AP - South Korea and the United States will hold joint anti-submarine exercises in another show of force against North Korea, officials said Friday, as Pyongyang renewed threats against the drills.

AFP - First Lady Michelle Obama and Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, in a Friday editorial urged Americans to "do something" to support US troops as they return from combat in Iraq.

AFP - The UN refugee agency on Friday urged European countries not to send Iraqi refugees back to central parts of Iraq, just days after the official withdrawal of US combat troops.