A passenger of the US Airways plane scheduled to fly from Paris to Charlotte, N.C., told the crew that she had a surgically implanted device, the authorities said.

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Plane Diverted After Passenger Claims an Implanted Device

Polls open in Algeria for parliamentary elections billed by the authorities as historically transparent but analysts say voter apathy is widespread.

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Polls open in Algerian elections

Prisoners at a jail in north-eastern Brazil release more than 100 people taken hostage, as the authorities say they will investigate their complaints.

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Hostages released at Brazil jail

A series of powerful thunderstorms spawned dozens of reported tornadoes across parts of Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa on Saturday, killing five people, the authorities said.

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5 Killed as Violent Storms Cut Across Central Plains

The police officer was wounded while pursuing a man at a city housing project, the authorities said.

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Police Officer Is Shot in the Face At a Brooklyn Housing Project

A fight between prisoners at a jail in Altamira in northern Mexico leaves 31 inmates dead, the authorities say.

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Fight in Mexican prison kills 31

A woman and her baby are killed in Colombia’s southern Putumayo province in a bomb attack the authorities blame on left-wing rebels.

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Two die in Colombia bomb attack

Syrian state TV says the authorities have released 755 people detained during the nine-month-old uprising against President Bashar al-Assad.

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VIDEO: Syria ‘frees 755 held in unrest’

The boss of a criminal gang said to control much of Colombia’s drugs trade hands himself to the authorities along with more than 280 members.

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Drug boss surrenders in Colombia

Thousands of Egyptians attend a rally at Tahrir Square in the capital, Cairo, to denounce the authorities’ violent tactics against protesters.

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Egyptians march against military

The arrest of Jerry Sandusky, a former Penn State assistant football coach, followed grand jury testimony by two additional accusers, the authorities said.

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Sandusky Arrested on New Sexual Abuse Charges

The head of Russia’s main independent monitor group Golos is detained for several hours after refusing to handover her laptop to the authorities.

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Russian chief poll monitor held

A man was fatally shot on a crowded Q111 bus by a man who had just killed another man two miles away and told the police he “had a beef to settle,” the authorities said.

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City Room: Two Men Shot Dead, One on a Bus in Queens

At least seven people are expected to turn themselves in to the authorities next week on allegations of cheating on college admissions exams as part of a scandal on Long Island.

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ARBUTUS, Md. — Authorities in Maryland say two women threw bleach and another chemical on each other during a fight at a Walmart, prompting officials to evacuate the store for two hours and call in a hazardous materials team. Fire officials say 19 people had to be taken to hospitals, although only one was thought to have serious injuries. That person was taken to the Wilmer Eye Institute with a potentially serious eye injury. Read full article > >

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Authorities: 2 women throw bleach on each other during fight at Walmart; hazmat team called