YANGON (Reuters) - A court in army-ruled Myanmar on Tuesday found opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi guilty of violating an internal security law, a ruling certain to anger the West and further isolate the regime.

AP - A Myanmar court has found pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kui guilty of violating her house arrest, but the head of the military-ruled country says she can serve out a 1 1/2-year sentence under house arrest.

AP - Matt Kemp hit a three-run double to back a strong effort from Hiroki Kuroda and help the slumping Los Angeles Dodgers win the opener of their key three-game series against the San Francisco Giants, 4-2 Monday night.

Reuters - A court in army-ruled Myanmar on Tuesday found opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi guilty of violating an internal security law, a ruling certain to anger the West and further isolate the regime.

AFP - Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced to three years' jail and hard labour by a Myanmar court Tuesday, but the head of the ruling junta commuted the punishment to 18 months' house arrest, a minister said.

AFP - The female head of a Russian NGO and her husband were found dead in Chechnya Tuesday after their abduction a day earlier, in the latest killing of a campaigner, activists and officials said.

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A missile attack believed to have been launched by U.S. drone aircraft killed at least 10 militants in South Waziristan, the area where Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud is said to have been killed last week, intelligence officials and residents said.

GHAZNI, Afghanistan (Reuters) - At least three Afghan soldiers and a foreign service member were killed when Taliban fighters ambushed a convoy in Afghanistan's east, the Defense Ministry and military officials said on Tuesday.

AP - Taiwanese TV stations say a helicopter carrying five crew members and a nurse has crashed into a mountain while on a mission to rescue villagers whose homes were destroyed by a powerful typhoon.

AP - President Barack Obama is switching his message on his overhaul of the nation's health care system, readying a fresh pitch designed for those who already have insurance.

AP - A Myanmar court found democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi guilty Tuesday of violating her house arrest by allowing an uninvited American to stay at her home. The head of the military-ruled country ordered her to serve an 18-month sentence under house arrest.

AP - Two powerful earthquakes struck Asia early Tuesday, killing one and injuring dozens in coastal Japan and sending panicked residents into the streets as tsunami warnings were issued for countries skirting the Indian Ocean that were devastated by a deadly 2004 quake and tsunami.

AP - Nigeria and Angola are Africa's top two oil producers, yet most of their people live in wretched poverty, often in shanties dwarfed by fire-belching derricks.

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 - Scoring runs isn't so tough after all. The Red Sox needed just the first 10 pitches to take a two-run lead Monday night after scoring just twice in their previous three games.

Reuters - Helicopters dropped rescuers into a village in southern Taiwan on Tuesday to search for victims of a mudslide that may have buried up to 600 people after a typhoon hit the island, officials said.

Reuters - A missile attack believed to have been launched by U.S. drone aircraft killed at least 10 militants in South Waziristan, the area where Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud is said to have been killed last week, intelligence officials and residents said.

Reuters - An ally of Iranian opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi said 69 people were killed in unrest that erupted after the country's disputed June 12 presidential election, the Sarmayeh daily said on Tuesday.

AFP - Typhoons pummelling East Asia have killed at least 61 people, with rescuers in Taiwan battling to find survivors of a mudslide that may have buried about 100 villagers, officials said Tuesday.

YANGON (Reuters) - A court in army-ruled Myanmar on Tuesday sentenced opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to 18 months in detention, a verdict that drew condemnation abroad and will keep her off the political stage ahead of next year's elections.

CISHAN, Taiwan (Reuters) - Helicopters dropped rescuers into a village in southern Taiwan on Tuesday to search for victims of a mudslide that may have buried up to 600 people after a typhoon hit the island, officials said.

TEHRAN (Reuters) - An ally of Iranian opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi said 69 people were killed in unrest that erupted after the country's disputed June 12 presidential election, the Sarmayeh daily said on Tuesday.

BANGKOK (Reuters) - A Thai court on Tuesday refused to extradite alleged Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout to the United States to face trial on charges of supplying weapons to Colombian rebels.

AP - An official says a helicopter with three crew aboard has crashed into a mountain while on a mission to rescue villagers whose homes were destroyed by a powerful typhoon.

AP - A Myanmar court convicted democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday of violating her house arrest by allowing an uninvited American to stay at her home. The head of the military-ruled country ordered her to serve an 18-month sentence under house arrest.

AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday was demanding an end to rampant sexual violence that has engulfed war-ravaged eastern Congo.

Reuters - A court in army-ruled Myanmar on Tuesday sentenced opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to 18 months in detention, a verdict that drew condemnation abroad and will keep her off the political stage ahead of next year's elections.

Reuters - A Thai court on Tuesday refused to extradite alleged Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout to the United States to face trial on charges of supplying weapons to Colombian rebels.

Reuters - Eunice Kennedy Shriver, who founded the Special Olympics and is a member of one of the most prominent American political families of the 20th century, died

AFP - Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi was Tuesday convicted of breaching her house arrest and ordered to spend another 18 months in detention, sparking intense international anger at the ruling junta.

AFP - Typhoons pummelling East Asia have killed at least 61 people, with rescuers in Taiwan battling to find survivors of a mudslide that may have buried about 100 villagers, officials said Tuesday.

BOSTON (Reuters) - Eunice Kennedy Shriver, who emerged from a powerful male-dominated political family to found the Special Olympics and become a leading advocate of the mentally disabled, died on Tuesday at the age of 88.

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (Reuters) - The Palestinian political party Fatah rejuvenated its leadership at its first congress in 20 years, ousting many of an 'old guard' dominant under the late Yasser Arafat, initial results showed on Tuesday.

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian opposition leaders say 69 people were killed in protests after a disputed election in June -- more than double the official toll of 26 -- and parliament has promised to investigate, pro-reform newspapers said on Tuesday.

GHAZNI, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Four foreign servicemen and at least three Afghan soldiers were killed in separate incidents of pre-election violence across the country, officials said on Tuesday.

BALI, Indonesia (Reuters) - Fifty million women in Asia are at risk of being infected with HIV because of the risky sexual behavior of their husbands or boyfriends, leading health experts said in a report on Tuesday.

AP - President John F. Kennedy's sister, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, who carried on the family's public service tradition by founding the Special Olympics and championing the rights of the mentally disabled, died Tuesday morning surrounded by family at a Hyannis hospital. She was 88.

AP - Taiwan's military rescued about 300 people Tuesday after a mudslide touched off by Typhoon Morakot consumed a village, but scores remained missing. A helicopter on a relief operation in the area crashed into a mountain with three crew aboard.

AP - Clashes with insurgents killed three American troops in southern Afghanistan, where roadside bombs also killed nine civilians, officials said Tuesday.

AP - He spent the last few years of his life on a globe-trotting odyssey, and now in death Michael Jackson still seems unable to find a permanent home.

Reuters - Eunice Kennedy Shriver, who emerged from a powerful male-dominated political family to found the Special Olympics and become a leading advocate of the mentally disabled, died on Tuesday at the age of 88.

Reuters - The Palestinian political party Fatah rejuvenated its leadership at its first congress in 20 years, ousting many of an 'old guard' dominant under the late Yasser Arafat, initial results showed on Tuesday.

Reuters - Iranian opposition leaders say 69 people were killed in protests after a disputed election in June -- more than double the official toll of 26 -- and parliament has promised to investigate, pro-reform newspapers said on Tuesday.

Reuters - A Thai court on Tuesday refused to extradite alleged Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout to the United States to face trial on charges of supplying weapons to Colombian rebels.

AFP - Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi was Tuesday handed another 18 months of house arrest, taking the Nobel laureate out of the picture for elections next year and sparking international outrage.

AFP - Typhoons pummelling East Asia have killed at least 70 people, with rescuers in Taiwan battling to find survivors of a mudslide that may have buried about 100 villagers, officials said Tuesday.

KUWAIT (Reuters) - Kuwait said on Tuesday it had foiled an al Qaeda-linked plan to bomb a U.S. Army camp and other 'important facilities' in the OPEC oil exporting state.

KABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban will not be able to derail this month's Afghan elections, President Hamid Karzai vowed on Tuesday, as military officials said at least seven Afghan and foreign troops had been killed in the latest violence.

BANGKOK (Reuters) - A Thai court on Tuesday refused to extradite alleged Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout to the United States to face trial on charges of supplying weapons to Colombian rebels.

AP - Productivity surged in the spring by the largest amount in almost six years while labor costs plunged at the fastest pace in nine years.

AP - General Motors Corp. said Tuesday its Chevrolet Volt rechargeable electric car should get 230 miles per gallon of gasoline in city driving, more than four times the mileage of the current champion, the Toyota Prius.

