48 killed in Sudan violence

KHARTOUM - At least 48 people have been killed in clashes over the weekend between two rival tribal groups in western Sudan, Xinhua reported.

3 dead as man shoots stepdaughter’s family, self at California restaurant

Man shoots 4, self in Calif. fast food restaurant

Police say gunman who shot 4 at Southern Calif. fast food restaurant dies

Police say gunman who shot 4 in Calif. dies

Man shoots 4 people, self at Southern California fast food restaurant; 2 dead including child

Man shoots 4 people, self at fast food restaurant

Man shoots 4 people, self at Southern California Del Taco restaurant; 2 dead including child

Man fatally shoots 2, injures 3 at Calif. Del Taco

Former Rwandan envoy to India shot at in South Africa

JOHANNESBURG - A former chief of the Rwandan army and ex-ambassador to India who fled to South Africa earlier this year was shot at by an unidentified gunman here Saturday, media reports said.

Investigators consider new charges against UK doctor who admitted helping patients die

UK doctor admits he helped patients die

LONDON — A British doctor who admitted shortening the lives of nearly 20 patients — including his own son — may yet face charges, British investigators said Saturday.

Grizzly suspected of killing man tracked by helicopter and shot dead

Grizzly suspected of killing man shot and killed

Murder suspect Van der Sloot leads isolated prison life in Peru

Peru’s celebrity inmate chooses isolated cell

Ottawa police charge 3 men in bank firebombing ahead of G-8 and G-20 summits

3 men charged in Ottawa bank firebombing

TORONTO — Police on Saturday charged three alleged members of an anti-establishment group in the firebombing of an Ottawa bank last month, an attack that has raised fears of violence during the upcoming G-8 and G-20 economic summits.

Wife says Rwandan general who fell out with Kagame shot in South Africa

Wife says Rwandan general shot in South Africa

Note to US fans: ‘We wuz robbed’ is part of football’s charm, get used to it

‘We wuz robbed’ is part of football

JOHANNESBURG — “We wuz robbed!” Americans cried after referee Koman Coulibaly of Mali disallowed their World Cup goal.

Company formerly known as Blackwater gets Afghan contract

Firm once known as Blackwater gets Afghan contract

Rod being Rod: Glad-handing, hugging Blagojevich tries to connect during corruption trial

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Police: 2 bikes stolen from Baltimore home of former president’s daughter Jenna Bush Hager

Police: Bikes stolen from Jenna Bush Hager’s home

Rally over Iraqi power shortages turns deadly as police kill protester

Iraq police shoot dead power cuts protester

Eleven killed in attack on Yemen’s spy agency

SANA’A - Armed militants attacked the headquarters of Yemen’s intelligence services in the southern port city of Aden Saturday, killing 11 people, police said.

38 militants killed in Afghanistan

KABUL - Afghan and NATO-led troops have killed 38 militants in Afghanistan, police said Saturday.

NYC woman’s plea for president’s help with husband’s immigration problem leads to arrest

US President Barack Obama welcomes Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak

Osama, Omar hiding near Pak-Afghan border: Holbrooke

ISLAMABAD - Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden and leader of the Taliban in Afghanistan Mullah Omar were hiding somewhere along the Pakistan-Afghan border, US special representative for the region Richard Holbrooke said Saturday.

US attorney charged in Rwanda is at airport to travel to Kenya

US attorney charged in Rwanda to travel to Kenya

Six Maoists held, two killed in Chhattisgarh

RAIPUR - In separate incidents, six Maoists were arrested Saturday after security forces raided a forest hideout, while two Maoists were killed in a gunfight in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region, police said.

Yemeni militants bust prisoners out of southern intelligence headquarters, killing 11

Yemeni militants kill 11 in brazen jailbreak

Six Maoists held in Chhattisgarh

RAIPUR - Six Maoists were arrested Saturday after the security forces raided their forest hideout in Chhattisgarh’s restive Bastar region, police said.

