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Venezuela Election
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is expected to hold a news conference at 5:30 p.m. ET ahead of Sunday's elections.
Syria-Civil-War (Will update)
Residents of a Turkish border town hid inside their homes Saturday after three Syrian shells landed inside Turkey in separate incidents amid fierce fighting inside Syria over a nearby border town.
US-Abu-Hamza-Extradition (Will update)
After losing a lengthy legal battle to avoid extradition to the United States, Egyptian-born cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri confronted a host of terror charges on Saturday when he was presented before a federal judge in Manhattan.
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Syria-Civil-War
Residents of a Turkish border town hid inside their homes Saturday after three Syrian shells landed inside Turkey in separate incidents amid fierce fighting inside Syria over a nearby border town.
Syria-Normal-Life
Wearing a sheer leopard top, Rauda Alaita buzzed around her beauty salon in Damascus. She decided six months ago to open this little shop, paint its walls seafoam green and call it Aloe Vera. "Everybody told me you are crazy! Starting a business now?" Alaita said. Isn't it strange, running a salon in the middle of a war? "I think life goes on," she replied. "People are tired."
Vatican-Leaks-Trial
The pope's former butler, Paolo Gabriele, was convicted Saturday of aggravated theft for leaking confidential papal documents and sentenced to 18 months in prison.
France-Terror-Operation
French police traded gunfire Saturday in an apartment building hallway with the main suspect in a September supermarket bombing, leaving the suspect dead and one police officer wounded, a prosecutor said.
Israel-Drone-Downed
The Israeli air force shot down an unmanned drone Saturday over the northern Negev desert, the nation's military said.
Drone-protest-march
A convoy of more than 100 vehicles left Islamabad, Pakistan, on Saturday on a march toward South Waziristan to protest U.S. drone attacks.
Libya-Iranian-Hostages-Freed
Seven members of the Iranian Red Crescent were freed in Libya Saturday after 65 days in captivity, the Iran's official IRNA news agency reported.
UK-TV-Presenter-Abuse
Britain's public service broadcaster, the BBC, was caught up in a growing furor Saturday over claims that a late children's TV presenter sexually abused young women and girls, sometimes on its premises, in the 1960s and 1970s.
Wales-Missing-Girl
A man was charged Saturday in Wales with the murder and abduction of a 5-year-old girl, April Jones, who has been missing since Monday.
North-Korea-Defector
A North Korean soldier on guard duty at the border dividing the two Koreas defected Saturday, telling authorities who received him in the South that he killed his superiors before fleeing across the Military Demarcation Line.
MED-Uganda-Ebola-Free
Ugandan health officials are declaring the country free of an Ebola outbreak blamed for 17 deaths since late July.
Afghanistan-Karzai-Panetta
The U.S. defense chief called on President Hamid Karzai to thank Americans for the sacrifices of those who fought and died in Afghanistan rather than level criticism at the United States.
Venezuela-Chavez-Profile
Hugo Chavez's personal history is as colorful as his larger-than-life persona. He is seeking another six-year term as president of Venezuela. It was just in 1998 when he became the youngest person elected president of the country.
Venezuela-Capriles-Profile
Henrique Capriles Radonski is the fast-rising conservative challenging President Hugo Chavez in Sunday's elections. At age 40, he has been a mayor, a parliament leader, a governor of a major state and now the candidate of an opposition coalition determined to knock Chavez out of the presidency.
U.S.A.
US-Abu-Hamza-Extradition