AP - Troublesome currents and low visibility hampered efforts Tuesday to recover the waterlogged wreckage of a plane and two remaining victims from the Hudson River air collision that killed nine people, authorities said.

AP - The Austrian promoter helping to organize next month's tribute to Michael Jackson in Vienna says the three-hour show will be televised live to a global audience.

AP - Los Angeles Lakers center Pau Gasol had surgery on his left index finger after an injury during practice with Spain's national team. He will be sidelined at least three weeks.

Reuters - Kuwait said on Tuesday it had foiled an al Qaeda-linked plan to bomb a U.S. Army camp and other 'important facilities' in the OPEC oil exporting state.

Reuters - The Taliban will not be able to derail this month's Afghan elections, President Hamid Karzai vowed on Tuesday, as military officials said at least seven Afghan and foreign troops had been killed in the latest violence.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bernard Madoff's long-time right-hand man, Frank DiPascali, should be released on $2.5 million bond and his travel restricted following an expected guilty plea to criminal charges later on Tuesday, according to a proposal by U.S. prosecutors and his lawyer.

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (Reuters) - The Palestinian party Fatah appeared to have strengthened President Mahmoud Abbas and reclaimed legitimacy with voters on Tuesday by unseating much of the 'old guard' of the late Yasser Arafat.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The kidnapped head of a children's charity and her husband were found murdered in the boot of a car in Russia's Chechnya on Tuesday in the latest in a string of killings in the troubled Muslim republic.

CISHAN, Taiwan (Reuters) - More than 700 people are trapped, possibly dead, in two southern Taiwan villages engulfed by mudslides after typhoon Morakot swamped the island, the military said on Tuesday.

AP - Military helicopters ferried stricken villagers to safety Tuesday from remote Taiwanese communities hit by Typhoon Morakot that left at least 70 dead, but hundreds more were still feared trapped by a torrent of mud and rock that buried their homes.

AP - Productivity surged in the spring by the largest amount in almost six years while labor costs plunged at the fastest pace in nine years. The results point to a recession losing steam, but they do not bode well for the unemployed or those forced to work shorter weeks who were hoping for more hours.

AP - Divers are back in New York's Hudson River, searching for the wreckage of a small plane that smashed into a tourist helicopter over the weekend, and hoping to recover the bodies of two remaining victims from the collision that killed nine people.

AP - Michael Vick's agent says there's 'no chance' his client will sign with the Washington Redskins.

Reuters - Bernard Madoff's long-time right-hand man, Frank DiPascali, should be released on $2.5 million bond and his travel restricted following an expected guilty plea to criminal charges later on Tuesday, according to a proposal by U.S. prosecutors and his lawyer.

Reuters - The Palestinian party Fatah appeared to have strengthened President Mahmoud Abbas and reclaimed legitimacy with voters on Tuesday by unseating much of the 'old guard' of the late Yasser Arafat.

Reuters - The kidnapped head of a children's charity and her husband were found murdered in the boot of a car in Russia's Chechnya on Tuesday in the latest in a string of killings in the troubled Muslim republic.

Reuters - More than 700 people are trapped, possibly dead, in two southern Taiwan villages engulfed by mudslides after typhoon Morakot swamped the island, the military said on Tuesday.

AFP - Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi was Tuesday handed another 18 months of house arrest by the ruling junta, taking her out of the picture for elections next year and sparking worldwide outrage.

PORTSMOUTH, New Hampshire (Reuters) - President Barack Obama assailed insurance companies on Tuesday as he sought to counter an onslaught of conservative opposition to a U.S. healthcare overhaul at a town hall meeting that drew protests outside.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bernard Madoff's long-time deputy, Frank DiPascali, was charged with 10 crimes and is expected to plead guilty later on Tuesday in a cooperation deal with investigators for his role in Wall Street's biggest investment fraud.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Al Qaeda in Iraq has shown with a string of more deadly bombings in northern areas that it can reconstitute itself and its capabilities, the commander of U.S. forces in the region said on Tuesday.

AP - Hoping to blunt the momentum of critics, President Barack Obama went on the offensive in support of his health care plan Tuesday, urging the country not to listen to those who seek to 'scare and mislead the American people.'

AP - Police and federal drug agents searched a pharmacy Tuesday as part of the investigation into Michael Jackson's death.

