TOKYO (AP) — Voters in Japan have apparently ousted the party that's governed the country for all but 11 months since 1955. According to projections by all major Japanese TV networks, the opposition Democratic Party of Japan is set to win 300 of the 480 seats in the lower house of parliament.

KABUL (AP) — There are now more than 550 major allegations of fraud in Afghanistan's presidential election from earlier this month. Officials say the number is more than double what investigators had reported just two days earlier. The reports of ballot box stuffing and voter intimidation could threaten the legitimacy of the election.

MINGORA, Pakistan (AP) — One day after Pakistan's army said it had destroyed a major training camp for suicide bombers, a suicide attack in the Swat (swaht) Valley has killed at least 14 police recruits. One official says authorities are investigating reports the attacker may have hidden among the dozens of recruits.

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's president is defending his proposed Cabinet ministers against accusations that they're unqualified. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (ah-muh-DEE'-neh-zhahd) is forming his new government while still under attack by the pro-reform opposition, which claims his re-election in June was fraudulent.

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Researchers say an experimental drug reduces the stroke risk in patients with irregular heartbeats by more than three times, compared with the popular drug warfarin. But those taking drug are also slightly more likely to have heart attacks or stomach pain. The findings are being presented at the European Society of Cardiology meeting in Barcelona.