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CHICAGO (AP) -- Chicago police say 12 people, including a 3-year-old, were injured when someone opened fire on people in a park on the city's southwest side.     

Mexico victims recount horror of mudslide that buried village; death toll rises to 97     

South African authorities send in the military to help stop poachers, who have killed more than 500 rhinos already this year.

Rescuers recover bodies of 17 swept away at Hindu religious festival in India     

Strongest storm this year will hit Tawian and China

Officials say attack in country's northeast by fighters disguised in army uniforms left 87 people dead.

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Head rescuer says US stunt pilot who crashed into lake in northeast China is probably dead     

Mexico arrests police officer in killings of 12 young people kidnapped from bar     

The Common Link Between Snowden and D.C. Shooter

Race-based incentives, crackdowns on opposition figures, and an exodus of non-Malays: how Malay supremacists are creating a divided and fearful society

Hundreds of survivors from blaze, which claimed at least 112 lives, fail to secure medical and financial help in shadow of Rana Plaza collapse

Polls open to elect new parliament, but critics say real powers lie with absolute monarch King Mswati III.

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuela complained Thursday that Washington had barred President Nicolas Maduro from flying through U.S. airspace and prohibited a general from later accompanying him to the United Nations. �...

A call to a hotel where the Navy Yard gunman was staying just days before the shooting suggests that his employer had deep concerns about his state of mind and raises questions about his clearance to work at bases.   �...

"The Forty Part Motet," a sacred composition of medieval England, is rendered by the multimedia artist Janet Cardiff through 40 speakers.     

Authorities say suburban NY animal control officer kept hundreds of snakes at his home     

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The treaty will enter into force on the 14th of October; one month after Syria deposited its instrument of accession [when they agreed in writing to abide by the Chemical Weapons Convention]. And then Syria has one month...

Residents of flood-ravaged Colo. town allowed back for belongings, get first glimpse of damage     

The 'doga' classes where your pet can get involved

Officials told the woman she could not carry the ashes in her hand luggage, and would have to put them in her checked-in baggage.