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COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka must act to prevent human rights abuses including abductions, the intimidation of media personnel and the recruitment of child soldiers as it fights a 25-year civil war against Tamil Tiger rebels, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher said on Sunday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Despite long insisting that sports and politics don't mix, U.S. President George W. Bush will have a hard time keeping them separate when he visits China this week for the Beijing Olympics.

ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said on Saturday that Republican rival John McCain's campaign has been cynical, not racist, in trying to raise fears about his candidacy.

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil wants to restart collapsed global trade negotiations and believes an agreement can be reached within two months, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Saturday.

KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine (Reuters) - President George W. Bush discussed the collapse of world trade talks with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Saturday, expressing disappointment over the failure and reaffirming his commitment to reaching agreement, the White House said.

ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said on Saturday that Republican rival John McCain's campaign has been cynical, not racist, in trying to raise fears about his candidacy.

ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said on Friday he would back limited offshore drilling as part of a broader energy package that attempted to bring down gas prices and reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers are questioning the biggest U.S. Internet companies about whether they track their customers' visits online and use the information to tailor Internet advertisements for them.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress began a five-week recess on Friday, leaving unresolved how to ease the surge in gasoline prices that is certain to be an issue until the November elections and beyond.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate confirmed a new American ambassador to South Korea on Friday, after a senator dropped his objections upon getting promises the Bush administration would urge North Korea to improve human rights.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bush administration said on Friday the U.N. nuclear watchdog's approval of an inspection plan for India's civilian atomic power plants would advance its efforts to have Congress consider a U.S.-India nuclear accord this year.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Defense approved up to $10.7 billion in arms sales for Iraq over the past week, including a $2.16 billion sale of M1A1 Abrams tanks built by General Dynamics Corp.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers unveiled legislation on Friday aimed at forging a compromise between Democrats and Republicans deadlocked in the Senate over energy issues.

PANAMA CITY, Florida (Reuters) - Republican John McCain's presidential team mocked Democrat Barack Obama on Friday as an overconfident, Messiah-like candidate with a tendency toward exaggeration in a Web ad that closed out a week of attacks.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon expects to issue a draft request for proposals in the transatlantic battle to build new aerial tankers for the U.S. Air Force "sooner rather than later," spokesman Bryan Whitman said on Friday.

KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine (Reuters) - The White House said on Friday it was not happy with data showing the U.S. unemployment rate has risen to 5.7 percent, but it described the report as mixed because wages increased by 3.4 percent over the past year.

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama proposed a package of measures on Friday to help workers fight rising energy costs, including an immediate $1,000 tax rebate for low- and middle-income families.

VIENNA (Reuters) - The governors of the U.N. nuclear watchdog approved an inspections plan for India on Friday, an important step towards completing a nuclear cooperation deal between New Delhi and the United States.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It really is the economy, stupid! Economic models that have correctly predicted the winner of almost all post-war U.S. presidential elections say recession fears will secure a victory for Barack Obama in November.

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama called on Friday for a package of new measures to fight rising energy costs, including a $1,000 tax rebate for low- and middle-income workers.