Indonesian passenger ferry sinks with 242 aboard
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- An Indonesian passenger ferry with almost 250 people aboard sank in rough waters off Sumatra island Sunday, killing at least one, police said, while a second ferry ran aground in nearby waters....

Top Iran reformer sentenced to 6 years in jail
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- A top reformer has been sentenced to six years in jail after he stood trial on charges of fomenting unrest to topple the Iranian regime, his lawyer said Sunday....

Israeli aircraft strike Gaza targets
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israeli aircraft attacked two suspected weapons-making factories and a smuggling tunnel in the Gaza Strip early Sunday in what the military said was retaliation for Palestinian rocket fire into southern Israel....

5 Afghan border security guards killed in south
KABUL (AP) -- A roadside bomb killed five Afghan border security guards traveling on a heavily used road in southern Afghanistan near the border with Pakistan on Sunday....

2 bomb blasts leave 7 dead, 52 wounded in India
GAUHATI, India (AP) -- Suspected militants set off two bombs outside a police station in India's restive northeast on Sunday, killing seven people and wounding more than 50, police said....

Romanians vote for president amid political crisis
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) -- Romanians were voting for a new president on Sunday in an election that could help end a leadership crisis that has threatened an international loan aimed at stopping the country's painful recession....

Mumbai still vulnerable 1 year after terror attack
MUMBAI, India (AP) -- The walls that the rockets blew out have not been repaired, and the plaster is a dense scattershot of bullet holes. Dozens of holes, blasted by grenades, pockmark the linoleum floors....

Officials: 4 dead in attacks around Iraq
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraqi security officials say four people have been killed in attacks in Baghdad and the northern city of Mosul....

China coal mine blast death toll jumps to 87
HEGANG, China (AP) -- Rescuers worked in frigid cold to reach 21 miners trapped underground Sunday as the death toll from a huge gas explosion in a northern Chinese mine jumped to 87 - the deadliest blast to hit the beleaguered industry in nearly two years....

Iran begins war games to protect nuclear sites
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's state TV says the country has begun large-scale air defense war games aimed at protecting nuclear facilities against any possible attack....