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Rescue teams in southwestern China continue to search for survivors of Saturday's earthquake, despite heavy rainstorms that have hampered the effort to reach victims.

A massive search and rescue effort is underway in Sichuan Province, a day after an earthquake flattened buildings and sent panicked residents into the streets. Chinese state media report more than 200 killed and more than 10,000 injured. Those figures are expected to rise as rescue teams reach remote villages in the mountainous region.

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is in serious condition and under heavy guard in a Boston hospital.

A long, tense week is over for residents of Boston, Massachusetts, and its suburbs, after U.S. law enforcement authorities cornered and captured the second of two suspected Boston Marathon bombers late Friday.

Nineteen-year-old suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is under heavy guard Saturday at Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, where he is in serious condition. The other suspect, his 26-year-old brother Tamerlan, was killed during a shootout with police late Thursday as Dzhokhar fled on foot.

DARPA plans $50 million in 2014 investments to increase understanding of brain function and create new capabilities.

A surge in violence in Iraq is highlighting the security challenges facing the country as it prepares to hold its first election without foreign troop support on Saturday.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon briefs correspondents.