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Air Canada suspends flights to Venezuela

Caracas, Venezuela (AP) -- Air Canada says it has suspended its flights to and from Venezuela due to civil unrest in the South American country. In a statement posted on its website Monday, the airline says it can no longer ensure the…

Navy SEALs take back control of hijacked tanker

(CNN) -- U.S. Navy SEALs have taken control of a commercial tanker that had been seized by three armed Libyans this month. No one was hurt in the Sunday night operation, the Pentagon said. The tanker, Morning Glory, is carrying oil owned…

At least 10 killed in car bombing at Libyan military base

(CNN) -- A car bomb at a military base has killed at least 10 people in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, in the latest violence to wrack the cradle of the North African country's uprising. The blast occurred as new graduates left a…

Father arrested for biting off infant’s nose

FAIRFIELD, California (AP) — A teen father in Northern California is under arrest after police say he bit the nose off his one-month-old son because he was frustrated with the infant's crying. Joshua Cooper, 18, was being held Friday in…

Suicide bomber kills 7 in Pakistan

Peshawar, Pakistan (CNN) -- A suicide bomber in Pakistan killed seven people and wounded 28 more Friday in a suburb of Peshawar, officials said. The bomber was targeting an armored personnel carrier, police spokesman Faisal Kamran said. He…

Market quarrel leads to stabbing frenzy in China, six dead

(CNN) -- Six people died after an argument between two vendors led to a stabbing spree at a market in Hunan province in central China on Friday morning, local police told CNN. The incident took place in Changsha city, the capital of the…

Cease-fire declared after attacks in Gaza, southern Israel

Gaza City (CNN) -- After two days of rocket fire from Gaza into southern Israel and attacks by Israel on Gaza, a cease-fire has been declared, an Islamic Jihad leader told CNN on Thursday. "We have agreed on an Egyptian-brokered truce --…

Malaysia plane: China debris images ‘released by mistake’

(BBC) -- Chinese satellite images that were said to show debris from a missing Malaysian airliner were released by mistake, Malaysia's transport minister says. Hishammuddin Hussein also denied a US report that the Boeing 777 might have…

Swedish journalist shot dead in Kabul

Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Gunmen shot dead a Swedish journalist in broad daylight in the Afghan capital Tuesday, underscoring a growing insecurity threatening the country's elections next month. The Swedish embassy identified the victim…

Libyan PM dismissed after tanker escapes with rebel oil

Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- Libya's parliament voted Prime Minister Ali Zeidan out of office on Tuesday after months of political infighting that has crippled the North African country. The vote of no-confidence came after rebels in eastern…

Police: Rebels kill 20 soldiers in central India

NEW DELHI (AP) - Maoist rebels ambushed paramilitary soldiers in a brazen daytime attack on their camp in central India on Tuesday, killing 20 troops in their largest attack in almost a year, police said. Paramilitary soldiers have been…

Foreign national shot and killed in Afghanistan

(CNN) -- A foreign national was shot in the head with a pistol in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Tuesday, police said. The hospital said the man was already dead when he was brought to the hospital. Two suspects have been arrested,…