MOSCOW (Reuters) - Two blasts ripped through packed Moscow metro stations on Monday during rush hour, killing at least 34 people and wounding 18, Russian officials said.

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva was set to resume talks with 'red shirt' opposition protesters Monday to find a way out of a political impasse that may now be of some concern for investors.

AP - Two explosions, one of them blamed on a suicide bomber, slammed Moscow's subway system Monday morning as it was jam-packed with rush-hour passengers, killing at least 34 people and wounding more than 25, officials said.

AP - North Korea warned the U.S. and South Korea on Monday of deadly consequences for engaging in 'psychological warfare' by allowing journalists into the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone dividing the two Koreas.

Reuters - Two blasts ripped through packed Moscow metro stations on Monday during rush hour, killing at least 34 people and wounding 18, Russian officials said.

Reuters - Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva was set to resume talks with 'red shirt' opposition protesters Monday to find a way out of a political impasse that may now be of some concern for investors.

AFP - Two suicide bombers blew themselves up Monday on trains on Moscow's metro system, killing at least 34 people during morning rush-hour, emergency workers and prosecutors said.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Explosions detonated by two female suicide bombers killed at least 37 people and injured 33 on two packed Moscow metro trains in the morning rush hour on Monday, officials said.

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - A Shanghai court on Monday sentenced a Chinese-Australian executive of Rio Tinto to 7 years in prison on Monday on charges of accepting bribes and 5 years on charges of stealing commercial secrets.

AP - Two female suicide bombers blew themselves up on Moscow's subway system as it was jam-packed with rush-hour passengers Monday, killing at least 35 people and wounding 38, the city's mayor and other officials said.

AP - After weeks dominated by health care, President Barack Obama's secret trip to Afghanistan turned attention back to another issue whose progress this year could help define the success of his presidency.

AP - The Vatican this week marks the fifth anniversary of Pope John Paul II's death amid some doubts that the miracle needed for his saint-making cause will stand up to scrutiny and questions about his record combatting pedophile priests.

AP - Chalk one up for the pharmaceutical lobby. The U.S. drug industry fended off price curbs and other hefty restrictions in President Barack Obama's health care law even as it prepares for plenty of new business when an estimated 32 million uninsured Americans gain health coverage.

AP - A Christian militia group was a target of at least one of a series of weekend raids the FBI conducted in Indiana, Michigan and Ohio, a Michigan militia leader says.

AP - A Chinese court Monday sentenced four employees of mining giant Rio Tinto to jail terms of seven to 14 years on bribery and commercial secrets charges, in a case seen as a barometer of China's treatment of foreign business as trade frictions increase.

Reuters - MOSCOW (Reuters) -Two female suicide bombers killed at least 37 people and injured 38 on two packed Moscow metro trains in the morning rush hour on Monday, officials said.

Reuters - A Shanghai court on Monday sentenced a Chinese-Australian executive of Rio Tinto to 7 years in prison on Monday on charges of accepting bribes and 5 years on charges of stealing commercial secrets.

AFP - Two female suicide bombers blew themselves up on packed metro trains in central Moscow's morning rush hour Monday, killing at least 34 people in the deadlist attacks in the Russian capital for over a decade, authorities said.

AFP - A Chinese court convicted four employees of mining giant Rio Tinto including an Australian national Monday on bribery and trade secrets charges, handing down jail terms ranging from seven to 14 years.

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Two female suicide bombers killed at least 37 people and injured 65 on packed Moscow metro trains on Monday and President Dmitry Medvedev declared Russia would act 'without compromise' to root out terrorists.

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - A Chinese court sent four Rio Tinto employees to jail on Monday for 7 to 14 years for taking bribes and stealing commercial secrets, a verdict that Australia called harsh, but not surprising given the evidence.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Obama administration's pressure on Israel to curb settlement activity will bolster Palestinian hardliners and hinder peace efforts, a senior Israeli cabinet minister said on Monday.

AP - Two female suicide bombers blew themselves up on Moscow's subway system as it was jam-packed with rush-hour passengers Monday, killing at least 37 people and wounding 102, officials said.

AP - Rescuers raced Monday to free 153 coal miners trapped by a flood that may have started when workers digging a new mine in northern China accidentally broke into a network of old, water-filled shafts.

AP - A Chinese court slapped four employees of mining giant Rio Tinto with jail terms of seven to 14 years on bribery and commercial secrets charges, unexpectedly harsh sentences that include a decade of imprisonment for Australian Stern Hu.

AP - There's a favorite in Duke, a little guy in Butler, a team returning to the big-time in West Virginia and a regular hardly anyone figured would get so far this season in Michigan State.

