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Rescue workers located three more bodies in the wreckage early Tuesday raising the death toll to nine following a crash between two commuter trains in the capital city.

Iran's top electoral authority has ruled out annulling the results of the disputed June 12 election in which President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was named the winner, state TV reported Tuesday.

Expectations for the federal stimulus package have waned, with barely half of Americans now confident the measure will boost the economy, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.

Amateur video of a young Iranian woman lying in the street ? blood streaming from her nose and mouth ? has quickly become an iconic image of the country's opposition movement.

The first study of its kind finds doctors failed to inform patients of abnormal cancer screenings and other test results 1 out of 14 times.

AP - Iran's top electoral body, the Guardian Council, found "no major fraud" in the disputed June 12 election and ruled out annulling the the results, Iran's state TV Tuesday quoted a spokesman for the council as saying.

AP - A North Korean-flagged ship under close watch in Asian waters is believed to be heading toward Myanmar carrying small arms cargo banned under a new U.N. resolution, a South Korean intelligence official said.

AP - The District of Columbia Fire Department has raised the death toll to nine in Monday's collision of two Metrorail trains.

AP - Tropical Storm Andres was expected to grow into the Pacific season's first hurricane Tuesday and deal a glancing blow to southwestern Mexico before churning its way up the coast past picturesque towns popular with foreign retirees.

AP - A Taliban faction leader who criticized the militant group's Pakistani head over attacks that killed civilians was fatally shot Tuesday, reportedly by one of his own guards.