WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Indiana pension funds asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Sunday to immediately delay the sale of bankrupt automaker Chrysler LLC to a group led by Italian carmaker Fiat SpA while they challenge the deal.

HERMOSILLO, Mexico (Reuters) - The death toll from a fire at a daycare center in northern Mexico rose to 38 children with 23 more hospitalized, many with life-threatening burns, Mexican authorities said on Saturday.

AP - Opponents of Chrysler's sale to Fiat are asking the Supreme Court to block the deal. Three Indiana state pension and construction funds filed emergency papers at the high court early Sunday to put the sale on hold so they can pursue an appeal.

AP - Lebanese streamed to their hometowns on the Mediterranean coast and high up in the mountains Sunday to vote in crucial elections that could unseat a pro-Western government and install one dominated by the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah.

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 - President Barack Obama spent a few hours as a tourist this weekend, seeing Paris with his wife and two young girls after his trip to the Middle East, Germany and the beaches of Normandy .

AP - Hundreds of Pakistanis banded together to attack Taliban strongholds in a troubled northwest region to avenge a deadly suicide bombing at a local mosque, a top government official said Sunday.

AP - Europe was leaning to the right ahead of European Parliament elections Sunday, with voters in many countries favoring conservative parties against a backdrop of economic crisis.

Reuters - Indiana pension funds asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Sunday to immediately delay the sale of bankrupt automaker Chrysler LLC to a group led by Italian carmaker Fiat SpA while they challenge the deal.

Reuters - The death toll from a fire at a daycare center in northern Mexico rose to 38 children with 23 more hospitalized, many with life-threatening burns, Mexican authorities said on Saturday.

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea has outlined a plan to counter a possible missile attack by North Korea, including airstrikes on a missile base, Seoul's Yonhap News reported on Sunday citing military sources.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese voters cast ballots in a tightly contested general election on Sunday pitting a Western-backed coalition against the Iranian-backed Hezbollah and its allies.

AP - David Carradine's family members, dissatisfied with Thai investigators and 'profoundly disturbed' by the publication of a forensics photo in a Bangkok tabloid, are seeking help from the FBI and an independent pathologist and have threatened legal action against any media outlet that reprints images of the actor in death.

AP - President Barack Obama spent a few hours as a tourist this weekend, seeing Paris with his wife and two young girls after his trip to the Middle East, Germany and the beaches of Normandy.

AP - Hundreds of Pakistanis banded together and attacked Taliban strongholds in a troubled northwestern region to avenge a deadly suicide bombing at a local mosque, a top government official said Sunday.

AP - This was a Belmont for the Birds. It was Summer Bird, not Mine That Bird and jockey Calvin Borel, who came roaring down the long stretch and won the final jewel of the Triple Crown on Saturday.

Reuters - South Korea has outlined a plan to counter a possible missile attack by North Korea, including airstrikes on a missile base, Seoul's Yonhap News reported on Sunday citing military sources.

Reuters - Iranian-backed Hezbollah and its allies are looking to defeat Lebanon's ruling U.S.-backed coalition in a tightly contested general election on Sunday.

AFP - Ships and planes scoured the Atlantic Ocean after the first two bodies and debris were recovered from an area off the coast of Brazil where an Air France passenger jet went down nearly a week ago.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Iranian-backed Hezbollah and its allies are looking to defeat Lebanon's ruling U.S.-backed coalition in a tightly contested general election on Sunday.

AP - Lebanese streamed to their hometowns on the Mediterranean coast and high in the mountains Sunday to vote in a crucial election that could unseat a pro-Western government and install one dominated by the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah.

AFP - Lebanese voters flocked to the polls in a high-stakes election that could see an alliance led by the Shiite militant group Hezbollah defeat the country's current ruling Western-backed coalition.

AFP - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday he will make a key speech next week laying out his government's policies on the Middle East peace process.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Barack Obama may be pressuring Congress as no U.S. president has for decades as he aims to get two big domestic goals passed this year -- reforming health care and fighting global warming.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Indiana pension funds asked the Supreme Court on Sunday to immediately delay the sale of bankrupt automaker Chrysler LLC to a group led by Italian carmaker Fiat SpA while they challenge the deal.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi forces detained five U.S. security contractors in connection with the killing of a fellow American contractor last month in Baghdad's Green Zone, CNN said on Sunday, citing sources close to the investigation.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Iranian-backed Hezbollah and its allies are looking to defeat Lebanon's ruling U.S.-backed coalition in a tightly contested general election on Sunday.

