Detroit automakers' rescue stalls in Senate (AP via Yahoo! News) A plan to give troubled U.S. automakers billions of dollars in government-backed loans is stalled on Capitol Hill, leaving the fate of hundreds of thousands of workers and Detroit's once-venerable car companies hanging in the balance.

China arrests 30 over riots in northwest: govt (AFP via Yahoo! News) Police have arrested 30 people for involvment in a two-day violent protest in northwest China that had to be broken up with tear gas after 74 people were injured.