AP - A first-of-its-kind osteoporosis drug lowers the risk of bone fractures as well as or better than current medicines, studies in older women and men with prostate cancer suggest.

AP - Jennifer Hudson has a new role — that of a proud mother.

Reuters - President Barack Obama assailed insurance companies on Tuesday as he sought to counter an onslaught of conservative opposition to a U.S. healthcare overhaul at a town hall meeting that drew protests outside.

Reuters - Bernard Madoff's long-time deputy, Frank DiPascali, was charged with 10 crimes and is expected to plead guilty later on Tuesday in a cooperation deal with investigators for his role in Wall Street's biggest investment fraud.

Reuters - Al Qaeda in Iraq has shown with a string of more deadly bombings in northern areas that it can reconstitute itself and its capabilities, the commander of U.S. forces in the region said on Tuesday.

AFP - Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi was Tuesday handed another 18 months of house arrest by the ruling junta, taking her out of the picture for elections next year and sparking worldwide outrage.

AFP - Typhoons pummelling East Asia have killed at least 84 people, with rescuers in Taiwan battling to find survivors of a mudslide that may have buried about 100 villagers, officials said Tuesday.

AP - Braced for a fight he never got, President Barack Obama went on the offensive in support of his health care plan Tuesday, urging a town hall audience not to listen to those who seek to 'scare and mislead the American people.'

AP - U.S. and NATO deaths from roadside and suicide bomb blasts in Afghanistan soared six-fold in July compared with the same month last year, as militants detonated the highest number of bombs of the eight-year war, figures released Tuesday showed.

AP - Myanmar's generals have again succeeded in isolating democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, but her fleeting emergence during a grueling trial showed that her steely resolve and charisma remain intact.

AP - Score another win for the humble aspirin. A study suggests colon cancer patients who took the dirt-cheap wonder drug reduced their risk of death from the disease by nearly 30 percent.

AP - A law enforcement official says Michael Jackson's personal physician purchased a powerful anesthetic from a Las Vegas pharmacy.

AP - Drowsy spectators in one Will County courtroom might want to stifle their yawns. A 33-year-old suburban Chicago man is facing six months in jail for yawning in Judge Daniel Rozak's court last month. Clifton Williams will serve at least 21 days for stretching and yawning as his cousin was being sentenced for a drug charge.

Reuters - U.S. Senator Christopher Dodd, chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, was recuperating on Tuesday from successful surgery for early stage prostate cancer, his spokesman said in a statement.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bernard Madoff's long-time deputy, Frank DiPascali, Tuesday pleaded guilty to crimes including helping others carry out Wall Street's biggest investment fraud.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The administration of President George W. Bush was deeply involved in the improper firings of federal prosecutors, the head of House Judiciary Committee charged on Tuesday in releasing a crush of documents.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Christopher Dodd, chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, was recuperating on Tuesday from successful surgery for early stage prostate cancer, his spokesman said in a statement.

AP - Jeers and taunts drowned out Democrats calling for a health care overhaul at town halls Tuesday, and one lawmaker said a swastika was spray-painted at his office as debate turned to noisy confrontation over President Barack Obama's plan. The president himself was treated more respectfully.

AP - General Motors said Tuesday its Chevrolet Volt electric car could get 230 mpg in city driving, making it the first American vehicle to achieve triple-digit fuel economy if that figure is confirmed by federal regulators.

AP - Drowsy spectators in one suburban Chicago courtroom might want to stifle their yawns from now on. Clifton Williams, 33, of Richton Park, is facing six months in jail for making what court documents call a yawn-like sound in Will County Judge Daniel Rozak's court last month. The yawn happened as Williams' cousin, Jason Mayfield, was being sentenced for a drug charge on July 23.

AP - Former pitcher Jason Grimsley, a key figure in the federal investigation of steroids in baseball, met with prosecutors Tuesday at the courthouse where a grand jury is looking into whether Roger Clemens lied to Congress.

Reuters - Bernard Madoff's long-time deputy, Frank DiPascali, Tuesday pleaded guilty to crimes including helping others carry out Wall Street's biggest investment fraud.

Reuters - The administration of President George W. Bush was deeply involved in the improper firings of federal prosecutors, the head of House Judiciary Committee charged on Tuesday in releasing a crush of documents.

