AP - Fishermen pulled in their boats and hotels warned tourists away from beaches Friday as Category 2 Hurricane Norbert bore down on Mexico's southern Baja California peninsula.

AP - An official says a suicide bomber attacked a group of anti-insurgent tribesmen in a Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border, killing at least 10 and wounding more than 50.

AFP - Lithuania's general election Sunday comes as storm clouds gather over the EU "tiger" economy, with a long-running boom tailing off and grinding inflation hurting voters.

AP - Microsoft Corp. will be releasing games developed by top Japanese designers for its Xbox 360 console, a senior executive said Thursday, the latest effort by the U.S. software maker to make inroads in a market where it has long struggled.

AFP - The trial of a teenager accused of murdering 11-year Rhys Jones in Liverpool last year is set to start on Thursday.