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The heavy-lifting ‘mule women’ of Melilla

(BBC) They are known as the mule women of Melilla. Every day they carry heavy loads across the border between the Spanish enclave and Morocco. Melilla is an important entry point for goods in to North Africa - and if the women can carry…

Small plane crashes at big airport; no one notices

(CNN) Authorities struggled to explain how a small plane crashed at an international airport, erupted in fire, but evidently went unnoticed for hours. The incident occurred early Tuesday in Nashville. But exactly what time remains a…

Cell phone stops bullet

Winter Garden, Florida (AP) — The life of a central Florida gas station clerk has been saved by his cellphone. Police say a Hess clerk sustained only minor injuries after a robber fired a bullet at the man's abdomen that was stopped by his…

Syria polio outbreak confirmed by WHO

(BBC) The UN body says a further 12 cases are still being investigated. Most of the 22 people who have been tested are babies and toddlers. Before Syria's civil war began in 2011, some 95% of children were vaccinated against the disease.…

US spying: Senate intelligence committee orders review

(BBC) The committee's chair, Diane Feinstein, said eavesdropping on leaders of friendly nations was wrong. She said the White House had told her such surveillance would stop, but a senior administration official told the BBC there was no…

Bijan Ebrahimi: Bristol murder victim ‘failed’ by police

(BBC) A murder victim who was beaten and set on fire following rumours he was a paedophile was "failed" by officers, Bristol's police chief has admitted. Bijan Ebrahimi's body was found in July in Brislington after he was reportedly…

Three die as storm hits southern UK

(BBC) Three people have died after a storm battered southern Britain, leading to 580,000 homes losing power, and rail and flight cancellations. A teenager in Kent and a man in Watford were killed by falling trees. And a man was found dead…

China Tiananmen Square car blaze kills five people

(BBC) Tiananmen Square was the scene of the 1989 pro-democracy protests which were ended by a military crackdown. The site is generally kept under very tight security both because of its proximity to key political institutions and so that…

Michael Jackson’s doctor released from jail after 2 years

Los Angeles (AP) — The doctor convicted of killing Michael Jackson was released from jail Monday after serving nearly two years of a four-year sentence. Conrad Murray was released from a downtown Los Angeles jail at 12:01 am, according to…

Mexico: Candy factory explosion injures dozens; 1 killed

Ciudad Juarez, Mexico (CNN) -- An explosion rocked a candy factory in the Mexican border city of Juarez on Thursday, injuring dozens and killing at least one person, officials said. Search crews were still combing through the rubble hours…