The difficulty, danger and expense of removing the bodies of climbers who died in Mount Everest's "death zone" mean most of the dead remain on the mountain as a stark reminder to other climbers of the risks.

Workers in Nigeria, Africa's top oil-producing country, are on a nationwide strike to protest against the government's decision to remove a subsidy on gasoline.

Pakistan blocked the social networking website Twitter for several hours because it refused to remove tweets considered offensive to Islam, one of the country's top telecom officials says.

Egypt's election commission rejected the appeals of three main contenders for president Tuesday, definitively removing the most polarizing candidates from the race to become the country's first elected leader since the ouster of Hosni Mubarak.

Canada's Catharine Pendrel finished sixth Sunday at a UCI World Cup mountain bike race in Nove Maesto na Morave, Czech Republic. Marie-Helene Premont of Chateau Richer, Que., finished ninth and Emily Batty of Brooklin, Ont., was 10th, 2:56 back.