AP - Paul McCartney says it's time an experimental Beatles track saw the light of day.

Reuters - JP Morgan, the U.S. investment bank, is drawing up plans to axe thousands of jobs across its worldwide operations, reports The Sunday Telegraph.

AFP - Iraq's cabinet defied fiery opposition from Shiite hardliners on Sunday to approve a wide-ranging military pact that includes a timetable for the withdrawal of all US troops by the end of 2011.

Reuters - Iraq's cabinet approved a pact on Sunday that will let U.S. troops stay in the country until 2011, setting a final date to end a military presence that began with the 2003 invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein.

Reuters - An Israeli air strike killed four militants in the Gaza Strip on Sunday and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said he had commissioned a plan for military action in the Hamas-run territory should rocket attacks on Israel persist.

AP - An Israeli airstrike killed four Palestinian militants as they were firing mortars at Israel from the Gaza Strip on Sunday, Palestinian officials said, just hours after another group of militants struck Israel in a separate rocket attack.

AP - Iraq's Cabinet on Sunday approved a security pact with the United States that will allow American forces to stay in Iraq for three years after their U.N. mandate expires at the end of the year, the government said.

Reuters - Congolese rebel leader Laurent Nkunda agreed on Sunday to support a peace process for eastern Congo being negotiated by United Nations envoy Olusegun Obasanjo.

AP - A Pakistani decision to temporarily bar some trucks from a key passageway to Afghanistan threatened a critical supply route for U.S. and NATO troops on Sunday and raised more fears about deteriorating security in the militant-plagued border region.

Reuters - Los Angeles firefighters on Sunday battled wind-whipped blazes raging around the second-largest city that have destroyed hundreds of homes and forced thousands of people into shelters.

AP - Iraq's Cabinet met Sunday to debate and subsequently vote on a security pact that will allow American forces to stay in Iraq for three years after their U.N. mandate expires at the end of the year.

AFP - World leaders, meeting for a crisis summit here, have agreed on an action plan to restore global growth and prevent future financial upheaval while promising new spending plans, a trade deal and a set of reforms.

Reuters - Iraq's cabinet met on Sunday, and officials said it could approve a long-delayed pact allowing U.S. forces to remain in the country for the next three years.

AP - Victoria's Secret's angels have descended upon Miami Beach. Singer Usher kicked off the Victoria's Secret show Saturday, which featured 35 supermodels, some wearing angel wings. Models including Heidi Klum and Adriana Lima strutted down the runway at the newly renovated Fontainebleau Miami Beach during the show, which coincided with the opulent reopening of the hotel.