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AFP - Hundreds of staff at a South Korean-operated resort in North Korea have been ordered to leave amid sour relations over the fatal shooting of a Seoul tourist, officials said Monday.

Reuters - A former Maoist guerrilla leader who led a decade-long insurgency against Nepal's Hindu monarchy will be sworn in on Monday as the Himalayan republic's first prime minister.

Reuters - Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf, under pressure to step down before he is impeached, will address the nation at 1 p.m. (0700 GMT) on Monday, an official in the president's office told Reuters.

Reuters - As Usain Bolt coasted past my press seat in a burst of speed and swagger on Saturday night, splaying his arms and pumping his chest as he crossed the 100 metres finish line, it was just the buzz everyone had promised me from my first Olympics.

Reuters - Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and choose to bat against Sri Lanka in the first one-day international on Monday.

AFP - China will raise export taxes on coking coal and coke from Wednesday, the government said, in the latest attempt to address growing domestic energy shortages.

AFP - At least 16 civilians were found dead Monday, many with their bodies hacked by machetes, after Muslim separatist rebels launched a wave of attacks in the southern Philippines, AFP reporters said.

AFP - China suffered a major setback Monday to its hopes of winning gold on the Olympic track when superstar Liu Xiang sensationally pulled out of the 110m hurdles heats injured.

AFP - Malaysia's premier has backed the young man accusing opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim of sodomy after the man visited a mosque to swear to his claims in an act criticised as a political stunt.

AFP - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf is to address the nation on Monday afternoon, his spokesman told AFP, while dismissing rumours that he had resigned to avoid impeachment.

HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Chinese gold medal prospect Liu Xiang pulled out of the men's 110 meters hurdles at the Beijing Olympics Monday because of an injury, according to reports. Liu, who won the gold medal in the 110 meters hurdles in the Athens Olympics, quit the race after a false start by Dutchman Marcel van der Westen, the Xinhua news agency reported. Liu was expected to talk about his sudden withdrawal at a press conference, the report added.

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AP - Pakistan's ruling coalition finalized impeachment charges against President Pervez Musharraf on Sunday and a government minister said they could be filed as early as this week if he does not resign first.

Reuters - Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf, under pressure to step down before he is impeached, will address the nation at 1 p.m. (0700 GMT) on Monday, an official in the president's office told Reuters.

Reuters - South Korean and U.S. forces started annual military drills on Monday denounced by North Korea as a prelude to war, with Pyongyang previously saying they spoiled the prospects for nuclear disarmament talks.

AP - A few fun-loving fresh faces have suddenly turned Jamaica into the "World's Fastest Nation."

AP - The United States on Sunday accused Russia of stalling its military pullback in Georgia, but the Bush administration is not rushing to repudiate Moscow for its actions.

AFP - Playing video games improves manual dexterity among surgeons, making them faster and less likely to make mistakes, US researchers have said.

No Tom Brady equals little offense for the New England Patriots, though it's difficult to gauge how much that concerns coach Bill Belichick at this stage of the preseason. With the 2007 MVP sitting out for the second straight week, the defending AFC champions sputtered with backup Matt Cassel running the show in a 27-10 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday night.

Suddenly, the Cincinnati Bengals need help on offense. Pro Bowl receiver Chad Johnson strained his left shoulder Sunday night during the Detroit Lions' 27-10 victory over the Bengals, who now have their top two receivers and their starting tailback limited by injuries. Johnson landed awkwardly on his left side after cornerback Brian Kelly intercepted a pass thrown his way on Cincinnati's first...

AP - B.J. Upton homered and drove in three runs in his return from a benching, Scott Kazmir allowed two runs in six innings and the Tampa Bay Rays added a game to their AL East lead with a 7-4 victory over the Texas Rangers on Sunday night.

AP - The two Joe Gibbs Racing cars that have dominated the Nationwide Series this season likely will face stiff NASCAR sanctions after team members were caught deliberately trying to mask the horsepower in their powerful engines.

AP - Michael Phelps kept every swimsuit, every cap, every pair of goggles he wore during nine magical days at the Water Cube. Every memory will be savored, too, from goofing off with his U.S. teammates to bowing his head not one, not two, but eight times to receive a gold medal at the Beijing Games.