AP - Investigators were combing a huge swath of ocean Sunday in search of more evidence of the doomed Air France Flight 447 after finding the bodies of two passengers and a briefcase.

AP - Europe was leaning to the right as European Parliament elections took place Sunday, with voters in many countries favoring conservative parties against a backdrop of economic crisis.

AP - When it comes to taxing health insurance benefits, President Barack Obama hasn't said yes, and may never. But he and his top aides won't quite say no, either, to an idea he attacked sharply in his campaign for the White House.

Reuters - Barack Obama may be pressuring Congress as no U.S. president has for decades as he aims to get two big domestic goals passed this year -- reforming health care and fighting global warming.

Reuters - Indiana pension funds asked the Supreme Court on Sunday to immediately delay the sale of bankrupt automaker Chrysler LLC to a group led by Italian carmaker Fiat SpA while they challenge the deal.

Reuters - Iraqi forces detained five U.S. security contractors in connection with the killing of a fellow American contractor last month in Baghdad's Green Zone, CNN said on Sunday, citing sources close to the investigation.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is looking into putting North Korea back on a list of state sponsors of terrorism in response to its nuclear test last month, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in an interview on Sunday.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday he would strive for 'maximum understanding' with Washington on peace issues but gave no sign he intends to bow to its demand to halt settlement expansion.

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Villagers in northwest Pakistan have attacked Taliban militants killing seven of them in revenge for a bomb attack on a mosque that killed at least 40 people, a top government official and residents said on Sunday.

AP - Three more bodies were found Sunday in the ocean near the spot where an Air France jet is believed to have crashed a week ago, bringing the total number of bodies plucked from the water to five, Brazil's military said.

AP - A military official says 15 gunmen and a soldier were killed in a two-hour shootout in the heart of Acapulco's hotel zone.

AP - Iraqi authorities have detained five U.S. citizens in connection with the death of an American contractor in Baghdad, officials said Sunday, in what could be the first case of Americans facing local justice under a joint security pact that took effect this year.

Reuters - The United States is looking into putting North Korea back on a list of state sponsors of terrorism in response to its nuclear test last month, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in an interview on Sunday.

Reuters - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday he would strive for 'maximum understanding' with Washington on peace issues but gave no sign he intends to bow to its demand to halt settlement expansion.

AFP - Lebanese queued up to vote on Sunday in a hotly-contested election that could see an alliance led by the Shiite militant group Hezbollah defeat the ruling Western-backed coalition.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Barack Obama may be pressuring Congress as no U.S. president has for decades as he aims to get two big domestic goals passed this year -- reforming health care and fighting global warming.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese voted on Sunday in a high-stakes parliamentary election that pits Hezbollah and its allies, backed by Syria and Iran, against a bloc that has U.S. and Saudi support.

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

ACAPULCO, Mexico (Reuters) - Fifteen drug hit men and two soldiers were killed in a shootout in the Mexican beach resort of Acapulco, the army said on Sunday.

AP - The U.S. is considering adding North Korea back to a list of state sponsors of terrorism, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said in an interview broadcast Sunday after President Barack Obama pledged 'a very hard look' at tougher measures because of the North's nuclear stance.

AP - President Barack Obama spent a few hours as a tourist this weekend, seeing Paris with his wife and two young girls after his trip to the Middle East, Germany and the beaches of Normandy.

AP - Grieving parents began burying their children after a devastating daycare fire killed 38 infants and toddlers in a tragedy that stunned Mexico and prompted its president to promise a thorough investigation.

AP - Two live-action comedies have been unable to bring down the animated adventure 'Up.'

AP - Roger Federer beat Robin Soderling, tied Pete Sampras and won the French Open at last.

Reuters - Barack Obama may be pressuring Congress as no U.S. president has for decades as he aims to get two big domestic goals passed this year -- reforming health care and fighting global warming.

Reuters - Lebanese voted on Sunday in a high-stakes parliamentary election that pits Hezbollah and its allies, backed by Syria and Iran, against a bloc that has U.S. and Saudi support.

Reuters - Brazilian search crews on Saturday retrieved the first bodies from a crashed Air France flight in the Atlantic, and investigators said faulty speed readings had been found on the same type of jets.

