AP - Hundreds of pro-Tamil demonstrators blocked traffic and clashed with police in the streets around Britain's Parliament Monday after news filtered out from Sri Lanka that hundreds of their compatriots had died in intense shelling.
AP - A suicide bomber attacked a group of South Korean tourists in southern Yemen on Sunday, killing four of them, said officials, the latest such attack targeting foreigners visiting this poor Arab country that has both famed historic sites and a strong al-Qaida presence.
AFP - German industrial orders collapsed in January, official figures showed on Wednesday, catching recession-hardened analysts off guard and yielding a bleak outlook for Europe's biggest economy.