WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Leaders of the United States, Mexico and Canada -- also known as 'the three amigos' -- begin a summit on Sunday in Mexico to talk about simmering trade issues and the threat of drug gangs.

AP - Typhoon Morakot churned toward China forcing the evacuation of nearly 1 million people Sunday, a day after lashing Taiwan with torrential rains that caused the worst flooding on the island in 50 years.

Reuters - Leaders of the United States, Mexico and Canada -- also known as 'the three amigos' -- begin a summit on Sunday in Mexico to talk about simmering trade issues and the threat of drug gangs.

AFP - Pakistan's Taliban appears in turmoil after reports of a deadly shootout between contenders to replace the shadowy movement's leader, believed to have been killed in a US drone attack.

JAKARTA (Reuters) - DNA tests on the body of a man shot by Indonesian security forces during a raid targeting Islamic militant Noordin Mohammad Top are to take at least a week as some analysts questioned whether police had got their man.

AP - As investigators try to piece together how a small plane and tourist helicopter came to enter each other's airspace over the Hudson River on a clear summer day, divers were to search for clues to the crash believed to have claimed nine lives.

Reuters - DNA tests on the body of a man shot by Indonesian security forces during a raid targeting Islamic militant Noordin Mohammad Top are to take at least a week as some analysts questioned whether police had got their man.

AFP - US President Barack Obama attends his first North American leaders summit in Mexico on Sunday with the economic crisis and swine flu on an agenda overshadowed by Mexican drug violence.

TAIPEI (Reuters) - A typhoon swept through northern Taiwan, killing one and leaving four missing as it headed out to China, Taiwan's government said on Saturday.

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (Reuters) - The congress of the leading Palestinian party, Fatah, votes on Sunday for a new executive body and assembly, in a test of its ability to renew itself and regain the lost trust of the Palestinian people.

PORT BLAIR, India (Reuters) - The crew of a North Korean ship carrying a cargo of sugar that was detained off the Andaman and Nicobar islands, was not cooperating with Indian investigators, an official said on Sunday.

AP - Less than a month before the deadly midair collision involving a private plane and a sightseeing helicopter over New York's Hudson River, a federal watchdog warned about the lax safety oversight of the for-hire flight business.

AP - It's one issue in the health care debate that nearly everyone — even the insurance lobby — seems to agree on: Better consumer protections are needed to end the nightmare of not being able to get covered for a treatable, if costly, illness.

AP - Pakistani authorities are increasingly convinced that the notorious head of the country's Taliban movement was killed in a CIA missile strike, the military said Sunday, as reports emerged of an apparently bloody battle for his succession.

AP - Police scrambled Sunday to identify the body of a suspected terrorist killed in a farmhouse gunbattle after discovering a plot to kill Indonesia's president in a suicide car bombing.

Reuters - A typhoon swept through northern Taiwan, killing one and leaving four missing as it headed out to China, Taiwan's government said on Saturday.

Reuters - The congress of the leading Palestinian party, Fatah, votes on Sunday for a new executive body and assembly, in a test of its ability to renew itself and regain the lost trust of the Palestinian people.

Reuters - The crew of a North Korean ship carrying a cargo of sugar that was detained off the Andaman and Nicobar islands, was not cooperating with Indian investigators, an official said on Sunday.

AFP - Pakistan's Taliban appeared in turmoil Sunday after reports of a deadly shootout between contenders to replace the shadowy movement's leader, who is believed to have been killed in a US drone attack.

AFP - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Sunday shifts the focus of her Africa trip to business as she works to ensure a steady oil supply from key producer Angola and counter China's growing influence.

TOKYO (Reuters) - A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 jolted central Japan on Sunday, halting some train services briefly but there were no immediate reports of damage.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iran has confirmed it has three Americans in custody after they crossed into Iranian territory from northern Iraq's Kurdish region last month, the Iraqi Foreign Minister said on Sunday.

