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Five Canadians, two Mexicans dead in Cancun resort explosion (Reuters)

November 14th, 2010

Members of the Red Cross stand near a destroyed area after an explosion at a hotel in Cancun November 14, 2010. REUTERS/StringerReuters - At least five Canadian tourists and two workers were killed on Sunday in a gas explosion that ripped through the restaurant of a hotel on Mexico’s Caribbean coast,…

Five Canadians dead in Mexican hotel gas explosion (Reuters)

November 14th, 2010

Members of the Red Cross stand near a destroyed area after an explosion at a hotel in Cancun November 14, 2010. REUTERS/StringerReuters - At least five Canadian tourists and two workers were killed on Sunday in a gas explosion that ripped through the restaurant of a hotel on Mexico’s Caribbean coast,…

Four Canadians dead in Mexican hotel gas explosion (Reuters)

November 14th, 2010

Reuters - At least four Canadian tourists and two workers were killed on Sunday in a gas explosion at a hotel on Mexico’s Caribbean coast, authorities said.

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Iraq’s Allawi: power-sharing deal “is dead” (Reuters)

November 13th, 2010

Ibrahim al-Jaafari, former Prime Minister and the Head of Current National Reform, speaks during a news conference in Baghdad November 13, 2010. Iraq's Sunni-backed Iraqiya bloc told parliament on Sunday it would remain part of a Shi'ite-led government, despite a walkout and angry comments from its leader that threatened to damage the long-sought accord.  REUTERS/Mohammed Ameen (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS)Reuters - The head of Iraq’s main Sunni-backed political group has pronounced a new power-sharing deal “dead” and predicted more violence, just days after the accord aiming to end political…

Hostage shot dead by Somali pirates (Reuters)

November 7th, 2010

Reuters - A man was shot dead on Sunday after he refused to disembark from a yacht in the Indian Ocean that was hijacked by Somali pirates last week, pirates…

Kenyan police officer shoots 10 dead (Reuters)

November 7th, 2010

Reuters - A Kenyan provincial police officer shot 10 people dead at several bars in a small town northeast of Nairobi before surrendering, a police spokesman said on Sunday.

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Yemen orders US-born cleric found ‘dead or alive’ (AP)

November 6th, 2010

FILE - This Oct. 2008 file photo shows Imam Anwar al-Awlaki, a U.S.-born Yemeni cleric and recruiter for al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, in Yemen. Authorities in Yemen have ordered the arrest of the radical US-born cleric who has inspired attacks against the West. (AP Photo/Muhammad ud-Deen, File) MANDATORY CREDIT,  NO SALES.AP - A Yemeni judge ordered police Saturday to find a radical U.S.-born cleric “dead or alive” after the al-Qaida-linked preacher failed to appear at his trial for his role…

Two dead after quake shakes central Serbia (Reuters)

November 3rd, 2010

Reuters - A 5.3 magnitude tremor shook central Serbia early Wednesday, killing two people, Interior Minister Ivica Dacic told Reuters.

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Iraq church raid ends with 52 dead (Reuters)

November 1st, 2010

Iraqi security forces survey the scene outside the Sayidat al-Nejat Catholic Cathedral in Baghdad. At least 37 Christians including two priests were killed in a US-led assault on a Baghdad cathedral to free dozens of hostages held by Al-Qaeda gunmen.(AFP/Sabah Arar)Reuters - Fifty-two hostages and police were killed when an attempt by Iraqi security forces to free more than 100 Catholics held in a Baghdad church by al Qaeda-linked gunmen…

Mexico: 13 dead in massacre at Ciudad Juarez party (AP)

October 23rd, 2010

Mexican federal police officers stand outside a home after the exterior gate was covered with a plastic tarp in the northern city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, late Friday Oct. 22, 2010. At least 13 young people were shot dead and 15 wounded in an attack on this house during a party in Ciudad Juarez, the second such massacre in less than a week in the violent border city. (AP Photo/Raymundo Ruiz)AP - Gunmen stormed two neighboring homes and massacred 13 young people at a birthday party in the latest large-scale attack in this violent border city, even as a new…