AP – Eurotunnel SA, the operator of the English Channel tunnel, on Tuesday blamed a fire last year in the undersea route between France and Britain for nearly wiping out its profit in 2009.

AFP – Sri Lanka’s defeated presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka ended a hunger strike after just one day when he was allowed to speak to his daughters, his party said Tuesday.

AP – More than 1,000 opposition protesters have gathered in Togo’s capital on the fourth day of rising tensions since the son of the former dictator was announced victorious in a disputed presidential election.

AP – North Korea has recently created an army division in charge of newly developed intermediate-range missiles capable of striking U.S. forces in Japan and Guam, a South Korean news agency said Tuesday.

AP – Israel wants to build a nuclear power plant, Israeli officials said Tuesday, a move that could bring new attention to the country’s secretive nuclear activities.