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Eight people drowned and one was missing after a small boat carrying illegal immigrants from Afghanistan hits rocks in the eastern Aegean Sea on Tuesday morning, a spokesman for the Greek coast guard said. Calls from CNN to the nightclub were not immediately returned.
At least 65 people were killed and 420 wounded in a double bombing in central Baghdad on Sunday morning, officials said.
The man who caused a mistrial in John Travolta’s extortion trial is expected to appear before a judge Friday morning. A Bahamian judge wants Picewell Forbes to explain why he publicly announced a not guilty verdict in Travolta’s trial before a jury announced its verdict.
Police looking for a missing 7-year-old Florida girl said Wednesday they have found the body of a child in a landfill in south Georgia, about an hour from the girl’s home. Investigators haven’t identified the body
Dozens of protesters camped out on the roof of Britain’s parliament overnight to “save the climate,” police reported Monday. More than 50 protesters climbed onto the roof of Westminster Hall at about 3 p.m.
Motherhood definitely seems to agree with Jennifer Hudson, who gave birth to her first child, David — named after her fianc, David Otunga — on August 10.
Water is a lifeline for the farmers and fishermen who live along Laguna de Bay, the largest lake in the Philippines. The rich ecosystem also serves as a reservoir to catch floodwaters to save Manila, on its western shore, from drowning
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John Travolta testified Wednesday that would-be extortionists threatened to go the media with stories implying “the death of my son was intentional and I was culpable somehow.” Travolta testified for the second time in a case against paramedic Tarino Lightbourne and former Bahamian Sen. Pleasant Bridgewater.
Beijing prepared for massive celebrations on Thursday for the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. The capital was to witness a grand National Day military and mass parade as well as evening gala, according to state-run Xinhua news agency.