Reuters - A Chinese court sentenced four Rio Tinto employees to 7 to 14 years in jail on Monday for taking bribes and stealing commercial secrets, a verdict the Australian government called harsh.

Reuters - The Obama administration's pressure on Israel to curb settlement activity will bolster Palestinian hardliners and hinder peace efforts, a senior Israeli cabinet minister said on Monday.

AFP - Two female suicide bombers blew themselves up on packed metro trains in Moscow's morning rush hour on Monday, killing at least 36 people at stations close to the ex-KGB headquarters and Gorky Park.

KABUL (Reuters) - Any trip by a U.S. president requires careful planning, but sneaking him into Afghanistan -- a country in the midst of an eight-year war with Islamic militants -- is a special case.

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - A Chinese court jailed four Rio Tinto staff for seven to 14 years on Monday for taking bribes and stealing commercial secrets, a sentence Australia said was harsh.

ATHENS/LONDON (Reuters) - Debt-stricken Greece returned to capital markets on Monday for the first time since euro zone leaders agreed to give it a financial safety net, but the foggy rescue plan did little to reduce its borrowing costs.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Should Israel attack Iranian nuclear facilities, it would probably carry out precision strikes while making every effort not to hit the oil sector or other civilian sites.

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva was set to resume talks with 'red shirt' opposition protesters on Monday to find a way out of a political crisis that has intensified in recent days and could rattle investors.

AP - South Korea's defense minister says North Korea may have intentionally floated a mine to damage a naval ship that exploded and sank this week.

Reuters - Two female suicide bombers killed at least 37 people on packed Moscow subway trains on Monday and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin declared that 'terrorists will be destroyed.'

Reuters - Any trip by a U.S. president requires careful planning, but sneaking him into Afghanistan -- a country in the midst of an eight-year war with Islamic militants -- is a special case.

Reuters - Debt-stricken Greece returned to capital markets on Monday for the first time since euro zone leaders agreed to give it a financial safety net, but the foggy rescue plan did little to reduce its borrowing costs.

Reuters - Should Israel attack Iranian nuclear facilities, it would probably carry out precision strikes while making every effort not to hit the oil sector or other civilian sites.

Reuters - Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva was set to resume talks with 'red shirt' opposition protesters on Monday to find a way out of a political crisis that has intensified in recent days and could rattle investors.

AFP - Aung San Suu Kyi's Myanmar opposition party decided Monday to boycott the first elections to be held in the military-ruled country in two decades, a spokesman said.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Two female suicide bombers killed at least 38 people on packed Moscow subway trains during rush hour on Monday, stirring fears of a broader campaign in Russia's heartland by Islamists from the North Caucasus.

GAZA (Reuters) - Israel will allow a shipment of clothes and shoes to be delivered to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip for the first time in its almost three-year-old tight blockade of the enclave, Palestinian officials said on Monday.

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece looked set to sell 5 billion euros ($6.7 billion) in the first test of investor appetite since a European-IMF debt support deal last week but demand was less than half that of an issue earlier this month.

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Monday rebuffed a demand by 'red shirt' leaders to dissolve parliament in 15 days, dashing hopes of an end to an intensifying political crisis and two weeks of protests.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shoppers can buy Apple Inc's iPad computer this weekend at Apple and Best Buy stores, Apple said on Monday, one day after noting that some online buyers must wait a bit longer for the highly anticipated device.

AP - The Treasury Department said Monday it will begin selling the stake it owns in Citigroup Inc., which could result in a profit to the government of more than $8 billion.

AP - Consumers spent modestly last month, a sign that the economic recovery is proceeding at a decent — but not spectacular — pace.

AP - An electronic privacy expert is urging Congress to update wiretap laws to include secret video surveillance as a Senate subcommittee ponders the issue in Philadelphia.

AP - Archaeologists have unearthed a 3,500-year-old door to the afterlife from the tomb of a high-ranking Egyptian official near Karnak temple in Luxor, the Egyptian antiquities authority said Monday.

AP - To look only at the leaderboard at Bay Hill would be enough for Ernie Els to feel satisfied.

Reuters - Two female suicide bombers killed at least 38 people on packed Moscow subway trains during rush hour on Monday, stirring fears of a broader campaign in Russia's heartland by Islamists from the North Caucasus.

Reuters - Israel will allow a shipment of clothes and shoes to be delivered to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip for the first time in its almost three-year-old tight blockade of the enclave, Palestinian officials said on Monday.

Reuters - Greece looked set to sell 5 billion euros ($6.7 billion) in the first test of investor appetite since a European-IMF debt support deal last week but demand was less than half that of an issue earlier this month.

