Germany celebrates fall of Berlin Wall
BERLIN (AP) -- With prayers, music and pomp, Germany on Monday remembered the 20th anniversary of the day the Berlin Wall fell, sending East Germans flooding west and setting in motion events that soon led to the country's reunification....

Police say suicide bomber kills 3 in Pakistan
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) -- A suicide bomber in a rickshaw detonated his explosives near a group of policemen in northwest Pakistan's main city of Peshawar, killing three people Monday, police said....

Rain-triggered landslides kill 14 in Indonesia
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Torrential rains triggered a series of landslides on Indonesia's Sulawesi island, killing at least 14 residents and burying many more, a local official said Monday....

Iraq electoral law passes, sets up national vote
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraq's parliament ended weeks of debate Sunday and passed a long-delayed law paving the way for the planned January election to go forward, sidestepping a crisis that could have delayed the U.S. troop withdrawal....

Rescuers dig for survivors in buried Salvador town
VERAPAZ, El Salvador (AP) -- Soldiers and residents dug through rock and debris looking for dozens of people missing when a mudslide covered a town in El Salvador, part of a wave of flooding and landslides that has killed at least 124 people in this Central American country....

Report: NKorea's Kim rides on tricked out trains
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Il - known for shunning air travel - has six luxurious trains equipped with reception halls, conference rooms and high-tech communication facilities, a South Korean newspaper reported Monday....

India limits media on contentious Dalai Lama trip
TAWANG, India (AP) -- Indian officials clamped down Monday on journalists covering the Dalai Lama's trip to a disputed border area in an apparent effort to minimize tensions with neighboring China....

Germany celebrates memory of Berlin Wall falling
BERLIN (AP) -- With concerts and memorials on Monday, Germans will celebrate the day the Berlin Wall came crashing down 20 years ago....

Clinton: Berlin Wall festivities not just a party
BERLIN (AP) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton congratulated Germans on the 20-year anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall at a meeting Monday with German Chancellor Angela Merkel....

Chavez to troops: Prepare for war with Colombia
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- President Hugo Chavez on Sunday ordered Venezuela's military to prepare for a possible armed conflict with Colombia, saying his country's soldiers should be ready if the United States attempts to provoke a war between the South American neighbors....