Israel unlikely to extend current settlement curbs (AP)

AP - Israel\'s defense minister says a slowdown in West Bank settlement construction is unlikely to continue in its current form after it expires at the end of this month. Read More

Former Saddam confidant says he\'ll die in prison (AP)

AP - The man who once served as the international face of Saddam Hussein\'s regime predicts he\'ll die in an Iraqi prison, citing his old age and lengthy prison sentence. Read More

Ex-UK military chief says Blair underfunded army (AP)

AP - The former head of the British Army has accused former prime ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown of forcing the military to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan without adequate funding. Read More

Basque separatists ETA announce cease-fire (AP)

AP - The Basque separatist militant group ETA declared a cease-fire in a video statement issued on Sunday, suggesting it might turn to a political process in its quest for independence. Read More

Suicide car bomb explodes in Baghdad kills 8 (AP)

AP - Militants detonated a car bomb at a Baghdad military headquarters on Sunday and then tried to shoot their way into the building, killing eight people and wounding 29 in a brazen morning attack, Iraqi officials said. Read More

The Last Secrets of the Forbidden City Head to the U.S. (Time.com)

Time.com - Though Beijing\'s Forbidden City has been open to the public for decades, parts of it remained off-limits. This month a new exhibition of artifacts from behind the gates heads to U.S. Read More

Basque separatists ETA halting armed attacks (Reuters)

Reuters - Basque rebel group ETA, weakened by arrests and facing calls for ceasefire within the separatist movement, announced on Sunday it had called a halt to armed attacks, according to the Basque-language newspaper Gara. Read More

Yemen arrests 14 suspected al-Qaida members (AP)

AP - Police arrested 14 suspected members of al-Qaida in a raid on one of the group\'s alleged hideouts in south Yemen, the Interior Ministry said Sunday. Read More

Salvadoran police find over $9M in cash in drums (AP)

AP - Police in El Salvador have found two buried oil drums stuffed with millions of dollars in cash possibly linked to the illegal drug trade, authorities said Saturday. Read More

Mozambique police on alert amid calls for new riots (AFP)

AFP - Mozambique police were on alert on Sunday after days of riots over food prices, as calls for renewed protests were circulated via mobile phone text messages. Read More