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Families plant trees memorializing Kenyan mall shooting victims

NAIROBI, Kenya -- Mourners from various races and religions - Christians, Muslims and Hindus among them - grabbed handfuls of dirt and planted saplings at a memorial ceremony Monday for the nearly 70 people killed at Nairobi's Westgate Mall exactly one month ago.By design, no major political or ...

Researcher outraged as Hezbollah captures eagle as Israeli ‘spy’

TEL AVIV, Israel -- Israeli eagles dangerously endangered by pesticides, electrical wires and poachers now apparently face a new threat: Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas.Hezbollah's Al-Manar website recently boasted of capturing an eagle that carried an Israel-labeled transmission device on its ...

Groom forgets bride at gas station

BERLIN -- A German couple's marriage got off to a rocky start when the groom forgot his bride at a highway gas station on the way home from their honeymoon, only noticing she was missing after hours had passed.Police said Friday the couple was heading home to Berlin from France when the man ...

Misery for disabled cruise ship passengers continues as tow line snaps

MOBILE, Ala. — A Carnival official says a snapped towline has delayed the disabled Triumph’s expected arrival in Mobile.Terry Thornton said about 3:25 p.m. Central time that the cruise ship was seven to 10 hours from port.Earlier Thursday, the ship had been expected to arrive in the ...

Wild Mexican dogs kill 5th victim, 15-year-old girl

MEXICO CITY — A 15-year-old girl found fatally bitten by dogs outside a Mexico City park in mid-December may have been the first victim of a feral pack suspected of killing at least four other people over the last month, prosecutors said Wednesday.Authorities began capturing dogs in the park ...

Sophisticated smuggling tunnel found near Mexico-Ariz. border

MEXICO CITY -- Mexican authorities have discovered a sophisticated smuggling tunnel equipped with electricity and ventilation not far from the Nogales port of entry into Arizona, U.S. and Mexican officials said Friday.The Mexican army said the tunnel was found Thursday after authorities ...