Sen. Barack Obama had breakfast with U.S. troops at an American base in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday before an expected meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai. In the past, Obama has criticized Karzai for not doing enough to rebuild his country.

The body of a woman found tied up inside an apartment with her uterus cut open has been tentatively identified, the Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Medical Examiner's office told CNN late Saturday. The apartment belonged to another woman who arrived at a hospital with a newborn infant earlier in the week.

A misunderstanding between local police and coalition forces led to an airstrike in southwestern Afghanistan Sunday that left nine police officers dead, a defense ministry official said.

One of five British hostages captured in Iraq last year has committed suicide, the kidnappers said in a videotape obtained by The Sunday Times. A written statement displayed on the videotape says the hostage died May 25, four days before the first anniversary of his abduction, the London-based newspaper said.

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was quoted in a German magazine as saying that he backs a proposal by Barack Obama to withdraw U.S. troops within 16 months. Al-Maliki's office later said his remarks were "not conveyed accurately."

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Tropical storm Cristobal was forecast to move "parallel and very close" to the North Carolina coast Sunday morning, but the storm is not expected to make landfall along the eastern U.S. shores.

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