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South Africa: 8 gold miners shot dead

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African police on Monday searched for the killers of eight gold miners who were found shot dead at an illegal shaft on the eastern outskirts of Johannesburg. Two of the bodies were found underground and the motive…

Jailed Al Jazeera journalists convicted in Egypt

(CNN) -- Three Al Jazeera English journalists were convicted Monday of aiding the Muslim Brotherhood in a ruling that immediately outraged journalists and activists around the world. The journalists, Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy and Baher…

5 dead in shooting on South Korean military outpost

Seoul, South Korea (CNN) -- A South Korean soldier on Saturday shot and killed five people and wounded five others at a military outpost, an official with the South Korean Army said. The location is in the northeast of the country in…

Egypt court upholds 183 death sentences

(CNN) -- An Egyptian court upheld the death sentences against Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie and 182 of the group's supporters Saturday. They were among hundreds of people found guilty in April of taking part in a deadly attack on…

Pope says no to legalizing recreational drugs

VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Francis condemned the legalization of recreational drugs as a flawed and failed experiment on Friday, lending his voice to a debate which is raging from the US to Uruguay and beyond. Francis told delegates to a…

Blast at Nigerian soccer viewing center kills men, young boys

Kano, Nigeria (CNN) -- Tuesday's explosion at a soccer viewing centerin northeastern Nigeria claimed the lives of several men and young boys watching the Brazil-Mexico World Cup match. There are conflicting reports of the number of people…

Dozens of Indonesians missing after boat sinks off Malaysia

(CNN) -- More than 30 people are missing after a boat carrying 97 Indonesians sank in waters off Malaysia's west coast, Indonesian authorities said. The vessel, reportedly carrying undocumented migrant workers heading for Aceh in…

Second boat in 2 days sinks off Malaysia

(CNN) -- A small overcrowded boat sank off the coast of Malaysia early Thursday, a maritime official said. It's the second boat to go down in two days. Eighteen passengers have been rescued, and the search continues for nine others who are…

Michael Schumacher out of coma and transferred to rehab

(CNN) -- Former F1 driver Michael Schumacher is no longer in a coma and has been transferred from a hospital in Grenoble, France, where he had been admitted after a skiing accident last year, his management said in a statement Monday.…

Eight suspected Islamic militants arrested in Spain

Madrid (CNN) -- Spanish police arrested eight suspected Islamic militants in Madrid in predawn raids Monday, for allegedly recruiting and sending radical fighters to aid the terrorist group Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, the Interior…