(CNN) - NASA officials waved off Sunday the first opportunity for space shuttle Endeavour to return to Earth, citing poor weather conditions.

Wind, rain and reports of thunderstorms within 30 miles of the shuttle landing facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida prompted NASA to wave off the first landing attempt, which had been scheduled for 1:19 p.m. ET.

The shuttle and its seven astronauts will have another opportunity to land at Kennedy Space Center at 2:54 p.m. ET.

(CNN) - Pirates have reached a deal with the owners of a Ukrainian ship loaded with arms that was seized more than two months ago, an official with the Kenya Seafarers Association said Sunday.

Talks on how to deliver the ransom money are ongoing, said Andrew Mwangura of the association told CNN.

It is not clear how long those talks will take, but the ship could be freed as soon as an agreement has been reached.

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BAGHDAD, Iraq  (CNN) - Iraq police recovered at least 38 bodies from a mass grave Saturday and Sunday, and expect to find more as they continue digging, police officials said Sunday.

The bodies showed signs of torture, and some were blindfolded with their hands tied, police said. Some had been decapitated.

They all appeared to be adult men, and some were wearing what appeared to be Iraqi Security Forces uniforms, CNN video showed. Police said they believed most of the victims were those of civilians kidnapped at fake checkpoints in the area.

(CNN) - A suicide bomber on a bicycle detonated explosives Sunday near a car from the German Embassy in Kabul, a local police official said.

Two people were killed and three were injured, said Ali Shah Paktiawal, the police chief in charge of investigations for the city of Kabul. The German embassy car was slightly damaged, but the occupants were not hurt. It is not clear if the German ambassador was in the car.

JERUSALEM (CNN) - Israel's Cabinet voted Sunday to release 250 Palestinian prisoners from Israeli custody as a show of goodwill to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, a spokesman for the prime minister's office said.

(CNN) - U.S. and Afghan forces killed 17 people they called "armed militants" in Afghanistan, and detained another 10, they announced in a joint statement Sunday.

One person was killed and 10 seized in one incident in Zadran district, south of Kabul, while 16 were killed in a second encounter in Sorobi district, east of the capital.

The Zadran operation Saturday targeted a militant associated with the radical Haqqani network who assisted foreign fighters, the joint statement said. He is thought "to coordinate and assist with the movement of Islamic Jihadist Union (IJU) and other foreign fighters into Afghanistan." He was among the 10 people detained, according to the statement.

MUMBAI, India (CNN) - Indian Home Minister Shivraj Patil, saying he would take "moral responsibility" for the Mumbai attacks, submitted his resignation to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, a Home Ministry spokesman said.

Patil was been widely criticized even before terrorists stormed hotels and other locations in Mumbai on Wednesday night, beginning a three-day siege that killed at least 184 people.

N. Ram, editor-in-chief  of The Hindu - a major Indian newspaper - said Patil's departure was overdue.

"This man has been widely criticized for not being up to it and it was simply impossible that he could stay on after this," Ram said.

The criticism of Patil was "that he has been very slow, that they haven't delivered in the promise to improve intelligence."

With general elections mandated by next May "this government is really fighting for its political life," he said.

CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN) - President-elect Barack Obama is planning to officially nominate at least three key members of his national security team at an event in Chicago on Monday - including Sen. Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State, according to two Democratic officials.

The officials said Obama is also expected to confirm he is keeping Defense Secretary Robert Gates in his current post and naming retired Marine Gen. Jim Jones as his National Security Adviser at the White House.

The officials said that after much contemplation, Jones has privately indicated in the last few days that he plans to take the job. But a source close to Jones said he still has to have one more private meeting Sunday that will finalize the decision one way or the other.

CNN has previously reported Clinton and Gates were on track for the State and Defense posts.

BANGKOK, Thailand (CNN) - A pair of explosions injured dozens of people in Bangkok early Sunday, as protests against the Thai government continued.

At midnight, 49 people were injured - three of them seriously - when what was believed to be a grenade was launched at protesters at the Thai government house, said Dr. Petchpong Kumjornkijjakarn, director of Eruwan Rescue Center.

The government house has been under the control of the protesters for the past three months. Later, police said there was another blast in a road in front of Don Mueang Airport, the smaller of two airports also being occupied by protesters from the People's Alliance for Democracy, which has vowed not to leave the buildings until the current government administration resigns.

Police said it was unclear what caused the 4 a.m. blast and that two passers-by suffered minor injuries.