AP - The downtown of Australia's largest city was plunged into chaos during late Monday rush hour when a power cut blacked out traffic lights, caused gridlock on the roads and left tens of thousands of buildings in darkness.
AP - Police are looking into whether a gunman accused of killing eight people in a North Carolina nursing home may have targeted the facility because his estranged wife worked there.
AFP - Pakistan security forces claimed victory Monday over militant gunmen who stormed a police academy and unleashed a fierce firefight that left an estimated 20 people dead.
AFP - The Khmer Rouge regime's prison chief finally stood trial on Monday for Cambodia's "Killing Fields" atrocities, accused of overseeing the torture and execution of 15,000 people three decades ago.
AP - Pakistani security forces overpowered a group of gunmen who staged a deadly assault on a police academy Monday, capturing six of the militants while eight others died during an hours-long battle in the country's east.
AP - The fast-moving Conficker computer worm, a scourge of the Internet that has infected at least 3 million PCs, is set to spring to life in a new way on Wednesday ? April Fools' Day.
AP - A Malawian judge held a closed-door hearing Monday on Madonna's application to adopt a second child from this southern African nation but delayed ruling on the matter until Friday, a court official said.
AP - If there's a city that could use a break during these difficult times, Detroit is it. f there's a basketball team that can provide a bit of a diversion for the Motor City, Michigan State might be the perfect choice.
AFP - Religious leaders on Monday urged the G20's heads of state not to forget their commitments to the world's poor when they meet here this week for a summit dominated by the financial crisis.
AP - China said Monday it plans to reopen Tibet to foreign tourists next week in a sign of Beijing's growing confidence after several sensitive anniversaries passed without any apparent major disturbances.
Reuters - Militants holed up in a police training center in the Pakistani city of Lahore on Monday after storming the complex and killing cadets on a parade ground, with estimates of the dead ranging up to 20.
AP - Just as the Red River began retreating from Fargo's hastily fortified sandbag levees, the city's tired residents stared down a winter storm Monday expected to bring a half-foot of snow, powerful gusts and wind-whipped waves.
AP - Neither General Motors nor Chrysler submitted acceptable plans to receive more federal bailout money, the Obama administration said as it set the stage for a crisis in Detroit that would dramatically reshape the nation's auto industry.
Pakistani soldiers and other security forces laid siege Monday to a police academy that gunmen attacked earlier, killing 11 officers and taking others hostage in a brazen assault.
AP - Madonna appeared in court Monday in the capital of Malawi, where she was trying to adopt a 4-year-old girl as her second child from the southern African country.
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