LUANDA (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Angola on Sunday in a bid to bolster opportunities for U.S. business in the major oil producer.

BEIJING (Reuters) - A child was killed and houses were flattened after Typhoon Morakot battered China's eastern coast Sunday, bringing torrential rain and high waves likely to disrupt life and business across the heavily commercial region.

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A Pakistani Taliban commander who the government said was involved in a deadly shootout with a rival commander denied on Sunday that there had been any fighting and said both he and the rival were alive.

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (Reuters) - The congress of the leading Palestinian party, Fatah, votes on Sunday for a new executive body and assembly, in a test of its ability to renew itself and regain the lost trust of the Palestinian people.

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has jailed the head of the Kahrizak detention center after at least three people died in custody in the southern Tehran prison and the judiciary held mass trials of detainees arrested over post-election unrest.

AP - A strong earthquake shook the Japanese capital and surrounding areas Sunday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

AP - China's top economic official cautioned Sunday that the country still faced economic problems and assured jittery investors that easy credit policies aimed at kick-starting a recovery would continue.

Reuters - A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 jolted central Japan on Sunday, halting some train services briefly but there were no immediate reports of damage.

Reuters - Iran has confirmed it has three Americans in custody after they crossed into Iranian territory from northern Iraq's Kurdish region last month, the Iraqi Foreign Minister said on Sunday.

Reuters - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Angola on Sunday in a bid to bolster opportunities for U.S. business in the major oil producer.

Reuters - A child was killed and houses were flattened after Typhoon Morakot battered China's eastern coast Sunday, bringing torrential rain and high waves likely to disrupt life and business across the heavily commercial region.

Reuters - A Pakistani Taliban commander who the government said was involved in a deadly shootout with a rival commander denied on Sunday that there had been any fighting and said both he and the rival were alive.

Reuters - The congress of the leading Palestinian party, Fatah, votes on Sunday for a new executive body and assembly, in a test of its ability to renew itself and regain the lost trust of the Palestinian people.

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - The United States said Sunday the evidence was 'pretty conclusive' that Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud is dead, while a senior Taliban commander denied reports of infighting among its leaders.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea has signaled that it wants to improve relations with the United States, U.S. national security adviser Jim Jones said on Sunday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has sent strong messages to Iran urging the release of three American hikers who were detained there recently, U.S. national security adviser Jim Jones said on Sunday.

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guards said on Sunday that opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi, a defeated presidential candidate and a former president should be tried for inciting unrest after a disputed presidential poll.

AP - Police divers have located the body of a fourth victim from the Hudson River air collision in the fuselage of a tourist helicopter.

AP - The United States is nearly certain the Pakistani Taliban's leader is dead, and there now is a leadership struggle within the terrorist group, White House national security adviser James Jones said Sunday.

AP - A typhoon slammed into China's eastern coast Sunday, forcing the evacuation of nearly a million people after earlier lashing Taiwan with torrential rains that caused the island's worst flooding in 50 years and left dozens missing and feared dead.

Reuters - The United States said Sunday the evidence was 'pretty conclusive' that Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud is dead, while a senior Taliban commander denied reports of infighting among its leaders.

Reuters - North Korea has signaled that it wants to improve relations with the United States, U.S. national security adviser Jim Jones said on Sunday.

Reuters - Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guards said on Sunday that opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi, a defeated presidential candidate and a former president should be tried for inciting unrest after a disputed presidential poll.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea has signaled it wants to improve relations with the United States and has been told it must return to nuclear disarmament talks, U.S. national security adviser Jim Jones said on Sunday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has sent strong messages to Iran urging the release of three American hikers who were detained there recently, U.S. National Security Adviser Jim Jones said on Sunday.

BEIJING (Reuters) - Typhoon Morakot battered China's commercial east coast on Sunday, killing a child and flattening houses.

