AP - The Kremlin-backed leader of Chechnya said in a radio interview that a human rights activist whose bullet-ridden body was found in a neighboring province last month 'never had any honor, dignity or conscience.'

Time.com - What Barack Obama's little-known habits on the links reveal about his approach to the presidency

AFP - US President Barack Obama joins leaders of Mexico and Canada Monday to plot counter-attacks against swine flu, vicious drugs cartels and economic blight at his debut North American summit.

Bloomberg - Aug. 10 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged Angola to expand efforts to increase transparency in reporting petroleum revenue as the country’s oil minister expressed satisfaction with the current price of about $70 a barrel.

Politico - In keeping 'birther' questions front and center, Dobbs can't hold a candle to his competitors at MSNBC.

AP - Basque separatist group ETA has claimed responsibility for four bombing attacks that left three people dead and 60 injured in Spain this summer.

Politico - The Washington Hilton is undergoing a $140 million transformation, expected to wrap up in early 2010.

Politico - W.H. unleashes a viral tool aimed at online combat on everything from “rationing” to euthanasia.

AFP - US Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice on Sunday condemned what she described as 'show trials' for demonstrators in Iran who protested the results of June's disputed presidential election.

Reuters - Insurgent violence and threats have hurt preparation for Afghanistan's August 20 election and could prevent large numbers of terrified Afghans from voting, the United Nations said Sunday.

AP - The chief of the insurance industry's top lobbying group is telling The Associated Press that the battle over reshaping the nation's health care system will be decided during this month's congressional recess.

AP - Police say they are investigating after a former Cabinet minister's car was vandalized as she went door to door talking to constituents.

AFP - US President Barack Obama joined the leaders of Canada and Mexico on Monday to fine tune the fight against swine flu, murderous drugs gangs and economic recession at the North American summit.

AP - North American leaders say they will work together to fight swine flu and climate change.

AP - The alleged ringleader of a radical Islamic terrorist cell whose plot to attack U.S. targets in Germany was foiled by authorities told a court Monday his group wanted to do as much damage to Americans as possible.

AP - Italian police said Monday they are hunting for burglars who stole euro11 million ($15.5 million) in cash and jewelry from the hotel room of a Saudi princess.

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.

Politico - In Mexico, Obama says he expects to have a draft immigration bill in Congress by year’s end.

AP - Sit for hours amid the sneezing in an emergency room this fall, and if you didn't arrive with swine flu you just might leave with it.

AP - The House's top two Democrats said Monday that some of the behavior of health care overhaul opponents is 'simply un-American.'

AFP - Lawyers for President Barack Obama's administration have asked the US Supreme Court to block the release of photos showing prisoner abuse by US soldiers in Iraq.

AP - President Barack Obama says drug cartels are the largest violators of human rights in Mexico and he has confidence Mexican President Felipe Calderon is cracking down without violating human rights.

AP - A fire broke out in a housing project building outside Paris early Monday, killing two sleeping adults and three children, one an infant, officials said. Another 15 people with smoke inhalation were hospitalized.

AFP - President Barack Obama on Monday reaffirmed US support for ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya and accused critics of his policy on the political crisis of hypocrisy.

AP - Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin says the health care overhaul bill would set up a 'death panel.' Federal bureaucrats would play God, ruling on whether ailing seniors are worth enough to society to deserve life-sustaining medical care. Palin and other critics are wrong.

AP - A government watchdog is questioning the way the Obama administration is spending airport money under the economic stimulus program.

AP - President Barack Obama and his counterparts from Mexico and Canada emerged Monday from a speed summit united on recession-fighting and Honduras' ousted leader but still divided on security and trade, the areas that most define their partnership.

AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says she thinks the Chinese 'are breathing a little easier' about the health of the U.S. financial system.

AP - It's the phrase that haunts Britain's weather forecasters — 'barbecue summer.'

McClatchy Newspapers - KABUL, Afghanistan — In addition to requesting some 45,000 additional U.S. troops in Afghanistan, the country's top American military commander will ask the Obama administration to double the number of U.S. government civilian workers who are in the country.

AP - Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin says the health care overhaul bill would set up a 'death panel.' Federal bureaucrats would play God, ruling on whether ailing seniors are worth enough to society to deserve life-sustaining medical care. Palin and other critics are wrong.

AP - General Motors has quit working with a partnership that collects toxic parts from scrapped automobiles, jeopardizing an effort to prevent mercury pollution just as hundreds of thousands of clunkers are headed to recyclers.

Politico - Murtha offers to eliminate funding the new jets.

Politico - Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.) generated the kind of buzz other politicians covet when he launched his bid to help rebrand the GOP last spring.

AFP - Less than six months before his self-imposed deadline to shut down Guantanamo, US President Barack Obama faces key fights over where to move detainees and how to prosecute them.

Politico - President Obama's spokesman, Bill Burton, says that the protests are a part of American life.

AP - House Democratic leaders said Monday that they will not force the Pentagon to buy four new passenger jets used to ferry senior government officials.

AFP - President Barack Obama fought back against critics of his drive to remake US healthcare, but stopped well short of agreeing with top allies that outspoken foes of the plan were 'un-American.'

AP - The remains of five Greek Cypriot soldiers who appear in an iconic 1974 photo surrendering to invading Turkish troops were found in an abandoned well in the Turkish Cypriot north, officials said Monday.