AP - A plan under consideration by the Obama administration would permit Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detainees facing the death penalty to plead guilty without a full trial, it has been reported.

AP - The Pakistani military says militants ambushed a prison convoy and accidentally killed two aides to a cleric linked to the Taliban in the Swat Valley.

AFP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown vowed to fight on, hoping that a hasty Cabinet reshuffle would prove enough in the battle to salvage his premiership.

AP - President Barack Obama turns Saturday to the icons and heroes of the D-Day invasion of Normandy, paying tribute to a feat that cemented the trans-Atlantic alliance in a bid to shore up today's U.S.-Europe relationship.

AP - For three decades, accused spies Walter Kendall Myers and his wife shuffled secrets to their Cuban contacts in such fear of being caught, authorities say, that he memorized top-secret documents rather than bring them into their home.

AP - More foreign car brands could find their way into American garages under a plan by auto racing magnate Roger Penske's dealership group to snap up Saturn from the ruins of General Motors Corp.

AP - The Obama administration has unveiled a broad new strategy to fight violent Mexican drug cartels on the border. It only lacks the presidential choices to run the top U.S. agencies battling drugs, border smuggling and illegal guns.

AP - Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi has weathered corruption probes and public outrage at his tasteless quips — emerging each time with his popularity intact.

AP - The family of American actor David Carradine has asked the FBI to help investigate his death after his body was found in a hotel closet in Thailand's capital with a rope tied to his neck, wrist and genitals.

AP - Calvin Borel taped the 'Late Show with David Letterman' early in the week, attended a Madison Square Garden news conference another day and rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange two days ago.

AP - The global recession, Afghanistan, Iran and Mideast peace topped the agenda of talks Saturday between President Barack Obama and French President Nicolas Sarkozy before the leaders commemorated the D-Day invasion that cemented the trans-Atlantic alliance.

AP - Signals sent by Air France Flight 447 before it disappeared show its autopilot was not on, the head of the French agency leading the investigation into the crash of 447 said Saturday.

AP - The Alabama senator leading the GOP's vetting of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor said the American tradition of impartial courts is 'under attack' and the pivotal question in her nomination should be whether she allows personal views to color her decisions as a judge.

AFP - Hundreds of rescue workers and volunteers were searching for dozens of people feared buried alive when part of a mountain collapsed in a massive landslide in southwest China, officials said.

COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday marked the 65th anniversary of the D-Day landings on France's Normandy beaches, an important World War Two breakthrough in the battle against Nazi Germany.

PARIS/RECIFE, Brazil (Reuters) - Search crews in the Atlantic struggled on Friday to recover wreckage from an Air France flight as hopes dwindled of finding bodies from a crash possibly caused by pilots acting on flawed speed readings.

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran said on Saturday a new report from the United Nations nuclear watchdog showed Tehran's nuclear program was peaceful, despite Western suspicions it is aimed at making atomic bombs.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A fire at a daycare center in northern Mexico on Friday killed at least 29 children and injured others, the government said.

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Two pro-Taliban clerics were killed in a shootout between security forces and militants in northwestern Pakistan on Saturday, a day after around 40 people were killed in a suicide attack in a mosque, the military said.

AP - President Barack Obama on Saturday suggested a new, stronger response to North Korean nuclear and missile testing, saying that he prefers continued diplomacy unless the communist country refuses to accept international calls to end to its nuclear program.

AP - The agency investigating the crash of Flight 447 says Air France had not replaced instruments that measure air speed on the plane, which the manufacturer had recommended.

Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday marked the 65th anniversary of the D-Day landings on France's Normandy beaches, an important World War Two breakthrough in the battle against Nazi Germany.

Reuters - Iran said on Saturday a new report from the United Nations nuclear watchdog showed Tehran's nuclear program was peaceful, despite Western suspicions it is aimed at making atomic bombs.

Reuters - A fire at a daycare center in northern Mexico on Friday killed at least 29 children and injured others, the government said.

Reuters - Two pro-Taliban clerics were killed in a shootout between security forces and militants in northwestern Pakistan Saturday, a day after around 40 people were killed in a suicide attack in a mosque, the military said.

CAEN, France (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Saturday he wanted to see 'serious, constructive' Middle East peace talks this year aimed at finding a two-state solution for Israel and the Palestinians.

BISHKEK (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai has urged Kyrgyzstan to abandon plans to shut a U.S. military air base used to support operations in Afghanistan, a senior Kyrgyz official said on Saturday.

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, battling to avert the collapse of his government, said on Saturday he would stick to his policies, as his Labor Party faced a European election drubbing.

HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai left for Europe and the United States on Saturday to try to drum up financial aid for a unity government he formed with rival President Robert Mugabe.

AP - Recalling the 'unimaginable hell' of D-Day suffering, President Barack Obama paid tribute Saturday to the against-all-odds Allied landings that broke Nazi Germany's grip on France and turned the tide of history.

