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Spain finds 17 dead migrants, 100 survivors in Mediterranean

Spanish rescue workers combed the seas and shores of southern Spain Tuesday, searching for 17 missing migrants a day after finding the bodies of 17 other migrants who died trying to cross the Mediterranean in boats departing from North Africa. The Spanish Civil Guard said it had found...

Record 435 Afghans killed or wounded in legislative poll: UN

More than 400 Afghans were killed or wounded in poll-related violence during three days of voting last month, the United Nations said Tuesday, making the parliamentary ballot the deadliest on record. The vast majority of the 435 casualties – 56 dead and 379 wounded – happened on the...

Israel lawmakers to debate death penalty for Palestinians

Israel's parliament will renew debate next week on a bill that would make it easier to sentence Palestinian attackers to death, Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Tuesday while vowing to have it passed. "After over three years of a stubborn struggle, the death penalty for...