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From baseball diamond to church pews, services across US measure rising losses in Afghanistan

War comes home: Day-by-day, services honor fallen

Car race ends in fatal accident, two killed

CHANDIGARH - A car race between two groups of youngsters ended in a fatal accident Tuesday night, killing two people on a motorcycle including a seven-year-old boy, police said.

Three held with fake currency

ETAH - Three people were arrested after a gunfight in this Uttar Pradesh district and counterfeit currency with a face value of Rs.90,000 was seized from them, police said Tuesday.

36 arrested for Bareilly riots

BAREILLY - Thirty-six people have arrested for the communal clash that broke out in this Uttar Pradesh city, police said Tuesday, adding the situation was now “under control”.

Swiss woman drowns in Alaska river near site from book, movie, ‘Into the Wild’

Swiss woman drowns near ‘Into the Wild’ site

British tourist molested in Orissa

BHUBANESWAR - A waiter at a government-run hotel in Orissa’s Puri district was arrested Tuesday after a British tourist complained he had molested her, police said.

Celeb plastic surgeon Frank Ryan killed near Malibu when Jeep barrels down cliff

Celebrity surgeon Frank Ryan killed in car crash

BP plans to stop handling oil spill-related claims as federally appointed overseer steps in

BP to stop handling claims related to Gulf spill

Man shot at in road rage case

NEW DELHI - In another case of road rage, a 28-year-old man was injured after he was shot at allegedly by a chartered bus owner in east Delhi during an argument after the bus hit the victim’s motorcycle, police said Tuesday.

Four killed in Chhattisgarh road accident

RAIPUR - Four people were killed and seven injured Tuesday as the vehicle they were travelling in hit a tree in Raipur district, police said.

Gunman dies after firing shots at suburban Dallas police station; college campus shut down

Gunman dies after firing at suburban Dallas police

Former Sen. Stevens to lie in repose, thousands expected to pay their respects

Thousands expected to pay respects to Stevens

Car bombing wounds 23 outside cafe in southern Russia

Car bombing wounds 23 in Russia’s south

ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia — A car bomb exploded outside a cafe in a restive region of southern Russia on Tuesday, injuring 23 people, police said.

MSHA accuses Massey of failing to report dozens of accidents at W.Va. mine before explosion

MSHA: Massey didn’t report accidents at W.Va. mine

Court acquits murder convict

NEW DELHI - The Delhi High Court Tuesday acquitted a convict in a murder case, saying he was a juvenile on the date the crime was committed in 2000.

Frankfurt-Paris train collides with garbage truck in Germany; 2 coaches derail, 15 injured

Train collides with truck in Germany, 15 injured

Amit Shah’s bail hearing postponed to Aug 30

AHMEDABAD - The hearing on the bail plea of former Gujarat minister Amit Shah in the 2005 Sohrabuddin staged shootout was Tuesday postponed to Aug 30.

Six killed in Thane building collapse

THANE - Six people, including a woman, were killed and four injured as a building collapsed in Maharashtra’s Thane district Tuesday evening, police said.

Officials, cops attacked by farmers in Agra

AGRA - At least two Uttar Pradesh government officials and at least half-a-dozen policemen were injured Tuesday when they were attacked in Agra district by farmers whose land was acquired for the Yamuna Expressway project, police said.

Officials say 32 people charged over deadly World Cup blasts that killed 76 in Uganda

Uganda: 32 suspects held over deadly WCup blasts

4th baby dies in Romanian maternity hospital fire, as authorities search for clues

4th baby dies in Romanian hospital blaze

BUCHAREST, Romania — A fourth baby died Tuesday and seven remained in critical condition following a fire at a Bucharest maternity hospital that the health minister called “one of the darkest tragedies” in Romania’s health system.

Every home destroyed in Leh will be rebuilt: PM (Third Lead)

LEH - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday visited Leh and announced that all the houses destroyed in flash floods would be rebuilt before the onset of winter. To make sure his promise was fulfilled, he would again visit the place later this year.

Car bombing wounds at least 20 outside cafe in southern Russia

Car bombing wounds 20 in Russia’s south

ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia — A parked car exploded outside a cafe in southern Russia on Tuesday, injuring at least 20 people, police said.

Supreme Court refuses to take up Maudany’s plea

NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court Tuesday declined to entertain People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chief Abdul Nazir Maudany’s plea for anticipatory bail as it became irrelevant after his arrest for the 2008 Bangalore bombings earlier in the day.

All states asked to curb honour killings

NEW DELHI - A detailed advisory has been sent by the home ministry to all the states and union territories to take appropriate measures to curb incidents of honour killings, parliament was told Tuesday.

Dip in road accidents in Delhi in last three years

NEW DELHI - The number of road accidents in the capital have decreased over the last three years, the Lok Sabha was informed Tuesday.

Over Rs.60 lakh fraudulently withdrawn from IAF’s fund

NEW DELHI - A whopping Rs.60 lakh-plus has been withdrawn fraudulently from the Indian Air Force’s (IAF) account in a nationalised bank, an official said Tuesday.

China mudslides kill 1,270 people

BEIJING - The toll in mudslides in China’s northwestern Zhouqu county rose to 1,270 Tuesday even as the region crawled back to normalcy, Xinhua reported.

Sheriff: Mother of SC toddlers confessed to suffocating children before driving car into river

SC police: Mom killed children before sinking car

Kolkata school student attempts suicide after teacher’s rebuke

KOLKATA - A Class 12 student of an English-medium school here attempted suicide by consuming sleeping pills after being allegedly abused by a teacher, police said Tuesday.

Constable held for Gujarat RTI activist’s killing

AHMEDABAD - A police constable has been arrested and two people have been detained in connection with the murder of right to information (RTI) activist and environmentalist Amit Jethwa here July 20, police said Tuesday.