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AP - Queen Elizabeth II is now on Facebook — but she's not going to be your friend.

AP - At least 20 people were killed in drug-gang violence over the weekend in this northern Mexican border city, including seven found dead outside one house.

AFP - The controversy over building an Islamic cultural center steps from the site of the 9/11 attacks in New York has hurt America's image among Muslims, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said Sunday.

AP - A string of Israeli governments has helped cement the Jewish presence in Arab areas of Jerusalem by selling or leasing property to settler groups at bargain prices, court documents released Sunday show.

Cuba missed prisoner release deadline: dissidents (Reuters)
Reuters - The dissident group "Ladies in White" accused the Cuban government on Sunday of failing to meet a deadline to release political prisoners and vowed to continue their weekly protest marches until all are freed.

AFP - UN aid chief Valerie Amos on Sunday expressed concern at the repeated abductions of foreigners in Darfur when she visited the western Sudanese region four days after the latest kidnapping.

AP - A new survey finds the average price of regular gasoline is remaining steady in the United States, with regular grade retailing at an average of $2.83.

AP - Muggs Bass doesn't own a computer. She's pretty much dead set against e-mail. Anyone who calls her home on Michigan's remote Beaver Island should be prepared for a busy signal, if she's on her land-line phone. She has no cell.

Myanmar army-backed parties set to sweep rare poll (Reuters)

Reuters - Two military-backed parties looked set to prevail on Monday in Myanmar's first election in 20 years, a day after a choreographed vote marred by fraud charges and apathy, and condemned as flawed by Washington and London.

Republicans flex muscle, Obama promises 'corrections' (AFP)

AFP - Republicans flexed their new-found political muscle on Sunday by promising a string of investigations into Barack Obama's administration, as the president vowed to make some "corrections."

Greek Socialists lead in local polls (Reuters)
Reuters - Greece's ruling PASOK socialist party was ahead in most regions in crucial local elections on Sunday, an official estimate showed, in a boost for Prime Minister George Papandreou as he seeks support for harsh austerity measures.

AP - Grocery store owners William and Esperanza Casco were making enough money to stay current on their mortgage, but when JPMorgan Chase & Co. offered a plan that reduced their payments, they figured they could use the extra cash and signed up.

G20 finds common ground opposing U.S. (Reuters)
Reuters - The Group of 20 is beginning to look more like the G19 plus 1 as emerging and rich countries alike accuse the United States of breaking a vow of unity.

AirTran flight makes emergency landing in Tenn. (AP)
AP - An AirTran Airways flight carrying 65 people from New Orleans to Milwaukee had to make an emergency landing in Tennessee when smoke and an odor was reported onboard.

Amazon to buy Diapers.com parent company: report (Reuters)
Reuters - Amazon.com Inc is expected to buy the parent company of Diapers.com for $540 million to $545 million, according to media reports.

Swedish police hold man in possible race shootings (Reuters)
Reuters - A 38-year-old man has been taken into custody on suspicion of being behind a series of possibly racially motivated shootings in southern Sweden, police said on Sunday.

Besides seats, GOP wins sway in 2010 redistricting (AP)
AP - Republicans don't just control much of the electoral map. In some cases, they now have the power to redraw it.

AP - Hampered by heavy election losses at home, President Barack Obama promised from India on Sunday to make "midcourse corrections" to reinvigorate his embattled domestic agenda in the face of a testier American public and more combative Congress.

Reuters - Saudi Arabian Airlines ordered 12 Boeing 777-300 "Extended Range" (ER) planes for $3.3 billion, in addition to eight 787 Dreamliners, Boeing said on Sunday.

Hostage shot dead by Somali pirates (Reuters)
Reuters - A man was shot dead on Sunday after he refused to disembark from a yacht in the Indian Ocean that was hijacked by Somali pirates last week, pirates and residents said on Sunday.

AP - A 2 1/2-year-old probate battle involving the heirs of children's book author and illustrator Tasha Tudor goes to trial Monday, with her adult children fighting over the legitimacy of the will controlling her $2 million estate.

AP - Thousands of laborers, police officers and firefighters suing New York City over their exposure to toxic World Trade Center dust have until Monday to decide whether to join a legal settlement that could ultimately pay them as much as $815 million.

Hoyer claims edge over Clyburn (Politico)
Politico - The fallout of Pelosi's decision to stay in power ripples through the Democratic Caucus.

AP - A Chilean miner who jogged miles underground while waiting to be rescued joined some of the world's best marathoners and thousands of other runners in the New York City Marathon on Sunday.

China offers to help Portugal but silent on debt (Reuters)

Reuters - China will back Portugal's efforts to deal with fallout from the world financial crisis, President Hu Jintao said on Sunday, but he stopped short of promising to buy Portuguese bonds as the debt-ridden country had hoped.

Reuters - Wall Street navigated through three major landmines last week -- the elections, the U.S. Federal Reserve meeting and jobs report -- with barely a scratch. Now what?

AP - Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell says banning pork-barrel projects known as "earmarks" from congressional legislation is more complicated than it appears but that he is willing to consider such a ban.

AP - He's the most famous son of this quiet mountain hamlet in western Massachusetts. But until recently, people looking for signs of W.E.B. Du Bois' life and legacy in Great Barrington would have had a hard time finding them.

DeMint: The tea party deserves credit for GOP gains (The Upshot)
The Upshot - South Carolina Republican Sen. Jim DeMint says he believes tea party activists deserve serious credit for the GOP's gains in last Tuesday's elections, and he hopes Republicans in Washington will "embrace a lot" of the movement's ideas. "I think they made a huge difference in the election," DeMint said during an appearance on NBC's "Meet [...]

AP - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Congress should act quickly, before new members take their seats, to repeal the military's ban on gays serving openly in the military.

AP - A Connecticut jury has begun a third day of deliberations on whether a man convicted in a deadly home invasion should be executed.

Sen.-elect Paul: GOP must consider military cuts (AP)
AP - Republican Sen.-elect Rand Paul says GOP lawmakers must be open to cutting military spending as Congress tries to reduce government spending.

Foreclosing on Recovery. (Time.com)
Time.com - The Robosigning Scandal: Foreclosing on Recovery?

AP - More than 1,000 Russian military veterans and active servicemen rallied Sunday to demand the ouster of the defense minister, a civilian who is carrying out a radical reform of Russia's armed forces.

AP - South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint says he hopes fellow Republicans heed the call of tea party and give the grass-roots activists credit for last week's election gains.

Anita Dunn: GOP means 'clear choice' (Politico)
Politico - Democrats will be helped by GOP control of the House, the former W.H. communications director says.

Captive Converts? Egypt Gripped By Rising Muslim-Christian Tensions (Time.com)
Time.com - Muslim protests claiming Christian converts to Islam were forced back into the church is the just the latest episode of sectarian strife that has gripped Egypt this year

Obama in India: A Solemn Arrival Spoils the Local Party? (Time.com)
Time.com - The President began his Asia trip by paying tribute to the victims of the Mumbai massacre, but locals weren't happy that his arrival spoiled holiday festivities-- and business

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