Prosecutors begin presenting their case Tuesday in the trial of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who is accused of ordering protesters killed during the country's uprising last year.

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Case against Mubarak begins

Seventeen South Sudanese civilians are killed during air raids by Sudan’s military, an official tells the BBC, as relations continue to worsen following the south’s independence.

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‘Air raids’ kill South Sudanese

An opposition activist is shot and killed during clashes with police in Kinshasa, where pre-election tension is rising.

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Activist dies in DR Congo unrest

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is now aware of who was killed during the January shooting rampage in Tucson that left her seriously wounded, her spokesman said.

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Aide: Giffords Now Knows Who Died in Shooting

A government commission in Chile says there were almost 10,000 more people illegally detained, tortured or killed during the rule of Gen Pinochet than previously documented.

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Chile ups Pinochet victim numbers

At least 35 construction workers are shot dead and eight insurgents are killed during a Taliban ambush in eastern Afghanistan, an official says.

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Taliban ‘kill 35 highway workers’

A policeman is killed during an attack in northern Turkey, staged within hours of a visit by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish media say.

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Attack after Turkey PM poll rally

As the father of a 23-year-old son murdered by Osama bin Laden’s suicide killers on September 11, I understand the joy expressed by so many Americans today on the death of this monster. But my thoughts dwell more on my son, James, and the thousands of bin Laden’s victims; not just the dead of 9/11 but soldiers killed during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Cole attacks, the embassy bombings, Mumbai, and on and on.

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Victim’s dad: Why I’m not celebrating

The United Nations says 34 people were killed during a raid last Friday by Iraqi forces on an Iranian exile group at Camp Ashraf.

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Iraq exile camp raid ‘killed 34′

A mass grave containing the bodies of about 100 Jews killed during the Holocaust has been discovered in Romania, researchers say.

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Romanian ‘Holocaust grave’ found

Three Haitian prisoners are killed during a riot put down by UN peacekeepers and Haitian police.

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Three killed in Haiti prison riot