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OBSERVATION POST OUELLETTE, South Korea (AP) -- Razor-wire close to the border, President Barack Obama on Sunday paid his first visit to the tense zone separating North and South Korea amid new nuclear tensions. He told American troops stationed nearby they are protectors of "freedom's frontier."...

SILAO, Mexico (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI urged Mexico's children to be messengers of peace, then prepared for the highlight of his visit to this violence-troubled country: Sunday's open-air Mass in the shadow of the Christ the King monument, one of the most important symbols of Mexican Catholicism....

HONG KONG (AP) -- Hong Kong's elite elected a former government Cabinet member as the southern Chinese financial hub's next leader on Sunday, heeding Beijing's wishes and public opinion following a tumultuous, bitter race that highlighted public discontent....

TOKYO (AP) -- The U.S. had repeatedly warned Japan about vulnerabilities at its nuclear plants in case of a Sept. 11-style terror attack. It turned out Washington was right about the soft spots, but wrong about the enemy that would strike them....

HONG KONG (AP) -- Hong Kong's elite have elected a former government Cabinet member as the city's next leader, heeding Beijing's wishes and public opinion....

OBSERVATION POST OUELLETTE, South Korea (AP) -- Razor-wire close to the border, President Barack Obama on Sunday paid his first visit to the tense zone separating North and South Korea amid new nuclear tensions. He told American troops stationed nearby they are protectors of "freedom's frontier."...

ISLAMABAD (AP) -- Pakistan is better known for bombs than bombshells, militant compounds than opulent estates. A few enterprising Pakistanis hope to alter that perception with the launch of a local version of the well-known celebrity magazine Hello!....

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez flew to Cuba late Saturday to begin radiation therapy one month after undergoing surgery that removed a cancerous tumor....

GUANAJUATO, Mexico (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI reached out to the future of the church in Mexico on Saturday, telling a gathering of children to be messengers of peace in their often-violent country....

TORONTO (AP) -- Canada's opposition New Democratic Party elected Thomas Mulcair as their leader Saturday, months after the country mourned the loss of their previous chief to cancer....

TORONTO (AP) -- Canada's opposition New Democratic Party elected Thomas Mulcair as their leader Saturday, months after the country mourned the loss of their previous chief to cancer....

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) -- Mali's U.S.-trained coup leader said Saturday he is in control of the country, has no fears of a countercoup and wants peace talks with the rebels whose northern rebellion was the trigger that led him to oust a democratically elected president....

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) -- Guatemala's president proposed Saturday that the United States and other "consumer" countries pick up the tab for the cost of drug seizures....

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) -- Guatemala's president proposed Saturday that the United States and other "consumer" countries pick up the tab for the cost of drug seizures....

SILAO, Mexico (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI urged Mexicans to wield their faith against drug violence, poverty and other ills, celebrating Sunday Mass before a sea of hushed worshippers in a visit that has warmed many Mexicans to a pontiff they often saw as austere....

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- President Barack Obama is opening his pitch for faster work to lock down nuclear material that could be used by terrorists with an up-close look at the nuclear front lines along the heavily militarized border with volatile North Korea....

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Two of Mexico's three largest political parties have said they have not been able to comply with a legal requirement to reserve 40 percent of their congressional candidacies for women, electoral authorities said Saturday....

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Two of Mexico's three largest political parties have said they have not been able to comply with a legal requirement to reserve 40 percent of their congressional candidacies for women, electoral authorities said Saturday....

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- President Barack Obama is opening his pitch for faster work to lock down nuclear material that could be used by terrorists with an up-close look at the nuclear front lines along the heavily militarized border with volatile North Korea....

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Two of Mexico's three largest political parties have said they have not been able to comply with a legal requirement to reserve 40 percent of their congressional candidacies for women, electoral authorities said Saturday....