1. French Open

Chinese tennis player Li Na pinned* China on the Grand Slam map when a confident display of power and accuracy at the French Open on Saturday made her the first player from an Asian nation to win a Grand Slam title.

Rafael Nadal beat Roger Federer on Sunday in a highlight-filled match, beating him 7-5, 7-6 (3), 5-7, 6-1 for a record-tying sixth French Open championship and 10th major title overall.

2. NATO strikes Libya

NATO pounded* Tripoli on Sunday hours after Britain's top diplomat met rebel chiefs in Libya and Russia voiced concerns the alliance's* military operation is sliding towards a land campaign.

Warplanes launched intensive air raids* on the Libyan capital and its eastern suburbs, where several explosions were heard, as NATO kept up its pressure on strongman Moammar Gadhafi.

3. Japan PM ready to step down

Japan's embattled* Prime Minister Naoto Kan will be ready to step down in August, according to his coalition partner.

Last week Kan survived an opposition* no-confidence motion that some members of his own party had threatened to support, after appeasing* his enemies by promising to relinquish* power but without specifying a date.

4. First woman editor

The New York Times named Jill Abramson as its first woman executive editor in its 160-year history, putting her in control of one the world's most respected newspapers as the industry struggles to keep advertisers and readers.

5. E. coli outbreak

The terrifying E. coli outbreak* in Europe appears to have been caused by vegetable sprouts* grown on an organic* farm in Germany, an agriculture official said on Sunday as the toll climbed to at least 22 dead and more than 2,200 sickened.

Preliminary tests found that bean sprouts and other sprout varieties from the farm in the Uelzen area, between the northern cities of Hamburg and Hannover, could be traced to infections* in five German states, Lower Saxony Agriculture Minister Gert Lindemann said.

6. Peru election

Leftist military man Ollanta Humala claimed victory on Sunday night and pledged to honor the free market but put Peruvians first, after unofficial results showed him narrowly winning a bitterly contested presidential runoff* against the daughter of disgraced former President Alberto Fujimori.

7. Israel opens fire

Israeli troops opened fire as protesters from Syria stormed a cease-fire* line in the occupied Golan Heights, with Damascus saying 23 demonstrators were killed.

Hundreds of protesters rushed the cease-fire line, cutting through barbed wire* as they tried to enter the Golan Heights in a repeat of demonstrations last month that saw thousands mass along Israel's north.