AP - Divers recovered a piece of a submerged helicopter and a fourth body Sunday as investigators searched the Hudson River for wreckage from the helicopter and a small plane that collided in midair, killing nine people.

AP - G.I. Joe is the latest toy to invade Hollywood and plant its blockbuster flag.

Reuters - North Korea has signaled it wants to improve relations with the United States and has been told it must return to nuclear disarmament talks, U.S. national security adviser Jim Jones said on Sunday.

Reuters - The United States has sent strong messages to Iran urging the release of three American hikers who were detained there recently, U.S. National Security Adviser Jim Jones said on Sunday.

Reuters - Typhoon Morakot battered China's commercial east coast on Sunday, killing a child and flattening houses.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two more bodies were pulled from the Hudson River on Sunday and divers searched for the other four victims of a collision between a small plane and a helicopter that killed nine people, including five Italian tourists.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel summoned one of its diplomats from the United States on Sunday after he circulated a memorandum accusing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government of doing 'strategic damage' to ties with Washington.

LUANDA (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pressed Angola on Sunday to do more to fight corruption during a two-day visit to the oil-producing country aimed at bolstering ties between the two nations.

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard said on Sunday that opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi, a defeated presidential candidate and former president, should be tried for inciting unrest after the disputed presidential poll.

AP - New York City police say they have located the wreckage of a small plane that crashed into a helicopter and went down in the Hudson River.

AP - Police and judiciary officials sought on Sunday to calm public outrage in Iran over the deaths of detained protesters in prison, acknowledging abuses and calling for those responsible to be punished.

AP - A plane scheduled to land in China's western region of Xinjiang that was rocked by ethnic riots last month was diverted to southern Afghanistan by a bomb threat, state media said Sunday.

AP - The Arctic Ocean has given up tens of thousands more square miles (square kilometers) of ice in a relentless summer of melt, with scientists watching through satellite eyes for a possible record low polar ice cap.

AP - Tigers manager Jim Leyland laments the way names have trickled out in baseball's drug scandal, and says he has grown weary of the disclosures.

AP - Corruption along the U.S.-Mexican border takes many forms. It can start as simply as a smuggler's $50 gift to the child of a reluctant federal agent, quickly escalating to out-and-out bribes. 'Everyone does it,' the agent, now in prison, recalls telling himself. Other times, county sheriffs greedily grab thousands from drug dealers. In a few instances, traffickers even place members in the applicant pool for sensitive border protection jobs.

Reuters - Two more bodies were pulled from the Hudson River on Sunday and divers searched for the other four victims of a collision between a small plane and a helicopter that killed nine people, including five Italian tourists.

Reuters - Israel summoned one of its diplomats from the United States on Sunday after he circulated a memorandum accusing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government of doing 'strategic damage' to ties with Washington.

Reuters - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pressed Angola on Sunday to do more to fight corruption during a two-day visit to the oil-producing country aimed at bolstering ties between the two nations.

AFP - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Sunday urged Angola's longtime leader to hold elections, standing firm on promoting democracy in the southwest African nation whose oil is coveted worldwide.

MIAMI (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Bill Clinton said Sunday he would lead an international trade mission of private investors to Haiti in October to pursue energy and other development amid signs the nation is stabilizing.

AP - Divers lifted the wreckage of a helicopter from the murky Hudson River on Sunday, and police using sonar located the submerged small plane that had collided with it. Nine people died in the midair crash, and five bodies have been pulled from the water.

AP - A typhoon pummeled China's eastern coast Sunday, toppling houses, flooding villages and forcing nearly a million people to flee to safety. Officials rode bicycles to distribute food to residents trapped by rising waters.

AP - Iraqi authorities arrested a British contractor Sunday over the shooting deaths of two co-workers in Baghdad's protected Green Zone. The suspected gunman could be the first Westerner to face an Iraqi trial on murder charges since a security pact lifted the immunity that had been enjoyed by foreign contractors for most of the war.

