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European foreign ministers meet in Brussels in an attempt to clearly define Europe's role in a U.N. peacekeeping force for Lebanon. U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan's presence shows the importance the U.N. attaches to a strong European component for the force.

One of the world's greatest private art collections is expected to get a big funding boost this week. The Barnes Foundation is receiving more than $100 million to help move its collection of masterworks from the suburbs to downtown Philadelphia.

The former U.S. poet laureate Stanley Kunitz has died. He was 100. The Pulitzer Prize-winner was known for his expressive verse, social commitment and generosity to young writers. His career spanned three-quarters of a century.

The Internal Revenue Service is revoking the tax exempt status of some of the largest credit counseling agencies in the country. An IRS investigation disclosed that the firms solicited business from people seriously in debt and that they didn't provide counseling or consumer education, as required.

Nigerians are burying the dead killed in Friday's explosion of an oil pipeline. About 200 people died in the blast. The deadly fireball apparently occurred when people tried to tap the line for fuel.

NASA is hard at work trapping vultures near Florida's Kennedy Space Center. Space agency officials want to keep the four-to-six pound birds away from Saturday's shuttle launch.

People living near the Susquehanna River in Wilkes-Barre, Penn., are returning to their homes as river waters recede. But flooding still threatens other communities in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and other parts of the Northeast.

Israeli attack helicopters fired rockets at the offices of Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh early Sunday, setting the building ablaze. There were no casualities in the attack. In another airstrike, a Palestinian militant was killed. It's the latest violence since an Israeli soldier was captured by Palestinians a week ago.

Scientists find evidence that mice and humans may share some sophisticated emotional characteristics. It's now thought mice have the ability to be affected by another mouse's pain or suffering.

Even though Germany is out of the World Cup, there's still an atmosphere of great excitement ahead of Sunday's championship game in Berlin between Italy and France.