AFP - Former South African President Thabo Mbeki arrived in Zimbabwe Monday in a bid to save a power-sharing deal after Robert Mugabe cast further doubt on the accord by swearing in two vice presidents.

Reuters - Governments around the world bet hundreds of billions of dollars to rescue failing banks on Monday, sending world stocks soaring and giving Wall Street its biggest one-day gain ever.

AFP - Governments around the world launched multi-pronged attacks on the financial crisis Monday, sparking record gains on stock markets amid hopes of recovery in the humbled banking sector.

AP - A miniature horse has been given a second chance for a career as a show horse — thanks to a prosthetic eye. The 65-pound horse, named KBuck, was born June 1 at Lil Chums Miniature Horse Farm in Lawton and lost its eye a few days after birth. Owner Kelsey Chumbley, 12, said she suspects the young horse was the victim of a swift kick from its mother.

Reuters - U.S. economist Paul Krugman, a fierce critic of the Bush administration for policies that he argues led to the current financial crisis, won the 2008 Nobel prize for economics on Monday.