AFP - Hungarian President Laszlo Solyom called on parliament to consider ousting Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany for lying to the country over the economy, as polls closed in local elections clouded by the issue.

AP - Gunmen kidnapped 26 workers from a refrigerated food factory Sunday in western Baghdad in what appeared to be a new sectarian attack, a security official said.

AFP - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki paid joint tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, seen as an inspiration for both countries' drive for freedom.

AP - A tropical storm watch was issued for southeastern Newfoundland on Sunday as Hurricane Isaac moved north in the Atlantic, forecasters said.