Beansprouts grown in Germany are suspected as the likely source of an E. coli outbreak that has left at least 22 people dead, German officials say.

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SANAA, Yemen — Fighters from Yemen’s powerful tribes fired on government buildings Tuesday, prompting soldiers to respond with intense shelling in street battles that left at least 38 dead as the uprising against President Ali Abdullah Saleh threatened to become a militia-led revolt. Medical officials said 24 tribesmen were killed in the fiercest fighting on Sanaa’s streets in years. Government officials said 14 soldiers were killed and 20 were missing as the situation deteriorated following the collapse of an Arab mediation effort to get Saleh to step down. Read full article > >

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Battles gripping Yemen’s capital between regime loyalists and powerful tribes kill 38

More than 90 tornadoes left at least 43 people killed and hundreds more injured across middle America to the Eastern Seaboard.

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After Storms, a Widespread Path of Death and Damage

Gunmen dressed in police uniforms and suicide vests stormed the provincial council office in the northern city of Tikrit in a brazen attack that left at least 12 people dead, officials said.

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Gunmen Seize Hostages at Council Office in Saddam Hussein’s Hometown

The bus company involved in an accident that left at least 14 people dead in New York this weekend has been involved in at least two other crashes with injuries in the past two years, government records show.

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Bronx crash not first for bus operator

The sultan of Oman has ordered the hiring of 50,000 citizens in the aftermath of weekend protests that left at least one person dead and 11 others injured, state-run media reported.

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Sultan of Oman: Hire 50,000 citizens

Authorities in Egypt brace for more demonstrations, following two days of unrest that have left at least four people dead.

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Egypt braces for further protests

Rescuers are trying to find survivors in cut-off areas of south-eastern Brazil hit by deadly floods that have left at least 470 people dead.

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Hunt for Brazil flood survivors

Tunisia’s president has said he will not seek a new term in office in 2014 following widespread protests which have left at least 23 people dead.

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Tunisia’s years of resentment

Heavy flooding has left at least 50 people dead and hundreds homeless in South Africa’s Eastern Cape Province as residents continue to battle adverse weather conditions that have plagued the country since mid-December, authorities said Friday.

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South Africa flooding leaves 50 dead

Residents from Mississippi to Missouri spent the first day of the New Year assessing the damage and sifting through piles of debris after a line of fast-moving storms left at least six people dead and a number of homes and businesses destroyed.

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Families pick up pieces after storms

A line of fast-moving storms and possible tornadoes stretching from the Gulf Coast states to Illinois left at least six people dead Friday and caused widespread damage.

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Killer storms rip through South, Midwest

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon condemns the “deplorable” violence in Nigeria that left at least 38 dead over Christmas.

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UN chief condemns Nigeria clashes

Japanese police arrest a man after a knife attack outside a train station that left at least 13 people injured.

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Japanese knife attack injures 13

Israel was still struggling on Friday to control a fire raging in a rain-starved forest in northern Israel that has left at least 41 people dead.

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Israel Struggles to Quell Forest Fire