Australia's political deadlock set to end Tuesday (Reuters)

Reuters - Australia's agonizing wait for a new government is expected to finally end on Tuesday, with independent lawmakers holding the balance of power in parliament due to decide their allegiances later in the day.

Gerrard cool under siege before Switzerland match (AFP)

AFP - Steven Gerrard admits being captain of England right now feels like a man under siege as he prepares to lead his team into a UEFA Euro 2012 qualifier against Switzerland here on Tuesday desperately trying to keep the focus on football.

Egyptian opposition leader urges election boycott (AP)

AP - Egypt's leading democracy advocate is urging Egyptians to boycott November's parliamentary election, saying it is certain to be rigged.

Suicide car bomber kills 19 in northwest Pakistan (AFP)

AFP - At least 19 people were killed and 45 wounded when a suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden car into a police station in northwest Pakistan on Monday, destroying the building, police said.

Suspected Islamists kill officer, wound five in Nigeria (AFP)

AFP - Suspected members of an Islamist sect that launched an uprising last year have killed a retired police officer and wounded five other people, the latest of such attacks in Nigeria's north, police said Monday.

Lawyer: Iran woman could be stoned to death soon (AP)

AP - The lawyer for an Iranian woman sentenced to be stoned on an adultery conviction said Monday that he and her children are worried the delayed execution could be carried out soon with the end of a moratorium on death sentences for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Suicide attack in NW Pakistan kills 17 people (AP)

AP - A Taliban suicide bomber detonated a car in an alley behind a police station in a strategically important town in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, killing at least 17 police and civilians in an explosion that shattered the station and neighboring homes.

Soldiers fire on family's car in Mexico, killing 2 (AP)

AP - Soldiers opened fire on a family's car at a checkpoint in northern Mexico, killing a 15-year-old boy and another person, authorities said Monday.

Safari Slovaks held in plot claim freed: C.Africa (AFP)

AFP - A group of Slovak nationals arrested in the Central African Republic for allegedly plotting a coup have been freed, the Bangui government said Monday, as Bratislava insisted the men were on safari.

Suicide car bomber kills 19 in northwest Pakistan (AFP)

AFP - At least 19 people were killed and 45 wounded when a suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden car into a police station in northwest Pakistan on Monday, destroying the building, police said.

Lawyer says Iranian woman could be stoned soon (AP)

AP - The lawyer for an Iranian woman sentenced to be stoned on an adultery conviction said Monday that he and her children are worried the delayed execution could be carried out soon with the end of a moratorium on death sentences for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Death toll 44 in Guatemala mudslides; more missing (AP)

AP - Searchers on Monday pulled more bodies from a mud-covered highway where back-to-back landslides buried bus passengers and people trying to save them. Yet more mudslides helped raise Guatemala's official death toll to 44 after days of torrential rains.

Spain not convinced new Basque truce is credible (AP)

AP - How many cease-fires can you announce and break before everyone stops paying attention?

Russia's Putin hints at Kremlin return in 2012 (Reuters)

Reuters - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin gave a strong hint on Monday that he would run for president in 2012, a step that would almost certainly give him a second spell as Kremlin chief.

UN nuke agency warns monitoring of Iran hampered (AP)

AP - The U.N. atomic agency expressed alarm Monday about Iran's decision to bar some of its inspectors, suggesting that its efforts to monitor the country's nuclear program were suffering as a result.