In a Feb. 12 story about the meeting of Arab League foreign ministers, The Associated Press misquoted League chief Nabil Elaraby as saying Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov wrote him a letter saying Russia would agree to a joint U.N.-Arab League peacekeeping force in Syria. Elaraby said Lavrov wrote that Russia could agree to a joint U.N.-Arab League observer force.
South Korean police have arrested a Christian pastor and his wife over the deaths of their three children. The parents are accused of whipping and starving the children in an attempt to cast out demons.
The Muslim militant suspected of building the bombs used in the 2002 Bali attack went on trial Monday on terrorism charges, a year after he was captured in the same Pakistani town where Osama bin Laden was hiding.
The U.S. Embassy in Guatemala is criticizing President Otto Perez Molina's proposal to legalize drugs in Central America.
Oil prices rose to near $100 a barrel Monday in Asia after the Greek parliament approved new austerity measures that should secure a bailout and avoid bankruptcy.
Zambians poured out of their houses, clubs and bars to celebrate in the streets early Monday after watching their team beat Ivory Coast 8-7 on penalties in the African Cup finals.
A health scare on a flight from Japan to New Zealand appears to be nothing more serious than a seasonal outbreak of influenza.
