AFP - Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp saluted his free-scoring Spurs side after they sealed top spot in their Champions League group with a 3-3 draw against Dutch side FC Twente.

Reuters - A suicide bomber blew himself up beside a minibus in northwest Pakistan Wednesday, killing at least 16 people, officials said.

AP - The foreign minister appointed by Ivory Coast's incumbent president who refuses to step down said he thinks the political crisis will end in a unity government, though the U.N. maintained there was only one winner — the opposition candidate.

AP - A new video released by the Taliban shows a man believed to be the only known American serviceman held captive in Afghanistan, a group that tracks militant websites said Wednesday.

AP - Israel says it will allow increased exports from the Gaza Strip, further easing its blockade of the territory run by the militant Palestinian Hamas group.