Train crash caught on tape enrages Argentines

At least 80 people injured in crash at station where 52 were killed last year in a crash; police have to escort conductor from angry mob

• Oct 20, 2013

Arab League says Syria peace conference set for Nov.

Despite Nabil Elaraby's claim of late Nov. start for conference to broker political compromise in Syria, neither side certain to join

• Oct 20, 2013

Blond girl in Greek gypsy camp sparks child trafficking worries

Unidentified girl named "Maria," estimated to be 4, spotted during drug raid by Greek police in Gypsy camp, looking nothing like her guardians

• Oct 20, 2013

Eldest of Mexico's Arellano Felix drug clan killed

Francisco Rafael Arellano Felix, the eldest brother of Mexico's once-feared drug clan, was shot to death by a gunman wearing a clown costume, said authorities

• Oct 19, 2013

Turkish, Lebanese hostages home after release deal

2 Turkish pilots held hostage in Lebanon, 9 Lebanese pilgrims abducted in Syria return home in part of ambitious three-way deal

• Oct 19, 2013

Fiery tanker train derailment in Canada

Canadian National train carrying oil, gas goes off tracks in hamlet, prompting entire community to evacuate

• Oct 19, 2013

Belgian plane crash leaves 11 dead

Witnesses saw part of a wing break off minutes after takeoff, sending the plane into a nosedive and crashing in a field

• Oct 19, 2013

Titanic violin fetches hefty price at auction

Unidentified bidder wins violin believed to have been played on doomed vessel as it was sinking in 1912

• Oct 19, 2013

Lebanese Shiite pilgrims kidnapped in Syria freed

The release comes as part of a negotiated hostage deal that could see two Turkish pilots held by Lebanese militants released

• Oct 18, 2013

Italian coast guard patrols the Mediterranean trying to save lives

North African immigrants head for the Italian island of Lampedusa for a better life

• Oct 18, 2013

Photos of the week

The best images from the week's news, Oct. 11 - Oct. 18, 2013

• Oct 18, 2013
• 23 photos

A season of Cumberbatch starts with "The Fifth Estate"

Along with the Wikileaks film, Benedict Cumberbatch will star in "August: Osage County," "12 Years a Slave" and "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug"

• Oct 18, 2013

Suspect identified in deadly Kenya mall attack

Authorities investigating Norwegian-Somali man suspected of taking part in attack where militants stormed upscale shopping center

• Oct 18, 2013

Irish cadets who performed at JFK funeral offer final salute

Young Irish cadets who performed special ceremonial drill at JFK funeral in 1963 will return to lay a wreath at Kennedy's grave

• Oct 18, 2013

Vintage Halloween

Photography book collects spooky vintage photos of revelers in costume

• Oct 18, 2013
• 24 photos

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