· Clinton: Netanyahu responded with 'useful, productive' ideas to defuse crisis
MOSCOW--Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday that she had received a "useful and productive" response from Israel after a tense standoff over a housing project threatened to derail plans for Middle East peace talks.

· Dismantling of Saudi-CIA Web site illustrates need for clearer cyberwar policies
By early 2008, top U.S. military officials had become convinced that extremists planning attacks on American forces in Iraq were making use of a Web site set up by the Saudi government and the CIA to uncover terrorist plots in the kingdom.

· Russia-U.S. tensions remain during Clinton visit with Putin
MOSCOW -- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin greeted Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday with a volley of complaints about trade, while another top Russian official voiced caution about the Obama administration's campaign for tough sanctions on Iran.

· Drug-resistant tuberculosis poses global risk, report says
The percentage of tuberculosis cases around the world resistant to two standard drugs remains low -- about 4 percent -- but is three to six times higher in the vast area that once encompassed the Soviet Union, according to a report released this week by the World Health Organization.

· For Chinese people, loss of Google would mean 'nothing but darkness'
BEIJING -- When Google announced that it would pull out of China if it had to continue censoring content, Zhao Hun went to the Internet giant's Beijing headquarters with a bouquet of flowers.

· U.S. to send envoy back to Mideast as Israel moves to smooth relations
In an effort to defuse a bitter spat with the United States, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu called Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday night to propose confidence-building measures to get Middle East peace talks back on track, U.S. and Israeli officials said.

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· Citing health-care vote, Obama delays trip to Indonesia
The T-shirts showing President Obama's likeness had been printed. The state dinner was being prepared. And millions of Indonesians were ready -- finally -- to see a U.S. president they claim as their own arrive to a hero's greeting.

· World news roundup: In Turkey, at least 20 are arrested in coup plot
TURKEY Turkish police on Thursday rounded up at least 20 people suspected of being part of an underground network that allegedly conspired to topple the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

· Defense official says Afghan program was authorized
Michael D. Furlong, the senior Defense Department employee under investigation for allegedly running an unauthorized intelligence-gathering operation in Afghanistan, says his now-suspended program was fully authorized by top U.S. military commanders.

· U.S. agents target El Paso gang in effort to solve 3 killings in Juarez
MCALLEN, TEXAS -- More than 200 federal, state and local law enforcement officers swept through El Paso on Thursday, picking up suspected members of the Barrio Azteca gang in a bid to learn who killed three people with ties to the U.S. Consulate in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, last weekend.

· U.S. citizen David Coleman Headley admits role in Mumbai attacks
An American man who scouted targets for the deadly 2008 Mumbai terrorist strike pleaded guilty Thursday to a dozen criminal charges and agreed to help prosecutors and intelligence analysts probing other likely targets overseas.

· Netanyahu reaches out to Clinton on deadlock over Israeli settlements
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu called Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton Thursday night with specific proposals to improve the prospects for peace in the Middle East, in an effort to end the fierce dispute over Israeli building in the disputed parts of Jerusalem, U.S. officials ...

· Turkey detains 20 suspects in coup conspiracy
ISTANBUL -- Turkish police on Thursday rounded up at least 20 people suspected of being part of an underground network that allegedly conspired to topple the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

· U.S., Russian negotiators 'at the finish line' on new START nuclear pact
MOSCOW -- U.S. and Russian negotiators are "at the finish line" in negotiating a major agreement to cut the number of nuclear warheads each side has deployed against the other, with just one or two issues left to resolve, officials said Thursday.