Reuters - Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Monday rebuffed a demand by 'red shirt' leaders to dissolve parliament in 15 days, dashing hopes of an end to an intensifying political crisis and two weeks of protests.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats are pushing to shore up support for the U.S. healthcare overhaul signed into law by President Barack Obama, but the final public verdict will largely depend on how smoothly it is put into effect.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - After months of hype, speculation and secrecy, Apple Inc will finally put the iPad tablet to the test that truly matters: the buying public.

AP - Female suicide bombers blew themselves up Monday in twin attacks on Moscow subway stations packed with rush-hour passengers, killing at least 38 people and wounding more than 60, officials said. The carnage blamed on rebels from the Caucasus region follows the killings of several high-profile Islamic militant leaders there.

AP - A naval mine dispatched from North Korea may have struck the South Korean warship that exploded and sank near the Koreas' disputed sea border, the defense minister told lawmakers Monday, laying out several scenarios for the maritime disaster.

AP - Nine suspects tied to a Midwest Christian militia that was preparing for the Antichrist were charged with conspiring to kill police officers, then attack a funeral using homemade bombs in the hopes of killing more law enforcement personnel, federal prosecutors said Monday.

AP - Rescuers pumped water from a flooded mine in northern China where time is running out for 153 trapped workers as efforts stretched into a second day with no communication from those stuck deep underground.

AP - The Treasury Department said Monday it will begin selling the stake it owns in Citigroup Inc., which could result in a profit to the government of about $7.5 billion.

AP - A Massachusetts prosecutor says nine teens have been charged in the 'unrelenting' bullying of a teenage girl who killed herself, and two of them have been charged with statutory rape.

AP - Actress and writer June Havoc, whose childhood in vaudeville as Baby June was immortalized in the musical 'Gypsy,' has died in Connecticut at age 97.

AP - Having a couple of freshmen on The Associated Press' All-America team is nothing new. This year, however, they are from the same school.

Reuters - Democrats are pushing to shore up support for the U.S. healthcare overhaul signed into law by President Barack Obama, but the final public verdict will largely depend on how smoothly it is put into effect.

Reuters - After months of hype, speculation and secrecy, Apple Inc will finally put the iPad tablet to the test that truly matters: the buying public.

AFP - Two female suicide bombers blew themselves up on packed metro trains in Moscow on Monday, killing at least 38 people near the ex-KGB headquarters and Gorky Park, in attacks blamed on Islamists.

AFP - Myanmar's opposition party led by Aung San Suu Kyi said on Monday it will boycott polls expected later this year, after the country's military rulers introduced a controversial new election law.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Two female suicide bombers killed at least 38 people on packed Moscow subway trains on Monday, stirring fears of a broader campaign in Russia's heartland by Islamists from the North Caucasus.

DETROIT (Reuters) - Nine members of a Christian militia group were indicted on charges of conspiring to wage war against the U.S. government, federal prosecutors said on Monday.

MIAMI (Reuters) - Relatives of passengers killed in an Air France crash off Brazil have filed nearly two dozen wrongful death lawsuits in Miami against Airbus, alleging that aircraft maker's A330 crashed because of flaws in the plane and its U.S.-made components.

ATHENS/LONDON (Reuters) - Debt-stricken Greece won little respite from crippling borrowing costs when it returned to capital markets on Monday for the first time since euro zone leaders agreed to give it a last-resort financial safety net.

AP - Chaz Bono is asking a judge to formally change his name and gender.

AP - Ernie Els went two years without a PGA Tour victory. Now he's won two in a row.

Reuters - Two female suicide bombers killed at least 38 people on packed Moscow subway trains on Monday, stirring fears of a broader campaign in Russia's heartland by Islamists from the North Caucasus.

Reuters - Nine members of a Christian militia group were indicted on charges of conspiring to wage war against the U.S. government, federal prosecutors said on Monday.

Reuters - Relatives of passengers killed in an Air France crash off Brazil have filed nearly two dozen wrongful death lawsuits in Miami against Airbus, alleging that aircraft maker's A330 crashed because of flaws in the plane and its U.S.-made components.

AP - Terror returned to the heart of Russia, with two deadly suicide bombings on the Moscow subway at rush hour, including an attack at the station beneath the headquarters of the secret police.

AP - Nine suspects tied to a Christian militia that was preparing for the Antichrist were charged with conspiring to kill police officers, then kill scores more by attacking a funeral using homemade bombs, federal prosecutors said Monday.

AP - Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania is pushing for new federal laws on electronic privacy as a school district back home struggles with a lawsuit over attempts to locate missing laptops by turning on webcams — something that could have enabled it to film students at home.

