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At least two people died and 50 were reported missing after a ferry with several hundred passengers going home for the Muslim Eid al-Adha festival sank in a river in coastal area on Friday night, police said.
Militants have had a resurgence in Kunduz, a province that American and Afghan officials did not think they had to worry about.
A Philippine politician was charged with murder on Friday after authorities accused him of ordering soldiers, police and other gunmen to kill at least 57 defenceless people in an organised slaughter.
On Friday, Esmael Mangudadatu filed his certificate of candidacy to run for governor of Maguindanao Province, the act that he believes prompted the massacre.
A manhunt is under way in Florida for a relative of three adults and a child shot to death during a Thanksgiving night family gathering.
The Black Friday scene at a Best Buy in New Jersey was busy yet calm, despite a large young crowd, damp conditions and attempted doorbuster ticket scalping.
Soon, real criminal investigation teams will be using videogame technology to help forensic scientists collaborate virtually to re-create what happened at the scene of the crime.
Two army chiefs with direct responsibilities for the southern Philippine region where a political massacre left 57 people dead this week were relieved of their posts on Friday, the military said.
One hundred more suspects -- including police officers -- could face arrest over massacre in the Philippines, a government official said Friday after authorities charged the alleged architect of the killings.
In hit TV crime drama show "C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation," and its two spin-offs, the criminologists use the latest technology to solve grisly murders and other crimes.
MOSCOW, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- Moscow police tried to maintain order Friday as thousands of Muslims celebrated the Islamic holiday Kurban-Bayram, a source at the mayor's office said.
Taiwanese police said Friday they had arrested 23 people in a large telephone scam ring which conned hundreds of thousands of dollars from people on the Chinese mainland.
Bond was set at $100,000 this morning for an 18-year-old Lindenhurst man charged with trying to poison his mother by pouring antifreeze into a coffee maker, Lake County State's Atty. Michael Waller said. Michael J. Tangney Jr. is charged with heinous battery, a Class X felony. His mother, Joyce Tangney, 40, has been discharged from Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville , a hospital ...
AMPATUAN, Philippines (AP) -- A politician whose wife and relatives were among 57 people massacred in the southern Philippines in an apparent bid to stop him from running for governor filed his candidacy Friday for the election.
Manhunt Under Way For Man Suspected of Fatally Shooting 4 Relatives during Thanksgiving Gathering in Fla.
A local UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) worker was shot dead in a lawless part of the southern Philippines close to where a political massacre occurred this week, police said Friday.
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