GUADALAJARA, Mexico (Reuters) - Leaders of the United States, Mexico and Canada gather on Monday to present a united front to try to limit the spread of the H1N1 swine flu, but there is less unity on simmering trade issues.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has placed 50 suspected Afghan drug traffickers with ties to the Taliban on a Pentagon target list to be captured or killed, The New York Times reported on Monday, citing a Congressional report to be released this week.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Vehicle bombs in Baghdad and northern Iraq killed 41 people on Monday, police said, the latest of several major attacks since U.S. troops withdrew from towns and cities in June.

AP - A double truck bombing tore through a Shiite minority community near the northern city of Mosul, while a series of blasts struck Baghdad Monday in a wave of predawn violence that killed at least 40 people, according to Iraqi officials.

AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton heads to the Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday to target an epidemic of sexual assault in the violence-torn nation after wrapping up a trip to Angola where she pushed democratic reform and trade.

Reuters - Leaders of the United States, Mexico and Canada gather on Monday to present a united front to try to limit the spread of the H1N1 swine flu, but there is less unity on simmering trade issues.

Reuters - The United States has placed 50 suspected Afghan drug traffickers with ties to the Taliban on a Pentagon target list to be captured or killed, The New York Times reported on Monday, citing a Congressional report to be released this week.

Reuters - Vehicle bombs in Baghdad and northern Iraq killed 41 people on Monday, police said, the latest of several major attacks since U.S. troops withdrew from towns and cities in June.

AFP - At least 41 people were killed and nearly 150 wounded in a spate of bloody bomb attacks near the restive northern Iraqi city of Mosul and in the capital Baghdad on Monday, police said.

MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - Bombs in Shi'ite Muslim areas in Baghdad and northern Iraq killed 33 people on Monday, police said, the latest of several major attacks since U.S. combat troops withdrew from urban centers in June.

AP - A double truck bombing tore through a Shiite community near the northern city of Mosul, while blasts in Baghdad targeted primarily Shiites in a wave of violence that killed at least 42 people, Iraqi officials said.

AP - President Barack Obama's first North American summit is proving it's a lot easier to agree on battling a killer flu virus than to untangle knotty disputes over cross-border trade.

AP - A Taiwanese police official says an estimated 400 people remain unaccounted for in a mountainous village that was struck by a mudslide spawned by Typhoon Morakot.

AP - While families and friends mourn the loss of loved ones in a midair collision over the Hudson River, divers return to the murky waters Monday to resume their search for bodies and wreckage.

AP - As the Pentagon warns of the security risks posed by social networking sites, newly released government documents show the military also uses these Internet tools to monitor and react to coverage of high-profile events.

AP - Israeli warplanes bombed a smuggling tunnel along the Gaza-Egypt border early Monday in response to Palestinian rocket and mortar fire, in a brief flare-up of violence at a time of relative quiet in the volatile Palestinian territory.

AP - Jon Lester dazzled for seven innings, and the Red Sox held a lead in the eighth. Then everything unraveled, much as it did all series, and Boston was left wondering what else it can do to win a game.

Reuters - Bombs in Shi'ite Muslim areas in Baghdad and northern Iraq killed 33 people on Monday, police said, the latest of several major attacks since U.S. combat troops withdrew from urban centers in June.

AFP - At least 39 people were killed and more than 200 wounded in a spate of bloody bomb attacks near the restive northern Iraqi city of Mosul and in the capital Baghdad on Monday, police said.

AFP - Rescuers battled to reach thousands trapped by raging floodwaters and mudslides in Taiwan Monday after Typhoon Morakot left 14 people dead and 51 missing in the island's worst flooding in half a century.

KABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban are advancing out of traditional strongholds in Afghanistan's south and east into the north and west, the commander of U.S. and NATO troops in the country said in an interview published on Monday.

BOSASSO, Somalia (Reuters) - Somali pirates received a $4 million ransom to free an Italian cargo ship that was seized four months ago with a crew of 16, a member of the gang that held it captive said on Monday.

GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli warplanes bombed a tunnel under the Gaza Strip border with Egypt on Monday, the first such attack in almost two months, the Israeli military said.

AP - A series of explosions, including two massive truck bombs, exploded in Baghdad and the northern city of Mosul, apparently targeting Iraq's Shiites, and killing at least 43 people while wounding more than 200 on Monday, Iraqi officials said.

AP - An estimated 400 Taiwanese are unaccounted for after a mudslide spawned by Typhoon Morakot struck their isolated mountain village, a police official said Monday, and a newspaper quoted a resident as saying as many as 600 were buried.

AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton heads to Congo on Monday to target an epidemic of sexual assault in the violence-torn nation after wrapping up a trip to Angola where she pushed democratic reform and announced the country would get more money to fight AIDS.

