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At least four university students have been killed as security forces and soldiers raided student accommodation in Syria's second city, Aleppo.

At least 11 people have been killed in Cairo in an attack on a protest near the Egyptian Ministry of Defence.

Five men were arrested on charges that they planned to blow up a bridge near Cleveland, according to the authorities.

At least 10 people are now dead following an explosion in the centre of the Syrian capital Damascus.

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP):Bulgaria's military says one of its fighter jets has crashed during a training mission but its crew of two have ejected safely.The Defence Ministry said a MiG-29 fighter jet went down yesterday near the village of Golyam Chardak...

WASHINGTON, United States (AP):The Secret Service acknowledged yesterday it is investigating whether its employees hired strippers and prostitutes in advance of President Barack Obama's visit last year to El Salvador....

A new case of mad cow disease has surfaced in a dairy cow in California, but the animal was not bound for the nation's food supply and posed no danger.

Voters in California are to be asked whether they want to abolish the state's death penalty law.

A study shows the number of Mexican immigrants living illegally in the United States has dropped significantly for the first time in decades...

CNN says one of agents is a supervisory employee who is being allowed to retire, while the second employee has resigned.

A Pakistani passenger jet with 127 people on board crashed Friday, as it was landing in bad weather at an airport near the capital, Islamabad.

CARTAGENA, Colombia (AP):Days after US Secret Service agents were sent home over allegations of hard-partying and bringing prostitutes to their hotel, the mayor of this Caribbean city was wondering what all the fuss was all about.After all, prostitution...