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PUTIS, Peru (Reuters) - Forensic scientists pulled human skeletons from the biggest known mass grave in Peru on Thursday, searching for proof the army slaughtered more than 100 people at a rocky pit during the 1980-2000 civil war.

MIANYANG, China (Reuters) - China's struggle to overcome earthquake devastation has been compounded by conflicting official claims about plans to evacuate 1.3 million people in a city threatened by a swelling "quake lake".

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's foreign minister deepened the uncertainty over Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's ability to survive a corruption scandal by saying on Thursday their party had to prepare for a possible early election.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is in excellent health and fit to serve as U.S. president, his doctor said on Thursday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senior U.S. and Libyan officials are meeting in London this week to try to reach a deal on compensation cases from the Lockerbie air disaster and other 1980s incidents, a Bush administration official said on Thursday.

PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - A helicopter crashed into a building in a busy central district of Panama City on Thursday, killing Chile's federal police chief and several other people.

TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada cares less and less about the "third-world" living conditions faced by many of its native peoples, protesters said on Thursday in the second annual aboriginal National Day of Action.

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican issued its most explicit decree so far against the ordination of women priests on Thursday, punishing them and the bishops who try to ordain them with automatic excommunication.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lockheed Martin Corp, the Pentagon's No. 1 supplier by sales, predicted on Thursday continued strong backing for its programs no matter who wins the November 4 U.S. presidential election.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council plans to push hard for lasting peace in Sudan and Somalia during a 10-day trip to five African countries starting next week, diplomats said.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's foreign minister deepened the uncertainty over Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's ability to survive a corruption scandal by saying on Thursday their party had to prepare for a possible early election.

SELFOSS, Iceland (Reuters) - A strong earthquake rocked Iceland on Thursday, damaging roads and buildings in one town and sending frightened residents running into the streets.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is in excellent health and fit to serve as U.S. president, his doctors said on Thursday

RAPID CITY, South Dakota (Reuters) - Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton is like a boxer in the final rounds of a title bout, with fans cheering her as a relentless fighter and critics calling her a spoiler who should throw in the towel.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bush administration will send its top agriculture and aid officials to a meeting in Rome next week aimed at reversing the global food crisis.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO's commander in Afghanistan urged the government on Thursday to step up its fight against the opium trade, which is increasingly fuelling the insurgency.

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Iran said on Thursday it was keen to play a major role in the reconstruction of Iraq, and lambasted the United States and its allies for "mistaken policies" in its neighbor.

LONDON (Reuters) - An agreement banning cluster bombs has cheered human rights campaigners, but powerful military states are refusing to join it and experts say the treaty is riddled with holes that make it unworkable.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A U.S. Congress farm plan that could increase agricultural subsidies does not help efforts to conclude a long-delayed global trade deal, World Trade Organization Director-General Pascal Lamy said on Thursday.

CAIRO (Reuters) - Fifteen years after police took away her husband, Zeinab Ahmed says she has lost hope he will return to help raise their daughter, born while he was in jail.