1. Canadian hostage

    The Taliban have released a video of a Canadian national kidnapped in Afghanistan and said he could face trial in one of their courts.

    The militant Islamists say they captured Colin Rutherford in the central province of Ghazni and accused* him of being a spy.

    2. Philippine storm

    Disaster officials warned villagers in the Philippines’ agricultural north to be on guard for landslides* and flash floods on Monday as Tropical Storm Aere carved* a deadly path across the country.

    Aere has left 11 people dead since it slammed into eastern Catanduanes province on early Sunday with winds of 85 km per hour and gusts* of 100 km per hour.

    3. New Jersey train crash

    A crowded commuter* train crashed into an abutment* as it was pulling into a New Jersey train station in the United States on Sunday, injuring about 40 people.

    All the injuries appeared to be minor, said John Kelly, spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates the train service.

    4. Atomic power

    A top Japanese official said on Sunday that Japan would maintain atomic power as a major part of its energy policy despite the country’s ongoing nuclear crisis.

    Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshito Sengoku also said the government has no plans to halt* nuclear reactors other than three at the Hamaoka power plant in central Japan.

    5. Historic gains

    Singapore’s long-time ruling party won an overwhelming* parliamentary majority* in elections in the Southeast Asian city-state, but the opposition made historic gains after mounting its biggest challenge since independence in 1965, according to returns released on early Sunday.

    6. Obama presses Pakistan

    U.S. President Barack Obama pressed Pakistan on Sunday to probe* how Osama bin Laden managed to live for years under the nose of its military, saying he must have been supported by locals.

    Obama stopped short of saying the Pakistani Government was involved, but the White House called on Islamabad to help counter growing mistrust by granting U.S. investigators access to three of bin Laden’s widows who are in Pakistani custody*.

    7. Last World War I veteran

    Claude Stanley Choules, the last known combat veteran* of World War I, died on Thursday at a nursing home in the Western Australia city of Perth, his family said. He was 110.

    Choules and another Briton, Florence Green, became the last known surviving World War I service members after the death of American Frank Buckles in February, according to the Order of the First World War, a U.S.-based group that tracks veterans.

    (SD-Agencies)