AP - If prayers were said Sunday for the soul of the gunman who killed three women at a Pennsylvania health club, they were not by the parishioners of a church where he apparently sat quietly for many years: Tetelestai Church doesn't pray for the dead.

AP - Vermont State Police charged a New Jersey man with drunken driving after receiving a call about a car being driven backward on Interstate 89. Police said they received a report late Friday night of a motorist driving erratically — and at one point driving in reverse — in the southbound lanes in Berlin, south of Montpelier.

Reuters - Former U.S. President Bill Clinton said Sunday he would lead an international trade mission of private investors to Haiti in October to pursue energy and other development amid signs the nation is stabilizing.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Four more bodies were pulled from the Hudson River on Sunday and divers searched for the other two victims of a collision between a small plane and a helicopter that killed nine people, including five Italian tourists.

GUADALAJARA, Mexico (Reuters) - Leaders of the United States, Mexico and Canada -- also known as 'the three amigos' -- begin a summit on Sunday in Mexico to talk about simmering trade issues and the threat of drug gangs.

AP - Divers pulled a helicopter and four more bodies out of the murky Hudson River on Sunday in their search for victims, wreckage and explanations from a midair collision of a sightseeing helicopter and a small plane that killed nine people.

AP - Elisabeth Hasselbeck of 'The View' is the mother of a third child. Hasselbeck gave birth Sunday afternoon in a New York hospital to a boy, named Isaiah Timothy. She's married to former NFL player Tim Hasselbeck.

AP - First came another signature moment from Tiger Woods, an 8-iron over the water that stopped a foot from the hole. Even more stunning was the meltdown that followed by Padraig Harrington.

Reuters - Four more bodies were pulled from the Hudson River on Sunday and divers searched for the other two victims of a collision between a small plane and a helicopter that killed nine people, including five Italian tourists.

Reuters - Leaders of the United States, Mexico and Canada -- also known as 'the three amigos' -- begin a summit on Sunday in Mexico to talk about simmering trade issues and the threat of drug gangs.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea has signaled it wants to improve relations with the United States and has been told it must return to nuclear disarmament talks, U.S. national security adviser Jim Jones said on Sunday.

Reuters - North Korea has signaled it wants to improve relations with the United States and has been told it must return to nuclear disarmament talks, U.S. national security adviser Jim Jones said on Sunday.

AFP - US President Barack Obama arrived in Mexico Sunday to attend his first summit of North American leaders, with the economic crisis and drug trafficking high on the agenda.

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's state secrets watchdog has accused mining multinational Rio Tinto of engaging in commercial spying over six years, saying data on Rio computers showed the espionage came at a huge loss to China.

AP - President Barack Obama pressed for a new tone in the United States' relationship with Mexico but found no immediate progress Sunday on the divisions between him and Mexican President Felipe Calderon over of the pace of U.S. drug-fighting aid and a ban on Mexican trucks north of the border.

AP - A powerful typhoon toppled houses, flooded villages and forced nearly 1 million people to flee to safety on China's eastern coast before weakening into a tropical storm Monday.

AP - President Hugo Chavez told his military on Sunday to be prepared for a possible confrontation with Colombia, warning that Bogota's plans to increase the U.S. military presence at its bases poses a threat to Venezuela.

AFP - US President Barack Obama began his first summit of North American leaders in Mexico, with the economic crisis and swine flu on an agenda overshadowed by Mexican drug violence.

AP - Researchers say a small number of young law enforcement officers who participated in the World Trade Center rescue and cleanup operation have developed an immune system cancer.

AP - Johnny Damon and Mark Teixeira hit back-to-back homers in the eighth inning Sunday night, and the New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 5-2 to finish their first four-game home sweep of their bitter rival in 24 years.

AFP - At least 12 people were confirmed dead and 52 others were missing in Taiwan on Monday after Typhoon Morakot caused the island's worst flooding in half a century, the rescue services said.