Thousands of people have taken to the streets in Australia as part of global protests to demand action from leaders at UN climate talks in Copenhagen. Marches took place in Melbourne, Sydney and other cities. Full Article at BBC News

Third Test, Napier, day two (close): Pakistan 223 v New Zealand 346-6 Match scorecard Captain Daniel Vettori led the way with an unbeaten century as New Zealand took a first-innings lead on day two of the third Test against Pakistan in Napier. Full Article at BBC News

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A group led by Russian energy giant Lukoil won a deal to develop one of Iraq's most attractive oilfields on Saturday, in the country's second auction of contracts that promise to thrust it into the ranks of the world's top producers. Full Article at Reuters

India pace bowler Sree Santh has been taken to hospital in Chandigarh after contracting swine flu. The 26-year-old had already missed the first Twenty20 international against Sri Lanka with what was thought at the time to be a viral infection. Full Article at BBC News

ATLANTA The U.S. and Japan reached a landmark agreement to relax limits on flights between the two countries, opening up the possibility of broader cross-border airline alliances and more options for air travelers. Full Article at FOX News

HERNDON, Va. Authorities in Virginia are saying a man's wife has been found in a suitcase at the couple's apartment after he told police he had killed her. Full Article at FOX News

The men contacted the Taliban recruiter when they arrived in Pakistan Nov. 30, the officials said. Full Article at The Washington Post

Dec. 11: An undated picture shows a young man identified as Ahmed Abdulah Minni, who police say was one of the five Americans arrested in Pakistan. Full Article at FOX News

A 98-year-old woman was indicted on a murder charge in the strangulation of her 100-year-old roommate in a Dartmouth nursing home. Full Article at The New York Times

Sixty-five protesters, including about 40 students, were arrested inside a classroom building that has been partially taken over for several days at the University of California, Berkeley, by demonstrators opposed to cuts in state financing. Full Article at The New York Times

A federal appeals court upheld most counts in a judicial corruption scandal, but threw out bribery convictions against an ex-lawyer, Paul Minor, and two former judges, John Whitfield and Wes Teel. Full Article at The New York Times

Members of Congress are pushing for emergency action to prevent voracious Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes and damaging their $7 billion fishery. Full Article at The New York Times

Leeland Eisenberg, convicted of taking six people hostage at one of Hillary Rodham Clinton’s New Hampshire campaign offices two years ago, is getting another chance at probation. Full Article at The New York Times

The University of California has agreed to hire an independent auditor as part of a dispute with a former dean at the medical school in San Francisco. Full Article at The New York Times

Lawyers for the state are distancing themselves from comments made by Gov. Beverly Perdue that prompted outrage about the fate of some two dozen prison inmates sentenced to life. Full Article at The New York Times

US federal immigration agents have arrested 286 suspected illegal immigrants in California during the largest such operation ever. More than 400 agents and local law enforcement officers were involved in the three-day search. Full Article at BBC News

WASHINGTON The federal government must continue to provide grant money to the national community organizing group Acorn, a federal court ruled Friday, saying that the House violated the Constitution when it passed a resolution barring the group from... Full Article at The New York Times