SHANNON, Ireland (AFP) - The United States said Sunday it was "deeply concerned" at the news that dozens of activists including 19 Americans could go on trial in Egypt over the alleged illegal funding of aid groups.

PANAMA CITY (AFP) - Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega was hospitalized Sunday for what police said was "hypertension with a possibility of a stroke," an official police statement said.

NICOSIA (AFP) - At least 56 people were killed in violence across Syria on Sunday, half of them civilians, a rights group said.

HELSINKI (AFP) - Finland's conservative pro-European Sauli Niinistoe has been elected Finnish president, with Green challenger Pekka Haavisto acknowledging Niinistoe's overwhelming triumph at the polls.

PARIS (AFP) - Critical talks on a Greek debt rescue will over-run until Monday, one of the country's ruling coalition leaders said, as politicians decried pressure to pass harsher austerity measures.