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They have been accused of breaching fire safety rules and may face up to seven years in jail. "They are being questioned by investigators...Measures are now being taken to have them arrested," Investigation Committee spokesman Vladimir Markin told RIA Novosti....

Rescuers were desperately trying to save dozens of people Saturday who were thrown overboard when a boat collided with a ferry in the Nile River in northern Egypt, the nation's government-owned Al-Ahram newspaper reported. The accident happened Friday near the...

British Conservative Party leader David Cameron (R) meets farmers at a Wheatseed Distributution Centre on Bowlan Farm in Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan, on December 4, 2009. GAH, Afghanistan—British opposition leader David Cameron, tipped to become prime minister after an election next...

Indonesia probes nightclub fire after 20 killed Indonesian authorities were investigating the cause of a fire that ripped through a karaoke bar in the country's third-biggest city of Medan killing 20 people, police said on Saturday.   The fire on...

Myanmar's junta has officially transformed the rebel army of the Kokang region into a border guard force under its command, state media reported Saturday. A ceremony marking the metamorphosis from former rebel force to the Kokang border guards was held...

An accidental explosion ripped through a store in northwestern Pakistan on Saturday, killing at least three people and trapping others in a separate building that caught fire, police said -- rattling nerves in a city repeatedly pounded with militant attacks....

They don't spare the tinsel when it comes to decking out the town for Christmas in Smithers, British Columbia! From every pole on Main Street the summertime "Flags of the World" have been well furled and festive lights festooned from...

Ten Downing Street has admitted another embarrassing mistake involving correspondence with the families of soldiers killed in Afghanistan when it confirmed that three letters of condolence sent by Gordon Brown had arrived months late. The families of two soldiers who...