The Talk of Fairmont

An Israeli military court has convicted a Palestinian protest leader of urging youths to throw rocks at Israeli soldiers, in a case that has drawn controversy because it is based on the confession of a 15-year-old interrogated without a lawyer.

NATO's secretary-general says he's optimistic that the international community will continue to finance the Afghan security forces.

The United States and NATO leaders are insisting the Afghanistan fighting coalition will remain whole despite France's plans to yank combat troops out early, but leaders weary of plummeting public support for the war are using an alliance summit Sunday to show they want to move quickly away from the front lines.

"The Avengers" continues to muscle out everything else Hollywood throws at it, easily sinking naval rival "Battleship" and other new releases.

Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi, the only person convicted over the 1988 Lockerbie bombing which killed 270 people, died on Sunday, almost three years after being freed from jail on compassionate grounds.