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• Gunmen kill 11 in Mexico bar rampage
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico - Gunmen opened fire in a bar in northern Mexico, killing 11 people, and the body of a newspaper editor was found shot dead on the side of a highway in two separate attacks, police said Friday. Police had not uncovered a motive ...
• Homeless man dies after being set ablaze
Shopkeepers said the man was a fixture in the dense residential neighborhood at the northern edge of Koreatown, and residents were shocked to hear about his violent death. Every day, the man drank a Dr Pepper, ate a bag of chips and smoked cigarettes ...
• Battle kills 15 Turkish troops, 23 Kurdish rebels
ANKARA, Turkey - Fighting between Kurdish rebels and Turkey's army and air force in southern Turkey and northern Iraq has killed 15 soldiers and at least 23 insurgents, the military said Saturday, in the deadliest battle between the longtime enemies ...
• U.S. says Syria releases 2 Americans
The Syrian foreign ministry said the pair had worked for the Jordan Times newspaper based in Amman and had entered Syria illegally through the northern border. The U.S. Embassy in Beirut said Wednesday there had been no word from the Americans since ...
• Bank savers run at the click of a mouse
Britain's Northern Rock, which last September suffered the first run on the deposits of a major British bank for more than 140 years, saw customers line up over three days at branches when confidence evaporated, creating scenes that one politician ...