruction of a Shi'ite mosque there a day earlier.

Reuters - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Sunday toned down criticism of planned amendments to Egypt's constitution that rights groups have called a step backward for freedom and democracy.

NOTO PENINSULA, Japan (Reuters) - A strong earthquake killed one person and injured at least 160 in central Japan on Sunday, demolishing houses, buckling roads, triggering landslides and cutting off water supplies to thousands of homes.

BERLIN (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Tony Blair accused Iran on Sunday of seizing British naval personnel in Iraqi waters and said Tehran must understand its action was 'unjustified and wrong'.

AP - Republican support for Attorney General Alberto Gonzales eroded Sunday as three key senators sharply questioned his truthfulness and a Democrat joined the list of lawmakers who want him to resign over the firing of eight federal prosecutors.

AP - With U.S. attack helicopters buzzing overhead, gunmen and Iraqi security forces clashed Sunday in a Sunni area in central Baghdad, and police said at least two people were killed in fighting in the neighborhood's narrow streets and alleys.

AP - When a family-owned retailer in Texas lowered prices on women's fashion accessories, the manufacturer cut off the store's supply. Phil and Kay Smith sued and won in a case now before the Supreme Court that asks whether price-fixing always is illegal. Arguments before the justices were scheduled for Monday.

AP - Customers at some suburban pizza parlors are getting something extra with their pepperoni and mushrooms — wanted posters for parents accused of failing to pay child support.

AP - Jon Banner is the last person standing.

Reuters - A strong earthquake killed one person and injured at least 160 in central Japan on Sunday, demolishing houses, buckling roads, triggering landslides and cutting off water supplies to thousands of homes.

Reuters - British Prime Minister Tony Blair accused Iran on Sunday of seizing British naval personnel in Iraqi waters and said Tehran must understand its action was "unjustified and wrong."

BERLIN (Reuters) - Iran is considering charging 15 British sailors with illegally entering its waters and will discuss their seizure with London later on Sunday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica (Reuters) - A week after the murder of Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer, Jamaican police sifted through security video for clues on Sunday.

AP - Iran has partially suspended cooperation with the U.N. nuclear watchdog, the nation announced Sunday.

AP - Fastened to the wall of a florist shop a block from where thousands of autoworkers once toiled is a black foil balloon splashed with musical notes and the words 'Good Luck.'

AP - The ninja turtles are back, and they're winning. The Warner Bros. adventure 'TMNT,' a computer-animated update of the 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' comics, cartoons and 1990s live-action movies, debuted as the top weekend flick with $25.45 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.

AP - The murky circumstances surrounding Anna Nicole Smith's death could become clearer Monday, when authorities are expected to release the results of the former pinup's autopsy.

Reuters - Iran is considering charging 15 British sailors with illegally entering its waters and will discuss their seizure with London later on Sunday.

Reuters - A week after the murder of Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer, Jamaican police sifted through security video for clues on Sunday.

AFP - A moribund Darfur peace deal was in danger of collapse on Sunday after a deadly incident between former rebels and police, as the war in the western Sudan region threatened to spread to Khartoum.

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran said on Sunday it would press ahead with its nuclear program despite an 'illegal' U.N. resolution imposing new financial and arms sanctions.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Five U.S. soldiers were killed on Sunday by roadside bomb attacks in Iraq, the U.S. military said in a statement.

RAMALLAH (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met separately on Sunday with Palestinians and Israelis to gauge the chances of peace talks but said she was not striving for a 'big bang' breakthrough.

AP - With U.S. attack helicopters buzzing overhead, gunmen and Iraqi security forces clashed Sunday in a Sunni area in central Baghdad, and police said at least two people were killed in fighting in the neighborhood's narrow streets and alleys. Roadside bombings, meanwhile, killed five U.S. soldiers, including four in a single strike in a volatile province northeast of the capital.

AP - British Prime Minister Tony Blair warned Iran on Sunday that the fate of 15 British sailors and marines seized off the Iraqi coast was a 'fundamental' issue for his government, as Iran suggested the group may be put on trial for violating its waters.

