· Injury puts Beckham out of Cup
England star David Beckham's dreams of crowning his soccer career by playing at a fourth World Cup appear to have been shattered by a suspected Achilles tendon injury.

· Police arrest 69 suspected members of Georgian-run mafia
Police across Europe arrested 69 suspected members of a Georgian-run mafia, including 24 in Spain, which was leading the investigation, a National Court spokeswoman told CNN Monday.

· Protestors threaten to throw blood at Thai buildings
Anti-government protesters threatened Monday to begin collecting hundreds of liters of blood to toss on official buildings as they step up their efforts to bring down Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's administration.

· U.N. chief urges donors not to forget Haiti
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has promised Haitians he is focused on maintaining donor solidarity as the quake-torn nation struggles to rebuild, the organization said.

· Iraq car bomb kills 7
A parked car bomb detonated Monday on a busy street in central Iraq, killing at least seven people and injuring 13 others, police said.

· Bus plunges off bridge in India, kills 26
A bus plummeted 70 feet into a dry riverbed in northwestern India on Monday, killing at least 26 passengers and injuring 34 others, police said.

· Tropical Cyclone Tomas slams Fiji
Tropical Cyclone Tomas battered Fiji on Monday evening as the powerful storm roared into the chain's northern islands, emergency officials said.

· U.S. sees improved relations with Pakistan
The relationship between the United States and Pakistan has seen a "significant improvement" under the Obama administration, the U.S. special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan said.

· Fake Russian invasion TV report sparks panic
A television station in Georgia triggered a panic when it broadcast a mock half-hour report about a Russian invasion of the country.

· Taliban: Afghan blasts a message to U.S.
Authorities recovered eight explosive-laden vests and three rockets in Kandahar on Sunday, indicating that the series of deadly explosions that rocked the southern province a day earlier were an organized attack, the interior ministry said.