AP - Sixteen sailors, including 10 Italians, whose tug was seized by Somali pirates four months ago are free after the pirates abandoned the ship, Italian authorities said Monday.

Reuters - The Taliban are advancing out of traditional strongholds in Afghanistan's south and east into the north and west, the commander of U.S. and NATO troops in the country said in an interview published on Monday.

Reuters - Somali pirates received a $4 million ransom to free an Italian cargo ship that was seized four months ago with a crew of 16, a member of the gang that held it captive said on Monday.

Reuters - Israeli warplanes bombed a tunnel under the Gaza Strip border with Egypt on Monday, the first such attack in almost two months, the Israeli military said.

AFP - At least 42 people were killed and more than 230 wounded in a spate of bloody bomb attacks near the restive northern Iraqi city of Mosul and in the capital Baghdad on Monday, police said.

AFP - At least 28 people were known to have died and scores more were reported missing Monday after typhoons battered East Asia, as parts of the region experienced their worst weather in half a century.

MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - Bombs ripped through Shi'ite areas of Baghdad and northern Iraq on Monday, killing 33 people and raising fears of a resurgence in sectarian violence just as politicians hope to reach out to old foes for January polls.

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran accused the West on Monday of 'meddling' in its state affairs for criticizing its mass trial of moderates charged with spying and trying to topple the clerical establishment after the disputed president vote.

TAIPEI/TOKYO (Reuters) - A mudslide triggered by torrential rains from a typhoon may have buried up to 600 villagers in mountainous southern Taiwan, disaster officials said on Monday.

PORT BLAIR, India (Reuters) - Indian authorities were inspecting a North Korean ship detained in the Bay of Bengal for nuclear material or fuel, officials said on Monday, the latest sign of the international noose tightening around the North.

AP - A typhoon-spawned mudslide engulfed a mountain village in southern Taiwan, burying schools and homes and hundreds of people under debris, a police official said Monday.

AP - A double truck bombing tore through the village of a small Shiite ethnic minority near the northern city of Mosul, while blasts in Baghdad Monday also targeted Shiites in a wave of violence that killed at least 45 people and wounded more than 200, Iraqi officials said.

AP - A chief investigator says divers hope to pull a plane out of the Hudson River on Monday. But their first priority is to recover the two remaining victims of the midair crash that killed nine people.

AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is in Congo to push democracy in the war-devastated county and draw attention to an epidemic of sexual assaults in its violence-torn east.

AP - As federal officials begin an overhaul of the widely criticized system used to incarcerate immigrants awaiting hearings and deportation, their challenge includes a deep inconsistency in the amount paid to a hastily assembled network of private prisons and local jails that hold thousands of such detainees.

AP - Sixteen sailors, including 10 Italians, whose tug was seized by Somali pirates four months ago are free after the pirates abandoned the ship, Italian authorities said Monday.

Reuters - Bombs ripped through Shi'ite areas of Baghdad and northern Iraq on Monday, killing 33 people and raising fears of a resurgence in sectarian violence just as politicians hope to reach out to old foes for January polls.

Reuters - Iran accused the West on Monday of 'meddling' in its state affairs for criticizing its mass trial of moderates charged with spying and trying to topple the clerical establishment after the disputed president vote.

Reuters - A mudslide triggered by torrential rains from a typhoon may have buried up to 600 villagers in mountainous southern Taiwan, disaster officials said on Monday.

Reuters - Indian authorities were inspecting a North Korean ship detained in the Bay of Bengal for nuclear material or fuel, officials said on Monday, the latest sign of the international noose tightening around the North.

AFP - Two truck bombs targeting a tiny sect in a village in northern Iraq and a spate of bloody bombings in Baghdad killed at least 47 people on Monday and wounded nearly 250, police said.

MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - Bombs across Iraq killed at least 40 people on Monday, ripping through mostly Shi'ite areas and raising fears of a resurgence in sectarian violence just as politicians hope to reach out to old foes for January polls.

PULE ALAM, Afghanistan (Reuters) - At least three Afghan police and two civilians were killed in a brazen attack by Taliban gunmen and suicide bombers on government buildings near Kabul on Monday, officials said, 10 days before elections.

BOSASSO, Somalia (Reuters) - Somali pirates received a $4 million ransom to free an Italian tugboat that was seized four months ago with a crew of 16, a member of the gang that held it captive said on Monday.

AP - A double truck bombing tore through the village of a small Shiite ethnic minority near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, while nine blasts wracked Baghdad Monday in a wave of violence that killed at least 48 people and wounded more than 250, Iraqi officials said.

AP - A typhoon-spawned mudslide engulfed a mountain village in southern Taiwan, burying up to 600 people, a police official and a rescued villager said Monday.

