Gun control advocates lash out at failed sale ban
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP): STUNNED BY the crushing defeat of a referendum to ban the sale of firearms in Brazil, gun control advocates yesterday blamed a lack of public safety and government corruption.
Car bombs kill 15
BAGHDAD (Reuters): THREE SUICIDE bombers staged a coordinated attack on a Baghdad hotel complex used by foreign journalists yesterday, killing at least 15 people and ending a lull in violence in front of the world's media.
Thousands protest UN report
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP): IN A government-orchestrated campaign to counter international pressure, hundreds of thousands of civil servants and students took yesterday off to protest a U.N. report implicating Syria...
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