QUNU, South Africa (AP) — Nelson Mandela sat beaming in a yellow armchair, his legs propped up on a large stool and covered with a pale yellow blanket. » Full Story

SYDNEY, Australia (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI said he was ‘‘deeply sorry’ for the sexual abuse of children by Australia’s Catholic clergy, delivering a strongly-worded apology Saturday that described th » Full Story

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) — Hundreds of baby penguins swept from the icy shores of Antarctica and Patagonia are washing up dead on Rio de Janeiro’s tropical beaches, rescuers and penguin experts sai » Full Story

TOKYO (AP) — A strong earthquake with a preliminary 6.6 magnitude struck off of Japan’s eastern coast Saturday, the country’s meteorological agency said. » Full Story

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Two French humanitarian workers were kidnapped at gunpoint Friday in Afghanistan and spirited out of the house they were sleeping in, the aid group Action Against Hunger and » Full Story

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi soldiers took up positions on rooftops and military helicopters hovered overhead Friday in a show of strength in a Baghdad district where Shiite militiamen once ruled the streets. » Full Story

MILAN, Italy (AP) — It took a few months. But the economic woes touched off by soaring oil prices and the subprime mortgage crisis in the United States are finally engulfing Europe. » Full Story

DUJIANGYAN, China (AP) — Two months after an earthquake ravaged much of Sichuan province, workers are diligently salvaging bricks to restore a 6th century Taoist temple damaged in the disaster. » Full Story

BAGHDAD (AP) _ They fan out across Baghdad in summer's scorching heat — men in blue overalls picking up trash, mowing the sparse grass in parks, and standing on ladders to paint highway underpasses an » Full Story

NAHARIYA, Israel (AP) _ Thousands of Israelis prayed and cried at funerals Thursday for two soldiers whose return from Lebanon in black coffins touched off a nationwide wave of anguish. » Full Story