AP - The man who shot up a women's aerobics class, killing three people and then himself, was questioned a week earlier by police because he matched the description of a man seen pulling what appeared to be a grenade from a computer bag, authorities said Monday.

AP - Pakistan is worried that al-Qaida is trying to install its own 'chief terrorist' as the head of Pakistan's Taliban following the apparent killing of the group's leader in a CIA missile strike, a top official said Monday.

Reuters - Bombs across Iraq killed at least 40 people on Monday, ripping through mostly Shi'ite areas and raising fears of a resurgence in sectarian violence just as politicians hope to reach out to old foes for January polls.

Reuters - At least three Afghan police and two civilians were killed in a brazen attack by Taliban gunmen and suicide bombers on government buildings near Kabul on Monday, officials said, 10 days before elections.

AP - President Barack Obama huddled Monday with the leaders of Mexico and Canada for a swift North American summit, where the swine flu epidemic and knotty disputes over cross-border trade dominated a lengthy agenda.

AP - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad fired at least four senior Intelligence Ministry figures in a purge targeting officials who disagreed with the crackdown on the opposition after the disputed presidential election, lawmakers and media said Monday.

AFP - At least 34 people died and scores more were reported missing Monday after typhoons battered East Asia, as parts of the region experienced their worst weather in half a century.

GUADALAJARA, Mexico (Reuters) - Leaders of the United States, Mexico and Canada vowed on Monday to fight the spread of the H1N1 swine flu and combat climate change but differed on trade disputes at their 'three amigos' summit.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Divers searched the Hudson River on Monday for the final two bodies missing after the collision of a helicopter and small plane that killed nine people.

AP - President Barack Obama predicted Monday that Congress would pass his sweeping health care overhaul this fall as more 'sensible and reasoned arguments' prevail. But he said immigration changes, another politically explosive subject, would have to wait until next year.

AP - Treacherous Hudson River waters forced divers to suspend their search Monday for two remaining bodies and the wreckage of a small plane that collided over the weekend with a sightseeing helicopter, killing nine people.

AP - A new poll of Afghan voters shows President Hamid Karzai with a big lead just 10 days before the country's presidential election, but still short of the support needed to avoid a run-off.

AP - U.S. Justice Department officials say U.S. refineries are buying stolen oil siphoned from Mexican government pipelines and smuggled across the border — in some cases by drug cartels.

AP - Roddy White was back at practice for the Atlanta Falcons after ending an eight-day holdout.

AP - A U.S. military 'kill or capture' list of 367 wanted insurgents in Afghanistan includes 50 major drug traffickers who give money to Taliban militants, U.S. military commanders told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Reuters - Leaders of the United States, Mexico and Canada vowed on Monday to fight the spread of the H1N1 swine flu and combat climate change but differed on trade disputes at their 'three amigos' summit.

Reuters - Divers searched the Hudson River on Monday for the final two bodies missing after the collision of a helicopter and small plane that killed nine people.

AFP - Two truck bombs targeting a tiny sect in a village in northern Iraq and a spate of bloody attacks across the country killed at least 49 people Monday and wounded more than 250, officials said.

DALLAS (Reuters) - Liberal religious groups announced on Monday they are teaming up with President Barack Obama in a national campaign to counter the surprisingly vehement conservative opposition to his plan for overhaul of the U.S. healthcare industry this year.

MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - Bombs killed 42 people across Iraq on Monday, ripping through mostly Shi'ite areas and raising fears of a resurgence in sectarian violence just as politicians hope to reach out to old foes for January polls.

AP - President Barack Obama predicted Monday that Congress would pass his sweeping health care overhaul this fall as more 'sensible and reasoned arguments' prevail. But he said immigration changes, another politically explosive subject, would have to wait until next year.

AP - A mudslide touched off by a deadly typhoon buried a remote mountain village, leaving at least 400 people unaccounted for Monday, and military rescue helicopters unable to land because of the slippery ground dropped food to desperate survivors.

AP - Divers found the wreckage of a plane Monday in the Hudson River that collided with a sightseeing helicopter over the weekend, killing nine people.

AP - A U.S. government-funded survey of Afghan voters released Monday shows President Hamid Karzai with a substantial lead just 10 days before the country's presidential election, but still short of the support needed to avoid a run-off.

AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's temper flared on Monday when a Congolese university student asked for her husband's thinking on an international matter.

AP - Hundreds of General Motors' California dealers will let consumers haggle over the prices of new cars and trucks through the eBay online marketplace under a trial that begins Tuesday.

AP - The man who carried out a massacre in a women's aerobics class had been questioned a week earlier by police because he matched the description of a man seen pulling what appeared to be a grenade from a computer bag, authorities said Monday.

AP - Kurt Rambis has reached an agreement to become the new head coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Reuters - Liberal religious groups announced on Monday they are teaming up with President Barack Obama in a national campaign to counter the surprisingly vehement conservative opposition to his plan for overhaul of the U.S. healthcare industry this year.

