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BEIRUT (AP) -- The head of the U.N. observers' mission in Syria demanded Sunday that warring parties allow the evacuation of women, children, elderly and sick people endangered by fighting in the besieged city of Homs and other combat zones....

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- A shallow avalanche on Alaska's Mount McKinley may not have killed four Japanese climbers, but the slide pushed them into a crevasse more than 100 feet deep, the National Park Service said Sunday....

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- A shallow avalanche on Alaska's Mount McKinley may not have killed four Japanese climbers, but the slide pushed them into a crevasse more than 100 feet deep, the National Park Service said Sunday....

The leader of Greece's pro-bailout New Democracy party, set to win most seats in a general election, says he wants to form a government quickly.

Saudi Arabia has buried Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud, who died on Saturday, at a ceremony in Mecca after sunset.

Lars Bender scores 10 minutes from time as Germany take their place in the quarter-finals of Euro 2012 as winners of Group B.

In 1972, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein began to investigate and expose all the president's men involved in the Watergate scandal. But as their book by the same name shows, the reporters also encountered several women who played crucial roles in the story.

ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- An extreme right party that campaigned to rid Greece of illegal immigrants largely held its bloc of seats in parliamentary elections Sunday, retaining support after a party official slapped a female politician and threw a glass of water on another on live television during the campaign....

The Los Angeles riots 20 years ago this week were sparked by the acquittal of four L.A. police officers in the brutal beating of suspect Rodney King a year earlier. The turbulence that led to more than 50 deaths and $1 billion in property damage all began with a traffic violation.

CNN's Paul Vercammen reports, police say it appears Rodney King's death was an accidental drowning.

The Taliban has tried to kill Fawzia Koofi numerous times, once riddling her car with bullets. But that doesn't deter the two-term Parliamentary member from running to be Afghanistan's next president. And when the pressure seems unbearable, she turns toward her inspiration, her young daughters.

Fawzia Koofi, Afghanistan's first female Parliament speaker, discusses her plan to run for president of the country.

ANALYSIS/OPINION:

Have you ever stopped to think about how the breakup of AT&T revolutionized the information and communications technology market? Most people probably haven't, but in 1984, the end of the regulated monopoly ushered in an era of unprecedented competition and innovation.

For those who are not familiar, AT&T broke ...

DENVER (AP) -- Michael Jolton was a young father with a 5-year-old son when Colorado legalized medical marijuana in 2000. Now he's got three boys, the oldest near adulthood, and finds himself repeatedly explaining green-leafed marijuana ads and "free joint" promotions endemic in his suburban hometown....

DENVER (AP) -- Michael Jolton was a young father with a 5-year-old son when Colorado legalized medical marijuana in 2000. Now he's got three boys, the oldest near adulthood, and finds himself repeatedly explaining green-leafed marijuana ads and "free joint" promotions endemic in his suburban hometown....

DENVER (AP) -- Michael Jolton was a young father with a 5-year-old son when Colorado legalized medical marijuana in 2000. Now he's got three boys, the oldest near adulthood, and finds himself repeatedly explaining green-leafed marijuana ads and "free joint" promotions endemic in his suburban hometown....

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will leave politics when his second term comes to an end, and does not envision a Vladimir Putin-style return to office after sitting out for a term, a German newspaper reported Sunday.

CAIRO (AP) -- Mahmoud Abou Adhma's despair over Egypt's course the past 16 months has turned him from an avid revolutionary who camped out in Tahrir Square for most of the 18 days of protests demanding the fall of Hosni Mubarak to working for the presidential campaign of the deposed leader's last prime minister and close friend....

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The National Park Service has halted a search for four Japanese climbers believed buried on Mount McKinley because of dangerous search conditions.

The agency announced Sunday that 10 rescuers including a handler with a dog reached on Saturday the debris zone where an avalanche is believed ...

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) -- Marlon Roberto Cortes was stocking shelves in the frozen food section of a suburban Boston supermarket when he was summoned to the back office....