The U.S. Senate has voted along party lines to proceed with a floor debate on Majority Leader Harry Reid's $848 billion health care bill, by a margin of 60 to 39.
Security forces in Afghanistan have killed or captured more than 30 high-level militants, including many accused of participating in roadside bomb attacks, military officials said.
A teenager and three elderly people in Saudi Arabia for the hajj pilgrimage have died of the H1N1 flu virus, the Saudi Health Ministry said.
An Italian prosecutor says Amanda Knox and her former boyfriend should get life sentences if they are convicted over the death of British student Meredith Kercher.
A U.S. military court demoted and jailed a soldier for mistreating troops in Iraq, behavior discovered during the investigation of another soldier's suicide.