KABUL — NATO airstrikes killed Afghan civilians in two provinces, local officials reported Monday, and the U.S.-led coalition said it plans an apology in one of the incidents. An airstrike Friday killed six members of a family in the Sangin area of southern Helmand province, according to the provincial spokesman. Read full article > >

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NATO plans apology for civilian deaths in Afghanistan airstrike

A bomb targeting security forces near a marketplace in north-west Pakistan has killed at least 20 people, local officials say.

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Pakistan market bomb ‘kills 20′

A bomb targeting security forces near a marketplace in north-west Pakistan has killed at least 20 people, local officials say.

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Pakistan market bomb ‘kills 20′

Two trains collide on the Warsaw-Krakow mainline in southern Poland, leaving 15 people dead and about 50 injured, local officials say.

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Eleven people have died in a hot air balloon crash near the town of Carterton in New Zealand, local officials say.

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Eleven dead in NZ balloon crash

A man was detained Saturday after trying to go through a security checkpoint at a Texas airport with explosives in military-grade wrapping, federal and local officials said.

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When the city of Chesapeake, Va., considered closing a crumbling, 80-year-old bridge over the Elizabeth River in 2008, local officials knew that neither the state nor the federal government would pay for a replacement. Just tearing down the old one would cost millions of dollars. So they sold it. “We paid them $10,” said Bob Hellman, one of the investors, but “what we gave them wasn’t just $10.” Read full article > >

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With U.S. infrastructure aging, public funds scant, more projects going private

At least 16 people, including 11 children, are killed when a bus hits a roadside bomb in western Afghanistan, local officials say.

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Children dead in Afghan bus blast

SAN ANTONIO — For years, national security experts have warned that Mexico’s drug violence could send a wave of refugees fleeing to the United States. Now, the refugees are arriving — and they are driving BMWs and snapping up half-million-dollar homes. Tens of thousands of well-off Mexicans have moved north of the border in a quiet exodus over the past few years, according to local officials, border experts and demographers. Unlike the much larger population of illegal immigrants, they are being warmly welcomed. Read full article > >

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Drug war sparks exodus of affluent Mexicans

A UK tourist who died in Dubai police custody hit his head on a wall while resisting officers but this did not cause his death, local officials say.

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Dubai injuries ‘not death cause’

Taliban insurgents abduct dozens of Afghan policemen in the north-east of the country, the militant group and local officials say.

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Taliban kidnap Afghan policemen

At least 40 people have died in a U.S. drone strike in the Pakistani region of North Waziristan, local officials say-the deadliest attack since 2006, according to the BBC. Most of the victims are thought to be civilians, though earlier reports said…

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At least four suspected militants are killed in a US drone strike in north-west Pakistan, local officials say.

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‘Militants’ die in drone attack

At least two people are killed after fire engulfs a shopping centre in the central Russian city of Ufa, local officials say

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Two killed in Russian mall blaze

At least two people are killed after fire engulfs a shopping centre in the central Russian city of Ufa, local officials say

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