AP - French President Nicolas Sarkozy called Saturday for a Europe-wide effort to design a new-generation rocket launcher to replace the Ariane-5.

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON � As the Obama administration ramps up the Drug Enforcement Administration's presence in Afghanistan, some special-agent pilots contend that they're being illegally forced to go to a combat zone, while others who've volunteered say they're not being properly equipped.

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON � Official Washington is all abuzz over honeybees.

AP - But with a consistent, engaging style and help from powerful allies including President Barack Obama, Gillibrand has moved quickly to quiet her critics and box out potential challengers in her party.

AFP - Iran's crackdown on protests prodded President Barack Obama into his most explicit warning yet to Tehran, while narrowing the options for his engagement strategy.

AP - Sen. Richard Lugar says Iran's supreme leader has pushed the conflict there toward a 'very brutal outcome.'

AP - Sen. Lindsey Graham says the Senate will not let the U.S. 'go down the government-run health care road.'

AP - A top Republican senator says the United States should still sit down with Iran, despite postelection turmoil in Tehran.

AP - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he isn't going to second-guess President Barack Obama's approach on Iran after the Tehran government's political crackdown.

AP - The head of the Senate Intelligence Committee says intelligence gathering in Iran is difficult and spotty.

AP - Angry protesters shouted Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai off stage Saturday when he appealed to exiles to return to the battered African nation.

AP - Italian police said Saturday they had arrested 14 people and seized some 150,000 computer files in a major crackdown on online child pornography.

AP - Republican senators criticized President Barack Obama on Sunday for not taking a tougher public stand in support of Iranians protesting the outcome of the country's contested presidential election, with one saying the president had been 'timid and passive.'

AP - Sen. John McCain says the U.S. should board a North Korean ship it is tracking if hard evidence shows it is carrying missiles or other cargo in violation of U.N. resolutions.

AP - Thousands of people gathered north of Paris on Saturday to support Iranian opposition protesters and an Iranian exile group pushing to be rid of a terrorist label.

AP - A coroner told a jury Saturday that a stab wound to the neck of a British student slain in Italy was caused by a shorter knife than the one believed to be the murder weapon, lawyers said.

Bloomberg - June 21 (Bloomberg) -- Republican John McCain, who has criticized President Barack Obama’s handling of the protests in Iran, praised Obama’s statement yesterday that the Iranian government must “stop all violent and unjust actions.”

Reuters - President Barack Obama should take a firm stand to support the street protests that have engulfed Iran since its disputed June 12 presidential election result, U.S. Republican senators said on Sunday.

AP - Police in Northern Ireland have charged two teenagers over a series of attacks on Romanian families that drove 100 people from their homes.

AFP - Democrats on Sunday defended President Barack Obama's hands-off approach to the crisis in Iran, urging him to keep US 'fingerprints' off the unfolding events despite pressure from Republicans for bolder US action.

AP - Iran spent nearly twice as much on U.S. imports during President Barack Obama's first months in office as it did during the same period in 2008, showing that despite trade penalties and tense relations, the two countries are still doing business.

AP - But with a consistent, engaging style and help from powerful allies including President Barack Obama, Gillibrand has moved quickly to quiet her critics and box out potential challengers in her party.

Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama expressed concern about violence and 'unjust actions' against Iranian demonstrators on Sunday in a meeting with advisers who updated him on fast-moving events in the Islamic Republic.

AP - President Barack Obama said the United States is 'prepared for any contingencies' involving North Korea � including the regime's reported threat to launch a long-range missile toward Hawaii.

AP - Authorities arrested one of Italy's most dangerous Mafia fugitives as he left his apartment in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas, Italian police said Sunday.

AFP - The United States is 'fully prepared for any contingencies' regarding a potential missile launch toward US territory by North Korea, President Barack Obama said in an interview to be aired Monday.

AFP - Democrats defended President Barack Obama's hands-off approach to the crisis in Iran, urging him to avoid leaving US 'fingerprints' despite pressure from opposition Republicans for bolder US action.