AP - Ernie Els made two clutch par putts, escaped trouble from a buried lie in the bunker and wound up wearing a blue blazer Monday for winning the rain-delayed Arnold Palmer Invitational.

AFP - Russian leaders vowed to avenge the twin rush-hour suicide bombings on packed metro trains in Moscow that killed at least 38 people on Monday.

KABUL (Reuters) - The Pentagon's top military officer followed his commander-in-chief to Kabul on Monday to keep up pressure on President Hamid Karzai to tackle corruption, which he said could ruin the war's new strategy.

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece on Monday sold 5 billion euros ($6.7 billion) of 7-year bonds with a looming Easter holiday and a subdued European market dampening demand in the first test of investor appetite since last week's EU-backed debt support deal.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Suspected drug hitmen killed a carload of children and teenagers in northern Mexico in the latest of a rash of attacks on minors that have angered the public as drug gang violence spins out of control.

AP - NATO forces in June will make a long-planned assault on the Taliban's spiritual home in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, a senior military official said Monday.

AP - A Tennessee man authorities say is a white supremacist has pleaded guilty to plotting to kill then-presidential candidate Barack Obama and dozens of other black people in 2008.

AP - Broadening wiretap laws to include videotaped surveillance could either safeguard privacy or thwart efforts to recover stolen property, a U.S. senator was told Monday at a hearing not far from a school that's being sued for trying to find missing laptops by activating their webcams.

AP - Who doesn't want to be a millionaire? Maybe a 43-year-old unemployed bachelor who lives with his elderly mother in Russia — and who won $1 million for solving a problem that has stumped mathematicians for a century.

AP - Ricky Martin is no longer denying the rumors: He's gay.

AP - Bank bailouts are turning out to be great business for the government. Unfortunately for taxpayers, other federal rescues will almost certainly wind up in the red.

Reuters - The Pentagon's top military officer followed his commander-in-chief to Kabul on Monday to keep up pressure on President Hamid Karzai to tackle corruption, which he said could ruin the war's new strategy.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Monday had a blunt message for health insurers -- the new healthcare law requires that they not drop coverage for children with certain pre-existing conditions.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. man pleaded guilty on Monday to charges of conspiring to carry out a killing spree targeting African Americans, including then-presidential candidate Barack Obama, the Justice Department said.

AP - U.S. transit agencies beefed up security as a precaution Monday after the double suicide bombing in Moscow's subway system, sending more police into stations and officers to conduct random inspections of rail yards.

AP - Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt and his estranged wife squared off in court for the first time Monday in a bitter divorce case that featured the couple's high-flying spending habits after the team was purchased in 2004.

Reuters - The Obama administration on Monday had a blunt message for health insurers -- the new healthcare law requires that they not drop coverage for children with certain pre-existing conditions.

Reuters - A U.S. man pleaded guilty on Monday to charges of conspiring to carry out a killing spree targeting African Americans, including then-presidential candidate Barack Obama, the Justice Department said.

AP - Duke is the favorite among the Final Four to win the NCAA title, while Michigan State is a longshot despite its trip to the finals last year, oddsmakers in Las Vegas said Monday.

AFP - Moscow held a day of mourning Tuesday for the 38 victims of twin rush-hour suicide bombings on packed metro trains, as Russian leaders pledged to hunt down and wipe out those behind the attacks.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama told China's new ambassador Washington wanted to 'further develop' a positive relationship with China, the White House said in a statement on Monday.

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Foreign ministers from the Group of Eight leading industrial nations will call on the international community to take 'appropriate and strong steps' to show its resolve over Iran's nuclear activities.

CARACAS (Reuters) - A jailed judge 'tweets' to her followers from prison. The director of an opposition TV station uses Twitter to denounce a conspiracy to oust him.

AP - Dirk Nowitzki had 34 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists for his second career triple-double, and the Dallas Mavericks maintained the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference with a 109-93 victory over the Denver Nuggets on Monday night.

Reuters - President Barack Obama told China's new ambassador Washington wanted to 'further develop' a positive relationship with China, the White House said in a statement on Monday.

Reuters - Foreign ministers from the Group of Eight leading industrial nations will call on the international community to take 'appropriate and strong steps' to show its resolve over Iran's nuclear activities.

Reuters - A jailed judge 'tweets' to her followers from prison. The director of an opposition TV station uses Twitter to denounce a conspiracy to oust him.

AFP - President Barack Obama is determined 'to further develop a positive relationship with China,' the White House said after Obama received credentials from Beijing's new envoy to Washington.