Cold snap killed at least 48.

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Dozens Die in European Winter

Hopes are fading of finding more survivors after Wednesday’s building collapse in Rio de Janeiro killed at least 17 people, Brazilian officials say.

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Rio disaster survivor hopes fade

The attacks by the sect Boko Haram, which killed at least 143 people, struck police buildings, immigration offices and an office of Nigeria’s secret police.

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A bomb blast has killed at least 17 people at a Shia religious procession in central Pakistan, officials say.

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Floods and landslides caused by heavy rain in south-eastern Brazil have killed at least six people and forced thousands from their homes.

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VIDEO: Deadly floods hit southern Brazil

BAGHDAD — An al-Qaeda-affiliated group has claimed responsibility for a wave of bombings in Baghdad on Thursday that killed at least 65, saying that it “knows where and when to strike.” The group, Islamic State of Iraq, issued a communique on jihadist forums Monday, providing details about one of the attacks, a suicide car bombing that targeted an anti-corruption agency headquarters, according to the SITE Intelligence Group, a jihadist monitoring service. The group referred to the bombings as the “Thursday invasion” and said that it was acting against what it called Iraq’s Shiite-controlled government. Read full article > >

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Boko Haram, a radical Muslim sect waging an increasingly sophisticated sectarian fight, claimed the attack on the church near Abuja that killed at least 25 as well as a second bombing in Jos.

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Explosion Rips Through Catholic Church in Nigeria

The 6.5-magnitude earthquake did not cause widespread destruction, though it caused panic and is known to have killed at least three people.

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Earthquake Strikes Western Mexican State of Guerrero

After a NATO airstrike killed at least two dozen Pakistani soldiers, actions by the United States and Pakistan reflected a distrust that gets harder to repair with each clash.

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News Analysis: Pakistan and U.S., Bitter Allies in Fog of War

A series of explosions in and around the Iraqi capital Baghdad has killed at least 15 people and wounded more than 20, officials say.

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Baghdad explosions leave 15 dead

A series of explosions in and around the Iraqi capital Baghdad has killed at least 15 people and wounded more than 20, officials say.

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Baghdad explosions leave 15 dead

Emergency crews have been continuing to search for bodies in the burnt-out wreckage of the M5 crash that killed at least seven people and injured 51 more.

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Search goes on for more M5 bodies

A bomb attack has killed at least 10 people in the south-western Pakistani city of Quetta, police officials say.

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Ten killed in Pakistan explosion

The US east coast begins to recover from Tropical Storm Irene, which has killed at least 21 people, left millions without power and caused major flooding.

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BEIRUT — Syrian security forces killed at least two people as tens of thousands of anti-government protesters flooded the streets on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan, a time that many activists hoped would become a turning point in the uprising. But more than five months into the revolt against President Bashar Assad, the conflict has descended into a bloody stalemate with both sides showing no sign of giving in. Activists chose “patience and determination” as the theme of Friday’s protests across the country of 22 million. Read full article > >

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2 killed as thousands of Syrians protest; activists urge ‘determination’ despite stalemate