AP - A fast-moving fire killed 31 children in a day care center in northern Mexico despite desperate attempts of firefighters who punched through the walls and fought their way through flames to rescue babies, toddlers and others trapped inside.

AP - President Barack Obama on Saturday suggested a new and stronger response to North Korea's nuclear and missile testing, promising to take 'a very hard look' at the next steps.

AP - The Obama administration's new strategy to help fight Mexican drug cartels is getting under way without presidential picks to run the U.S. agencies in charge of battling drugs, border smuggling and illegal guns.

AP - Insurgents are increasingly using teenagers to stage attacks against American and Iraqi security forces, the U.S. military said Saturday.

AP - The senator leading the GOP's review of Sonia Sotomayor said the central question in her Supreme Court nomination should be whether she allows personal views to color her decisions.

Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Saturday he wanted to see 'serious, constructive' Middle East peace talks this year aimed at finding a two-state solution for Israel and the Palestinians.

Reuters - Afghan President Hamid Karzai has urged Kyrgyzstan to abandon plans to shut a U.S. military air base used to support operations in Afghanistan, a senior Kyrgyz official said on Saturday.

Reuters - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, battling to avert the collapse of his government, said on Saturday he would stick to his policies, as his Labor Party faced a European election drubbing.

AFP - A fire at a daycare center in northern Mexico has killed at least 31 young children and left dozens of others injured, police and officials said Saturday.

COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama paid homage to the heroes of D-Day on Saturday, saying their assault on Normandy's beaches exactly 65 years ago had helped save the world from evil and tyranny.

PARIS (Reuters) - Airbus had detected faulty speed readings on its A330 jets ahead of last week's crash of an Air France airliner, and had recommended clients replace a sensor, French air investigators said on Saturday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers plan far-reaching insurance market reforms, and would require that businesses and individuals purchase medical coverage as they seek to overhaul the U.S. healthcare system, an early draft of Senate legislation said on Saturday.

AP - Recalling the 'unimaginable hell' of D-Day suffering, President Barack Obama paid tribute Saturday to the against-all-odds Allied landings that broke Nazi Germany's grip on France and turned the tide of history.

AP - Deep in the Sahara Desert, along the remote southern borders of Algeria, lies an immense no man's land where militants roam.

AP - Air France had not acted on a recommendation to change airspeed-detecting instruments on Flight 447 before the plane crashed in turbulent weather, the French agency investigating the disaster said Saturday.

AP - Hundreds of people have gathered for the funeral honoring slain abortion provider Dr. George Tiller in Wichita, Kansas.

AP - At 29, Tahani is considered a spinster by the standards of deeply conservative Gaza. So in her search for a husband, she turned for help to the best in the marriage business: the Islamic militant group Hamas.

AP - Sonia Sotomayor was in her 30s and not yet a judge when she noticed that a paralegal at the law firm where she worked broke out in hives whenever she entered Sotomayor's office. After six months, they laughed about it.

AP - Svetlana Kuznetsova conquered her nerves and beat a shaky Dinara Safina to win the French Open.

Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama paid homage to the heroes of D-Day on Saturday, saying their assault on Normandy's beaches exactly 65 years ago had helped save the world from evil and tyranny.

Reuters - Airbus had detected faulty speed readings on its A330 jets ahead of last week's crash of an Air France airliner, and had recommended clients replace a sensor, French air investigators said on Saturday.

Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama underlined on Saturday the need for 'tough diplomacy' in dealing with Iran's nuclear program and said he would be firm with North Korea as well after its second atomic bomb explosion.

Reuters - U.S. lawmakers plan far-reaching insurance market reforms, and would require that businesses and individuals purchase medical coverage as they seek to overhaul the U.S. healthcare system, an early draft of Senate legislation said on Saturday.

Reuters - Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai left for Europe and the United States on Saturday to try to drum up financial aid for a unity government he formed with rival President Robert Mugabe.

AFP - Barack Obama vowed the world would never forget the dead of D-Day as he joined fellow leaders on Saturday at the site of the Allied landing which changed the course of history.

RECIFE, Brazil (Reuters) - Search crews found two male bodies on Saturday morning from the Air France flight that crashed into the Atlantic earlier this week, a Brazilian air force spokesman said.

CAEN, France (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama underlined on Saturday the need for 'tough diplomacy' in dealing with Iran's nuclear program and said he would be firm with North Korea as well after its second atomic bomb explosion.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The death toll from a fire at a daycare center in northern Mexico rose to 31 children, the government said on Saturday, while more than 20 were treated in hospitals.

AP - Searchers have found two bodies in the Atlantic Ocean near where an Air France jet is believed to have crashed, a Brazilian military official said Saturday.

AP - Hundreds of people gathered Saturday to honor slain abortion provider Dr. George Tiller, eulogized by a longtime friend as a passionate and generous man who repeatedly overcame difficult challenges.

AP - Svetlana Kuznetsova conquered her nerves and beat a shaky Dinara Safina to win the French Open.

Reuters - Search crews found two male bodies on Saturday morning from the Air France flight that crashed into the Atlantic earlier this week, a Brazilian air force spokesman said.

