Russian wildfires leave 25 dead, thousands homeless
At least 25 people have been killed and thousands left homeless by wildfires sweeping through Russia, authorities said. 3 convicted killers break out in Arizona
Authorities are hunting for three convicted murderers who escaped from a Kingman, Arizona, prison on Friday night. Police said the convicts are with a woman who helped them escape. Bus wreck kills 13 in southwest China
A bus carrying 22 passengers plummeted nearly 30 feet of a cliff in southwest China on Saturday, killing at least 13 people and injuring nine others, state-run media reported. Pakistan flooding death toll reaches 800
The death toll from flooding in Pakistan has risen to at least 800, the information minister of a northern province said Saturday. Thousands mourn Love Parade victims
Thousands of people gathered Saturday for a memorial service for the 21 people who died at a German music festival. Calls to cancel 9/11 Quran-burning event
In protest of what it calls a religion "of the devil," a non-denominational church in Gainesville, Florida, plans to host an "International Burn a Quran Day" on the ninth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks. Building collapse in Italy kills 3
A young married couple wrapped in an embrace were among three people found dead after an apartment building collapsed in southern Italy Friday night, an Italian rescue official said. U.N. extends Darfur mission
The U.N. Security Council renews its mission in Darfur for a year, days after hearing that fighting has stepped up between rebels and the Sudanese government. Woman facing stoning: I'm afraid to die
In a letter to supporters, Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, writes of her fears of dying. Her stoning sentence was recently put on hold, but Iran's judiciary may release their final decision in the case next week. Abducted journalists freed in Mexico
The signal of one of Mexico's largest television networks faded to black for almost an hour as a symbolic protest of violence against journalists.
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