• Freak snowfall closes Madrid airport, causes traffic chaos in central Spain

• Ships held by Somali pirates

• Shiite activist in Bahrain says he was summoned on suspicion of inciting against regime

• Congo: UN says 6 militias killed in eastern fighting

• Analysis: Both Israel, Hamas take tough line on resolving fight despite UN cease-fire push

• Peru sends jailed American Lori Berenson to capital for treatment related to pregnancy

• Thousands in Mideast and elsewhere rally against Israeli offensive in Gaza

• Sudanese president marks 4 years of north-south peace with celebration in southern town

• A look at the Islamic militant Hamas group that controls the Gaza Strip

• 5 small bombs explode outside theaters in eastern Pakistan, extremist religious group blamed

• U.N. officials say they will resume aid in Gaza "as soon as practical"

• 10 million at risk of hunger in Kenya after harvests fail because of drought

• Sri Lankan newspaper editor's killing draws international condemnation

• Bank says processing error led to foreclosure proceedings on Rep. Marsha Blackburn's home

• UN's rights chief calls for independent investigation into possible war crimes in Gaza, Israel

• 4 French teenagers investigated over attack on Jewish girl amid Gaza tensions

• New US travel rules to begin for those who don't need visa

• Mo. woman charged with trying to kill husband by spiking his tea with eye drops

• PETA asks Spearfish High School officials to change name to Sea Kitten High

• Idaho pizza workers who invested tips for trip cash out $115,000 for Costa Rica vacation

• Ohio police say masked man carrying a toy gun waited in line to rob bank

• At an estimated 140, lobster sprung from NYC restaurant tank for liberation off Maine

• Evangelical pastor in gay scandal, now on comeback trail, says his sexual identity is complex

• Iraq insists journalists agree to 'code of conduct' before attending provincial elections

• What's green, then brown, then green again? Recycled Christmas trees in NYC's Mulchfest!

• Texas man who flees courtroom before being sentenced to probation gets 6-month jail term

• China bans weight-loss drug that was main ingredient in US-banned fen-phen

• Honduran guard accidentally fires gun before ceremony marking release of US drug aid

• Rights group decries firing of 2 Vietnamese editors, says gov't clamping down on media

• 3 Italian climbers hospitalized after storm kills 3 climbers on Argentine peak

• Cheers: US troops in Iraq get to drink beer for Super Bowl in exception to military rule

• US abstains from UN vote calling for Gaza cease-fire, awaits Egyptian-brokered talks' outcome

• Brother jailed for performing backyard abortion on 14-year-old Afghan rape victim

• Survivors say Israelis shelled Gaza building where troops told them to shelter

• Salt Lake City police find nobody inside a shed after a 3-hour standoff

• New Pooh! Trustees of Winnie-the-Pooh authorize first sequel to beloved bear's adventures

• Death toll from Costa Rica's magnitude-6.1 quake rises to 9, more missing

• Ark. man accused of building meth lab in funeral home across street from sheriff's office

• Analysis: Syria has an eye on peace with Israel in restrained response to Gaza fighting

• UN: One-third of all the Gaza dead and injured are children

• Animal charity drops its case against Prince Edward and his treatment of a dog

• Gaza official says Ukrainian killed in strike, becomes first foreigner to die in fighting

• Official, witnesses says fire in slum kills 38 people in southern Pakistan

• Woman burned at the stake in Papua New Guinea; police say motive behind killing unclear

• Canadian adventurers complete journey across Antarctica to South Pole; claim new record

• Mont. district: School bus driver made liquor-store run, asked student to hide booze from cops

• Jackie the wily pooch leads workers at the Mets' new stadium on wild chase

• Man accused of causing flats by tossing roofing nails into driveways of people he didn't like

• RI boys accused of stealing a car in order to make it to school on time

• Gaza war claims 257 children, leaves many more injured or psychologically scarred

• How many scorpions? London Zoo conducts its annual critter count

• Despite Bush confidence, US-Iraqi security pact could fall to new president to negotiate terms

• Lebanon's leaders call for unity after bomb kills politician who helped reconcile rival groups

• Powerful earthquake shakes northeastern Indonesia, briefly triggering tsunami alert

• New Al-Qaida tape accuses Iran of cooperating with the US in Iraq and Afghanistan

• Petraeus Says No New Buildup for Iraq

• Iraqi Spokesman Kidnapped in Baghdad

• NKorea Wants Aid Before Nuclear Report

• Israelis, Palestinians, Set New Talks

• Two Europeans Win Nobel Prize in Physics

• Ukraine's Deja Vu Elections

• 1 Killed in Gaza Shooting

• Al-Qaida's No. 2 Calls Bush an Alcoholic

• Deal Reached in Fla. Prison Death Case

• Distraction Blamed in Japan Train Crash

• A Look at North Korean Nuke Capabilities

• Interpol Requests Intelligence

• Hamas Win Unsettles Peace Process

• A Look at Midhat Mursi Al-Sayid Umar

• Fighting Terror Tops Jordan Premier Agenda

• Wilma Limits Trick-Or-Treating in Fla.

• Arafat's Death Remains a Mystery

• Late Saudi King Fahd Modernized Kingdom

• G-8 Leaders Unveil $50B in African Aid

• Bin Laden Relative to Pay for His Defense

• Windsor Castle to Host Charles' Wedding

• Diana's Specter Looms Over Royal Wedding

• Guest List for Prince Charles' Wedding

• 29 Skeletons Recovered From Tsunami Site

• Georgia's Parliament Approves New PM

• N. Korea's Nuclear Weapons Development

• Foreigners Killed, Missing From Tsunami

• Excerpts From Rice's Speech in Paris

• Israeli-Palestinian Relations, Chronology

• Canada Lawmakers Craft Gay-Marriage Bill

• World Leaders Mark Auschwitz Liberation

• Auschwitz Survivors Fight to Be Remembered

• Deaths Reported After Quake and Tsunami

• Spacecraft Landed in Mud on Saturn Moon

• U.S. Announces Tsunami Warning System Plan