AFP - US President Barack Obama said Saturday that North Korea's nuclear weapon test had been 'extraordinarily provocative' and that it would be 'profoundly dangerous' for Iran to get a nuclear bomb.

RECIFE, Brazil/PARIS (Reuters) - Brazilian search crews on Saturday retrieved the first bodies from a crashed Air France flight in the Atlantic, and the plane's maker said it had detected faulty speed readings on the same type of jets.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The death toll from a fire at a daycare center in northern Mexico rose to 35 children with another 40 or more hospitalized, many in extremely grave condition, the government said on Saturday.

AP - President Barack Obama honored the valiant dead and the 'sheer improbability' of their D-Day victory, commemorating Saturday's 65th anniversary of the decisive invasion even as he remakes two wars and tries to thwart potential nuclear threats in Iran and North Korea.

AP - President Barack Obama on Saturday expressed impatience with North Korea's refusal to restart nuclear disarmament talks and said his administration was taking 'a very hard look' at possible tougher approaches.

AP - The family of David Carradine is asking the FBI and a private forensics expert to help investigate the 'Kung Fu' actor's death, attorney Mark Geragos said Saturday, the same day Thai police said surveillance footage indicated no one had entered his hotel room before he died.

AP - Svetlana Kuznetsova never struck Dinara Safina as a Grand Slam champion in the making when they were kids in Russia. Kuznetsova showed up for matches toting a 2-liter bottle of soda and wearing rock band T-shirts.

Reuters - Brazilian search crews on Saturday retrieved the first bodies from a crashed Air France flight in the Atlantic, and the plane's maker said it had detected faulty speed readings on the same type of jets.

Reuters - The death toll from a fire at a daycare center in northern Mexico rose to 35 children with another 40 or more hospitalized, many in extremely grave condition, the government said on Saturday.

AFP - Brazil's air force said on Saturday two male bodies and debris have been recovered from the crash zone of a Air France jetliner that came down over the Atlantic nearly a week earlier with 228 people on board.

(Corrects source for faulty speed readings in lead paragraph)

BANGKOK/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The family of David Carradine has asked U.S. authorities to help unravel the mystery of his death, amid conflicting reports about how his body was found hanging naked in a Bangkok hotel.

AP - Hunting spies is difficult, but Cuban spies are notoriously hard to detect, former senior intelligence officials said a day after an American husband and wife were indicted on charges of spying for Cuba.

AP - Joe Dillon hit a tiebreaking single in the ninth inning and the Tampa Bay Rays touched up Mariano Rivera for the second time this season, defeating the New York Yankees 9-7 on Saturday.

AFP - Brazilian search teams on Saturday recovered two male bodies, a plane seat and other remains from an Air France jetliner that went down over the Atlantic nearly a week ago with 228 people on board, officials said.

LONDON (Reuters) - The Taliban said on Saturday that U.S. President Barack Obama's speech to the Muslim world was full of 'deceptive slogans' and did nothing to change relations between America and Muslims.

PARIS (Reuters) - Airbus has faced problems with the speed sensors on its A330 aircraft dating back to at least 2001, forcing changes in equipment as well as the pilot's flight manual, according to regulatory documents.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The death toll from a fire at a day-care center in northern Mexico rose to 35 children with at least 40 more hospitalized, many with life-threatening burns, Mexican authorities said on Saturday.

AP - This was a Belmont for the Birds.

Reuters - The Taliban said on Saturday that U.S. President Barack Obama's speech to the Muslim world was full of 'deceptive slogans' and did nothing to change relations between America and Muslims.

Reuters - Airbus has faced problems with the speed sensors on its A330 aircraft dating back to at least 2001, forcing changes in equipment as well as the pilot's flight manual, according to regulatory documents.

Reuters - The death toll from a fire at a day-care center in northern Mexico rose to 35 children with at least 40 more hospitalized, many with life-threatening burns, Mexican authorities said on Saturday.

HAVANA (Reuters) - Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro on Saturday called charges that a former U.S. State Department official and his wife spied for the Cuban government for nearly 30 years 'ridiculous' and described the case as an 'espionage comic strip.'

AP - A nearly 14-hour standoff on a ranch in North Dakota ended Saturday with the arrest of two men who escaped from a rural Alabama prison more than 1,200 miles away, a federal law enforcement official said.

Reuters - Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro on Saturday called charges that a former U.S. State Department official and his wife spied for the Cuban government for nearly 30 years 'ridiculous' and described the case as an 'espionage comic strip.'

AP - Fidel Castro called the case of two Americans accused of spying for Cuba 'strange' Saturday and questioned whether the timing of their arrests was politically motivated.

AP - The Detroit Red Wings sure don't look tired now. After watching their two-game lead in the Stanley Cup finals disappear in Pittsburgh, the defending champions returned to the friendly confines of Joe Louis Arena and blew away the supposedly fresher Penguins 5-0 in Game 5 on Saturday night.