Sri Lanka minister killed in bomb attack: official (AFP)

Congress to hear of alleged Syrian, NKorean nuke cooperation...
AP - Members of Congress will be told this week about intelligence suggesting that North Korea was helping Syria build a nuclear reactor similar to one it has constructed, a government...

18-year-old SC student accused of plotting to bomb school (AP)
AP - A high school senior collected enough supplies to carry out a bomb attack on his school and detailed the plot in a hate-filled diary that included maps of the building and admiring...

Plane crashes in Congo neighborhood (AP)
AP - A DC-9 plane crashed Tuesday into a residential neighborhood in the eastern Congo town of Goma, a government official said. It was not immediately known how many people were on board.

Bomb attack on NATO convoy kills 8 Afghans: police (Reuters)
Reuters - A suicide car bomber in Afghanistan attacked a Canadian military convoy on Thursday killing eight civilians and wounding 22 people, among them three Canadian soldiers, authorities...

Suicide blast kills Sri Lanka minister, Tigers blamed (Reuters)
Reuters - Sri Lanka's highways minister and at least nine other people were killed on Sunday in a suspected suicide attack by Tamil Tiger rebels near Colombo, a security official said.