AP - Sri Lankan forces on Saturday ambushed a group of Tamil Tiger rebels allegedly planning to attack a police checkpoint in the east, killing 11 insurgents, while a separate bomb attack killed three policemen, officials said.

AP - A previously unseen video made by Mohamed Atta, ringleader of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, has been obtained by Britain's The Sunday Times, the newspaper reported Saturday.

Reuters - Top European Union officials met Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir on Saturday to try to find common ground on ways to end the military crisis in Darfur and ease one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.

AP - Thousands of government employees and security officials burned tires, blocked roads and fired shots in the air on Gaza streets Saturday to protest delays in receiving long-awaited salaries.