(NECN/APTV) - Two days ahead of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the first three memorial stones commemorating the casualties of German separation were unveiled on the outskirts of Berlin.

136 people were killed trying to cross the separation line between East and West Germany between 1961 to 1989, according to the records of the Berlin based Foundation Berlin Wall.

(NECN/APTV/CH 100: Wawachan, Nicaragua) - Nicaragua's Health Ministry on Friday sent medical supplies to areas badly hit by Hurricane Ida.

Amateur video obtained by The Associated Press shows Ida lashing the remote area with heavy rain and wind.

The storm hit the central American country's coast on Thursday, smashing scores of flimsy dwellings and forcing thousands of people to evacuate their homes in sparsely populated eastern Nicaragua.

Bridges, schools and electrical transmission towers were damaged, but no deaths were reported.

(NECN/ABC: Moscow) - Winter arrived in Moscow on Friday as the first major snow fall of the season covered the city in a thick white blanket.

Locals said the snow was much earlier than in recent years which have been unseasonably mild.

"I am very happy that the first snow came, it's great fun, it's beautiful, particularly Moscow at night," said Anya Oleinik, local Russian student.

As always the snow was tough going for motorists as visibility was cut to a minimum and traffic was slowed by icy roads.

(NECN/TELEVISA/APTV/UNIVISION) - A baby girl that was sold to a group of human traffickers has been returned to her mother in Mexico City, a year after doctors told the woman that her newborn had died.

Mexico City authorities handed the baby to Vanessa Edith Castillo on Thursday after tests proved she was the mother. "I have my daughter. I can touch her, and I can hold her in my arms" Castillo said at a news conference on Thursday.

The case led to the arrest Wednesday of three doctors, a nurse and a receptionist at the hospital.

(NECN/CH 7/CH 9) - The New South Wales state government declared several areas on the state's mid north coast a natural disaster zone after severe flooding damaged roads and left up to 5-thousand people isolated, Australian news agencies reported on Saturday.

Heavy rainfall on Friday night caused homes to be evacuated, left cars submerged, and debris washed up on riverbanks.

The seaside town of Coffs Harbor, about 340 miles north of Sydney , had 528mm (20 inches)of rain in the 48 hours up until Saturday morning local time, the New South Wales State Emergency Service (SES) said.

MOSCOW (AP) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signaled that Moscow could back sanctions against Iran if it fails to take a constructive stance in international talks over its nuclear program.

Medvedev says in an interview with Germany's Der Spiegel magazine that Iran must abide by the international rules and not try to hide its nuclear facilities. His comments were released by the Kremlin Saturday.

Medvedev says it would be better to avoid sanctions, but they can't be excluded if there is no progress in the talks. The

(NECN/APTV) - The British Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling urged the world's top finance officials on Saturday to reach an agreement on bearing the cost of fighting climate change before a Untied Nations summit on global warming next month.

Addressing finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of 20 rich and developing nations at the start of round table talks in Saint Andrews, Scotland, Darling said that officials need to agree on a finance package to help poorer nations develop green industries and adapt to climate change.

(NECN: Fort Hood, Tx.) - Military officials said Friday morning that Fort Hood is no longer on lockdown.

Officials also said at the press conference that efforts are now focused on the needs of victims and members of Fort Hood community.

A day of mourning is being observed today at Fort Hood following Thursday's shooting which left 13 dead and 30 injured.

The alleged shooter, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, was shot and is hospitalized.

(NECN: Scot Yount, Waltham, Mass.) - Two months ago, the government of Israel rejected a U.N. report that accused the Israeli military of war crimes.

The investigation centered on the war Israel launched against the terror group Hamas last winter.

Thursday at Brandeis University the head of the U.N. fact finding mission and a former ambassador to Israel went head to head on the issue.

(NECN/AP/ABC News: Cairo) - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton defended the U.S. stance toward Israeli settlement building to worried Arab allies on Wednesday, saying Washington does not accept the legitimacy of the West Bank enclaves and wants to see their construction halted "forever."

Still, she said an Israeli offer to restrain - but not halt -construction represents "positive movement forward" toward resuming Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations.