Mass grave unearthed
KARBALA, Iraq (AP): MUNICIPAL WORKERS in the Shi'ite holy city of Karbala have uncovered remains that police said yesterday were part of a mass grave thought to date back to 1991, when Saddam Hussein's regime quenched a Shi'ite uprising in the south.
Communist Party to support socialist Bachelet
SANTIAGO, Chile (Reuters): CHILE'S COMMUNIST Party pledged yesterday to back presidential candidate Michelle Bachelet in a tight run-off in January against a rightist alliance.
Inmates hold more than 200 hostages
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP): INMATES AT a prison in Brazil's remote Amazon jungle were holding more than 200 people hostage, demanding the return of their leader from another prison. And while authorities agreed to bring him back...
15-y-o victim in Toronto gun violence
TORONTO (AP): CANADIAN PRIME Minister Paul Martin warned of escalating gun violence in Canada, and Toronto police said the city has "finally lost its innocence" after gunfire erupted on a busy street filled with holiday shoppers, killing a 15-year-old...
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