TEHRAN — Iran’s Foreign Ministry on Saturday welcomed the U.S. Navy’s rescue of 13 Iranian fishermen held captive by pirates, just days after it had warned all U.S. ships to leave the region. U.S. officials announced Friday that the fishermen had been rescued by a Navy destroyer the day before, more than 40 days after their boat was commandeered by suspected Somali pirates in the northern Arabian Sea. Read full article > >

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A huge fire that engulfed a Russian nuclear submarine as it was undergoing repairs in the northern Murmansk region has been contained but is still not out, officials say.

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The people who go in search of the northern lights

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Along the northern New England Coast, festive monuments of engineering and local pride mark the Christmas season and guarantee bragging rights for the towns.

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MANILA, Philippines — Back-to-back typhoons left at least 55 people dead and rescuers scrambling on Sunday to deliver food and water to hundreds of villagers stuck on rooftops for four days because of flooding in the northern Philippines. Typhoon Nalgae slammed ashore in northeastern Isabela province Saturday then barreled across the main Luzon Island’s mountainous north and agricultural plains that were still sodden from fierce rain and wind unleashed by a howler just days earlier. Nalgae left at least three people dead Saturday while Typhoon Nesat killed 52 others in the same region before blowing out Friday. Read full article > >

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ISLAMABAD — Pakistan is preventing foreign journalists and other visitors from getting close to the house of slain al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden ahead of the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The Danish Ambassador to Pakistan and his wife, and two French journalists, were among several people detained this week in Abbottabad — the Pakistani garrison town that was bin Laden’s last hideout. They were held briefly before being allowed to return to the capital, Islamabad, police in the northern town said Friday. Read full article > >

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Hurricane Katia swirled through the northern Atlantic early Wednesday, far from land, but still capable of threatening both the U.S. East Coast and Bermuda, forecasters said.

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Three hundred troops arrive in Monterrey to bolster security in the northern Mexican city two days after armed men set fire to a casino, killing 52 people.

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Armed men set fire to a casino in the northern Mexican city of Monterrey, killing at least 53 people and injuring more.

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A German official has ruled that the Facebook “Like” button violates privacy laws. According to a report from the English-language German news site, The Local, the data protection official said that the plug-in violates European data laws. The official, Thilo Weichert, told The Local that the plug-in tracks user habits in violation of German and European Union privacy laws. He has demanded that Web sites based in the northern district of Germany he represents, Schelswig-Holstein, remove “Like” buttons from their sites face a $72,000 (50,000 euros) fine. Read full article > >

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A right to information activist is shot dead by an unidentified gunman in the northern Indian city of Bhopal, police say.

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A light bulb in the northern California town of Livermore has been glowing continuously for more than a century.

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More than 100 people were killed Monday in and around the northern Syrian city of Jisr Al-Shugur in the third consecutive day of violence there, according to reports from the government and opposition groups.

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