From Newswire

• Religious fanatic briefly hijacks Mexican plane
• Karzai defends Afghanistan election as honest
• Truck bomb in northern Iraq kills 19
• Iraq market bombs kill four, wound 29
• Afghanistan's Abdullah warns of instability after poll
• U.N. envoy Bill Clinton chides donors over Haiti aid
• Chavez visits Russia to discuss arms, energy deals
• North Korea eyes fruitful ties with next Japan PM: Kyodo
• Iran's Mousavi urges calm despite arrests: website
• Sugar shortage makes Pakistani PM take sweets off menu