AP - The murky circumstances surrounding Anna Nicole Smith's death could become clearer Monday, when authorities are expected to release the results of the former pinup's autopsy.

AP - Coach Pat Summitt spares no one her stony glare — even Candace Parker. It didn't matter that Parker hit her first eight shots, or that top-seeded Tennessee was in command and about to end Marist's inspiring tournament run with a 65-46 victory Sunday in the Dayton Regional semifinals.

Reuters - Iran said on Sunday it would press ahead with its nuclear program despite an "illegal" U.N. resolution imposing new financial and arms sanctions.

Reuters - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met separately on Sunday with Palestinians and Israelis to gauge the chances of peace talks but said she was not striving for a "big bang" breakthrough.

AFP - Iran is to restrict its cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog in retaliation for the Security Council sanctions over its disputed atomic programme, a government spokesman announced on Sunday.

COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers said on Monday they bombed an air force base next to Sri Lanka's international airport north of Colombo from light aircraft before dawn, and warned more air raids would follow.

GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - The charges and rules have changed, but the criticism has a familiar ring as the U.S. military prepares to put Australian David Hicks on trial again as the first prisoner to face a new U.S. war crimes tribunal.

AP - Republican support for Attorney General Alberto Gonzales eroded Sunday as three key senators sharply questioned his honesty over last fall's firings of eight federal prosecutors. Additionally, two Democrats joined the list of lawmakers calling for Gonzales' ouster.

AP - Roadside bombs killed five U.S. soldiers in Iraq Sunday, including four in a single strike in a volatile province northeast of the capital, the military said.

AP - Go ahead, hate Florida all you want. But you can't beat these Gators. Not in the NCAA tournament. Not yet, anyway. Inside, outside, early, late — the Gators find a way to get it done when there's a title at stake.

AP - For at least two days, neighbors at a city apartment complex noticed an acrid aroma, black smoke and leaping flames coming from two barbecue grills on the balcony of a second-floor apartment.

AP - It was nearly a decade ago that Jose Cibelli plugged his own DNA into a cow's egg in a novel cloning attempt that was condemned as unethical by President Clinton and landed the Michigan State University researcher in a mess of controversy.

AP - An experimental drug is the first to substantially and safely improve shortness of breath and other symptoms in people hospitalized with severe heart failure, an epidemic that is growing as baby boomers age, doctors reported Sunday.

AP - Leeza Gibbons' dance resume consists of a tap class in grade school and another that her teenage daughter, Lexi, talked her into taking a couple years ago.

Reuters - Five U.S. soldiers were killed on Sunday by roadside bomb attacks in Iraq, the U.S. military said in a statement.

Reuters - Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers said on Monday they bombed an air force base next to Sri Lanka's international airport north of Colombo from light aircraft before dawn, and warned more air raids would follow.

Reuters - The charges and rules have changed, but the criticism has a familiar ring as the U.S. military prepares to put Australian David Hicks on trial again as the first prisoner to face a new U.S. war crimes tribunal.

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran said on Sunday it would limit cooperation with the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog and vowed not to halt its atomic program 'even for one second' following new financial and arms sanctions.

AP - Republican support for Attorney General Alberto Gonzales eroded Sunday as three key senators sharply questioned his honesty over last fall's firings of eight federal prosecutors. Additionally, two Democrats joined the list of lawmakers calling for Gonzales' ouster.

AP - Prime Minister Tony Blair on Sunday called the Iranian seizure of 15 British sailors and marines 'unjustified and wrong,' saying in his first remarks on the escalating confrontation that London saw it as a 'very serious situation.'

AP - Iran announced Sunday that it was partially suspending cooperation with the U.N. nuclear watchdog while hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said the latest U.N. sanctions would not halt the country's uranium enrichment 'even for a second.'

AP - Roadside bombs killed five U.S. soldiers in Iraq Sunday, including four in a single strike in a volatile province northeast of the capital, the military said.

