Family axes wedding plans, Egyptian cuts off organ (AP)

AP - A 25-year-old Egyptian man cut off his own penis to spite his family after he was refused permission to marry a girl from a lower class family, police reported Sunday.

Last survivor of ‘unsinkable’ Titanic dies at 97 (AP)

AP - Millvina Dean, who as a baby was wrapped in a sack and lowered into a lifeboat in the frigid North Atlantic, died Sunday, having been the last survivor of 1912 sinking of the RMS Titanic.

US committed to new approach for hemisphere (AP)

AP - A diplomatic tug-of-war over Cuba's outcast status in the Organization of American States takes center stage at the group's meeting this week in Honduras, testing U.S. efforts to engage the communist nation.

Muslims want tangible change on Mideast from Obama (AP)

AP - Respect for Islam, a prescription for Palestinian statehood and assurances of a speedy U.S. pullout from Iraq ? that's what Muslims from Morocco to Malaysia say they want to hear from President Barack Obama this week when he addresses them from this Arab capital.

New legal battle in Guantanamo (AP)

AP - A session of the Guantanamo war crimes court that began Sunday will likely show the difficulties President Barack Obama faces in changing the system and closing the prison by January.

Foreclosures add to hurricane hazards (AP)

AP - Mike Manikchand points toward his neighbors ? a half-dozen empty, foreclosed-upon homes, sitting on weed-strewn yards ? and he wonders: What will happen if a hurricane slams into southwest Florida this year?

Clinton welcomes new US talks with Cuba (AFP)

AFP - The United States welcomed Cuba's decision to hold talks on migration and direct mail service, but said it must still improve human rights before its isolation can be fully ended.

Guantanamo captives get satellite TV, Sudoku puzzles (Reuters)

Reuters - The U.S. military is rigging up satellite television service and distributing Sudoku puzzles in Guantanamo prison cells even as the Obama administration works toward a goal of emptying them of detainees.

Cuba ties in spotlight as Clinton visits C. America (AFP)

AFP - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton began a visit to Central America, amid new US steps toward ties with Cuba that Washington hopes will slow a sudden regional push to end Havana's isolation.

U.S. and Cuba agree to resume migration talks (Reuters)

Reuters - The United States and Cuba have agreed to resume direct talks on migration, last held in 2003, and open discussions on reestablishing direct mail service between the two countries, U.S. officials said on Sunday.

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