PARIS (Reuters) - Brazilian navy ships found more bodies from the Atlantic plane crash on Sunday, and Air France said it had been replacing speed sensors at the center of the investigation into the cause of the disaster.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is looking into putting North Korea back on a list of state sponsors of terrorism in response to its nuclear test last month, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in an interview on Sunday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Indiana pension funds and consumer groups asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Sunday to stop the sale of bankrupt automaker Chrysler LLC to a group led by Italian carmaker Fiat SpA while they challenge the deal.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese turned out in force on Sunday in a parliamentary election that pitted the Iranian- and Syrian-backed Hezbollah and its allies against a bloc that has U.S. and Saudi support.

AP - Four more bodies were found Sunday bobbing in the ocean near the spot where an Air France jet is believed to have crashed a week ago, bringing the total number of bodies plucked from the water to six, Brazil's military said.

AP - At one of the nation's top trauma hospitals, a nurse circles a patient's bed, humming and waving her arms as if shooing evil spirits. Another woman rubs a quartz bowl with a wand, making tunes that mix with the beeping monitors and hissing respirator keeping the man alive.

AP - The man charged in the shooting death of abortion provider Dr. George Tiller warned Sunday that more violence is possible.

AP - People gawked and cameras clicked as the Obamas cut a wide figure through the French capital even while confined to a presidential motorcade. It was more personal for the few kept not so distant — the restaurant owner who 'saw God,' the chauffeur reveling in a 'magnificent mission.'

AP - Grieving parents buried their children Sunday after a devastating daycare fire killed 40 infants and toddlers, stunning Mexico and prompting its president to promise a thorough investigation.

Reuters - Brazilian navy ships found more bodies from the Atlantic plane crash on Sunday, and Air France said it had been replacing speed sensors at the center of the investigation into the cause of the disaster.

Reuters - The United States is looking into putting North Korea back on a list of state sponsors of terrorism in response to its nuclear test last month, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in an interview on Sunday.

Reuters - Lebanese turned out in force on Sunday in a parliamentary election that pitted the Iranian- and Syrian-backed Hezbollah and its allies against a bloc that has U.S. and Saudi support.

AFP - Lebanese voted en masse on Sunday in a hotly-contested election that could see an alliance led by the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group defeat the Western-backed majority in parliament.

ACAPULCO, Mexico (Reuters) - Eighteen people were killed in a shootout between drug gangs and soldiers in the Mexican beach resort of Acapulco, the army said on Sunday.

AP - Search ships methodically worked through a 'sea of debris' from a doomed Air France jet Sunday, recovering four more bodies near the spot where the Airbus A330 is believed to have gone down a week ago.

AP - This is one Christmas gift U.S. taxpayers don't need. Construction of a $30 million dining facility at a U.S. base in Iraq is scheduled to be completed Dec. 25. But the decision to build it was based on bad planning and botched paperwork.

AP - Peter J. Walsh, the owner of Walsh Dodge in Jersey City, N.J., started out selling used cars in his hometown 28 years ago after the birth of his daughter. He slowly built his business, and felt as if he'd finally made it when he earned his Chrysler shingle in 2000.

AP - For the first time in three decades, Saudis in the nation's capital did something that most Westerners take for granted — they went to the movies. But it wasn't exactly date night. No women were allowed.

Reuters - Eighteen people were killed in a shootout between drug gangs and soldiers in the Mexican beach resort of Acapulco, the army said on Sunday.

Reuters - The death toll from a fire at a day-care center in Mexico rose to 41 children on Sunday and a dozen more fought for their lives in hospital.

AFP - Lebanon was anxiously awaiting the results of a hotly-contested election on Sunday that could see an alliance led by the Hezbollah militant group unseat the pro-Western majority in parliament.

AFP - Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko announced in a televised address Sunday that she will run for the presidency in an election in 2010.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - An anti-Syrian coalition defeated Hezbollah and its main Christian ally Michel Aoun in Lebanon's parliamentary election on Sunday, sources on both sides said.

HERMOSILLO, Mexico (Reuters) - The death toll from a fire at a day-care center in Mexico rose to 41 children on Sunday and a dozen more were fighting for their lives in hospitals.

AP - Brazilian military authorities say search boats scouring the Atlantic Ocean have now recovered 17 bodies of passengers on a doomed Air France flight that crashed a week ago.

AP - Conservatives raced toward victory in some of Europe's largest economies Sunday as initial results and exit polls showed voters punishing left-leaning parties in European parliament elections in France, Germany and elsewhere.

