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Mudslide kills 19 people in Brazil »
A mudslide struck a small luxury hotel filled with New Years revellers on an island southwest of Rio de Janeiro on Friday, killing at least 19 people.
Danish police shoot man trying to enter Mohammed cartoonist’s home: media »
Danish police late Friday shot and wounded a 27-year-old man trying to enter the Aarhus home of Kurt Westergaard, who drew controversial cartoons of Islam’s prophet Mohammed, Danish media reported.
Schlierenzauer takes 2nd leg of Four Hills »
Austrian Gregor Schlierenzauer, the defending World Cup champion, won the second leg of the Four Hills ski jump event on Friday.
Contador to kick off season at Tour of the Algarve »
Reigning Tour de France champion Alberto Contador confirmed on Friday he will kick off his 2010 season during the Tour of the Algarve cycling race in Portugal mid-February.
Revellers unfazed by greater security »
Revellers ring in the new year across the globe with spectacular fireworks displays and big parties against a backdrop of tightened security.
US deaths raise fears over Taliban infiltration »
The suicide bomber who killed seven CIA officers and wounded six others at an Afghanistan CIA base was a Taliban infiltrator in an Afghan army uniform, according to US officials and claims from the Taliban.
Suicide bomb kills 25 at Pakistan volleyball game »
Twenty-five people were killed and 50 others were wounded Friday when a suicide bomber blew himself up as people gathered to watch a volleyball game in northwest Pakistan, police said.
Antarctic dreaming »
It’s barely dawn, or it should be. Rudely roused from subconscious adventure, waking heralds only an even more bizarre reality. I claw my way out of an orange nylon cocoon and blink back the assault of brutal light from the Antarctic plateau.
Iran’s Mousavi ready to die for opposition cause »
Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi said on Friday that he was ready to sacrifice his life in his campaign to have the disputed June re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad overturned.
Mousavi calls for end to Iran crackdown »
Mir Hossein Mousavi has said he was ready to sacrifice his life in his campaign to have the June re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad overturned.