Polls open in second round of Ukraine elections

Polls opened Sunday for the second round of Ukraine’s presidential elections — a bitter battle between a populist prime minister and the man she once helped oust.

In addition to diplomacy and sanctions, the United States has developed contingency plans in dealing with Iran’s nuclear facilities, a top U.S. military commander told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour.

At least 132 people were killed and 520 wounded in twin suicide car bombings in central Baghdad Sunday, officials said — the deadliest attack on civilians in Iraq this year.

Two more churches in Malaysia were firebombed Sunday, bringing the total to six since a court ruled that non-Muslims can use the word “Allah” as a term for God.

The Israeli government reacted strongly Tuesday to a report that the European Union is planning on officially calling for the division of Jerusalem between Palestinians and Israelis.

The head of Afghanistan’s Independent Election Commission vowed Saturday that he would not support a coalition government in Afghanistan.

Opposition Socialist candidate George Papandreou defeated current Greek Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis in Sunday’s elections, the nation’s Interior Minister announced, citing preliminary results.

Indian space scientists were scrambling Sunday to regain contact with their unmanned moon mission a day after they abruptly lost contact with the orbiter.

Judges at the International Criminal Court ruled Wednesday that Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir may be charged with genocide for his role in a five-year campaign of violence in western Sudan’s Darfur region.

Sixth seed Juan Martin Del Potro, in his first Grand Slam final, stunned defending champion and top seed Roger Federer to take the men’s singles title at the U.S. Open.

NASA has big plans for its Mars Exploration Program.

To hear some Guatemalans tell it, three coordinated attacks that killed four prison officials in five hours Monday hardly raised anyone’s pulse.

French lawmakers called Tuesday for a ban on the burqa — the full Islamic veil worn by some Muslim women — in hospitals and schools, and on public transport. It would not apply to people wearing the burqa on the street.

The supply line to Haiti is clogged by airport congestion and blocked roads, forcing thousands of earthquake survivors to scrounge for food and emergency aid. But the head of the United Nations is calling for calm among the increasingly desperate populations.

“I did see a lot of cruelty,” Ann McViegh said of her time as a child migrant, sent to Australia by the British government. “I was okay with it until I had my own child and that’s when my anger came in.” l MIGRANTS GET APOLOGY l

Peru’s supreme court on Wednesday sentenced ex-President Alberto Fujimori to six years in prison for authorizing illegal wiretaps and bribing congressmen and journalists.