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At least 26 die in tour bus crash in Israel

A bus carrying Russian tour guides scouting out a location near Israel's southern tip crashed through a roadside barrier on Monday and plummeted into a steep ravine, killing at least 26 people, rescue and hospital officials said.

Niger rebel group claims it kidnapped Canadian diplomat, 3 others

A rebel group in Niger has kidnapped a former top Canadian diplomat at the United Nations and three others, according to a statement on the group's website.

Violence in Afghanistan to worsen next year: Canadian general

The head of Canada's military mission in Afghanistan said Tuesday he expects to see an escalation in violence in the war-torn country over the next year.

1981 murder that inspired America's Most Wanted has been solved: police

A convicted killer who died more than a decade ago is the person who decapitated the six-year-old son of America's Most Wanted host John Walsh in 1981, Florida police said Tuesday.

SEC chair slams own agency's 'failures' in alleged $50B fraud scheme

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission chair Christopher Cox said Tuesday that his agency repeatedly failed for at least a decade to pursue allegations of wrongdoing by Wall Street figure Bernard Madoff, the alleged perpetrator of a $50 billion US Ponzi scheme.

Amnesty calls for Taser moratorium in new report

There are more than 50 cases where coroners in the U.S. have listed a stun gun as a factor in a death, according to new research from Amnesty International.

Countries can take piracy fight to Somalia's land, air: UN

The UN Security Council has authorized nations fighting piracy along Somalia's coast to take action inside the country and in its airspace, pending approval from the Somali government.

Markets jump after Fed cuts interest rate to lowest level ever

The U.S. Federal Reserve cut in the country's federal funds interest rate to a record low of zero to 0.25 per cent sparked a surge in stock markets.

Officials begin ballot review in Coleman-Franken senate race

Minnesota's state canvassing board is meeting Tuesday to review hundreds of disputed ballots, six week after the senate race between Norm Coleman and Al Franken ended in deadlock.

Iraqi doctor convicted of U.K. murder conspiracy

An Iraqi doctor who claimed he intended only to frighten Britons was convicted Tuesday of conspiracy to murder with car bombs in London and Scotland.

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