AFP - Worldwide outrage on Wednesday greeted Myanmar's decision to extend the house arrest of democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, effectively shutting her out of elections to be held in 2010.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bernard Madoff's long-time deputy, Frank DiPascali, on Tuesday pleaded guilty to financial crimes including helping others carry out Wall Street's biggest investment fraud, but shed little more light in court on the decades-long swindle.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Plane wreckage and the bodies of the two missing victims of a midair collision over New York's Hudson River were recovered from the murky waters on Tuesday, three days after the crash that killed nine people.

AP - Former White House political adviser Karl Rove played a central role in the ouster of a U.S. attorney in New Mexico, one of nine prosecutors fired in a scandal in 2006 over political interference with the Justice Department, according to transcripts of closed-door testimony released Tuesday.

AP - The State Department struggled Tuesday to explain Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's face-off with a Congolese student and suggested that the questioner's nervousness sparked the outburst with the mention of her husband's name.

AP - Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Jamie Moyer lashed out at team management Tuesday, saying he felt 'misled' by the club and 'disheartened' by its decision to demote him to the bullpen. Moyer was dropped from the rotation to make room for Pedro Martinez, set to return to the majors when he starts Wednesday night against the Chicago Cubs.

Reuters - Bernard Madoff's long-time deputy, Frank DiPascali, on Tuesday pleaded guilty to financial crimes including helping others carry out Wall Street's biggest investment fraud, but shed little more light in court on the decades-long swindle.

Reuters - Plane wreckage and the bodies of the two missing victims of a midair collision over New York's Hudson River were recovered from the murky waters on Tuesday, three days after the crash that killed nine people.

SAN JOSE (Reuters) - Costa Rican President Oscar Arias is suffering from the H1N1 virus, making him the first head of state known to have contracted swine flu.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court ruled on Tuesday that assets of some customers of accused swindler Allen Stanford will remain frozen while the court decides whether their principal -- not just ill-gotten 'interest' -- can be 'clawed back' to repay victims of Stanford's alleged $7 billion Ponzi scheme.

Reuters - Costa Rican President Oscar Arias is suffering from the H1N1 virus, making him the first head of state known to have contracted swine flu.

Reuters - A U.S. appeals court ruled on Tuesday that assets of some customers of accused swindler Allen Stanford will remain frozen while the court decides whether their principal -- not just ill-gotten 'interest' -- can be 'clawed back' to repay victims of Stanford's alleged $7 billion Ponzi scheme.

AFP - Taiwan's military on Wednesday began a helicopter rescue of more than 700 people who were found alive in three villages flattened by landslides, a senior military officer told AFP.

SAN JOSE (Reuters) - Costa Rican President Oscar Arias is suffering from the H1N1 virus, making him the first head of state known to have contracted swine flu.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The families of three Americans detained in Iran expressed hope on Tuesday that they would be released soon and stated that the trio inadvertently strayed across the border on a hiking excursion in Iraq.

AP - A suspected militant slain during a 16-hour siege with counterterrorism forces last week was not Indonesia's most-wanted militant Noordin Muhammad Top, police said Wednesday.

AP - Signs are growing that an economic recovery may finally be taking shape, but with dangers still lurking about, Federal Reserve policymakers are all but certain to leave a key interest rate at record lows to make sure any nascent turnaround gains traction.

AP - Militia groups with gripes against the government are regrouping across the country and could grow rapidly, according to an organization that tracks such trends.

AP - Actor Liam Neeson has walked the red carpet for the first time since the death of his wife, actress Natasha Richardson.

AP - Louisville men's basketball coach Rick Pitino told police he had sex with a woman accused of trying to extort him of $10 million and later paid for her abortion, a newspaper reported Tuesday.

Reuters - Costa Rican President Oscar Arias is suffering from the H1N1 virus, making him the first head of state known to have contracted swine flu.

Reuters - The families of three Americans detained in Iran expressed hope on Tuesday that they would be released soon and stated that the trio inadvertently strayed across the border on a hiking excursion in Iraq.

AFP - Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi and her US co-defendant are to appeal against their convictions, lawyers said Wednesday as the ruling junta faced a global wave of anger over her extended detention.

AFP - Taiwan Wednesday began airlifting to safety more than 700 people found alive in a trio of villages flattened by muddy landslides, as the island's death toll from Typhoon Morakot hit 66.