NIGDE, Turkey — Light snow was falling when the two young men set out on horseback for the border to flee Iran. By the time they were deep in the mountains, it had become a blinding blizzard, the temperature had dropped below freezing, and they were barely alive.

Chidambaram arrives in Lalgarh amidst shutdown call

LALGARH - Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram arrived in this Maoist-infested belt of West Bengal’s West Midnapore district Sunday to review the situation amidst a shutdown called by a pro-ultra tribal body.

4 killed, 1 wounded in shooting at Los Angeles restaurant

3 killed, 2 wounded in shooting at North Hollywood restaurant

In previous job, top Vatican official gave accused priest administrative job, with conditions

Lawyer: Mexican mother detained in 4-year-old daughter’s death denies involvement

5 charged in gang rape of girl, 7, in NJ apartment; police say victim was sold by stepsister

South African white supremacist leader killed by workers, allegedly over unpaid wages

Nightclub shooting kills 7 in Mexican Gulf city besieged by drug-gang battles

Egypt: police arrest publisher of book that supports former UN nuclear chief, calls for change

Police say Minn. man charged with murder stabbed wife 70 times before daughter disarmed him

Document: Levada forbade US priest accused of sex abuse from working with kids

5 arrests made NJ child gang-rape case; police say victim was 7-year-old sold by stepsister

TRENTON, N.J. — Two adults and three juveniles have been charged with gang-raping a 7-year-old girl who police say was sold by her 15-year-old stepsister during a party at a crime-ridden New Jersey apartment building.

Police: White teen shoots black classmate, self at station near National Baseball Hall of Fame

Woman accused of taking drugs from San Francisco crime lab charged in San Mateo County

Pope takes advice from small group, but decisions his own _ for better or worse

Air Force to launch robotic winged space plane resembling tiny space shuttle

Iraqi gunmen in army uniforms kill 24 people execution-style in Sunni village south of Baghdad

Archbishop of Canterbury says Irish church has lost ‘all credibility’ over sex abuse scandal

NYC girl, 12, to sue after she was handcuffed, arrested for school desk doodle about 2 friends

Hard-drinking culture: Wis. pols have history of driving drunk, slow to toughen drinking laws

Residents of crime-plagued NJ city say rogue police became bigger menace than criminals

Almost a quarter of Chhattisgarh police’s weapons obsolete

RAIPUR - As many as 23 percent of the weapons of police in Chhattisgarh, one of the Indian states worst affected by Maoist militancy, are obsolete, a Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report said.

Operation Khoj in Kashmir the biggest against terrorists

JAMMU - A senior army commander Saturday claimed that the operation against terrorists in Rajouri in Jammu and Kashmir for the past week was one of the biggest in recent years.

Rory Reid: name, famous father, won’t sway voters in Nevada governor’s race

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Uranium-mining nations flout UN on atomic terror, as Obama readies nuclear security summit

Shoaib signed nikahnama, reveals his lawyer

HYDERABAD/NEW DELHI - A day after a young woman who claims to be the wife of Shoaib Malik made public the nikhanama to prove the marriage, the Pakistani cricketer Saturday admitted that he signed the marriage document presuming that the bride was the girl whose photographs were sent to him.

Chidambaram, Buddhadeb review anti-Maoist operations

KOLKATA - Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram Saturday held a meeting with West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee to review the operations against Maoists in the state even as the rebels triggered a landmine blast in Lalgarh ahead of his visit.

Browns tackle Shaun Rogers pleads not guilty to having gun in airport en route to Texas

Browns tackle pleads not guilty to gun charge

Terrorists in Kashmir intercepted in time: Army

JAMMU - The Indian Army Saturday claimed that the terrorists who were killed in Rajouri and Reasi districts of Jammu and Kashmir in the past week were intercepted and eliminated in time before they could cause major damage.

30 militants, six soldiers killed in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD - At least 30 Islamist insurgents and six soldiers were killed Saturday in Pakistan’s tribal region near the Afghan border, a security official said.

No reaching out to Taliban, says India

NEW DELHI - Unfazed by the Feb 25 attacks in Kabul, India is scaling up the security of around 3,500 Indians working in Afghanistan and has made it clear that there is no question of India reaching out to the Taliban.

Officials: Teen gunman wounds classmate in upstate NY police station, then shoots self

Teen shot by classmate in NY police station

Anti-government protesters occupy commercial heart of Thai capital

Thai protesters occupy capital’s commercial center

Maoist rebel killed in Jharkhand

RANCHI - A Maoist rebel was shot dead in a gun battle with police in Jharkhand’s East Singhbhum district Saturday morning, police said.

Official: Militants shoot dead policeman in Dagestan after string of suicide bombings

Official: Militants kill policeman in Dagestan

Police foils attempt to take control of the Gordon College Chapel by terrorists in Pakistan

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15 militants killed in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD - At least 15 Islamic insurgents and one soldier were killed Saturday in clashes in Pakistan’s tribal region near the Afghan border, a security official said.

Gunmen in Iraqi army uniforms kill 24 people execution-style in Sunni village south of Baghdad

Men in Iraqi army uniforms kill 24 in Sunni area

Shahi Imam meets PM on Batla House shootout

NEW DELHI - A top Muslim cleric Saturday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the alleged fake shootout at the Batla House in which two suspected terrorists were killed following the 2008 serial bomb blasts in Delhi.

Gunmen kill 25 in Iraqi village

BAGHDAD - At least 25 people were killed in Iraq when gunmen stormed houses in a village near the capital, an interior ministry source said Saturday.

Death threats received by ESPN reporter, ‘Dancing With the Stars’ contestant Erin Andrews

Death threats prompt tighter security for Andrews

Abducted Army linguist set to return home to San Diego

Kidnapped Army linguist returning to San Diego

Gunmen in Iraqi army uniforms kill 25 people execution-style in Sunni village south of Baghdad

Men in Iraqi army uniforms kill 25 in Sunni area

Blast in Lalgarh on eve of Chidambaram visit

KOLKATA - Suspected Maoist guerrillas triggered a landmine blast in rebel-hit Lalgarh in West Bengal’s West Midnapore district Saturday, a day ahead of union Home Minister P. Chidambaram’s visit to the area, police said.

Deposition: Levada in 2006 defended not telling faithful of sex allegations against priest

Deposition: Levada defends decision on Ore. priest

German soldiers kill five Afghan troops

BERLIN - German soldiers killed five Afghan troops who were riding in two civilian cars that did not stop at a check post, the German military said Saturday.

Sorry kids, we destroyed your schools: Maoists

PATNA - Maoist guerrillas have apologised to students in Bihar for damaging their school buildings and affecting their education.

Former boxing champion Johnny Tapia back in NM jail after urine tests positive for cocaine use

Ex-boxing champ back in New Mexico jail

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Former five-time world champion boxer Johnny Tapia is jailed in New Mexico again, this time for reportedly failing a drug test.