Port-Au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) -- Protesters angry over the government's handling of the cholera outbreak clashed Monday with peacekeepers in Cap Haitien, residents and officials in the northern coastal city told CNN.

The Irish Republic has insisted it does not need European Union assistance amid speculation it is under pressure to use an EU bail-out fund. Dublin said it was in contact with "international colleagues".

The US has offered Israel a package of incentives in exchange for a settlement construction freeze in the West Bank, diplomatic sources say. Under the reported plan, Israel would stop construction for 90 days in the West Bank but not in East Jerusalem.

The West can only contain not defeat militant groups such as al-Qaeda, the head of the UK's armed forces has said. General Sir David Richards, a former Nato commander in Afghanistan, said Islamist militancy would pose a threat to the UK for at least 30 years.

(CNN) -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has struck a deal that ends the leadership fight for the number two slot in the new House minority, multiple senior Democratic sources tell CNN.

The Burmese military authorities have released the pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, from house arrest. Appearing outside her home in Rangoon, Ms Suu Kyi told thousands of jubilant supporters they had to "work in unison" to achieve their goals.

President Barack Obama has said no nation should rely on exports to the United States for growth. He was speaking in Yokohama in Japan on the sidelines of the Apec summit. Mr Obama said countries with a large surplus must take steps to boost domestic demand - in an apparent reference to China and Japan.

The UN Security Council has received a controversial report on violations of the Darfur weapons embargo, after weeks of delays due to objections by China.

A series of bombings and mortar attacks targeting Christian areas has killed at least three people in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, security sources say.

(CNN) -- U.S. President Barack Obama arrived in South Korea on Wednesday, where the leaders of top global economies will convene at the G-20 summit to try to stabilize the world's financial markets.

The health ministry in Port-au-Prince has confirmed that the country's cholera outbreak has reached the Haitian capital.

Burma's main military-backed political party says it won about 80% of votes in the first election in 20 years. A Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) official said the party was pleased with the result.

(CNN) -- U.S. President Barack Obama leaves India on Tuesday for Indonesia, where he spent part of his childhood.

At least 120 people in Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, are being tested for cholera, health officials say. Doctors have told the BBC the disease is "clinically" present in the city, but there is no official confirmation.

New Delhi, India (CNN) -- The relationship between the United States and India is "stronger, deeper and broader" than ever before, U.S. President Barack Obama said Monday at a joint news conference with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in India's capital, New Delhi.

The United States has told Sudan it will remove it from its list of state sponsors of terrorism, if January's referendum on southern independence is conducted transparently and on time.

Activists in northern Germany have been fighting running battles with police, trying to halt a train carrying nuclear waste from France.

Yangon, Myanmar (CNN) -- Polls opened Sunday in Myanmar as the nation holds its first election in 20 years -- an electoral contest critics say is aimed at creating a facade of democracy.

A senior Iraqi Christian is to call on believers to quit the country, after gunmen targeted a church in Baghdad.

Jakarta, Indonesia (CNN) -- Muslims staged rallies across Indonesia on Sunday to protest U.S. President Barack Obama's planned visit to the southeast Asian nation this week.

Somali pirates are reported to have received a total of $12.3m (£7.6m) in ransom money to release two ships.