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- British Open: Zach Johnson of US leads in first round
British Open saw Americans Zach Johnson and Mark O'Meara play well in the first round, while Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy continued to struggle. Tiger Woods is only three shots back at the British Open.
- Pakistan: Come home Malala, says Taliban leader
In a letter to Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani Taliban leader Adnan Rasheed said he wished he could have prevented the October attack that landed her in a hospital in Britain last year. He urged her to return to Pakistan and to school there.
- Did Cuba's arms shipment to North Korea violate sanctions? U.N. will investigate.
Officials in Panama interrupted a shipment of arms from Cuba to North Korea last week. Now, the U.N. Security Council will investigate the incident for a possible breach of sanctions. North Korea says the weapons were being sent in for repairs.
- Human toll of Syria's civil war echoes Rwandan genocide, says UN
Approximately 5,000 Syrians are dying each month, and an average of 6,000 people flee the country every day, UN officials reported Tuesday. Since the war began, nearly 93,000 people are dead, and 1.8 million have fled.
- Ex-Vatican bank officials allowed money laundering, say prosecutors
Prosecutors suspect two former Vatican bank executives of laundering money, based on incomplete data on bank transfers that prosecutors say violated money laundering laws.
- North Korea missile? Weapon parts found on North Korean ship, Panama officials say
North Korea missile: Panamanian officials say they found parts to a weapons system, including what appears to be a missile or rocket, on a North Korean-flagged cargo ship off Panama's Caribbean coast.
- Zetas leader captured: 'Z-40' captured by Mexican Marines
Zetas leader Miguel Angel Trevino Morales, known as 'Z-40,' was captured in a pickup truck with eight guns and $2 million in cash, officials announced.
- Orangutan remark: Politician under fire for racist slur
Orangutan remark: Roberto Calderoli remarked at an anti-immigrant rally that Cecile Kyenge, a Congolese-born Cabinet minister, resembles an orangutan, prompting huge outcry.
- Cow falls on man: Cow crashes through roof, kills man
Cow falls on man: A cow fell through the roof of a small house in southeastern Brazil, say police. It killed a man and narrowly missed his wife.
- Bangladesh finds Islamist party leader guilty of war crimes
A tribunal found Ghulam Azam guilty on 61 charges, including conspiracy and incitement to kill during Bangladesh's war of independence in 1971. He was sentenced to 90 years in prison.
- Netanyahu neither confirms nor denies July airstrike against Syria
On Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would not confirm or deny a reported Israeli airstrike which recently targeted advanced Russian missiles in Syria. Netanyahu reasserted Israel's commitment to preventing dangerous weapons from reaching the hands of Hezbollah.
- 9 suspected militants killed in drone strike, Pakistani military operation
Nine insurgents were killed in Pakistan this weekend, in two separate military operations. A US drone strike and an operation by the Pakistan Air Force targeted the mountainous tribal region which borders Afghanistan.
- 32 police officers, 1 lawmaker injured in Belfast riots
Police reinforcements from across Britain were deployed to Belfast Saturday, after north Belfast's Protestant member of British Parliament, Nigel Dodds was knocked unconscious and 32 policemen and eight rioters were injured in a riot sparked by the annual parade of anti-Catholic group, the Orange Order.
- Typhoon forces mass evacuations in China, kills 1 in Taiwan
A powerful typhoon struck Taiwan and China on Saturday, leaving 520,000 without power in Taiwan, and forcing about 300,000 to evacuate in China's Fujian province.
- Mechanical error likely to have caused French train derailment
Ruling out human error, French transportation officials have focused on the switching system, which they believe caused Friday's derailment, killing six and injuring nearly 200 on a train south of Paris.
- 23 injured in stampede at Spain's running of the bulls
On Saturday, 23 people were injured and two were gored when a bull fell at a narrow entrance to a bullring, causing confusion and congestion at Pamplona's San Fermin festival. On Friday, an American college student and two Spaniards were gored. None of the injuries this year have been fatal.
- Paris train derailment: At least six dead in platform crash
Paris train derailment: A passenger train traveling south of the French capital suddenly derailed Friday and slammed into a station platform. A dozen people are seriously injured from the Paris train derailment.
- Thousands mourn British soldier Lee Rigby slain in London
British Prime Minister David Cameron and London Mayor Boris Johnson joined Rigby's family at Friday's funeral in northwest England.
- Lac-Megantic train derailment: Work underway to recover casualties
Lac-Megantic train derailment: Just under a week since a deadly train accident in Quebec, it's now safe for authorities to recover bodies from the Lac-Megantic train derailment site.
- Egypt set to receive U.S. jets, despite recent overthrow
The United States will send four jets as scheduled to Egypt, Defense Department officials said Wednesday. The U.S. is reviewing the assistance it provides to Egypt following the recent military ouster of President Mohamed Mursi.