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Three detained in Switzerland for plotting blast

GENEVA - Three people have been detained in Switzerland on suspicion of plotting a bomb attack to target the Swiss unit of a major multinational firm, report said Monday.

Mexican soldiers kill 5 attackers in gunbattle and detain police in northern town

Mexican army kills 5 attackers in northern town

Puerto Rico police search for transgender woman’s killer, activists push hate crime statute

PR police search for transgender woman’s killer

Police chief charged with homicide in Indian clash named to Peru’s human rights commission

Peru: Top cop under cloud put on rights commission

Police in Jamaica say gunmen kill 5 in apparent gang feud in troubled northwest parish

Jamaica gunmen kill 5 in apparent gang feud

Kent State walking tour features sites from 1970 Ohio National Guard deadly student shootings

Kent State creates walking tour of 1970 shootings

Chilean cardinal pledges full investigation into alleged abuses by priests; offers apology

Chilean cardinal pledges full abuse investigation

Calif. killer’s life sentence highlights death penalty flaws; state has 700 stuck on death row

Calif. case spotlights dysfunctional death penalty

Advocates seek innovative ways to protect homeless from violence as hate-crime laws stall

Advocates seek ways to protect homeless from crime

The big bill for Goldman? Shareholder class actions, not the SEC case. But suing won’t be easy

Goldman vulnerable? Don’t ask plaintiff lawyers

25 years later and 3 trials later, a widower recalls slain family amid boxes of fading photos

25 years later, widower recalls slain family

Suspicion that husband of veiled woman with traffic citation is polygamous heats French debate

Suspicion of polygamy stokes France’s veil debate

Flaws in state child-abuse registries may slow drive for national list of abusers

Flaws found in state child-abuse registries

Pope tells priests to protect kids; says thanks for support as abuse scandals buffet papacy

Pope: priests must protect kids

VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI told priests Sunday to safeguard children in their charge from evil and win the “absolute” trust of their flock, even as his own papacy is clouded by accusations he and other top churchmen failed to protect minors adequately from pedophile clergy.

Al Qaeda in Iraq confirms deaths of its leaders

BAGHDAD - Al Qaeda in Iraq Sunday confirmed the death of two of its leaders, nearly a week after Iraqi forces said they were killed in a raid, al-Arabiya television news reported.

Pope hails Italian priest’s group which battles pedophilia; encourages prevention efforts

Pope hails anti-pedophilia group

VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI told priests Sunday they must protect their flock from harm and regain trust as he hailed efforts to battle pedophilia but did not mention the sex abuse scandals buffeting his papacy.

Former Saddam Hussein deputy captured in raid

BAGHDAD - Iraqi and US soldiers have captured Izzat al-Douri, vice president of Iraq under Saddam Hussein’s rule, in a raid on an Al Qaeda hideout, an Iraqi daily reported Sunday.

Ketan Desai Arrest Unveils Scandal

AHMEDABAD, INDIA (GaeaTimes.com)- The arrest of Ketan Desai, the president of Medical Council of India is unveiling some hitherto unknown secrets about medical malpractices in the country. He was taken into custody on Friday by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for a corruption case. It has been found out that he was subjected to income tax raids earlier too. He was earlier questioned for allegations of illegal income and corruption, as the CBI has said. It is a matter of concern that Dr. Ketan Desai with his corrupt associates are being probed by the law and the medical fraternity of Ahmedabad has chosen to remain mum on the topic.

Mayor of small Chinese city ordered to resign after ignoring scores of kneeling villagers

China mayor told to resign after villagers kneel

Pakistani troops kill eight Taliban rebels

ISLAMABAD - At least eight Taliban militants were killed and around a dozen more were injured Sunday in clashes in Pakistan’s tribal region bordering Afghanistan, government officials said.

Suicide bombing kills four in Afghanistan

KABUL - Four people were killed and seven injured Sunday in a powerful suicide bombing in southern Afghanistan’s Zabul province, an official said.

Swiss police: American, Moroccan pupils at prestigious boarding school die in cliff fall

Swiss police: US, Moroccan die in cliff fall

Suicide attack kills 3 in southeastern Afghanistan; crowd protests civilian deaths

Suicide attack kills 3 in southeastern Afghanistan

We have snapped Islamist-ultra Left nexus: Dhaka

DHAKA - The Bangladesh government has said it has snapped a developing nexus between the Islamists and ultra-Left militants that could have led to an exchange of arms.

Two CPI-M leaders killed by Maoists in West Bengal

KOLKATA - Two Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leaders were killed by Maoists in West Bengal’s Bankura and West Midnapore districts Sunday, police said.

CPI-M leader shot dead by Maoists

KOLKATA - A Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader was shot dead by Maoists in West Bengal’s Bankura district early Sunday, police said.