AP - The man charged with murdering a high-profile abortion doctor claimed from his jail cell Sunday that similar violence was planned around the nation for as long as the procedure remained legal, a threat that comes days after a federal investigation launched into his possible accomplices.

AP - Two live-action comedies were unable to bring down the animated adventure 'Up.' Disney and Pixar Animation's 'Up' reeled in $44.2 million to remain on top of the box office for the second weekend in a row, according to studio estimates Sunday.

AP - Oh, how Roger Federer savored every moment with his first French Open trophy.

Reuters - An anti-Syrian coalition defeated Hezbollah and its main Christian ally Michel Aoun in Lebanon's parliamentary election on Sunday, sources on both sides said.

Reuters - The death toll from a fire at a day-care center in Mexico rose to 41 children on Sunday and a dozen more were fighting for their lives in hospitals.

AFP - Gabon President Omar Bongo Ondimba, Africa's longest serving leader, has died aged 73 in a Spanish clinic, a French government source said Sunday.

AFP - Lebanon's pro-Western ruling coalition said it expected to cling on to its majority in parliament after a hotly contested election race against an alliance led by the Shiite militant group Hezbollah.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - An anti-Syrian coalition defeated Hezbollah in Lebanon's parliamentary election on Sunday in a blow to Syria and Iran and a boost to the United States.

AP - Search ships methodically worked through a 'sea of debris' from a doomed Air France jet Sunday, recovering 15 more bodies near the spot where the Airbus A330 is believed to have gone down a week ago.

Reuters - Searchers found 15 more bodies from a crashed Air France jet on Sunday and retrieved a large amount of debris from the plane that plunged into the Atlantic ocean in the worst air disaster since 2001.

Reuters - An anti-Syrian coalition defeated Hezbollah in Lebanon's parliamentary election on Sunday in a blow to Syria and Iran and a boost to the United States.

AFP - Gabon Prime Minister Jean Eyeghe Ndong told national television on Sunday that he was 'not aware' of the reported death of President Omar Bongo Ondimba.

AFP - Lebanon's pro-Western coalition claimed victory on Monday over an alliance headed by the fundamentalist Shiite militant group Hezbollah after a fiercely-contested parliamentary election race.

RECIFE, Brazil/PARIS (Reuters) - Searchers found 15 more bodies from a crashed Air France jet on Sunday and retrieved a large amount of debris from the plane that plunged into the Atlantic ocean in the worst air disaster since 2001.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - 'Billy Elliot The Musical' was an early winner at the top U.S. theater honors on Sunday, picking up six behind-the-scenes Tony Awards for a Broadway season that defied recession with record ticket sales.

AP - Conservatives scored victories in some of Europe's largest economies Sunday as voters punished left-leaning parties in European parliament elections in France, Germany and other nations.

AP - This is one Christmas gift U.S. taxpayers don't need.

AP - 'God of Carnage' has won the Tony for best play.

AP - Kobe Bryant and the balanced Los Angeles Lakers led Rashard Lewis and the Orlando Magic 40-35 at halftime. Bryant scored six points, and Pau Gasol and Lamar Odom had seven each in the first 24 minutes of Game 2 of the NBA finals on Sunday night.

AFP - Conservative parties decisively beat Socialists in the EU parliamentary elections which ended Sunday, marred by a new record low turnout.

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea threatened on Monday to retaliate with 'extreme' measures if the United Nations punished it for last month's nuclear test, with Washington saying it may put Pyongyang back on its list of states that sponsor terrorism.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - A surprise victory in Lebanon by an anti-Syrian coalition against the Iranian-backed Hezbollah and its allies should be confirmed on Monday with the release of official results of the country's parliamentary election.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - 'Billy Elliot The Musical' swept the top U.S. theater honors on Sunday, winning 10 Tony Awards for a Broadway season that defied a recession with record ticket sales.

AP - 'Billy Elliot,' the big British musical about a coal miner's son who dreams to dance, bowled over Broadway on Sunday, winning 10 Tonys, including best musical and a unique best actor prize for the three young performers who share the title character.

AP - Lucky to have a second chance, the Los Angeles Lakers grabbed it.

Reuters - North Korea threatened on Monday to retaliate with 'extreme' measures if the United Nations punished it for last month's nuclear test, with Washington saying it may put Pyongyang back on its list of states that sponsor terrorism.

Reuters - A surprise victory in Lebanon by an anti-Syrian coalition against the Iranian-backed Hezbollah and its allies should be confirmed on Monday with the release of official results of the country's parliamentary election.