AP - An upswing in insurgent attacks against Christians in Mosul has forced 500 families to flee in the last week and seek shelter at churches, monasteries and relatives'homes, the governor of northern Iraq's Ninevah province said Saturday.

AP - Austrian politician Joerg Haider, whose far-right rhetoric at times sounded sympathetic to the Nazis and contemptuous of Jews and led to months of international isolation for the Alpine republic, died Saturday in a car accident. He was 58.

AP - Norbert bore down on Mexico's southern Baja California peninsula Saturday as powerful Category 2 hurricane, and hotels warned tourists to stay away from beaches as the skies darkened.