Reuters - Tropical Storm Fay raked Cuba's southern coast with gusty winds and heavy rains on Sunday while tourists fled the Florida Keys as the storm threatened to reach the United States as a likely hurricane.

AFP - Tropical storm Fay dumped heavy rains on the Dominican Republic and Haiti, leaving eight people dead and six missing, as US weather experts forecast the system will strengthen to hurricane force as it approaches Cuba.

AFP - Japanese police on Monday sought arrest warrants for three Western anti-whaling activists who tried to disrupt a controversial whaling expedition in the Antarctic Ocean, reports said.

Democrats face a number of imperatives at their convention, none trickier than making more voters comfortable with Barack Obama’s background..

AP - As the red light switched off and her program went into a commercial, Laura Ingraham's face dissolved from a smile into a frown — then, a look of pure disgust.

AP - "Ugly Betty" and its star, America Ferrera, took top honors Sunday at the 2008 ALMA Awards, which recognize achievements by Hispanic artists.

AP - BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — There was much dancing: Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi are married, according to reports.

Reuters - U.S. financial services giant Citigroup on Monday unveiled a reorganization of its Asia-Pacific business into four regions and seven product groupings under new Asia Chief Executive Ajay Banga.

Reuters - Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) , the country's No. 2 bank by assets, may offer over A$6 billion ($5.2 billion) to British bank HBOS for its Australian unit BankWest, the Australian newspaper reported on Monday.

Reuters - The weather in Olympics host city Beijing was cool, sunny and clear on Monday, the 10th day of the Games, when "Lightning" Usain Bolt is due to return to the Bird's Nest stadium in search for a second gold.

AFP - South Korea and the United States on Monday began an annual joint military exercise involving tens of thousands of troops which communist North Korea has denounced as a "criminal" act.

AFP - Muslim separatist rebels raided two southern Philippine towns on Monday, burning houses and taking over local banks and businesses, officials said, prompting some residents to flee.

AFP - Having sex with a third party during consensual divorce proceedings is not illegal, South Korea's supreme court has ruled, even though adultery remains a criminal offence in the country.

AFP - Olympic tennis silver-medallist Anabel Medina Garrigues has apologised after a new photo emerged of Spanish athletes holding the corners of their eyes in an unflattering imitation of Chinese.

AFP - Taliban militants have threatened more attacks like the one last week in Afghanistan that killed two Canadian humanitarian workers, unless Canada pulls its troops out of Afghanistan, Canadian media said.

Reuters - Manila housewife Jasmin is well aware the bigger the family the bigger the potential poverty trap.

HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Japanese indexes wavered early Monday, with financials such as Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group advancing after U.S. stocks broadly ended higher, while some exporters such as Nintendo Co. declined. The Nikkei 225 Average rose 0.1% to 13,036.08 and the Topix index gained 0.7% to 1,256.19, reversing early declines. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 gave up 0.7% to 4,947.10 and New Zealand's NZX 50 index slipped 0.2% to 3,345.11, while South Korea's Kospi inched up 0.3% to 1,576.05.

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AFP - Manchester City forward Valeri Bojinov is set to be out for six months after the Bulgarian snapped his Achilles tendon ahead of Sunday's 4-2 defeat at Aston Villa.

AFP - Paula Radcliffe's search for an elusive Olympic medal of any colour is not over despite her 23rd place finish here in the marathon as she insisted she would go on to compete in the London Games in 2012.

AFP - Luiz Felipe Scolari believes Chelsea will have to improve on their awesome 4-0 demolition of Portsmouth if they are to take the Premier League title away from Manchester United.

AFP - An influential body which represents British business said there was a "distinct possibility" of the country facing recession in the next six or nine months, in a report published Sunday.

AP - Iran has test launched a rocket it plans to use to carry a research satellite into orbit, state television reported Sunday.

Sitting in a leaky, flyblown hut, a few dozen Ethiopian villagers are anxiously waiting to be transported to another world.

At first, the differences between the United Arab Emirates two leading cities were merely cultural. Abu Dhabi built world-class museums as fast as Dubai put up extravagant shopping malls — one with a ski slope inside.

Reuters - "Lightning" Usain Bolt returns to the scene of his Olympic triumph on Monday in the opening heats of the men's 200 meters in another full day of track and field action.