One more arrested for West Bengal train sabotage

KOLKATA - A 25-year-old pro-Maoist activist has been arrested for his alleged involvement in the sabotage that triggered the Gyaneshwari Express train derailment in West Bengal last month killing 148 people, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said Saturday. This is the fourth arrest in the case.

Detention system often sends immigrants far away from family, friends, and legal help

Immigrant detainees moved miles from home and help

US envoy urges independent probe into Kyrgyz violence, video shows unarmed Uzbeks in riots

US envoy urges independent probe into Kyrgyz riots

Rally over power shortage turns deadly in Iraq as police kill protester

Iraq police shoot dead protester over power cuts

AP Exclusive: UN Africa corruption case buried amid broader decline in self-policing

AP Exclusive: UN Africa corruption case buried

Officials: Militants thought to be al-Qaida kill 13 in raid on security HQ in Yemen port city

Militants raid security building in Yemen, kill 13

Iraqi PM says electricity officials accountable for power shortages after protest death

Iraq PM: electrical officials must solve shortage

Lack of funds may affect anti-terror war: Pakistan

ISLAMABAD - Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Saturday told special US envoy Richard Holbrooke that the anti-terror war could be badly affected if the international community failed to deliver their pledges to help Pakistan undertake projects in the affected areas of the country.

20 dead in Mogadishu fighting

MOGADISHU/NAIROBI - Heavy fighting between government troops and radical Islamist rebels have left at least 20 dead and dozens injured in fighting since Friday night in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, Radio Garowe reported Saturday.

CIA opens up about failed cloak-and-dagger mission in China; lessons learned for today’s spies

Lessons from failed Cold War spy mission in China

Rally over power shortage turns violent in Iraq as police fatally shoot 1 protesters

Iraq rally turns violent, police kill protester

Rights advocate charged with inciting hatred for saying Kyrgyz military was complicit in riots

Kyrgyzstan charges rights advocate with incitement

Three civilians among 17 killed in Afghan violence

KABUL - A roadside bomb killed two policemen and three civilians Saturday in southern Afghanistan, while soldiers killed 12 insurgents in the north, officials said.

Seven killed in attack on Yemen’s spy agency

SANA’A - Armed militants attacked the headquarters of Yemen’s intelligence services in the southern port city of Aden Saturday, killing seven police personnel and injuring four, a police source and witnesses said.

Eight Turkish soldiers killed near Iraqi border

ISTANBUL - Eight Turkish soldiers were killed and 14 injured in an attack by Kurdish rebels on a military outpost near Turkey’s border with Iraq, the Turkish military said Saturday.

Taliban behead another man for spying

Kabul, June 19 (IANS/AKI) Taliban militants have beheaded an Afghani man whom they had abducted early this week for being a government spy, less than a month after killing a seven-year-old boy over the same allegation.

Three suspected terrorists held in West Bengal

SILIGURI - Three suspected terrorists of the Kamtapur Liberation Organisation (KLO) have been arrested from this West Bengal town, police said Saturday.

Youth begin march in Maoist den on Rahul’s birthday

RAIPUR - Young men and women led by Amit Jogi, the son of Congress leader and former Chhattisgarh chief minister Ajit Jogi, began a seven-day march in Chhattisgarh’s insurgency-hit Dantewada district Saturday, the 40th birthday of party general secretary Rahul Gandhi.

Suspected Maoists kill two ‘police informers’

KOLKATA - Suspected Maoists Saturday killed two people in West Bengal’s Jhargram area in West Midnapore district after accusing them of being “police informers”, authorities said.

Maoists torch construction company vehicles

RANCHI - Maoist rebels torched vehicles of a road construction company in Jharkhand’s Chatra district Saturday, police said.

Morelia, Mexico’s Indigenous Group Kidnap 13

13 killed in US drone attack in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD - At least 13 people were killed and several injured Saturday in an air strike by unmanned US drones in Pakistan’s restive northwestern tribal region.

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Sit-down showdown for rap mogul ‘Suge’ Knight, hip-hop star Kanye West over Miami lawsuit

‘Suge’ Knight, Kanye West face off over lawsuit