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Protests in Tel Aviv increase pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to step down, but so far he is resisting critics. Olmert is under fire for conduct of last summer's war in Lebanon and more recent government corruption scandals.

Tradition and a conservative interpretation of Islam relegate most women in Afghanistan to the role of subservient wife and mother. But in at least one province, demand is high for women to fill a role previously reserved for men: police officer.

A strongly worded new report says Prime Minister Ehud Olmert rushed into a full-blown war with Hezbollah after the militant Shiite group attacked a military patrol in a deadly cross-border raid, capturing two Israeli soldiers July 12.

U.S. and Iraqi commanders say the command structure for an increase in American and Iraqi forces is being put in place. The next step is to flood the streets of Baghdad with troops.

A new bazaar in Mazar-e-Sharif — run by women, for women — prompts friction. The government-backed project seeks to give women a more prominent role in Afghan business and society. But many businessmen think the new entrepreneurs should remain at home.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and rival ruling faction Hamas are in a power struggle. The friction between the leaders has increasingly become violent amid rising political problems in Israel. More than 30 Palestinians have been killed in factional fighting over the past month.

Somali government forces and Ethiopian troops have seized control of Mogadishu, and the once powerful Islamist movement has fled. But the battle is not over yet. Somalia's capital has not fully accepted the authority of the transitional government, and there's a chance it never will.

In London, 11 people have been charged in the alleged plot to blow up trans-Atlantic jetliners. With the release of one woman, an additional 11 suspects remain in custody. A police spokesman says that in conducting 69 searches, officers seized 400 computers.

As the world waits for definitive news about Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, he remains in serious condition at a Jerusalem hospital. Doctors will begin bringing him out of a drug-induced coma on Sunday. They offer scant hope for a full recovery.

Ariel Sharon is in stable but serious condition after five hours of surgery that stopped bleeding in his brain. A brain scan on the Israeli prime minister shows significant improvement, a hospital official says.