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AP - Iraq’s president declared on Wednesday that he will not sign off on the hanging of Tariq Aziz, joining the Vatican and others in objecting to the death sentence…

Reuters - At least 53 people have been confirmed killed in a fire that gutted a high-rise apartment in China’s commercial hub Shanghai, and the minister of police warned on…

Reuters - The death toll from a fire that swept through a central Shanghai apartment block Monday has risen to 53, the Xinhua news agency reported.

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Reuters - For Mexicans living in the battleground between two of the country’s biggest drug gangs, the threat of even worse violence is rising as the Zetas try to grab…

Reuters - An Indonesian volcano erupted with renewed ferocity on Friday, killing 65 people, bringing the total death told to over 100 and blanketing the area with white ash.

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Reuters - Indonesia’s Mount Merapi volcano erupted with renewed ferocity on Friday, killing another 39 people and blanketing the surrounding area with ash.

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Reuters - The death toll from a series of bomb blasts in mainly Shi’ite areas of Baghdad on Tuesday has reached 64 with 360 wounded, Iraq’s health minister said.

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Reuters - The unusually high death rate in Haiti’s cholera epidemic is slowing as people become aware of the disease and health experts provide treatment, the World Health Organization said…

Reuters - Iraq’s high tribunal Tuesday passed a death sentence on Tareq Aziz, once the international face of dictator Saddam Hussein’s government, over the persecution of Islamic parties, the court said.

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AP - Parts of Pakistan’s largest city shut down Wednesday after an attack on a scrapyard pushed to 51 the number of people killed in four days — a spasm…