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- Beltran-Leyva gang: No. 2 in Mexican drug cartel captured
Beltran-Leyva gang: Arnoldo Villa Sanchez was arrested Tuesday, in an upscale Mexico City neighborhood. Villa Sanchez was identified as the second highest-ranking figure in the once-powerful Beltran-Leyva drug cartel.
- Prosecutor critical of forensics expert in Oscar Pistorius murder trial
Gerrie Nel's criticism came after the trial judge admonished spectators in an adjacent courtroom for their outbursts during testimony.
- Jerusalem riot at holy site dispersed by Israel police
Jerusalem riot: The compound is known to Muslims as the 'Noble Sanctuary' and is Islam's third-holiest site. Israel captured the area along with the rest of east Jerusalem from Jordan in the 1967 war.
- Oscar Pistorius trial: Defense builds its case
Oscar Pistorius's defense attempted to re-assert his story that his killed his girlfriend by mistake, but the prosecutor strongly challenged the expert witness.
- UN Security Council sees grim images of Syrian dead
Council members viewed thousands of ghastly photographs purportedly showing dead Syrian civil war victims. More than 150,000 have died in the war.
- Berlusconi gets senior center community service for tax fraud sentence
The former Italian prime minister had a prison sentence for a tax fraud conviction commuted to community service for one year.
- Oscar Pistorius cross-examination by prosecution comes to a close
After five days, South African prosecutor Gerrie Nel finished his questioning of Oscar Pistorius on Tuesday.
- Sub abandons search for black boxes when ocean proves too deep
Six hours into a planned 16-hour search along the sea bed for wreckage from Flight MH370 using a robotic submarine, crews hauled the Bluefin 21 back to the surface of the Indian Ocean. The sub will resume its search on Tuesday.
- Wildfire leaves thousands homeless, 15 dead in Chile
More than 8,000 people face homelessness, and another 700 families were evacuated on Monday, as Chilean officials struggled to put out a series of wildfires that began Saturday and spread throughout Valparaiso's coastal hills.
- Damascus gas attack: Opposition claims evidence of government chlorine gas attack
Damascus gas attack: Rebels and the government have blamed each other for the alleged poison gas attacks on Friday and Saturday on rebel-held Kfar Zeita village in the central province of Hama, north of Damascus.
- Oscar Pistorius trial: Prosecutor presses Paralympian during cross-examination
Prosecutor Gerrie Nel continued his aggressive questioning of Oscar Pistorius during cross-examination at his trial for the 2013 murder of Reeva Steenkamp.
- Malaysia Airlines black box will be sought by robot submarine
Malaysia Airlines black box search: The crew on board the Australian navy's Ocean Shield will launch the unmanned underwater vehicle Monday evening.
- North Korea opens up to host marathon
North Korea, for the first time ever, opens the streets of its capital to runner-tourists for the annual Pyongyang marathon. Runners from 27 countries participated in the North Korea marathon.
- Afghan election appears headed towards runoff
Partial results show Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai headed for a run-off election.
- Australians say it will be long hunt for missing plane
Australia's Prime Minister Tony Abbott said that the search for missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 will not likely have a swift conclusion, given the area involved.
- Rebels, government point fingers at each other in Syria gas attack
Both sides agree that poison gas was used in the village of Kfar Zeita, but each says the other side is responsible.
- Armed gunmen take over police headquarters in eastern Ukraine
The men, wearing the uniform of a disbanded police unit, seized police headquarters in Donetsk, Ukraine, calling for a referendum on autonomy.
- Oscar Pistorius trial: Prosecutor says Olympian's testimony doesn't add up
Gerrie Nel is the lead prosecutor in the murder trial of Oscar Pistorius for the 2013 shooting death of South African model Reeva Steenkamp.
- Omagh bombing suspect refused bail for 29 murder charges
Omagh bombing: Seamus Daly did not speak or offer a plea during Friday's half-hour hearing at a court west of Belfast amid high police security.
- Malaysia Airlines Flight 370: New sound detected Thursday
Meanwhile, the ocean search area being scanned by ships and aircraft off Australia is getting smaller.