101 dead in Russian cafe fire
AFP - 25 minutes agoOver 100 people were killed overnight when fireworks set ablaze a cafe in the Russian Ural city of Perm, as officials Saturday ruled out the possibility of a terrorist attack.
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Over 100 people were killed overnight when fireworks set ablaze a cafe in the Russian Ural city of Perm, as officials Saturday ruled out the possibility of a terrorist attack.
Philippine troops took the patriarch of a powerful clan a former governor into custody Saturday after the president put his southern province under martial law to hunt down suspects in the country's worst political violence.
Police in central Pennsylvania say a prankster who scaled a 400-foot radio tower to hang a bedsheet from an antenna needs to see a doctor right away.
Mexico City police on Thursday freed 107 people who were forced to work under slave-like conditions in a clandestine factory making shopping bags and clothing clasps, authorities said.
Maine police are searching for a maximum-security inmate who was mistakenly released from the county jail.
A Wisconsin man police say is linked to the deaths of his two young daughters and their mothers remained at large Friday. He was charged in two of the slayings. Police - Homicide - United States - Law - Law Enforcement
Detroit police say they've confiscated about $700,000 worth of counterfeit big-brand clothing and apparel during two raids.
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An overcrowded passenger boat capsized in northern Bangladesh on Friday after being hit by a small ferry, leaving at least 46 people dead, police said.
Chicago police are searching for a 14-year-old girl who went missing Tuesday while on her way to her West Side school. Taneasha Simms (right) was last seen by her mother leaving for school about 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, according to Chicago police. She is registered at Orr Academy High School, 730 N. Pulaski Rd., but has not attended the school since Nov. 25, police said. She is described as African ...
A foreign journalist has been arrested after he made a hoax bomb threat outside the venue where the 2010 World Cup draw is to be held, a police spokesman said Friday.
The long criminal history of Maurice Clemmons, accused of killing four police officers near Seattle, has officials examining how the state handles repeat offenders.
A look at major attacks in Pakistan since the start of October:
Three suicide bombers fired on worshipers then blew themselves up at a mosque near Pakistan's military headquarters after Friday prayers, killing 40 people, including many army officials, police said.
South African police arrested two people on Friday for separate hoax threats against the draw for next year's soccer World Cup.
Security forces raided four compounds on Friday belonging to a powerful clan suspected in the massacre of 57 people in the Philippines' worst political violence, as eight journalists among the victims were buried in a common grave.