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Mexican beauty queen Maria Susana Flores Gamez, 20, was killed during a weekend shootout in the state of Sinaloa.NEW: Authorities seize vehicles, weapons and drugs; four people are detained NEW: Maria Susana Flores Gamez, 20, was crowned 2012 Woman of Sinaloa in FebrauryNEW: A rifle was found near the beauty queen’s body, says the ...

NEW: 168 dead across Syria, mostly in the Damascus area, an opposition group saysTurkey, NATO to begin reviewing possible sites for air defense missilesState-run media report on military operations targeting “al Qaeda terrorists”Witness says rockets fell close to a rebel command center(CNN) — “May God bring you pain, ...

NEW: The Pakistani Taliban say they planted the bombA bag containing explosives is found attached to Hamid Mir’s carHe is an anchor on the television station Geo TV’s prime time broadcast”I will not stop telling the truth,” Mir says following the attemptIslamabad, Pakistan (CNN) — The Pakistani Taliban on Tuesday ...

The boy was reported missing on SundayThe mother called 911 crying as she said her son was missingPolice said they found inconsistencies in her story(CNN) — An Ohio mother, who frantically reported her three-year-old son missing over the weekend, is now in jail after the young boy’s body was found at a nearby waste treatment [...]

Michael Woodford fired as Olympus CEO after he exposed a $1.7 billion cover-upWoodford was appointed as first foreign CEO when a local magazine broke newsOlympus shares lost around 80% of their market value in weeks afterWoodford: Case highlights the dysfunctionality of corporate JapanHong Kong (CNN) — When CEO-turned-whistleblower ...

Former PLO leader Yasser Arafat was exhumed TuesdayForensic experts from three countries were expected to take samples from his remains for testingPalestinian officials want to know if Arafat was poisoned with a radioactive elementRamallah, West Bank (CNN) — The body of former Palestine Liberation Organization leader Yasser Arafat was ...

Firefighters stand in front of house with a workshop for handicapped people in Titisee- Neustadt on November 26, 2012. NEW: President of German Caritas mourns victims of fireWorkers and a counselor killed, several hurt in blaze in southwestern GermanyAn explosion in a storage room may have started the fire, police say(CNN) — Fire raged ...

Commercial vessels extinguish a fire at an oil platform about 20 miles off Grand Isle, Louisiana, last week.Both dead workers were from the PhilippinesAnother Filipino is missing from the November 16 explosionDozens of Filipinos work at Gulf offshore platformsFeds say the company, Black Elk, must “improve its safety ...

More Republicans are calling for increased tax revenue in a deficit dealAnti-tax crusader Grover Norquist doesn’t sound worriedPresident Obama and Congress are trying to work out an agreementWithout a deal, the nation faces the so-called “fiscal cliff” come JanuaryWashington (CNN) — Is it a slow leak that will grow into ...

Mexico’s president-elect Enrique Pena Nieto hopes to redefine the relationship between his country and the United States.Mexico’s president-elect will meet with U.S. President Barack Obama on TuesdayEnrique Pena Nieto says he wants to reshuffle the priorities the countries shareThere is potential for more trade, manufacturing and ...