Reuters - A massive magnitude 7.6 quake struck in the Indian Ocean off India's Andaman Islands, triggering a tsunami watch for India, Myanmar, Indonesia, Thailand and Bangladesh, the U.S. Geological Survey reported on Monday.

Reuters - Bombs killed 42 people across Iraq on Monday, ripping through mostly Shi'ite areas and raising fears of a resurgence in sectarian violence just as politicians hope to reach out to old foes for January polls.

AFP - Two truck bombs targeting a tiny sect in a village in northern Iraq and a spate of bloody attacks across the country killed at least 51 people on Monday and wounded more than 250, officials said.

PORT BLAIR, India (Reuters) - A major quake of magnitude 7.6 struck in the Indian Ocean off India's Andaman Islands early on Tuesday, triggering a tsunami alert for India, Myanmar, Indonesia, Thailand and Bangladesh.

AP - A day before he faces a potentially boisterous town hall in New Hampshire, President Barack Obama praised the spirited debate over his health care plans and predicted 'sensible and reasoned arguments' would ultimately prevail in Congress.

AP - Hudson River divers on Monday found the wreckage of a small plane and one of two victims missing following a midair collision with a sightseeing helicopter that killed nine people.

AP - Hillary Clinton has a message for the world: It's not all about Bill.

Reuters - A major quake of magnitude 7.6 struck in the Indian Ocean off India's Andaman Islands early on Tuesday, triggering a tsunami alert for India, Myanmar, Indonesia, Thailand and Bangladesh.

AFP - A huge 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck off the Andaman Islands between India and Myanmar on Tuesday, triggering a tsunami warning across the Indian Ocean, the US Geological Survey reported.

PORT BLAIR, India (Reuters) - A major earthquake of magnitude 7.6 struck in the Indian Ocean off India's Andaman Islands early on Tuesday, but a tsunami alert for India, Myanmar, Indonesia, Thailand and Bangladesh was later canceled.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Divers in New York's Hudson River on Monday found the body of the eighth victim of a midair collision of a helicopter and small plane that killed nine people, but they were unable to dislodge it from the underwater wreckage, authorities said.

AP - A double truck bombing Monday in Mosul and blasts in Baghdad brought the Iraqi death toll to more than 100 in three days, the worst spasm of violence the country has suffered since U.S. forces left the cities.

AP - Inmates at an overcrowded California prison tore doors from their hinges and broke off toilets and sinks in a four-hour riot that injured 175 people, and many fear the crowding that may have helped escalate the brawl will only get worse with $1.2 billion in budget cuts.

AP - Tiger Woods will be fined by the PGA Tour for his public criticism of a rules official after winning the Bridgestone Invitational, a tour official said Monday.

Reuters - A major earthquake of magnitude 7.6 struck in the Indian Ocean off India's Andaman Islands early on Tuesday, but a tsunami alert for India, Myanmar, Indonesia, Thailand and Bangladesh was later canceled.

Reuters - Divers in New York's Hudson River on Monday found the body of the eighth victim of a midair collision of a helicopter and small plane that killed nine people, but they were unable to dislodge it from the underwater wreckage, authorities said.

AP - A massive landslide triggered by a deadly typhoon toppled at least six apartment buildings burying an unknown number of residents in eastern China, a state news agency said Tuesday.

AP - U.S. refineries bought millions of dollars worth of oil stolen from Mexican government pipelines and smuggled across the border, the U.S. Justice Department told The Associated Press — illegal operations now led by Mexican drug cartels expanding their reach.

AP - Dara Torres' young daughter kept begging to take a helicopter ride. The five-time Olympic swimmer finally gave in when they were in New York last week.

AFP - Flooding in Taiwan triggered by Typhoon Morakot has killed 38 people and another 62 are missing, rescuers said Tuesday.

AFP - Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi could finally hear the verdict in her internationally condemned trial Tuesday after a series of delays in the case in which she faces a possible five-year jail term.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House leaders have dropped plans to spend $550 million in the Air Force budget on passenger jets used by lawmakers and senior government officials, officials said on Monday.

AP - Lyle Overbay and Aaron Hill hit solo homers, and the Toronto Blue Jays bullpen shut down the high-powered New York offense in a 5-4 victory Monday night that snapped the Yankees' seven-game winning streak.

Reuters - U.S. House leaders have dropped plans to spend $550 million in the Air Force budget on passenger jets used by lawmakers and senior government officials, officials said on Monday.

AFP - About 100 people in a remote village of southern Taiwan are feared to have been buried alive in a mudslide, the government's rescue service said Tuesday.

AFP - Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi could finally hear the verdict in her internationally condemned trial on Tuesday after a series of delays to a case in which she faces a possible five-year jail term.