AP - Twenty-five years later, Georgetown got even for a coach named Thompson and a player named Ewing. In an NCAA tournament full of tremendous rallies, it was the Hoyas' turn — against North Carolina, of all teams.

Reuters - Iran said on Sunday it would limit cooperation with the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog and vowed not to halt its atomic program "even for one second" following new financial and arms sanctions.

AFP - Tamil Tiger rebels bombed a military airbase next to Sri Lanka's international airport Monday, killing at least three airmen and wounding 16 others in the group's first air raid, officials said.

WAJIMA, Japan (Reuters) - Aftershocks jolted the coast of central Japan on Monday, keeping residents on edge one day after a strong quake killed one person and injured nearly 200.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice meets Jordan's King Abdullah and holds further talks with Palestinian and Israeli officials on Monday, the third day of her Middle East trip to try and revive peacemaking.

AP - Republican support for Attorney General Alberto Gonzales eroded Sunday as three key senators sharply questioned his honesty over last fall's firings of eight federal prosecutors. Additionally, two Democrats joined the list of lawmakers calling for Gonzales' ouster.

AP - After a nomadic decade that carried him from the Australian outback to the battlefields of Afghanistan, David Hicks ended up locked away at this remote U.S. base in Cuba, accused of training with al-Qaida and fighting for the Taliban.

AP - A man and woman fell overboard from a cruise ship in the Gulf of Mexico early Sunday, but both were rescued after a four-hour search and appeared to be in good condition, a cruise line spokeswoman said.

AP - Max Crumm and Laura Osnes are the ones America's television viewers want.

AP - LeBron James invited a buddy who has even more money than he does to watch him play. Billions and billions more.

Reuters - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice meets Jordan's King Abdullah and holds further talks with Palestinian and Israeli officials on Monday, the third day of her Middle East trip to try and revive peacemaking.

AFP - The US Senate was to take up binding legislation Monday to withdraw US troops from Iraq within one year -- setting up a showdown with President George W. Bush, who has vowed a veto.

COLOMBO (Reuters) - Tamil Tiger light aircraft bombed an air force base by Colombo international airport before dawn on Monday, killing three airmen and wounding 16 in the first such air strike by the rebel group.

BELFAST (Reuters) - Britain surrendered control over Northern Ireland's day-to-day affairs on Monday but London will resume direct rule within 24 hours if the province's feuding politicians fail to agree when to share that power.

AP - Prime Minister Tony Blair on Sunday called the Iranian seizure of 15 British sailors and marines 'unjustified and wrong,' saying in his first remarks on the escalating confrontation that London saw it as a 'very serious situation.'

AP - The suicide attack against Iraq's Sunni deputy prime minister is now seen as an inside job carried out by a member of his own security detail — a distant relative who had been arrested as an insurgent, freed at the official's request, then hired as a bodyguard, a senior security official and an aide to the victim told The Associated Press on Sunday.

AP - Iran announced Sunday that it was partially suspending cooperation with the U.N. nuclear watchdog while hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said the latest U.N. sanctions would not halt the country's uranium enrichment 'even for a second.'

AP - Intel Corp. announced Monday it will build a $2.5 billion chip factory in China, giving the U.S. company a bigger presence in the booming Chinese market and boosting Beijing's effort to attract high-tech investment.

AP - Children who got quality child care before entering kindergarten had better vocabulary scores in the fifth grade than did youngsters who received lower quality care.

AP - Kobe Bryant's 50-point streak is over. But the Los Angeles Lakers' season-high winning streak lives on. Bryant scored 17 points in the first nine minutes Sunday night, but cooled off after that and finished with 43 in the Lakers' fifth straight victory, a 115-113 triumph over the Golden State Warriors.

Reuters - Tamil Tiger light aircraft bombed an air force base by Colombo international airport before dawn on Monday, killing three airmen and wounding 16 in the first such air strike by the rebel group.

Reuters - Britain surrendered control over Northern Ireland's day-to-day affairs on Monday but London will resume direct rule within 24 hours if the province's feuding politicians fail to agree when to share that power.