From Newswire

• Kyrgyz opposition seizes power, dissolves parliament
• Thai "red shirt" protesters vow defiant mass rally
• Rio rescuers scour for landslide victims, 153 dead
• Obama and Medvedev sign disarmament treaty
• Israel lifts gag order in ex-soldier espionage case
• Iran will strike U.S. troops if attacked: army chief
• Africa also suffers sex abuse by priests: bishop
• Jailed China activist Hu Jia may have cancer: wife
• Death toll rises at flooded Chinese coal mine
• ASEAN summit aims for "community" amid Thai unrest